Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Sandals That Are Basically a Party on Your Feet

It's probably time for you to swap out your run down flip flops for a fresh pair of sandals in preparation for the summer months, right? Well, there is one sandal style in particular that caught our eye, one that is sure to catch the eye of your Instagram followers as well.

VERSACE SAW MAJOR RETAIL GROWTH IN 2015

Donatella Versace. Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Since selling a minority stake to Blackstone in 2014, Versace has been laser-focused on expanding its retail business, opening as many as 30 stores last year — and it seems to have paid off.

THE CHOKER THAT DOESN’T REMIND MARIA OF THE '90S

Fallon Armure Link Front Leather Wrap Choker in Gold, $285, available at FallonJewelry.com.
I am loving the choker trend that's going on right now. But instead of throwing it back to my high school days of cutting up black tights from dance class to make a collection of DIY chokers, I've been on the hunt for a more grown-up style.

Thursday, 24 March 2016

Secrets to Making Your Outfit Look Expensive


Aiming to look chic on a shoestring budget? It is possible, we promise. There are many tricks of our trade that enable you to not spend a truckload of cash but still look en pointe and expensive.

What to Keep Out and What to Put Away for Spring


It's official, spring has sprung. So it’s only logical that we put away our winter gear (hallelujah!) and free up some closet space for more warm-weather clothing.

How to Get a Slimmer Waist

Slimmer Waist
In the first installment of our series with structural integrative specialist, Lauren Roxburgh, we talked about what fascia is—and how you can manipulate it for longer and leaner legs thanks to its malleable nature. Luckily, there are ways to slim and streamline the waist, too—a particularly poignant fact for post-partum women who believe that giving up their hourglass shape is the price they paid to have kids.

HAILEY BALDWIN OFFICIALLY JOINS THE MODELING BIG LEAGUES, SIGNS WITH IMG

The name Hailey Baldwin already carries a lot of weight in the fashion industry, thanks in part to her famous last name, her nearly 5 million Instagram followers, the company she keeps (the Jenners and the Hadids round out her crew) and, well, her general hotness.

5 New-Season Prints for Girls Who Don't Do Florals


We all know florals are synonymous with spring, but if you need a new print to rotate into your wardrobe this season, might we suggest the five out-of-the-box suggestions below?

Cara Delevingne's $48 Sunglasses Look So Expensive


If you're on a budget but want to upgrade your spring wardrobe, we have your answer. Cara Delevingne stepped out in London yesterday wearing Perverse'sAmazeball Sunglasses ($48),

HOW JOYCE LEE ROSE THROUGH MADEWELL'S RANKS TO BECOME ITS HEAD DESIGNER

Photo: Madewell
In our long-running series, "How I'm Making It," we talk to people making a living in the fashion industry about how they broke in and found success.
In June, J.Crew announced that it had dismissed its women's designer and hired in his stead Somsack Sikhounmuong,

Wednesday, 23 March 2016

A Brief History of Colored Stones: From Ancient Egypt to the Red Carpet


 
Nowadays, a celebrity stylist might choose a certain piece of jewelry for her client simply because of how the color looks with her dress, but in the past there was more significance to the colored gems women wore.

Moscow Designers Played With Science and Folklore on Monday

After tackling the fall 2016 shows in New York, London and Milan and Paris, we've kept the fashion train rolling all the way through to Moscow, where the 32nd season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia (MBFWR) is currently underway in the capital.
Read on for the looks that caught our attention on the fourth day of shows, and check out our favorites from over the weekend

Alena Akhmadullina

Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
Practical considerations aside, Alena Akhmadullina is the Russian designer from MBFWR that could most easily command a presence on the runways in Paris, where she regularly presents her collection via showroom. But it seems the lure of a hometown performance is too strong: the audience was packed with A-list Russian celebrities and editors (according to my star assistant here, Irina Loskutova). Akhmadullina's fall collection took inspiration from folktales: Mongolian, Tibetan and Buryat elements took form in silhouettes, imagery and embroidery. I particularly enjoyed the ugly-chic accessories, but my favorite piece was a leather skirt/apron that popped up on several looks. It accentuated the waist and hips and felt feminine in a tough, utilitarian way. 

Dasha Gauser

Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
Backstage after her latest runway show, Dasha Gauser said she was the second Russian to have a dream about the periodic table of elements. (Its inventor Dmitri Mendeleev famously came up with the now-standard scientific table in a dream.) And while the results could have veered too kitschy, Gauser managed to use the table almost like a standard check pattern along with other school science lab drawings of beakers and chemical compounds. The wrap dress above stood out for its wearability and the way the table's placement flatters the body. The plastic glasses and gloves are perfect finishing touches, too, as was the Missy Elliot soundtrack. 

EZ by Elena Zemtsova ContraFashion

Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
This look designed by Elena Zemtsova is ideal workplace attire for days when you want to speak softly and carry a big stick. She showed her collection as part of ContraFashion, a young designer collective that has occupied a slot at MBFWR for several seasons, each time promising some of the wildest looks of the week. 

Portnoy Beso

Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
Photo: Oleg Nikishin/Epsilon/Getty Images
The vast majority of designers this week have shown some form of a red dress (it is a Russian patriotic color, after all) and Portnoy Beso's version stood out for its on-trend long sleeves and delicate pleating.

'The Bachelor:' The Commandments of Contestant Style

The top nine women of season 20 in the Bahamas. Photo: "The Bachelor"/Facebook
On Monday night, Ben "Such a Good Guy" Higgins will likely propose to one of his two remaining girlfriends on the season finale of "The Bachelor." It's been a whirlwind "journey," as the producers so often like to remind us — one that has gifted us with a myriad of incredible characters who were simply made for television.

On Dyeing My Eyebrows and Traumatizing My Loved Ones

Browless babes at Alexander Wang. Photo: Imaxtree
You'd think I'd gotten a tattoo of Justin Bieber or the smiling poop emoji across my forehead. It was one of those cartoonish scenarios where they shrieked in fear, and that scared a panicked yelp out of me because I didn't know what was wrong, and we just stood there looking at each other, wide-eyed and gibbering. All I'd done was dye my eyebrows, and people were freaking the hell out.

Bella Hadid Steams Up Joe's Jeans' Latest Campaign

After cutting her denim campaign chops in Topshop's "It" girl-filled spring ads, Bella Hadid landed a new gig for Joe's Jeans, the Los Angeles-based denim-focused lifestyle brand that was founded by creative director Joe Dahan in 2001.