I love the way she styled herself here and gave the dress the shape. The hair up, the black bag and waist cincher and those very nice heels makes it all work for me. She’s one of the only celebrities who works alone without a stylist. So, I applaud her each time she does this.
This dress has a smocked waist which can be worn with or without a belt, but after seeing this on her, this is the best time to break out that belt (black, tan or brown). The chiffon-y skirt has a double layer so you’re not going feel naked.
Look how cute Emmy Rossum looks in this pretty floral dress! It’s nice to see her in something super cute and affordable, as well as available. As much as I love vintage pieces, not being able to get them really makes me insane. Especially when it’s on someone I want to emulate. What I really love about this dress is that it’s part of the bohemian collection from Express, but the way that Emmy puts it together, it looks quite timeless and chic.
I’m short so I’m thinking this is a great dress for me. I think it probably works on everyone. Sized X-small through X-large. And if you’re insisting to wear this springy dress now, add black opaque tights and layer a grey cardigan over it. Clogs can work, and a knee high boot or heel also does the job.
By Sasha Charnin Morrison for UsMagazine.com. To read more of the Recessionista blog, click here.
To buy: $60, Express
Photo: Courtesy of Les Aperizes
How many designers have launched a collection and, in its very first season, found it hanging in between Celine and Rick Owens at Barneys? Exactly two that we know of: Laurence Nguyen and Brian Tamborello of the L.A.-based, not yet year-old label Les Aperizes. “We were there to look at shoes last week, and we wound up introducing ourselves to a woman who was trying on one of our sleeveless blouses,” explained Nguyen. “She asked us, ‘What do you think?’ We told her she looked beautiful, but of course we’re biased.”
The fiancés and former New Yorkers have good reason to be. Les Aperizes, named after a dream Tamborello had not long after they met in which he saw the word “aperyznotic,” is remarkably well crafted and well conceived for a debut. Nguyen, who hails from Double RL and Levi’s, and Tamborello, who was a drummer for the Psychic Ills, chalk up the brand’s quick success to its “masculine/feminine point of view.” They describe the collection in dichotomies like “formal/informal, Victorian/Samurai, and embellished/industrial.” As those divisions imply, the debut collection is a smart mix of sharply tailored menswear-influenced jackets and pants and high-necked, pillowy-sleeved blouses and dresses, many with hand-embroidery done in Vietnam (the line is L.A.-made). For Fall, they’ve expanded on those concepts, adding leather detailing to tops and skirts and increasing their coat offerings. This delicate camisole and bias-cut skirt is one of the highlights.
The duo may be back in New York come September for fashion week. Then again, they may opt to open a small store in Los Angeles instead. Either way, we’ll be watching. The label is also sold at Ikram in Chicago and Montaigne Market in Paris.
—Nicole Phelps
She’ll serve as one of three coaches on “The Face,” which will feature competing teams of models. 10:21 AM PDT 5/1/2012 by Lesley Goldberg
Forget London—these days, it’s China that’s calling. The rest of the Far East, too. Designers and fashion labels have been courting the region for years, but in the last season, we’ve seen them really up the ante. There was Marc Jacobs’ Asian-inspired Spring show for Louis Vuitton, to begin with. Then Miuccia Prada staged a version of her own Spring presentation in Beijing last week. But it’s not just those two. Our senior market editor, Marina Larroude, clocked an Asian influence in Spring shoes, bags, and jewels, which she’s rounded up for the latest In the Mood For: Asia Major.
The Asian inspiration has translated into a boom season for Asian models, too. This week, Riccardo Tisci went with an all-Asian casting for his Givenchy Haute Couture presentation. And Vera Wang chose a Chinese face for her latest campaign shots, debuting exclusively here: Next’s Shu Pei Qin, styled by Lori Goldstein and lensed by Carter Smith at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York.
Photo: Carter Smith / Courtesy of Vera Wang.
Unsure of what to wear when the temperatures drop?
A faux-fur vest could be a great solution!
The faux-fur vest is off the hook and one of the great must haves for fall. I will say that celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe may have been the influence here, as she always looks so insanely fabulous in her oversized shades, bellbottom jeans and peasant blouses. (That hair and those trademark fur vests of hers make us all about jealous.)
I just love the look, and you can get it now for only $60, but there has been an invasion of the faux-type aesthetic all over the place. It’ll make you feel good.
This vest is on pre-order in extra-small and small sizes (medium and large sizes are available now!), so get those fingers snapping!
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Faux-Fur Rachel Vest
Show your wild side with this stunning faux-fur vest from BB Dakota! It has a luxe feel with a silky inner lining and a hidden double-hook closure that gives it a seamless look. Available in SM-LG
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The motorcycle boot is back, and boy are we lucky!
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- Brown
- Leather upper with thermoplastic rubber outsoles
- 1.75″ faux-stacked heel
- 10.5″-high boot shaft
- Features slip-on styling with square toe
- Brasstone grommets, brasstone rings
- Pull-loop, cushioned insole for long-term comfort, non-skid tread on toe and heel
This style boot is great for all the elements and for being the ultimate badass chick. Normally, a boot like this retails anywhere from $200 to more than $1000, depending on the designer. But you can have yours for a cool $49.99.
This boot — sized 5.5 to 11 — would be great with jeans, floral dresses with a cardigan belted over the dress, leggings, denim mini-skirts or even shorts — if you got the legs, work it! So motor over because, like a lot of Target’s hot merchandise, this item will sell out immediately!
This year, Diane Kruger will have to follow the style sweep set by 2011 Cannes juror Uma Thurman, who had a complete couture wardrobe every night of the fest. This story first appeared in the May 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommends
Saint Aire Productions has acquired screen rights to self-help author Andy Andrews’ book The Noticer. Subtitled “Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective,” the volume, published in 2009, appeared on the New York Times’ list of best-selling Hardcover Advice books, where it was described as a mix of “fiction, allegory and advice [describing] how a shift in perspective can change one’s life.”
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Saint Aire is one of the production companies that brought 2010’s The Kids Are All Right to the screen, and it also has produced The Love Guide, a comedy starring Parker Posey and directed by David Pomes and Derek Estlin Purvis, that is screening April 28 at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
The company is developing The Noticer with an eye toward a winter 2013 shoot in Alabama. “I expect the film to resonate with everyone who appreciates a spiritual message,” executive producer Christy Scott Cashman said.
The Noticer revolves around a mysterious man called Jones, who has a gift of noticing things about life that others miss.
A film adaptation will be developed with an eye toward a 2013 shoot.
EXOTICS! RUN DON’T WALK!!!! SELLING OUT!!!!! Lately, I have become upset with overpriced luxury merchandise that’s nothing but neoprene, plastic or patent leather. At $750-$2000 I want my shoes to be exotic, something that’s highly luxe and unique because I am an exotirican! Enter Nine West with the Joely Boutique 9 sandal.
This is FIERCE and on fire. Almost gone, in fact. Recently, I was on a shoot and had a slew of shoes for Mandisa, the former Idol contestant who we were styling and who recently dropped 100 pounds and looks so lovely. She tried on several pairs of heels we had for her but everything was way too small (she’s an 11) and not at all comfortable to her at all. The last thing you want is an unhappy celebrity/model on a shoot. When she saw we had Nine West shoes, she was ecstatic because she knew she could endure standing in one spot for 45 minutes in a 3-inch heel.
These are sooooo sexy and its ivory multi toned reptile for $149.99. It’s a stunningly sexy strappy leather sandal with cut out details, knotted accents, leather sole and buckle closure. 4″ leather covered heel. I love snake on the foot because it’s like a neutral and makes you appear longer because it blends in with most skin tones and gives you an added oomph! A shuzzzzzzzz. Now that’s a bargain and it’s a style that can give you unconditional love whether the trend is neon pink or you’ve gained a few lbs! Purchase Info: Buy it here.
Yang Li described his Fall collection as a Neo-Uniform. That’s a nod to its strong military flavor but also the fact that Li’s clothes have an essential minimal look that could form the everyday building blocks of a chic urban wardrobe. Well, that is for a woman whose tastes run to the stark, dark, and Philo-esque. What you might find on her list: Li’s cuffed and baggy wool pants, a crew-neck tunic with sleeves that reach just past the elbow (pictured, left), and, certainly, any one of his cool patch-pocketed coats.
The London-based designer debuted last season in Paris with a strict emphasis on double-faced fabrics but lightened things up slightly on his second turn. That resulted in pieces like a great wool trench jacket with a panel of heavy silk attached to its hem, almost like a built-in skirt. “The starting point was a classic trench coat,” said Li. “But it’s as if you sliced off half and left the lining.” Not that Li’s meticulous manner of construction allows for anything that DIY-sounding. There was yet more softness in the heather-gray jersey linings bonded into wool shirts and pants, something you can’t see in pictures but that distinctly upgrades the experience of actually wearing his pieces.
Li’s tight focus as a young designer is a welcome thing. That said, it will be interesting to see where he goes as he widens his scope. In other words: Watch this space.
—Meenal Mistry
Photo: Scott Trindle
