CONGRATS MARYMOUNT'S WINNERS!

As I told you all about a week ago. USA Today asked Marymount design students to sketch designs for First Lady's Inauguration gown and the results are in! First of all I want to say that I am so proud of my colleges that siezed the opprotunity sucessfully. Secondly, I am especially proud of my dear frined Silivia Huezo, who won Tim Gunns first place vote for the CEREMONY CHIC WINNER. Huezo's tan wool coat, with a high mandrian collar and cinched waist made quite an impression. Gunn says, "...There's a strong visual impact of this look (imagine this look in front of the Capitol) and it will enhance ,rather than overwelm the new first lady. Huezo is definitlty an inspiration, knowing her personally I can say that her designs are always new and fresh, but her heart and passion is even more amazing than her talent.

Kathyrn Sich won the BELL OF THE BALL categorie. Her gold, grecian inspired ball gown was simple, yet it holds a sophisticated sexiness about it that I love. Gunn says that this gown has a "Wow factor"

Iwona Kapcia-Paila won Sibling Revelry. Gunn says, "These deisgns represent sophisticated dressing for girls. They have poilshed and a tailored elegance". I must abmit that some of the designs were not suitable for the first family, and defitiely not suitable for the Inaguration. Nonetheless, this was a great opprotunity for the students. I was told that there will be a live interview with the first place winners on MSNBC tomorrow at 11 a.m. I check up on it, so expect another blog about it.


visit this link to see sketches http://www.usatoday.com/life/gallery/2008/l081231_obama_inaugural_fashion/flash.htm?gid=833

MARYMOUNT STUDENTS DESIGN FOR MICHELLE OBAMA

About two weeks ago, USA Today contacted Marymount University's Dean of the Fashion department. Their purpose was to get some designs from a few selected design students for Michelle Obama's inaguration gown. Yes, thats right they called on good ol' Marymount for some sketches other than the high end designers we all know. The select group of senior students only had a few days to complete the sketches and when they were done, a photographer came to take pictures of the sketches. It was said that the sketches are supposed to be reviewed by Tim Gun and then voted on by the public via USA Today's website. So... USA Today has the sketches and now we have sit back and see what happens next. Good Luck to the MU girls!!

This Fashion Blog...

The objective of my fashion blog is to discuss more than just fashion as it pertains to the industry and commerical puposes, but it also aimed to explore the cultural adspects of culture as well. Fashion is such a broad subject, therefore mysubject matter is a mix of leisure writting and also serious issues that involve fashion. Through my post I have realized that fashion touches people in all different ways and different extremes. Blogging allows me to incorporate my own vioce in the things that we see in fashion everyday, and at the same time it allows me to shed light to some of the things that many people do not even notice about fashion. Truthfully, fashion is more than looking pretty and chic, but it is a lifestyle to me. Every second of my life, everythought that I have is usually iniciated by fashion and creativity and then goes furthur into the social norms and how people percieve certain types of fashion. So, blogging is a creative outlet of mines that the entire world can access if they so chose and I hope that this blog will not only entertain you, but I hope that it will help you to identify other aspects of fashion that you may have not thought about before because no matter how much people try to avoid fashion's golobal influence, we are all influenced by fashion in someway and fashion is apart of every human beings life indefinitely.

Inaguration Dresses

We all know that Michelle Obama is a fashionista in the White House. She’s smart, intelligent, a great mother… and I must admit that the woman has style. Not only has America realized it, but now we are waiting to see which designer she will be wearing next month.

Designers are compiling their best designs for Michelle, Sasha and Malia Obama for the Inauguration of President (Elect) Obama. Designers like Eliza Gran, Bonnie Young, Monique Lhuillier, Carolina Herrera,Betsey Johnson and Diane Von Furstenberg are just few of many designers that have designed dresses for Michelle and the girls. I must admit that some of the dresses for Sasha and Maila look a little matronly. For example, Best & Co. and Eliza Green’s designs for the girls are not my favorite. First off the colors are atrocious and secondly, the designs look to ‘American Doll-ish”. However, Bonnie Young is one of my favorites for the girls, I just wish that the dresses were not so long, but the dresses look gorgeous. Kudos to Isaac Mizrahi because he designed Michelle and the girl’s dresses with such perfect unity. I can really imagine them in these dresses. As far as Malia and Sasha are concerned, they are age appropriate and they do not have the ‘little American girl’ look, but they are not too adult at the same time.There are currently 40 designer sketches for the First Lady’s dress. Did I already mention that Isaac Mizrahi has stolen my heart? Betsy Johnson’s dress for Michelle… lets just say NO. It’s such a cliché with the red, white and blue and fading fabric, I just think that it is a little bit too much. Marc Jacobs for Michelle… let’s just day NO! Does Marcy Marc really think that his yellow and silver concoction of two garments that don’t really go together is going to work for the First Lady because I don’t think so. Monique Lhuillier, Diane Von Furstenberg are a few of my favorites. Christian Lacroix’s design was a little too dramatic, but I like how he mixed the red, blue and black unlike Betsy Johnson. Elie Tahari’s goes in one of my top five picks because it is an elegant silhouette and drapes beautifully. Oscar de la Renta’s sketch was good, but once again that red white and blue thing is kind of being over played.

I am curious to see which dresses are chosen for the women of the first family. After the whole election night fiasco I am pretty sure that Michelle will be picking wisely. (Which by the way I do not think that the dress that she wore election night was that big of a deal, it just caught the light in an awkwardly). With that being said I wonder what the critics are going to say this time around. As long as she doesn’t go for Marc Jacobs, or Betsy Johnson I think that she is pretty safe. As for the Sasha and Malia, Best & Co., Eliza Green are a no go. Isaac Mizrahi will be perfect for all three of them and he definitely gets my vote. Who would have thought that all this would be a good deal anyway? I don’t know, but it’s a big deal.

Wear the ROBOGLOVE, don’t let it wear you…

Beyonce’s album Sasha Fierce is soon to hit stores and her behaviors before its debut have been very peculiar. For example, she wants to be called Sasha Fierce and particularly the glove she wears in the “Single Ladies” video. She has worn this glove at the MTV Europe Music Awards, Saturday Night Live , and in a Gotham Magazine spread. The glove is an accessory to her alter ego Sasha. The roboglove was handcrafted by Lorraine Schwartz in New York. Schwartz is the longtime jeweler of Beyonce. The one of a kind glove is made of titanium. The glove is made to fit Beyonce, it was drafted from a cast of Beyonce’s arm. The roboglove is made of three parts; the ring, the glove and the upper arm cover. The scary part is that Beyonce’s alter ego is taking over with the help of this roboglove, but the roboglove is so well crafted that you can’t blame her for not wanting to take it off.

Levi's has the booty in mind

Who would have thought that Levi’s had the booty in mind? Finding good fitting jeans are always a challenge. Apparently Levi’s has come up with a solution to the problem .Levi ‘s has introduced the Ultimate Lift jean . The Ultimate Lift jean is the newest edition to Levi’s jeans. The Ultimate Lift’s sole purpose is to lift the booty. The jean is made of propriety technology with fabric and design elements that life the backside. The jean’s design is made to cup the booty to create the lift. The stretch fabric has toning properties and has great stretch recovery. The Levi’s ® Ultimate Lift ™ 544 jeans are made in boot-cut, slim straight and flare legged and are sold at $48.00.

For girls like me, it is extremely hard to find jeans that are made to fit my body type. Not to mention that Levi’s do my body no justice, I am very curious to see if they offer everything that they are promising. My experience with Levi’s has not been successful. I bought a pair of straight legs last year that left me with an illusion of a saggy bottom. Apparently the stretch in those jeans has terrible recovery. Needless to say, they did not do anything for my derriere. Furthermore, the Levi’s that I have tried on in random dressing rooms has boxy shapes or fit too large at the waist and too tight at the hips. So thank you Levi’s for thinking about us girls who have certain issues with your ill fitting jeans.
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METALLIC LEGGINGS

Now that we are in the Christmas season, it is my guess that metallic is going to make a stronger comeback than this fall. Sure we had the liquid leggings in gold and silver, we even saw tops and vest made of metallic and sequence fabrics. Its easy to stay safe in black, but how do you pull of gold and silver? I honestly have not seen anyone pull of the shiny look successfully. So here is a little how to guide to fight the holiday metallic challenge.


This trend can be versatile in many ways. Of course you can always go simple with a tunic, leggings and boots, but layers are key to make a statement. Unless you are wearing all black , I do not opt for the monochromatic color scheme. The trick is to play with textures to achieve a clean, chic look because you do not want to look like a Christmas present or a blob of gold paint.

Bronze Leggings:




Silver Leggings:





Black Leggings:






Don’t limit yourself to the shoes that you can wear with these leggings. However, do be mindful with the length of your leggings and the leg height of your shoes. As with the top choices, play with the texture of your shoes like, matte leather, patent leather, animal prints, satins, ect. Whatever color that you chose make sure that it compliments the leggings. Gray boots with bronze leggings may not be the way to go, but other neutrals like browns and blues may work fine. Also, socks can be a fun edition to the trends.


Whether your look is simple, chic or rock star with these leggings accessories will help the outfit to pop. Long chains, hats and scarves can help bring the outfit together.


These leggings do have a personality of their own, so you do not want to down play them or over do it either. Take a chance to become a fashionista the right way.


(click on images to make larger. Garments available at forever21)