Memorial Day weekend is O.V.E.R. and it’s time to get back to business. You can look chic and sleek all summer long-it just takes a little bit of planning and some very light tanning! (I just wanted to give you a little levity as we start the official work week) So.o.o. take a moment and savor this fabulous find from the Dolce & Gabbana Collection for Summer 2011.. B….eautiful! Have a great day!
Breakfast at Tiffany's -Audrey Hepburn
A great pair of summer shades are a Glamour Girl “must have” item. Available in a number of styles including aviators, square frame, round frame, cat eye or oversized-the options are endless. You can find a perfect pair of shades at every price point and there’s only one important fashion rule to follow when selecting your sunglasses: Make sure the frames flatter your face and accent your best features. Easy peezy!
YSL Dress Circa 1990
YSL Gown circa 1970 (worn by Marina Schiano/photo coutesy of Jean Loup Estate)
Just in case you need a little “daily dose of pretty,” here are a few looks from the latest Oscar de la Renta Resort Collection for 2012. Mr. De la Renta previewed this collection last week in New York and true to form the collection was spectacular!
What’s the best way to make an outfit go from ho-hum to YUM? Accessories. Exactly right dear Glamour Girl (Quite frankly, I had no doubt that you knew the answer). What I do want to point out is at this very minute the Nordstrom half yearly sale is ON and if you can’t afford to buy the latest markdown on Mark Jacobs or secure the Louis Vuitton handbag quite yet, might I suggest a little something that you can stock up on and still have money in the bank. Bangles. Yep-a stack of colorful unique bangles and bracelets are the sure fire show stopper that you can add in an instant and make that simple outfit SING… Cara accessories offers a wide assortment from which to choose from and worn separately or stacked-every single set is under (wait for it) fifty dollars Let me repeat that under $50.00 dollars. SO what are you waiting for? Get ready to shop, select and stack a set …or two… or three.
Cara Fabric and Chain Bangle $38.00 on sale: $24.90 @ Nordstrom
Cara Mixed Media (set of 12) $48.00 now $31.90
Cara Mixed Media (set of 7) $48.00 Sale: $31.90@ Nordstrom
http://shop.nordstrom.com/sr?keyword=cara+accessories&origin=keywordsearch
The Queen of talk has left the building. Today, Oprah Winfrey ended her 25 year reign as the most successful and longest running talk show in history. Oprah changed the tone of daytime talk in presenting a message that was positive, informative and uplifting. The intention she set for her viewing audience was to educate,entertain and aid us in helping to discover “our best selves.” I have always thought that the finest way to teach someone something is to be an example of what you want them to learn. Oprah truly personified the most positive of attributes that we can all continue to aspire to. She will be sorely missed as our daytime dose of Amazing Grace. Thank you Oprah.
Sixteen year old Nyasha Matonhodze, (a Zimbabwean Born, British raised model) has just been signed as one of the new faces for Louis Vuitton. Nyasha will be staring in the upcoming Fall/Winter Ad campaign for the label. Her thought upon learning of this latest booking…”Lord, you are lucky!”
Chrsitian Louboutin seems to have his pointed red soled pumps in a pinch. Mr. Louboutin recently filed a million dollar lawsuit against Yves Saint Laurent claiming that YSL had stolen his trademark red soles for Spring 2011. YSL’s recent rebuttal (and this is where it gets really interesting) states that Louboutin didn’t invent red soles and therefore can’t prevent anyone else from making shoes that feature them. YSL also presented the fact that: “Red soles area a commonly used ornamental design feature in footwear, dating as far back as the red shoes worn by King Louis XIV in the 1600’s and the ruby red shoes that carried Dorothy home in the “Wizard of Oz.” YSL accuses Louboutin of using its lawsuit as an anti-competition scheme designed to get big retailers to pull YSL shoes from the shelves.
Louboutin does have a trademark on file with the US Patent and Trademark office that protects its red soles as the company’s intellectual property, and by selling a shoe with a red sole, YSL is in infringing upon that trademark. BUT…Court papers filed by YSL state that “Louboutin was fraudulent in his trademark application claim that he had ‘exclusive’ use of the red sole…
There’s no way of knowing how this high heel drama will play out but one might suggest that both parties do a little soul searching. Let’s pray…it all works out for the best!
Remember the hat that Princess Beatrice wore at last month’s Royal Wedding? How could you forget! Well, that much talked about fashion faux pas has just been sold for (wait for it… over $130,000.00 US dollars) Whh.h.h.at? Well it seems that Princess Beatrice (the 22 year old daughter of Sarah Ferguson aka Fergie and Price Andrew. not to mention granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II) is going to have the last laugh on all the fashion nay-sayers when she decided to make lemons into lemonade and auction her Phillip Treacy hat on eBay with proceeds of the sale to go to the charity UNICEF and Children in Crisis. Who would have thought that the little hat that could-would go on auction and sell for $131,648.00-to be exact.
“Our hat’s are off to you Princess Beatrice-well done.”
