Julia DiNardo | Fashion Pulse Daily - Part 446

October 7, 2011

Web Snob Links of the Week

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Stiletto Jungle picked the best belts for work under $40.
Allie is Wired has the first pictures of Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen in the Snow White remake.
Anya Hindmarch has unleashed yet another covetable clutch to obsess over. Naturally, Bag Snob elects snake over sequin every time (or glitter, for that matter), but our adoration of exotics isn’t the only reason to love this clutch!
We spend so much money on products (isn’t it easy to get wrapped up in the excitement of fresh packaging and new releases?), we tend to forget that the tools we use for applying our makeup are just as important, if not more so. That’s why every Beauty Snob and makeup junkie should have Claudio Riaz’s ultimate collection.
To keep her iPad oh so stylish, Coquette wants the new Proenza Schouler iPad case.
Fashion Pulse Daily declares that Paris Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen for Spring 2012 is Fit for a Goddess
Check out Agent Provocateur’s sexy new line by Paz de la Huerta with The Jet Set Girls.
The Jil Sander mobile phone launches today! Get the deets from SHEfinds.
Second City Style put together a shopping guide with 15 Pink Picks For Breast Cancer Awareness Month… that actually donate something you can feel good about.
Elizabeth and James designed the best halter top in a marigold color for fall. Angelina Jolie was seen in marigold recently while out to dinner in Beverly Hills.
StyleBakery found 20 perfect day dresses for fall.<
The Beauty Stop explores beauty finds that support breast cancer charities.

October 7, 2011

Handbag of the Month (LollieShopping Guest Post)

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rebecca minkoff morning after clutch

[Featured above is the M.A.C. (Morning After Clutch) in croc from Rebecca Minkoff.]

It’s a classic Rebecca Minkoff silhouette, continuously updated in colors, patterns and hardware. And every version of this convertible crossbody bag is as impressive as the last. Prices of the M.A.C. range from $195-$395 depending on style and pattern. The long chain strap can be worn across the body, doubled to shorten the shoulder drop, or completely removed. You get three looks in one stylish handbag that you’ll keep forever and wear time and time again. Click here to read on about the M.A.C., as well as how LollieShopping won a free one!

October 6, 2011

From the Desert to the Subway: Introducing The “It” Boot for Fall

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The Clarks Desert Boot has  been around for a very long time (read: my Dad rocked them when he was my age), and now this unisex style just got a very feminine upgrade via an angular heeled shootie, the Water Row. The fashion forward off-shoot of the main label, indigo by Clarks, has some great boots, booties, shooties, and more for fall, but I find this style to be the most enticing and metropolitan for fall 2011. Plus, you can’t really compete with Clarks’ dedication to comfort; this shoe is ultra light weight and features a padded foot bed cushion to ensure all-day durability. I usually need to switch shoes for my subway commute, but these certainly did the trick all day long with no hassle or aching feet that I’ve sadly become accustomed to. This is my first foray into the Clarks brand, and I have to admit, I am loving what I am seeing AND feeling!

My Water Rows came courtesy of PlanetShoes.com, an online shoe retailer since 2001, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, and dedicated to eco-friendly, wellness, and vegan shoes in addition to major shoe brands such as Sorel, Ecco, Sperry, Kenneth Cole Reaction, Kork-Ease, The North Face, Sofft, Sanuk, Vintage Shoe Company, and more. Plus, check out these sweet wedges by Gabor — I think they are next on my fall must-have boots list! Planet Shoes  is determined to carry comfortable, stylish and well-made shoes, but what I love most about them is that PlanetShoes.com not only promotes green products but also takes major strides toward supporting other green initiatives such as NuRide, 1% For The Planet, Carbonfund.org, and more.

–Julia DiNardo

October 5, 2011

Paris Fashion Week: Alexander McQueen for Spring 2012 is Fit for a Goddess

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For most followers of fashion, what Sarah Burton does next with Alexander McQueen is still a topic of interest, even though she is certainly more than capable and has proven so several times, with carrying on the house that McQueen built. Inspired by Gaia, the Greek goddess of the earth, water, and nature, in Burton’s third outing she proved that she can maintain all of the classic McQueen design attributes while catapulting the brand forward.

We loved the subversiveness of the delicate masks, which naturally epitomize the classic brand balance of hard and soft, also found in the garments’ open lines and aggressive detailing completing the vision of an awestruck, fantastical world.

-Julia DiNardo

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