Emma Stone At Her Best!

     From Blake Lively to Emma Stone.  I admit that I'm kind of on a gown kick right now.  If I got anything out of Spring 2013 runway shows its that I realized how obsessed I am with cocktail dresses and floor length gowns.  Next pick is Emma Stone, she's got a great sense of style that changes like the wind.
     At the 2011 Golden Globe Awards Emma Stone rolled out in this slinky little peach gown.  As soon as I laid eyes on this I knew it had to be the great Calvin Klein.  The simplicity was too "Klein-ish" to be hand crafted by anyone else.  Although you cannot see them in either of these pictures, Stone slithered down the runway in Ferragamo nude python peep toe pumps.  As for the gown, I generally disagree with the matching of the skin tone look but between the blonde hair, the nude lips, the peach dress and the light skin tone...it's so fabulous.  The open back is just another stunning touch.

     Jumping a year ahead to the 2012 Golden Globe Awards Stone hit the red carpet in a custom made Lanvin gown.  This deep plum tulle siren gown with raspberry paneled side inserts and stunning shoulder embroidery briskly swayed across the carpet.  Of course the deep V neck caught the attention of many but to say the least the eagle winged belt was the real attention grabber.  

     And for the 2012 People's Choice Awards Stone continued the belted gown look.  This green and navy tree printed Jason Wu dress with tear drop cutouts was breathtaking.  Surely not overdressed for the occasion, but the understated hair pinup and subtle makeup really pulled it all together.      

     Bow-frinkin'-tastic!  Where should I even start?  I suppose with the neck because it's jumping out at me.  At the 2012 Oscars, held at the Hollywood & Highland Center, Stone appeared in a Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown.  Stone must love the synched waist look because almost all of her gowns follow this style, but who wouldn't when you are a size two?  To top off this blossoming nuber she wore Brian Atwood heels and carried a Louis Vuitton clutch.

     For the 2012 5th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon, what a mouthful there, Stone innocently appeared in an angel like Eli Saab cocktail dress.  Divine, and yes I would go as far as saying she outdid herself.  The beadwork was so intricate and carefully placed.  Again with the open back, she must love her perfect spine and shoulder bones.  Again, who wouldn't if they looked like that?  The quarter length sleeve was something different and lovely to see.

     2012 seems to be the year for Emma Stone.  Her and her stylist have picked some memorable gowns that keep us all in awe.  I can't wait to see what's next.

Stunned at Stone!

Ciao, 

Annie

     

The One That Got Away!

     Depressed and laying on the couch, I was scrolling through last weeks fashion shows, crying that they are over and trying to link together the overall Spring 2013 trends.  I was marveling over the belted dresses, altered collars, boucle 'Chanel like' blazers, and then it happened, I came across Nicholas K's catwalk video.
     My instant reaction sounded something like, "Oh shit, this is freaking fabulous!"  When fashion makes you drool on a regular basis it's hard not to react in random outbursts when you see something that literally takes your breath away.
     In our risqué let it all hang out world generally once the weather gets warm the clothes come off, right?  After all, a popular trend for Spring 2013 was short bottoms, hell what am I saying, it was no bottoms.  Hey, let it all hang out, it's trendy!  Multiple designers felt that way but, not Nicholas K.
     Spring = layering.  I mean, it's like nothing I've seen before.  The oversized, crinkled, loose fitting garments flowed off the models like waves in the sea.  Draping silk fabrics over the heads of the models to create hood like coverings...fabulous.  The oversized glasses that would leave Jackie O. in the dust...even more fabulous.  As I was trying to follow the lines and contour of the fabric I got lost in the mix due to the constant curve or cut in the structure of the garment.  It's a-maze-ing.
     Let's not even begin to discuss the warm earth tones that K used.  The camel, rust, milk chocolate and taupe gave off such an effortless vibe.  Simple, easy, straightforward, smooth, I can keep going if you don't get my point!  It's brilliant.  All of it.  I'm not even being bias because I'm infatuated with modern trendy styles.  OK, so I'm being bias...whatever.  It's sick and I that's all I can say.

K-razy!

Ciao, 

Annie May

Kors It's Stripes!

     Michael Kors sweeping theme of Spring 2013 was stripes, stripes and more stripes.  But honestly, no one else could have deconstructed the traditional vertical or horizontal striped pattern better than Michael himself.  Even down to the repeated exaggerated side part of the models, stripes stole the show.  The full striped jumpsuit, whether its the tripping effect that it has on your eyes or the genuine attraction that draws you to look at it, you were hooked.  It's the jail trend in full swing.  Linear and perfect, no other way to describe it.

Stay in line!

Ciao, 

Annie May

The Amazing Diane von Furstenberg!

     Well, "Some fairy tales end with the girl marrying the prince…some start there…With the polish of a princess and the heart of a gypsy, she fantasizes about a life less structured, about sunsets unseen and deserts in the distance", says Diane about her Spring 2013 collection.  Every garment that set foot on her black lipped runway screamed, "Diane".  It was so her, every outfit you could picture her wearing as you passed her in the Meatpacking district, sunglasses on and phone in hand.  Imaginably so, being a designer is difficult, from season to season reinventing ideas and bringing them to life.  Regardless, somehow they all manage to do it and this time Diane really spiced up the runway.  Just like Diane wished, I pictured the princess traveling through the desert in her printed jumpsuits, crepe tunics worn over pants, gowns, oversized blazers and all of it in vibrantly screaming colors.  How could I forget the sequins and shimmer, to match her tiara.  

     Don't think I was dismissing the goggles?  Yes, goggles, like actual goggles.  You may have loved them and you may have hated them but hell, Diane was wearing them so embrace them.  It's kind of technology meets fashion and then 'kaboom' there was a memorable fashion show!

Such a success!

Ciao, 

Annie May