“I know how to spend extravagantly – I think nothing of spending $8,000 on a corset for my show. My accountant once said he couldn’t understand how I spent $70,000 on a single dress, but then he came to my show and saw how lavish it was and told me afterwards that now he understood.” Dita Von Teese on spending.
Put on your party dress and highest heels…it’s New Year’s Eve!
Chocolate brown walls are really hot right now. Brown is the new black …or at least it is this season. Chocolate brown walls are super-chic and rich looking and dramatically transform a room into an elegant, grown up space. If you are color-phobic, start with painting one wall in your space a deep shade of chocolate, and accessorize with creamy white mouldings. It’s a gorgeous look, and can go across the board style-wise, from urban to suburban. (And to be green…Make sure the paint you purchase is either low-VOCs or no-VOCs. )
Color Trending for 2010: Blue has been gone for so long, it’s making its way back onto the color wheel. With a heavy emphasis on earth tones, golden honey especially, blue walls took a back seat. Now we see it’s reemerging in every form. Robin’s egg blue (or Tiffany’s box blue, if you prefer) and shades of everything from tans to deep chocolate browns are showing up in design everywhere. Embrace the color blue, it’s on its way back.
Gorgeous Fall/Winter style by my ultimate style icon, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Look and learn …her style is classic. (Still.)
“I have one pair of skinny jeans that I keep trying to wear, but they last all of seven minutes on me. I feel like a pork sausage.” Michelle Pfeiffer on skinny jeans.
The consensus on the newest trend, the maxi dress is…..He says, “no way!” She says, “I love it!” That seems to be the latest consensus from an unofficial poll I’ve been taking about the latest trend in women’s fashion, the long maxi dress. From Rodeo Drive to your street, the maxi dress is making a fashion statement. The question is, what is the statement? Women seem to think the overall statement is cute and comfortable. Men seem to think the overall statement is frumpy and unflattering.
A wildly popular trend now, the maxi dress is being worn by women who want to be cute and comfortable at the same time. However, the negative input by the men may have you changing your mind….along with your dress.
Every male I had asked about this new trend gave a luke-warm response with, “it’s okay, but not form-fitting enough.” Some even responded with “dresses like this need to be burned.” Ironically, I couldn’t find one male response that said, “gorgeous, sexy, I love it.”
Women, on the other hand, simply loved the maxi dress. Women find this dress to easily transition from casual to dressy. The biggest response I received from women was “it looks so comfortable.”
What do you think about the maxi dress? Love it or lose it?
Deal of the day! Snag this super-cute sun dress from Victoria’s Secret for only $29.00 today. I live all summer long in these dresses! Very comfortable, very sexy, and very girly. Bring on the summer!
A beautiful tribute to my ultmate style icon, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. …..thanks for sending this, Grace.
