I know that all of you know that fur is everywhere this season,
not just by collection but by physical placement; on hems, on cuffs, on shoulders, on hats, etc.
And following the couture designers, the trend has dissipated down stream...as it always does... to the faux fur used in the ready to wear - bridge level of apparel.
Speaking of Faux, last Fall my Aussie peep, Faux Fuchsia, sported a fabulous black fur vest.
Here she is from last November looking so ultra glam in her fur gilet vest thingamy
and so put together...note the way that her nail polish matched the border of her Hermes scarf...amazingly chic.
Since I saw her photos I've wanted to find a fur vest to wear this Winter because it seemed like a practical solution for staying warm in Los Angeles. I have quite a few fur coats, but honestly they aren't that easy to wear in LA.
So...onto the internet I went in search of Faux Fuchsia's fabulous fur.
But sadly, this is what I found at Bloomingdales.com.
These vest look like something that the cat dragged in, don't they.
I am so perplexed...why would any designer think that these were attractive?
I don't know about you but I wouldn't be caught dead in any of these fashion faux pas.
So...if anyone knows where I can get something like FF's vest, which I assume is mink with a fox collar please let me know.
By the way, there is something else that I am perplexed about.
Why did Caroline Kennedy release the audio tapes of her mother's interview from way back in the day? Was it a FOIA thing?
Here are some of Jackie Kennedy's quotes.
On MLK: “A Phony.”
On Charles De Gaulle: “An egomaniac.”
On Indira Gandhi: “A real prune — bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman.”
On Clare Booth Luce and Madame Nhu, sister in law of Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnam’s president: “I wouldn’t be surprised if they were lesbians.”
On why “violently liberal” women preferred Adlai Stevenson to her husband: “Because they were afraid of sex.”
Personally, I rather liked reading the personal opinions of the real Jackie Kennedy, post her Camelot period and when she seemed to be off her meds.
She put up with a lot being married to Jack Kennedy and she was always gracious in her public role as First Lady. She was certainly entitled to her snarky private opinions.
But Clare Booth Luce a lesbian?
Where did that come from?
Showing posts with label fall fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall fashion. Show all posts
Fall Fashion 2011 - More Mid-Century
I know that those Aussie babes FF and SSG are all over the Missoni thing this Fall
but I'm kind of excited about the Mad Men trend at Banana Republic
And do I ever love this look!
But why do the B-Rep hemlines have to be so high?
Two inches longer would have been so much more chic.
Don't you?
I wonder if they are borrowing my estate jewelry looks too?
Banana Republic clothes and Beladora 2 vintage jewelry make a good pair
Are you starting to shop yet for Fall?
But since Summer is still here, I'm hoping for a hot and sunny weekend.
What are you up to this weekend?
but I'm kind of excited about the Mad Men trend at Banana Republic
After seeing this new B-Rep ad campaign
and Beladora vintage brooches all over the September issue of ELLE it seems apparent that Mid-Century looks will be in style this Fall and Winter
And do I ever love this look!
But why do the B-Rep hemlines have to be so high?
Two inches longer would have been so much more chic.
I kinda of think that B-Rep copied my Adriana Papell dress
I wonder if they are borrowing my estate jewelry looks too?
Banana Republic clothes and Beladora 2 vintage jewelry make a good pair
Are you starting to shop yet for Fall?
But since Summer is still here, I'm hoping for a hot and sunny weekend.
What are you up to this weekend?
Fall 2011 Jewelry Trend - Vintage Brooches
I just opened my new issue of ELLE magazine
and look what I found!!!!
and look what I found!!!!
Check out the Beladora Press Page to see more jewelry in the fashion press
and on the red carpet
And, there's going to be more coming up this Fall!
Going Short and Long This Fall
I bet that you think that I'm talking about shorting US bonds and going long gold
but I'm not.
I'm talking about two fashion trends that I can finally get excited about
shorts and longer hem lengths for dresses!
I would totally wear this pair of shorts this fall
but I'm not.
I'm talking about two fashion trends that I can finally get excited about
shorts and longer hem lengths for dresses!
I would totally wear this pair of shorts this fall
and this dress
What trend are you looking forward to this Fall?
(As you can imagine, chez the HQ things have been going a little crazy with the price of gold rocketing over $1700 today. Is gold going to $2000? Who knows...but I wouldn't be shorting it right now.)
Labels:
fall fashion
How To Wear Estate Jewelry - Shades of Gray For Summer
I'm not ignoring you...really I'm not.
It's just that I've been busy, really busy.
For some reason it's been a celebrity filled week
and...I'm still waiting for Lady Gaga's people to get back to my people...
you know how those things go.
I had wanted to post about the new Chanel collection
a Byzantine beauty if I ever saw one
but Tabitha beat me to it...and added poetry!
So go read her post.
Here at the HQ, we love to see jewelry worn on the head
so the diadems in these ads are especially appealing.
Also, have you noticed the recent Harry Winston and Van Cleef ads for diamond barrettes?
That is the trend in jewelry
along with vintage brooches
You heard it here first.
Summer may have officially started but it is still gray, foggy and cold every morning
and while I'd love to whip out the summer whites and pastels,
I'm still wearing winter colors like this charcoal gray
It's just that I've been busy, really busy.
For some reason it's been a celebrity filled week
and...I'm still waiting for Lady Gaga's people to get back to my people...
you know how those things go.
I had wanted to post about the new Chanel collection
a Byzantine beauty if I ever saw one
but Tabitha beat me to it...and added poetry!
So go read her post.
Here at the HQ, we love to see jewelry worn on the head
so the diadems in these ads are especially appealing.
Also, have you noticed the recent Harry Winston and Van Cleef ads for diamond barrettes?
That is the trend in jewelry
along with vintage brooches
You heard it here first.
Summer may have officially started but it is still gray, foggy and cold every morning
and while I'd love to whip out the summer whites and pastels,
I'm still wearing winter colors like this charcoal gray
Luckily, it matches my Beladora pearl jewelry
God I look old and tired in this shot
Hopefully botox and a beach vacation will be coming up in my near future!
Design Day Monday
It's Design Day Monday chez BHB
La Brochanteuse has brought us garden design from her trip to the Chateau Villandry
From her post
An imaginative twentieth century re-creation of a renaissance castle garden. The moated Chateau dates from c1536 and had a formal garden in the eighteenth century. The present garden dates from the years after 1906 when it was bought by a Spaniard, Dr Joachim Carvallo. Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, he wished the garden to have a sixteenth century character. Great horticultural skill was deployed, especially in the use of vegetables. An arbour of grape vines leads to a great parterre, conceived as a Garden of Music. On the other side of the canal is a Garden of Love. Symbolising the moods of love, it looks rectangular from the chateau but is actually trapezoid. The aesthetically designed vegetable garden is based on an illustration from Du Cerceau's Les plus excellents bastiments de France (1576). Despite its origins, Villandry is the work of a twentieth century imagination.
And then we have interior design from Dwell
with a Mid-Century meets Manhattan Beach at the home of Matt Jacobson and Kristopher Dukes.
And then we have graphic design with the work of Paul Crifo, the master of the movie poster.
I found these images on the Mr Movie Poster page on Facebook
Here is some of his better known work
a fashionable gent from the 1950s
and equestrian art
Of course we must mention fashion design
with the new Fall collection from Akris at Bergdorf Goodman
Now I know that Akris clothes are manufactured in Switzerland
but with the cashmere jacket priced at $3990, the top at $995 and the pants at $895
are these clothes handmade with spun gold by Gnomes, Heidi and William Tell himself?
And finally we get to the really important part of this post...jewelry design
Here is my new favorite piece
an important sapphire, diamond, mother of pearl and black onyx cuff bracelet
my photos don't do justice to how awesome the piece is
because this bracelet is truly a work of art
It looks perfect with these mother of pearl and diamond earrings from Beladora.com
Happily... I have an an event to attend tomorrow night
you can probably guess what estate jewelry I will be wearing...
La Brochanteuse has brought us garden design from her trip to the Chateau Villandry
The formal parterre...lovely isn't it
wow, talk about fresh local ingredients
with a vegetable garden like this, you could practically feed an entire village
From her post
An imaginative twentieth century re-creation of a renaissance castle garden. The moated Chateau dates from c1536 and had a formal garden in the eighteenth century. The present garden dates from the years after 1906 when it was bought by a Spaniard, Dr Joachim Carvallo. Inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, he wished the garden to have a sixteenth century character. Great horticultural skill was deployed, especially in the use of vegetables. An arbour of grape vines leads to a great parterre, conceived as a Garden of Music. On the other side of the canal is a Garden of Love. Symbolising the moods of love, it looks rectangular from the chateau but is actually trapezoid. The aesthetically designed vegetable garden is based on an illustration from Du Cerceau's Les plus excellents bastiments de France (1576). Despite its origins, Villandry is the work of a twentieth century imagination.
And then we have interior design from Dwell
with a Mid-Century meets Manhattan Beach at the home of Matt Jacobson and Kristopher Dukes.
I love the minimalist approach in a town full of millionaires and their beachside Mcmansions.
And then we have graphic design with the work of Paul Crifo, the master of the movie poster.
I found these images on the Mr Movie Poster page on Facebook
Here is some of his better known work
and some of his less known work
and equestrian art
Of course we must mention fashion design
with the new Fall collection from Akris at Bergdorf Goodman
Now I know that Akris clothes are manufactured in Switzerland
but with the cashmere jacket priced at $3990, the top at $995 and the pants at $895
are these clothes handmade with spun gold by Gnomes, Heidi and William Tell himself?
And finally we get to the really important part of this post...jewelry design
Here is my new favorite piece
an important sapphire, diamond, mother of pearl and black onyx cuff bracelet
my photos don't do justice to how awesome the piece is
because this bracelet is truly a work of art
It looks perfect with these mother of pearl and diamond earrings from Beladora.com
Happily... I have an an event to attend tomorrow night
you can probably guess what estate jewelry I will be wearing...
Chic Italian Style
I been praying to the fashion gods
could it be that they've heard me?
I'm not seeing the evidence of the answers to my fashion prayers on the runway yet
but these three women in Milan
photographed by The Sartorialist
could it be that they've heard me?
I'm not seeing the evidence of the answers to my fashion prayers on the runway yet
but these three women in Milan
photographed by The Sartorialist
are proudly wearing
knee length skirts!!!
I haven't seen evidence of a trend towards longer hem lengths,
except in a few of the Fall Collections.
But could this chic street look eventually influence what we see on the runways?
I certainly hope so.
Labels:
fall fashion,
italian fashion,
The Sartorialist
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