Fancy
Back in March, you were introduced to a new luxury footwear brand called Omelle, I’ve been lusting over their Spring/Summer 2009 collection since. But after previewing their Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, I can say I’m growing to like this brand more and more. Seems like they’ve found their signature heel as it is featured in their new collection as well. The stacked tusk-like heel with a metal top is called “PEG”, it is pretty amazing- loves it. The new collection is inspired by “Favorite” things.
Nicole LaFave’s background in knitwear design peeks through in the E Group, featuring knits incorporated into the shoes and the F Group explains her fascination with pockets. The G Group is inspired by LaFave’s graphic design background and paper envelope obsession, and the H Group exposes a signature hex shape from the Spring/Summer 2009 collection. The color palette is an extension of the Spring/Summer 2009 approach. Interesting neutrals play with a variety of textiles and materials which include cabled knits, merino wool, felted fabric, lush bright patent, and rich suede and calf skins. The collection hits stores and online in late August to early September.
I’m quite in love with the “Fancy” ankle boot, the material and “paper envelope” fold is amazing. Also, loving the button-and-string envelope design on the shoes, I need a pair!
More pics after the jump…
Gwendolyn
Gabriella
Fleur
Elaine
Eric
Fiori
Fiori
Fiona
Holden
Honest
Heloise
If you’re not prepared to go the whole hog and wear a hat to a wedding, a fascinator is the perfect headpiece to top off your outfit instead. Basically, this is a hair accessory with a few delicate decorations attached to a headband or hairclip. It’s a pretty, feminine and eye-catching way to add an extra touch to an outfit for a special occasion, and you can save money by making one yourself. This is a simple pattern suited to all abilities, yet by choosing your own fabric or adding a few beads or feathers, you can match it to your own style – be either as sophisticated or as girly as you see fit.
From American singer and fashion icon Gwen Stefani, to Indonesian diva Agnes Monica, more than a few celebrities are intrigued by the style and culture of Harajuku, which is named after the trend-setting neighborhood in Tokyo.
Different fashion types are common among the Harajuku set, from Goth-Lolita, featuring aprons, lace bows and ruffled petticoats, to cosplay, which centers on dressing up like characters from Japanese anime films and manga comics.
“Japanese Goth,” first published in April, is a pictorial examination of this aesthetically fascinating and influential world, which runs deeper than the theatrical fashion styles and vampiric makeup it’s best known for.
The book was written and compiled by Tiffany Godoy, a Tokyo-based fashion writer and author of the Japanese street fashion book, “Style Deficit Order,” who is also a fashion consultant for Elle and Vogue magazines.
Art direction is provided by Ivan Vartanian, a Tokyo-based writer and editor of art and photography books, including “Drop Dead Cute,” which examines the works of Japanese women artists.
The book’s introduction is written by eccentric novelist and fashion designer Novala Takemoto, the self-described “Lolita’s Bard” who once claimed to be born in 1745.
Even previous knowledge of the
style does not take away from the
awe of seeing people pay such careful attention to their dress and coiffure
His explanation of the Goth-Lolita style and history seems deliberately vague, describing it as a “culture” and a “journey,” while also proclaiming it to be “indescribable.”
However, his rather unorthodox introduction somehow fits with the subject of the book.
Novala writes that “establishing what defines Goth-Lolita is not up to any one person, it is up to the practitioner.”
Unlike “Style Deficit Order,” this is not a historical telling of how Harajuku’s teens came to adopt and expand upon the Gothic lifestyle. Instead, Godoy lets the photographs of Harajuku fashion, which are the bulk of the book’s content, speak for themselves.
“Japanese Goth” contains more than 200 photographs and pictures — and not just of people dressed in dark clothing. The spectrum of photographs provides a cross-section of styles and subjects, from the bizarre to the conventional.
One photograph shows naked mannequins piled on top of each other, all of them made-up with heavy gothic eyeshadow, white faces and lipstick, as well as sporting large tattoos. Another portrays two Goths, similarly dressed in striped stockings with red, floppy bows — which gives them a cute Lolita feel — holding a birthday cake.
Less literal but equally striking images are of a seemingly blind dog of undeterminable breed with fur like a poodle’s. Another picture of a skull with flowers and butterflies is eerily beautiful, picking up on the darkness that Goth culture encloses.
The book also contains photographs of Gothic Lolitas themselves, and the intensive boldness and eccentricities of the fashion itself is striking.
Even previous knowledge of this style does not take away from the awe of seeing people pay such careful attention to their dress and coiffure.
There are photographs of people wearing Marie Antoinette-style bodices with cream-colored lace and frills, and others of people mixing harsh black and white makeup, creating the flamboyant Gothic-Lolita style.
Like its subject, “Japanese Goth” achieves a balance between the beautiful and the macabre.
If you’re looking for a lift in your signature style, here are four tip-top Finnish designers from Helsinki sure to take your look to the next level by Karen Loftus
From issue 27 of Lucire
The printmaker
Marimekko is a great place to start or finish a look with their bold vintage prints. This globally known brand has been a powerhouse on the fashion front since the ’60s when fashion icon Jackie O. embraced the brand. H&M brought Marimekko, a Helsinki-based brand, back to the forefront, making it a summer must for fashionistas everywhere.
This company is constantly reinventing, finding new ways to express itself, adding signature prints to their voluminous library. They have hired on young contemporary artists to create their next wave of prints. To ride this fashion curve, check them out online and pick a print that speaks to you and about you. It will have every envious Angeleno talking.
This winter, grab a print to add an edge to your look or your living room. People or pillows can wear the brand. Fashion never looked or felt so good.
Ivana, Ivana
Designer Paola Ivana Suhonen is Finland’s super star designer. Her brand, Ivana Helsinki is to Helsinki what Marc Jacobs is to New York, Marni is to London and Karen Walker is to New Zealand. It’s quite simply the city. Everyone in Finland wants a piece of Ivana and this aspirational line. If you’re there, you will covet her coats. You’ll know it, when you see it. These head-turning finishes are layered, yet sleek and incredibly edgy.
She calls her line a Finnish art brand. So, if you wish you could take your paintings public, now is your chance. Her creations come in many sizes and shapes, mainly Nordic in nature, a bit moody and blue. This year, slip in to Sundance with a sexy statement-making coat. It’s the only thing every one will see all week. It’s the perfect start and finish to see and be seen in.
Bag addict
Lumi designers, Finn Sanna Kantola and Frenchman Bruno Beaugrand, share a love of fashion and each other. This hot couple set up shop in Helsinki in ’07 to showcase their brand Lumi as well as others. Their bags are made with the best leathers, soft to the touch, seductive to the eye, complemented with fierce detail and metal finishes.
It’s a bag made in fashion heaven and a favourite on both sides of the sea with a big following in New York and around the globe. Pick up a grey bag to lift your LA fashion spirits. If in town, pop in the shop in Helsinki, Lumi on 14, and check out Mhann, Lumi’s luxury streetwear bag line for men or the British brand Finsk, a London-based designer that makes architectural footwear worth the investment.
Sexy shoes in the city
Sexy urbanite and globally known fashionista Carrie Bradshaw and her Manhattan fashion mates were well known for their shoe fetish from Carrie’s famed Hello Lover to Charlotte’s foot fetish fan who gifted the goddess with free shoes for a cop and quickie foot feel.
Hanna Sarén, one of the best known Finnish fashion designers, was also a fave of Carrie and S. J. P. on and off the screen. If you, like Carrie, want to step out in your own style, check out this edgy line online or pop in to the ambient shop in Helsinki. You just might catch the adorable designer in action. The shoes are delicious and well worth the fetish.
Sleeping beauty
For a fashionable night’s sleep, check out and check in to the Kamp Hotel in city centre where you are sue to get some regal sleep.
This palace-like space is known to be a crash pad for rockers like U2 and the Rolling Stones. So be rock ready when you check in.
For a unique boutique experience, GLO next door has ambiance, edge and the best beds in the city. You’ll be hard pressed to get out of bed. So, plan a head and make a night of it.
For some chic sleep Klaus K, the designer hotel up the street, provides visual stimuli wherever the eye wanders. The lobby is a gallery unto itself that leads you weaves you in and out of hip neighbourhood bars with cool cocktails, hot bartenders and great eats. It’s a sensual feast from floor to finish as the rooms are super-sexy.
Style boob … Posh gets it wrong
The normally savvy Mrs B has made the oldest mistake in the book - forgetting the power of the paparazzi flashbulb.
As a result, her Goldenboobs are showcased in the glaring white bra she wears beneath a sheer top.
And Victoria isn’t the only big star to suffer from sudden transparency trauma.
From Mossy to Kate Hudson, click on the images above to see the worst opaque oh dears caught on film.
The 1960s were famous for bold graphic prints and bright colors. And while the optimistic mood of the 1960s isn’t necessarily present today, you can still derive inspiration from these more innocent times. Here’s how to modernize the graphic look of the 1960s:
1. Juxtapose bright color and a statement making pattern: a bright royal blue tank and a black and white skirt with a bold polka dot pattern.
2. Add another layer of graphic pattern with a short sleeved jacket in an oversized buffalo plaid.
3. Finish off the look with complementary accessories: a sunny yellow pair of heels (to complement the blue tank) and a grey zipper-adorned handbag (that works with the black and white patterned pieces).
Are you going to purchase jeans? If yes then just look out this pencil jeans these are the latest and fashionable. I adore to wearing jeans, it gives you a classic stare that keeps coming rear year after year. It is amazing jeans you can wear it with heels or flats and they are unmoving killer with ankle-high boots. Celebrity Jennifer Lopez gazing casually adorable in LA.
This style is quite new-fangled, I adore wearing this trend and it is too comfortable as well fashionable. Jeans are the most perfect clothing and perfect for everyone. You can match long as well short tops with this jean, it is totally perfect for college girls, now a day there is a great stuff of jeans in market.
The blue color jeans will perfect with your all-top black is also fine color but it match with some light colors. Just try this pencil jeans for your look and add some unique fashion in you stare.
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ET was with sexy singer Ciara as she got fitted for a dress to wear at The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion’ Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art! She chose a stunning black and white, floor-length gown designed by Emilio Pucci.
