Sunday, March 29, 2015

Best Dressed Week #13

Amanda Seyfried at the 'While We're Young' New York Premiere wearing a red patterned Valentino long sleeved frock with red sandals, dramatic smokey eye, braided updo, and natural lip. Kate Middleton at The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust wearing a fuchsia double breasted Mulberry coat with black stilettos, black box clutch, signature curls, natural makeup, and a nude lip.
Jennifer Lopez at the 'American Idol XIV' Top 9 Revealing wearing a nude leather House of CB bustier dress with Christian Louboutin stilettos, sultry smokey eye, nude lip, and straight blow out. Katy Perry at the 'Katy Perry: The Prismatic World Tour' Screening wearing a black double breasted Balenciaga tuxedo dress-jacket with over-the-knee lace up Giambattista Valli boots, multiple rings, dark berry lip, whisped back updo, and bold lashes. 

Sunday March 29th #OOTD

Aldo A-List Spring Collection Launch at The Toronto Eaton's Centre
Blouse and Jeans: Anthropologie / Sandals: Aldo Shoes

World MasterCard Fashion Week #OOTD #WMCFW

Day #3
Wednesday March 25th
Blouse & Skirt: Anthropologie / Sandals: Zara / Necklace: Bauble Bar
Day #5
Friday March 27th
Chambray Blouse & Tulle Skirt: Anthropologie / Stilettos: Christian Louboutin / Necklace: Bauble Bar

Friday March 27th #OOTD

Blouse: Anthropologie / Trousers: H&M / Pumps: Christian Louboutin / Bracelets: Tiffany & Co.

Thursday March 26th #OOTD

T-Shirt: Gap / Jeans: Paige Denim / Cape: ℅ Le Chateau / Booties: Alexander Wang / Bracelets and Necklace: Tiffany & Co.

Wednesday March 25th #OOTD

T-Shirt: Victoria's Secret / Skirt: Kensie Girl / Tights: Hue / Booties: Alexander Wang

Saturday, March 28, 2015

March Glossy Box

Total Value: $80.93

1. Nexxus New York Salon Care Color Assure Shampoo ($11.99) / 2. So Susan Cosmetics Concealer Quad ($30.95) / 3. Modelco More Brows Eyebrow Thickening Gey in Medium/Dark ($18) / 4. Bellàpierre Cosmetics Cheek&Lip Stain in Pink ($19.99) / 5. Orogold Cosmetics 24K Multi-Vitamin Day Moisturizer (Full Size $178)

Thursday, March 26, 2015

World MasterCard Fashion Week #OOTD #WMCFW

Day #1
Monday March 23rd
Dress: BCBGeneration / Tights: Hue / Booties: Alexander Wang / Bracelets: Tiffany & Co. / Hat: Reiss / Lipstick: M.A.C - Rebel 
Day #2
Tuesday March 24th
Chambray Blouse: Anthropologie / Leather Leggings: Danier Leather / Stilettos: Steve Madden / Necklace and Bracelets: Tiffany & Co. / Lipstick: Maybelline Vivids - Fuchsia Flash

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Monday March 23rd #OOTD

Blouse: Club Monaco / Jeans: Anthropologie / Bootie: Alexander Wang / Bracelets: Tiffany & Co.

Thursday March 19th #OOTD

Blouse: Wilfred / Skirt: Anthropologie / Tights: Hue / Oxfords: Frye / Necklace and Bracelets: Tiffany & Co.

Wednesday March 18th #OOTD

Sweater: Anthropologie / Jeans: Club Monaco / Stilettos: Stuart Weitzman 

Tuesday March 17th #OOTD

Blouse: Kardashian Kollection / Leggings: Lulu Lemon / Booties: ShoeDazzle / Necklace: Belle Noel

Monday March 16th #OOTD

Blouse: Anthropologie / Jeans: 7 For All Mankind / Flats: Manolo Blahnik / Earrings: Tiffany & Co.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Best Dressed Week #12

Jennifer Lawrence at the 'Serena' New York Screening wearing a Christian Dior Couture cocktail dress with sequined bodice. Lawrence accessorised with Ana Khouri and Kimberly Mcdonald jewellery, metallic peep-toes, whisped back up-do, dramatic smokey eye, and nude glossy lip. Michelle Obama landing at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport wearing a yellow printed Kenzo long-sleeved frock with statement metallic and leather belt, black stilettos, straight bob, and minimal makeup.
Rita Ora at the Coca Cola Contour Centenary Bar Photocall wearing a bold red Veni Vici Couture peplum strapless gown with layered rings, matching bold red lip, combed back 'Old Hollywood Glamour' hair-do, and bold lashes. Diane Kruger at the PEOPLE Magazine Germany Launch Party wearing an Alexander McQueen frock with feminine petal-like appliqués. Kruger accessorised her look with a white McQueen box clutch, matching white strappy sandals, a red manicure, soft pink lip, bronze smokey eye, and loose waves.
Gwen Stefani at The Hollywood Reporters' 25 Most Powerful Stylists in Hollywood Luncheon wearing a white and black polka-dot Dolce & Gabbana frock with ruffled skirt. Stefani completed her look with black stilettos, retro waves, and signature bold red lip. Jennifer Lopez wearing a Misha Collection white lace bodysuit with a pair of Rachel Zoe white wide-leg tuxedo trousers at the American Idol XIV Top 12 Finalists Performance. Lopez finished her look with Giuseepe Zanotti platform heels, Jacob & Co. jewels, half-up/half-down straight do, and smokey eye/nude lip combo.
'Insurgent' New York Premiere
Suki Waterhouse wearing a blush-nude Reem Acra sheer and lace appliqué gown, multiple rings, soft waves, natural makeup, and a light pink lip. Ashley Judd wearing a purple hued floral Badgley Mischka gown with plunging neckline and statement shoulder detailing. Judd styled her look with matching mulberry lip, side-swept curls, and soft eye makeup.

Louis Vuitton Fall 2015 #RTW #PFW


"For his first few outings at Vuitton, Ghesquière looked back in time to the 1970s to create a contemporary woman's wardrobe. But the tinge of retro that defined his earlier LV output was gone this season. This wasn't a knock-'em-dead collection, even if the fabulously furry brushed sheepskin coats that opened the show qualified as such, but it suggested that Ghesquière has settled in enough to find his own unique path forward. Once more for the former Balenciaga designer that means embracing the future. 'The exploration went a bit further,' be said backstage. 'There's style a certain respect of the patrimony, but also of technology, [which is] what I like.' On the runway itself, the pieces that channeled the future most brightly were the second-skin ribbed knits; with their cutouts above the bust and their fluted cuffs and hems, they were as efficient as uniforms. Metallics abounded. On a silvery silk pantsuit worn with a logo tee. On a glinting dress with the puffed, mutton sleeves that were one of the show's distinguishing features. In straight-up shoppability terms, this collection looks primed to be Ghesquière's most accessible so far." - style.com

February and March IPSY Bags

February IPSY Bag
#ipsyLOVE
1. Emite Make Up Professional Eyelash Curler ($25) / 2. City Color Cosmetics Creamy Lip Stain in Flirtini ($4.99) / 3. Eva NYC Up All Night Volumizing Spray ($10) / 4. Mitchell and Peach Fine Radiance Face Oil (£30) / 5. ModelCo BLUSH Cheek Powder ($22)
March IPSY Bag
Floral Fantasy
1. Gilchrest & Soames London Collection Body Lotion ($12.50) / 2. Boo Boo Cover-Up: Medium Shade ($20) / 3. Pūr-lisse Beauty Gentle Soymilk Cleanser & Makeup Remover ($36) / 4. NYX Cosmetics Butter Lipstick in  Pops ($6.00) / 5. Vintage by Jessica Liebeskind Illuminating Face Highlighter ($26)

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Alexander McQueen Fall 2015 #RTW #PFW

"On the catwalk tonight Sarah Burton offered up the purest distillation of that she called 'the spirit of the rose,' a flower that begins with a tight bud that opens into a lush bloom and then eventually collapses back onto itself in gorgeous decay. This show trod that same path, structure to dissolution, just like nature itself. The show notes said it better: 'the frayed nature of reality and the beauty of imperfection.' Imperfection can seldom have looked more beautiful than with models embracing, painter, Egon Schiele's twisty, fraught intensity that echoed throughout the collection. Here, it all worked in an appropriately weird way. Weird, as in the paper-thin leather that was bonded to a floral jacquard for a black trouser suit and a pink coat. Or the leather, bot so paper-thin, that was intarsia-ed into crystal-pleated bustier dresses. Or the shredded patent that made glossy puddles on top of the silk coats at the beginning of the show. Or in the distressed lace gowns that closed the presentation in the shroud of silk threads, echoing the hair with which Lee McQueen once lined his jackets. There are few designers more familiar with such a sensation that Sarah Burton. And it's perhaps her familiarity with the feeling that could inspire a dress as simply ravishing as the cloud of tiered chiffon ruffles that evoked a blood-red rose on the brink of blowsy-ness. Truly, the beauty of imperfection." - style.com

Valentino Fall 2015 #RTW #PFW


"A fashion face-off of epic proportions occurred in Paris today. Derek Zoolander and Hansel, aka Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, made cameos at the tail end of the Valentino show, each doing his best 'Blue Steel.' Judging by the audience's reaction, Zoolander 2, is going to be a Very. Big. Movie. But even without the crowd-pleasing surprise appearances, this would've been a memorable Valentino show, long on Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's signature dresses, but rendered in such exquisite new ways you fell in love all over again. 

More often than not, Chiuri and Piccioli go to their Italian origins for inspiration. For Fall they looked at Emilie Flöge and Celia Birtwell, two women who were both artists and muses. The new perspective energized them. But there was much more at play here, from the casual new vibe of oversize fisherman knit sweaters worn with A-line midi skirts to the sensual efficiency of silk crepe dresses unadorned but for some subtle contrast piping. It's a testament to Chiuri and Piccioli's talents and experience that they're as adept at an understated tie-neck blouse and wide-lip culottes, or an away-from-the-body black dress panelled in tonal strips of leather, as they are at their lovely evening wear. Inevitably, though, it's the gowns that get the attention. There were too many knockouts here to mention them all." - style.com

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Chanel Fall 2015 #RTW #PFW


"It wasn't exactly a love letter - Karl Lagerfeld is much too savvy for sentiment - but the Chanel collection he showed today was, he conceded, 'a vision of France from a stranger who thinks France is not that bad.' So you could almost construe Lagerfeld's last three ready-to-wear collection for Chanel as an uncynical celebration of French banality: the supermarché, the manifestation, and now, the brasserie. The Brasserie Gabrielle, to be exact. The Grand Palais, the grandest exhibition space in le tout Paris, was turned into the kind of all-day, leather-banquette-ed winer-and- diner you can find on almost and street corner in Paris.

But the original idea came from a place of love, so the stumble was easily overlooked. Especially because the collection itself was the strongest RTW showing from Chanel in a while. It had a sturdy base. The whole show was staged on a single style of shoe, a toe-capped, mid-heeled slingback-ringard in local parlance, because it is so bourgeois, but Lagerfeld loved the poise, the confidence, the ease of walking it gave his models. And that degree of comfort with bourgeois dress codes stabilised a collection that spiralled in a dozen directions. There were at least 97 looks - that's a he playground - but there was enough tweed to restore Chanel to its core." - style.com