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Paris Couture Fashion Week Spring 2016- How To Incorporate The Top Five Trends Into Your Wardrobe Now

The Top Five Trends from Paris Couture Fashion Week to give a go and refresh your look while staying easily on trend. Ok, admittedly, I doubt that you or I will have the opportunity to get to a real haute couture fitting. Or even borrow a couture dress to wear on the red carpet. The prices are insane (think a year of private school tuition and above). The workmanship is unbelievable. And the scarcity is just so. So why should you care about haute couture? Because as the ladies in the C'est Chic Crash Course come to know, inspiration is all around you. You just need to let it in. THIS is where the very few designers privileged to be part of the Chambre de

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Golden Globes Fashion- Best Dressed Looks

Golden Globes fashion - 2016
Golden Globes fashion 2016 is rather uninteresting in a very good way. Honestly, (most) everyone looked chic and elegant. There was barely a misstep and the looks were clean and stunning. Kinda sorta like the way we want to look. Nothing fussy. Nothing overdone. Mostly streamlined and well-edited.  The secret to a great look is to keep it simple + keep it striking. The overall theme for Golden Globes fashion this year were column dresses in clear colors, which although gorgeous, are not so memorable the next day. Golden Globe Fashion Winners that had that something extra (pictured above)... It's hard to debate that Jennifer Lawrence stole the fashion show in her cutout (another fashion theme) red column from Dior and

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Sit back and watch the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Shows- Spring / Summer 2015 Videos

  I thought it would be nice to have bump of inspiration today so that you can think about beyond what's in your closet. Sit back and watch the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Shows videos. Take note of color, textures, silhouettes, combinations and luxury at its finest. Dream a little dream of possibility and how inspiration filters into your world. What's your favorite collection? Viewing Hint: I think it's kinda fun to hit play on all of them at once, get past the commercial, and slim the details. MORE: Runway Valentino Haute Couture Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Valentino Chanel Haute Couture Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Chanel Giorgio Armani Prive Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Armani Christian Dior Haute Couture Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Dior Atelier Versace

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How to wear anything: Top 5 style maxims to tweak your chic

This week's 15th anniversary post looks at timeless ways to wear anything... including the lead photo of the late great fashion raconteur Anna Piaggi.  Discover your inner Carrie, if you must. How to wear anything with aplomb? Follow the Top 5 Style Maxims. Did you ever notice how some women can barely pull off wearing a pair of jeans and a T-shirt without looking like they are about to clean out the garage? While there are others who are the masters of the craziest, most way out combination that always seems to work on them? From Sarah Jessica Parker's the character Carrie in “Sex and the City,” pictured below,  to the late fashion impresario Anna Piaggi, pictured above, the Italian

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4 eyewear styles on trend to help you focus on style this spring

4 eyewear styles on trend, and worth giving a shot this season... Just like shoes and bags, a great pair of sunglasses can uplift your look and keep all eyes on you with little to no effort. And last week we were lucky enough to hit up NYC's VisionExpo and take in all of the latest & greatest to help you discover new styles to get set for spring. Overall, one of the biggest trends we were floored by was the abundance of all out color available. Have a favorite color? We bet you'll have no problem sourcing a great pair of frames in that lucky hue for you. And when it comes to shapes, almost anything goes as long

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5 New Spring 2014 trends to update your look now

5 New Spring 2014 trends we've edited with you in mind to get you started for the season ahead in style... Are you ready to ditch those cumbersome layers and say hello to some much needed sunshine? We sure are! After a long, dramatic winter season we're more than excited to see the first weeks of spring upon us so what better way to celebrate the delightful change in weather with a few easy trends that will instantly update you? And lucky you as the season's updates include practical, real world friendly styles from the classic sweatshirt to savvy sneakers and flat sandals. >>MORE: Get Ahead with our Ultimate Spring Fashion Guide The Rethought Pleated Skirt- Celine Spring 2014 Breezey pleated

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Spring Fashion Trends Guide: How to wear what was on the New York, London, Milan and Paris runways

Spring Trend Report Resource Guide: We curated the best 2014 Spring Fashion Trends from the fashion week runways in New York, London, Milan + street style inspiration to be seen on real-world ladies, like you! Straight from the catwalk and onto your mood boards-- with a bountiful array of styles from the runway & the on trend fashion week street style ladies to make a mark on your sartorial spirit for seasons to come. Where do you plan on taking your style this season? We invite you to enjoy curated highlights from our extensive coverage of Spring 2014 Runway highlights from city to city!  Thought you'd like it (wink) Why don't you Tweet your friends & share the fashion love... [tweetable]I'm loving this Spring Trend Report http://bit.ly/1f7WsTy runway looks + how to wear

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Leather Style + Care Guide

Our Leather Style + Care Guide comes to you as we've begun to look through our archives in celebration of our 15th year online while keeping in mind what works for today And if we're placing bets, our money's on leather. Its everywhere more than ever now, plus, it's unbearably cold all over the states this season. And most updated of all this time around: summer leather! From runways to discount chains, leather has become a quintessential element on deluxe cool. We pulled some of our top FocusOnStyle posts about on leather styles & care to have everything handy  in this resource guide.  With that in mind, get on board with this assortment of essential tips... Get started by clicking

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Holiday Style Guide: Can-Do Chic to inspire your holiday look

Holiday Style Guide: We curated our favorite timeless & best Holiday Style Tips for you to access all in one place!
Holiday Style Guide: We are firm believers to adapt your wardrobe for almost any special occasion, so we've curated our favorite & best holiday style dress posts to inspire your can-do chic holiday look. Going somewhere special this holiday season? Or hosting a soiree at home? We've got you covered on what to wear & how to wear it to present the best YOU this time of year, and into the new year as well. Do you want more? Like Paris and New York holiday windows & all our archives of holiday style gorgeousness? Click right here! Because like your birthday, when it comes to holidays, think big! So spread the cheer during the holiday's and join in on the festivities

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Richard turned the table for my take on Parisian Style Tips

A surprise party that Richard threw for me, back in the day!
Most of you know Richard Nahem as our Paris insider. He runs the very successful Parisian style & what to do in Paris blog Eye Prefer Paris when he's not taking a lucky few around the Marais for one of his personalized walking tours over at Eye Prefer Paris Tours. BUT, I've known Richard forever. Way back from a high school spring break trip to Florida kind of forever. We met while sitting it out on a fiberglass bench while bored to death at Jai-Alai and have disco-ed our way as friends ever since. (Secret: Richard can identify almost any disco song from the first three beats). This time, Richard turned the tables on me as he knows what a French

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How to Dress Up A Dress – The Greatest Building Block of Them All

Let's call this DRESS WEEK! You know how to accessorize with French Chic street style from Paris Fashion Week, which new skirt length looks modern, and NOW: How to Dress Up A Dress! Get the most out of your money as we close our week covering the benefit's of a simple frock to help you discover what works for you when it comes to that one essential piece. The right dress & skirt can take you far, so take note as share how to dress up you favorite piece... That's right, as you may know, much like a smart skirt, a chic dress can go the distance and work as a starting point to many a look, plus you get the

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Get ahead of the curve: 4 top trends Paris Fashion Week Spring 2014 to try now because YOU can!

Runway to your way now with these in store finds
Runway to your way now with these in store finds Cheat Sheet to Style! Fresh from Paris runways come the 4 TopTrends Paris Fashion Week highlights from the Spring 2014 Collections + how YOU can steal the look NOW! Listen up, wanna know the easiest way to look super stylish & save money? Get THE look ahead of the curve. Why wait for next season? Really, why? You can find these trends way before the runway collections hit the stores next spring, maybe even on a sale rack. Style it up. Look gorgeous. Be inspired. It's all in these super chic details that are lurking online as we speak. As warm as it currently is this season, the Spring 2014

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See: The Perfect Little Black Dress in Paris… all here!

Little Black Dress Exhibit, Mona Bismarck American Center
Everyone  wants a perfect Little Black Dress, or two or three in their wardrobe. But imagine when not "little" but MAJOR black dresses are curated into one exhibition, and that's in Paris…. ohh la la, it's drool city. Take an inspirational tour of  the Little Black Dress Exhibit at the Mona Bismarck American Center Paris with Richard Nahem as your guide and tell me which LBD is tops on your wish list?   Oh, yes, and Richard met his fashion idol, let's see who… -S.H. >> WATCH: How to accessorize a little black dress Yesterday was one of those surprising days where I had an unexpected pleasure bestowed upon me when I went to see the Little Black Dress exhibit at the Mona Bismarck American Center. I was about

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