Couture in the City

The Next Fashion Must-Have’s

2010-09-01T18:27:19Z

Are you one of those fashionistas who’s just always itching to get their hands on the next “it” thing in the fashion industry?

With all the latest fashion trends that is popping out in the market by the week, who wouldn’t be? It is every girl’s dream to wake up in the morning, put on some make-up, get into a fancy dress, spray on a bit of perfume, & go to a party, catching everyone’s eye.

Padded Cup Elastic Corset – $80.00

Talking about the new fashion trends out in the market today, did you know that corsets are making a comeback? It’s those things that make women’s (& men’s) waists into smaller sizes, pretty much like a bustier. Only, a bustier is meant only to shape the body, but not so much that it alters it drastically, which a corset does. Both the corset & bustier are making a comeback, as seen in the latest Megan Fox movie.

Tory Burch’s cotton and spandex denim jeans, worn with Ra-re’s polyester and spandex down parka and Bumboo’s organic cotton and viscose T-shirt.

Denim is always part of the fashion industry, and it’s not saying goodbye just yet. Denim doesn’t go out of style, it flows with it. This season, the jeans that are in style are skinny, torn, of dirty khaki, gray, blue or black colors type’s—best combined with long sweaters or tops.

Aum Clothing – Aum Flower Eco-Slouch Pullover – $48

Another fashion news is the all out total turnover of fashion going green. Fashion designers today are deciding to go green, making environmental friendly clothes & apparels for the new generations.

It’s no wonder though, thinking about how everything is slowly, but surely, making a turnover to a greener pasture. Surely, even the more famous fashion designers are making a heads up into going green. As was said in New York’s fashion shows, “environmentally friendly clothing designs and fabrics are here to stay”.

Just like everything else in this world, fashion style evolves, making every woman want to be updated with every style & trend in the market.

Kate Hudson: ‘Don’t worry about trends’

2010-09-02T18:35:41Z

When it comes to celebrity clothes, star Kate Hudson says that becoming famous hasn’t changed her taste. She recently told Elle magazine, “I don’t have enough time on this planet to worry about things like that.”

The actress and red carpet fashion star says that she favors the designs of her friend, fashion industry icon Stella McCartney, saying, “What I love about her is that everything she designs is comfortable.” Hudson says that she tends to like printed fashion dresses with flowing textures and doesn’t like clothes that feel restricting. Hudson, who says she exercises two hours a day, says she doesn’t waste time worrying about those who would judge her on her appearance.

Kim Cattrall Worked Well with Pat Field

2010-09-02T18:30:57Z

Kim Cattrall was one of the top celebrity fashion trend makers in her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO series “Sex and the City,” and in the two feature films that followed, and she was never afraid to share her opinions with costume designer Patricia Field.

She told Vogue.com that she was comfortable telling Field when she felt like an outfit wouldn’t work for a particular scene. The outfits that young fashion industry designers sent for co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis were sample size, unlike Cattrall, but she was OK with that, saying that she knew a lot of those outfits would not have suited her body type or character. “The thing about Patricia was that she knew the actresses body types very well,” she says.

Expert Post: Fall For Short Skirts

2010-09-01T18:27:05Z

Emmys 2010: Best and Worst Dressed

2010-09-01T19:19:12Z

The Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out Sunday night, and it didn’t take long for armchair fashion watchers everywhere to become breathless with either stupefaction or happiness at the fashion choices of the women on the red carpet. Here are a few picks for worst and best dressed.

January Jones, Lauren Graham, and Christina Hendricks were among three of the worst dressed stars on parade Sunday night. Jones’ metallic blue Versace concoction somehow combined a front slit with a giant hoop skirt, and it was topped with a cone bra. Madonna could probably get away with it in a video, but even that is somewhat doubtful.

Lauren Graham

January Jones

Christina Hendricks

Lauren Graham wore a confusing black and white outfit by Yegal Azrouel. It had drapes, slits, and clingy parts, and it drew the eye in multiple directions. And sadly, the gorgeous Christina Hendricks, the celebrity trend setter of the moment, looked about two steps away from being Miss Kitty from “Gunsmoke” in a Zac Posen gown that featured a fitted bodice, pouf sleeves, a full skirt complete with ruffle, and ostrich feathers edging the silhouette.

Kyra Sedgwick

Jennifer Carpenter

One fashion industry confection gone very right was the gorgeous wine colored Monique Lhuillier gown worn by Kyra Sedgwick. It was simply gorgeous, age-appropriate, and sexy. Jennifer Carpenter wore a sequined one-shoulder Oday Shakar dress that managed to be both Old Hollywood and brand new looking at the same time.

Claire Danes

Perhaps one of the most beautiful fashion dresses, if not the most beautiful one, was the shimmery Armani Privé strapless gown worn by Claire Danes. It fit and flattered perfectly, and her swingy, shoulder-length blonde ‘do worked great with it. As fashion accessories go, not one of these three best dressed ladies piled it on. All went with simple and clean accessories, the better to let their figures and dresses capture the attention.

A few others that I loved were Brooke Burke, Heidi Klum and Maria Menounos.

Brooke Burke wore a beautiful gown by Mark Zunino with a sexy side slit.

Heidi Klum wore a super-short Marchesa gown and bold Lorraine Schwartz statement jewels.

Maria Menounos $35,000 couture gown was inspired by 1920′s old Hollywood glamour by Ralph & Russo.

Weekly Shopping And Goodies

2010-09-01T05:02:18Z

Linea Pelle Dylan Medium Tote – Fashion Hippo

A Few Goody Gumdrops is roaring into Fall with Giuseppe Zanotti’s animal print booties!

Bags, Bling & Beauty is smitten with the buttery soft leather of the Linea Pelle Dylan Shoulder Bag.

Being High Maintenance, not Bitchy wants to help you find the best online deals with Smarter.com!

Couture In The City shares with us classic boot styles for fall 2010.

Fashion Cents reminds you that ready to wear is not always READY TO WEAR. Check out the 5 tips on when to alter your clothing.

Fashion Hippo finds the “it” bags for Fall

Raging Rouge posts a huge Beauty Giveaway. Win three MAC eye shadows from the Dare To Wear collection!

Check out RedPoppy’s EMMY AWARDS Red Carpet Review!

Shopping and Info loves Sandra Bullock’s gray fedora hat for Fall.

Simply Sample Sales Has The Code For 40% Off Everything at Chick Downtown + Super Hot Picks For Fall!

Style Eyes offers some fun tips on How to get some retro glamour in your life

StyleMaven goes abstract with bold graphic prints from Matthew Williamson, Sigerson Morrison and Vivienne Westwood for fall shopping inspiration.

The Bare Skinny shows you a fashionable convertible.

TheFind will be going skinny and luxe this fall with a pair of Sleek and Skinny Velvet Jeans.

Violet Revolution answers one reader’s question: What are the Hottest Fall Accessories?

Don’t forget to check out next weeks edition of Shopping and Goodies!

Justin Timberlake Fronts Both Givenchy’s Play for Him and Play for Her Scents

2010-09-01T04:11:13Z

Los Angeles, CA – Justin Timberlake’s schedule is apparently full of activities. Aside from the latest celebrity gossip mentioning that the American pop musician intends to become an author of a golf-inspired book and him playing the lead role in Green Lantern, Timberlake apparently has more plans in mind.

The multi-awarded singer recently announced that he continues to front the fragrance of celebrities’ fashion designer, Givenchy, as his scents will be launched in the United States this coming September. Timberlake’s manly features are not only featured in the ‘Play for Him’ and ‘Play Intense’ scents, both of which he has been endorsing for a year now in European countries, they will also be highlighted on the Givenchy Play for Her collection.

Timberlake confesses that it came as a shock when he was offered to become a face of Givenchy’s ladies fragrance. According to an interview featured in WWD’s latest celeb news, Timberlake’s initial response was, “You guys should go find a woman to help put this out.”

However, as soon as Timberlake heard the explanation of celebrity fashion trends enthusiast Givenchy, who briefed him that the setting of the photo shoot is in a mysterious and wonderful street of Paris with ‘New Moon’ actress, Noot Seear, his immediate reaction was, “Oh that kind of makes sense.”

Tom Munro led the celebrity fashion style photo shoot with Timberlake and Seear, both of whom are featured on a print ad, which presents them as two people connected with a set of headphones subtly slipped into Timberlake’s pocket with the beautiful city of Paris on the background.

Just like the celebrity fashion style packaging of ‘Play for Him’, the female counterpart ‘Play for Her’ is put up in a bottle that mimics a digital music player and comes in two editions: Intense, a sexy scent of sandalwood, pink peppercorns, and orange blossom and a radiant eau de parfum with an edge of white peach and bergamot.

Martha Davis Combines Industrials Skills to Shoe Designing

2010-09-01T03:54:51Z

New York, NY – Martha Davis was originally known for her 20 years of contribution to industrial designing, specifically on Johnson & Johnson’s dial pack birth control packaging. Taking a different path as a fashion designer, she now aims to help the industry more through her shoes.

“I wanted to get back to making things,” explained the newbie in the shoe fashion industry, “so I decided to give shoes a try.”

With Davis’ background in industrial designing, she may have what it takes when it comes to creating a neat, well-designed and fresh product. Furthermore, she claims that she is a fan of shoes herself, yet she wishes to produce her own fashion style with her functional and exceptional shoes.

Because of her love of shoes, she went to Milan, Italy to enroll in a shoe fashion design program and after four collections and two years; Davis is now creating comfy, yet extremely trendy shoes. These are noted to combine unique contemporary designs and daring color styles with conventional hand-made Italian shoemaking designs.

The modern top fashion characteristics of Davis’ shoes are quite futuristic as she included a seemingly spaceship-ish sleek curve to some of them. Also, she was noted to know how to choose the right quality of materials to use as one of her shoes showcases soft glove leather that flawlessly molds one’s foot, as if the shoes were actually customized.

In addition, Davis was also able to pull real ladies fashion as she incorporated her own signature wooden heel that is aerodynamic and sculptural, and not annoyingly clunky. This unique heel’s is narrow and thin, yet tough and well-built—shoe qualities that provide one at balance when walking.

Generally, Davis’ fashion sketches of shoes as well as her final products are intended to be put on at any time of the day—from day to night. Apparently, this innovative industrial designer has skillfully integrated her knowledge from her previous profession to the career path she now takes.

Who Did Fashion Guru Joe Zee Deem Best-Dressed at the Emmy Awards?

2010-08-31T19:25:12Z

Elle magazine Creative Director Joe Zee joined “Extra” on the Emmy red carpet Sunday as a Special Fashion Correspondent for television’s biggest night! Watch him interview the stars and find out which actress made the top of his list!

Kardashians to Launch K-Dash Fashion Line

2010-08-31T18:46:25Z

Here is an item of celebrity news and gossip that will please fashionistas: the Kardashian sisters are launching a fashion collection on QVC shopping network. Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim will be working with Ginny Hilfiger, who is the sister of fashion industry icon Tommy Hilfiger. The sisters’ mother, Kris Jenner, will be involved too.

The line, called K-Dash, will include handbags, belts, leggings, faux fur-trimmed vest, and tunics and will retail for $20 to $240. The line will debut on QVC from Rockefeller Center in New York on Friday, September 10 as part of Fashion’s Night Out. Fashion designers participating in Fashion’s Night Out include Isaac Mizrahi and “Mad Men” costume designer Janie Bryant.