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February 19, 2010

Nan Fusco Jewelry (LollieShopping.com Guest Post)

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From our friends at Lollieshopping.com

Jewelry designer Nan Fusco was in Las Vegas recently for a trunk show and invited me to view her products in person. Pleasant, warm and inspiring, Nan’s obvious intentions are to express her creative vision through her jewelry and create pieces that inspire others to do the same. In fact her tag line is, “the colors of imagination.”

Nan’s pieces are truly imaginative, especially her necklaces – most of which can be worn in more than two ways. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the four different ways to wear her mixed metal tie necklace.

She literally blew my mind showing me in person the various ways her necklaces can be worn. “The reason my tag line is ‘the colors of imagination’ is because it truly is about your imagination and how you want to wear it,” Nan said to me. “What I love is that you can be 19 and wear this or 54 and wear this,” she added, referring to her collection.

Her style tip was to experiment and wear one of her convertible fashion necklaces with Valentino but then wear the same piece in a different manner with a pair of jeans. And what happens if the antique chains become a bit tangled during transformation? “I say leave it all fringey and twisted. It’s sexy,” advised Nan.

For more information on Nan Fusco Jewelry, visit her website at NanFusco.com.

February 18, 2010

Links à la Mode: The IFB Weekly Roundup

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Style vs Fashion

Edited by Retro Chick

With the Fashion Week season in full swing and Fashion Pulse Daily live blogging from the IFB conference it can be easy to forget that there are other things going on in the world, where real women are shopping and dressing for real occasions.

There were actually surprisingly few Fashion Week oriented posts submitted this week. Possibly the Fashion Week attendees are still too busy to partake in Links á la Mode, but what I did find was a lot of posts focused on fashion, style and image in the real world. A Typical Atypical calls for a low fashion revolution and Idiosyncratic Style urges you to bring out your cocktail frocks for every day. Meanwhile, in the body image arena Intrinsically Florrie learns to love her specs, Sugar & Spice discusses tanning and Mariels Castle weighs in (see what I did there?) on the body size debate.

It would be impossible to leave this weeks links without mentioning the untimely and incredibly sad death of Alexander McQueen. There were posts submitted on this issue but I made the decision not to include them, not because they were bad, but because I felt that if I included one persons post I would need to include them all. There has been so much personal reflection on the life and designs of this amazing man in the fashion blogging world that to choose a small selection seemed impossible. If you would like to read these posts then, as ever, the full list of submissions is available in the forums.

Links à la Mode: February 18th

  • A Typical Atypical – What girls really want to read about, and why fashion bloggers are changing the face of fashion
  • Bonne Vie – Cultural Appropriation vs Cultural Inspiration: What you borrow from another culture when it comes to wardrobe should be thoughtful
  • Confessions of a Fashion Editor – Dear New Look; it’s over!
  • Eternal Masquerade – Covering the Parallels Between Our Current Winter Wonderland and Under the Sea Fashions
  • Fashion Pulse Daily – Fashion Pulse Daily blogs live from the Future of Fashion Blogging panel during IFB’s Evolving influence conference this week!
  • Hot Beauty Health – Ready for Spring? Here are 9 Big Beauty Trends for Spring 2010!
  • Idiosyncratic Style – Fashion Dare – Let your party frocks come out and play!
  • Intrinsically Florrie – Making a spectacle of oneself: learning to love glasses and finding the right pair
  • Mariels Castle – It’s not about been skinny or fat its about being healthy!
  • Retro Chick – Love, Lust & Burlesque with the Bridewell Collective
  • SFindiefashion.com – Spring comes early to Golden Gate Park. Showcase of spring 2010 looks from San Francisco designers.
  • Stacie Blair – Show your Olympic spirit with fashionable gear from Aritzia!
  • Style Eyes – The dilemma of a fashion blogger and why I’m taking Dame Vivienne Westwoods advice to stop shopping
  • Style Symmetry – Fashion Blogger Interview Kingdom of Style’s Queen Michelle
  • Sugar and spice and all things nice – Discussing the dangers of tanning and why the only safe tan is one from a bottle!!
  • The Clothing Menu – interview with independent jewelry and clothing designer, Norwegian Wood
  • The Fashion Planner – The Fashion Planner is hosting an eUndies.com Giveaway!
  • The Very Subjective – very subjective (and therefore – very true) observations about style do’s and do not’s.
  • Thread Style – Heel-wearing fashionistas also can be feminists.
  • twentyteneightyfour – My thoughts on style vs fashion and how our appetite for fashion blogs is part of our quest for style
  • ventures of jenn – The Great Vintage Debate: the ‘price’ of vintage both within and outside of the western world and what it really means.

February 17, 2010

A CollegeCandy Tribute to Alexander McQueen

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Via our friends at CollegeCandy.com:

On Thursday morning, English fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen died at 40. An innovative designer, his fashion designs were just as much pieces of art as they were pieces of clothing. His designs were unconventional and controversial, while his shows employed shock tactics, earning him the nickname “l’enfant terrible.”

Considered to be shy, McQueen preferred to conduct interviews with his back to the camera. But that didn’t keep him from befriending celebrities, stylists and designers; it is obvious that in reading the responses from his peers, McQueen was held in high esteem in the fashion world. And that world was rocked when news of his death broke just as New York Fashion Week began.

McQueen started his trek to the fashion top right out of school, selling his final collection created at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design to Isabella Blow in 1992.  At age 27,  with only 8 collections under his kilt belt, McQueen became the Designer-in-Chief for Givenchy – replacing John Galliano.  He was eventually deemed too avant-garde for Givenchy and left to design under his own label, which has since seen tremendous success.

Throughout his career, McQueen won British Fashion Designer of the Year four times, named International Designer of the Year by the CFDA, honored as a Most Excellent Commander of the British Empire and named British Menswear Designer of the Year. Edgy, talented, inspirational and controversial, he was truly one of fashion’s greats.

In tribute to Alexander McQueen, here are some highlights from his career.

February 15, 2010

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Carolina Herrera F/W 2010

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[Images via MercedesBenzFashionWeek.com]

Not surprisingly, Carolina Herrera stuck to her classically sophisticated aesthetic for her Fall/Winter 2010 collection. Appealing to a broad range of styles, the collection featured flirty floral dresses, sparkling sequin ensembles, and serious grays. The show began with stunning models strutting their stuff in swishy wide legged pants, fur trimmed coats, and cloche hats. As the show progressed, a number of elegant cocktail dresses appeared, leading to the grand finale of eye-catching, floor-grazing gowns. The gowns offered a different lifestyle with each piece; some for the ultra-feminine, die-hard romantics in floral prints with mermaid silhouettes, others destined for the red carpet, particularly a one shoulder chocolate silk faille gown with gold detailing that looks like it has been dusted on. Altogether the collection exuded a life of luxury with rich colors, materials, and excellent tailoring.


-Katie Suarez

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