TREND WATCH: Fall Nail Colours

Fall is upon us and I personally can’t wait to start wearing this years trends. The best way to kick off the season is by wearing fall nail colors. Rihanna is sporting what is sure to be the replacement to the ‘black nail trend’ of last year; enter metallic gray nail enamel. Runway trends predict lots of golden goddess dresses, purple-haze and grey metallic tailored pieces on store shelves, see Proenza Schouler below. I predict gray metallic (Chanel in Kaleidoscope)and various plum colored nail enamel (see OPI France Collection or Cafe Cuties) will be most popular with cooper/gold tones as the wild card (Chanel Fiction or Cove Cooper by Essie).

Trend Watch: CHUNKY MONKEY

Count on wearing multi-strand necklaces or one large statement necklace this fall. Baubles seen on the catwalk during Fall Fashion Week ranged from long gold hoops by Phillip Lim to flamboyant glittery gems at Balenciaga.
One tip: Avoid layering chucky necklaces, very few people can pull it off.

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Christian Siriano's New Collection - Exclusively for Bluefly

fyi...Christian Siriano, our favorite Project Runway winner to date, has released a few sample pieces for sale on Bluefly.com.
There are very few items left for sale, so I’m wondering if Christian’s pieces are selling out since the release yesterday??
Check out Christian’s website here

Mercedes Benz Fashion Week - Spring '09 Berlin Germany

Berlin kicks off Spring/Summer 2009 fashion week with Basso & Brooke’s collage of clothing; a mix of leather, knits, silks, basically everything but the kitchen sink. If you deconstruct the styling, some of the pieces are very lovely and wearable. However, I’m a lady of leisure and the last thing I want to do is over-think my wardrobe, therefore my favorite designer at Berlin's Fashion Week will go to Stenesse Blue. I would wear every item I selected for display (above).


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TREND WATCH: GOLD DIGGER

Subtract my nod to Kanye West and what you have is an exquisitely silky makeup trend, wearable the remaining days of summer into early fall. What I like about gold eye shadow is everyone can wear it – everyone! Shades come in ranges from pale gold dust to bronze beauty. I suggest stopping by Sephora (or go online), buy lose gold eye shadow for a creamer looking texture with staying power. Nia Long and Rihanna appear naturally beautiful wearing this trend, don't you agree??

To get the look try Lorac or Bare Escentuals at Sephora

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ROLAND MOURET RESORT 2009, Paris

This is not Roland Mouret's RM Resort line, it's his spring collection, and show cased in Paris months before Spring Fashion Week, and will be delivered to stores by November. Sticking to his well known 50’s silhouette then turning up the heat with one-shoulder taffeta dresses, slate colored work wear and red hot evening gowns. My favorites are marked with a *.

SHOP-the-LOOK: Gucci Resort 2009

Not everyone (almost no one) can afford to buy fashion straight from the runways. Instead save a thousand dollars or more and shop-da-look. After all, isn't imitation the sincerest form of flattery???
Pepe Leather Jacket at ASOS $650


Long Lotus Corded DressPatrizia $495.00



Yumi Lace Dress $109 (U.S)

GUCCI RESORT 2009

Gucci’s Frida Giannini presented Resort 2009, mounted in the garden of the seventeenth-century Villa Aurelia in Rome, supposedly the same place Frida thru her wedding party 3 years earlier. Tan, bronzed, glowing and flowing was the look of the runway models, with breezy resort dresses and wavy 70’s hair. Gucci’s signature resort
palette of white, caramel, burnt orange, teal, and python paraded effortlessly down the runway.

Claire Danes looking stunning w/date.

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VICTORIA BECKHAM FAVORITE DRESSES ON SALE - Net-A-Porter

Marc Jacobs
Felt panelled dress
Was $1,900 Now $1,140

Marc Jacobs
Dabble print tunic dress
Was $1,950 Now $1,365

RM by Roland Mouret
Moon dress
Was $2,150 Now $1,612.50

Marc Jacobs
Crystal embroidered dress
Was $4,500 Now $3,150

CHLOE Tulip Hem Dress - Was $1,935 , Now $967.50

FALL TREND WATCH - Clever Collars

Can you top this?? A few clever designers are topping their fall staples with intricate ruffled, asymmetrical and space aged collars. My favorite is the beautiful animal print Allegra Hicks belted fall jacket.

Valentino Fall 2008 Haute Couture

Alessandra Facchinetti, the young designer who replaced Valentino, presented her romantic interpretation of fashion in Paris. I admire Alessandra’s courage to create ruffled voluminous skirts and creamy-dreamy jackets. Alessandra worked with Valentino's oeuvre of pristine lunch suits, flowery embroidery, and red dresses to create her own spectacular fall line.

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