During all those fashion weeks (Rio, São Paulo, Ny, London, Paris, Milan and millions of other) we read loads of forecasts of which will be the indispensable pieces for a fashionista closet. However, seasons comes and goes and some of them are always in the fashion! Those are pieces that every stylish girl should have. It was with this idea in mind that Nina Garcia, from the famous show Project Runway, wrote the book ONE HUNDRED where she listed, in alphabetical order, one hundred must-haves of her dear wardrobe.
Here you can see my own selection of 10 items with tips and curiosities:
1) A-line dress It will work for you on your best day. It will work for you on your worst day. It will work for you when you don’t know what to wear, for all occasions and in all kinds of weather. And the best part is that it will flatter your figure! Yet, it demands so little in return, just a bold accessories and a great pair of shoes. To make your choice have in mind all it-girls in 60s that used the A-line dress: google Twiggy, Penelope Tree, Edie Sedgwick, Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton.
The object of desire that I have been most interested lately is the famous "red soles" of Christian Louboutin. Beyond being super sensual and pretty, those shoes seem to appear more like a symbol of status of the luxury market. Thinking about status, luxury, red and French. ..I remember the Sun King’s court. YES, back in 1673 other French also used red details in the feet as symbol of power. Another kind of power...
After two Brazilian fashion weeks the order is: 80s in mind!Have a look at some shows as Virzi, Fillhas de Gaia, Iódice, Carlota Joakina and get the mood of this decade that, in opposite of the 60s swing and 70s hippies, it was fashionable to earn money and dress up.
It was not aimlessly that fairly in 80s Madonna, the queen of the pop, sang out loud:I' m a material girl and I' m living in a material world.Those were also years of Prince, Michael Jackson and Boy George.The pop stars appeared with his makeups and sexy clothes to show that the vanity was not more an exclusive sin of the women.Times of the yupies, of the female power, of marked waists and of wide shoulders.Years when the mania of gymnastics brought the gaiters, lycra and sweatshirt into fashion.
Finally the most it loved department store is going to open at the meeting point high fashion: H&H obtained the license to launch its shop in the Camps-Elysées after 2 years negotiating with the French government didn’t want to "denigrate" the street’s prestige.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 February 2009 23:05 )
I’m sure you have clothes that you love so much that you wouldn’t use much to “save” then for some more time! I always want save my gray shorts and my skull shirt from Zara...I could use then everyday but I do it just I few times and get hysterical to not soil, that way I don’t need to wash then very hard and soooo they will last longer! Crazy, hm? BUT to Susan Kaufman, publisher of the SyleWatch, seems to have put an end to my problems: in the edition of September she indicates a product called BLOX.
Apparently you just need to add it in the wash and the clothes will magically come out with the power to keep organic water and oil-based stains from setting in. Isn’t it cool? They say that the texture of the fabric remains the same and it is hypoallergenic. I got to check that NOW!
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 25 February 2009 23:12 )
