ModCloth is our new favorite place to shop for spring heels. The price is so easy to justify no matter how cash-strapped you are, and the shoes are adorable. We especially love their plethora of T-strap heels. To us nothing is chicer than a T-strap heel and dress for a night out on the town. Put the pedal to the metal and get some shoes.
The chevron pattern is everywhere. We especially like the look when the lines are far apart or when the print is shrunken down far enough that the pattern is not immediately obvious. Yet take caution, online shoppers: Looking at this print for a long period of time induces dizziness and an unstoppable urge to open your wallet.
Even though snow is outside, we know eventually the sunshine is coming and we need to tone up our bods for when the clothes start coming off. BarreConcept's ballet barre workout is our favorite new exercise. We love it because it is only twenty five minutes long but, with lots of isometric pulses, you can feel the burn all over. You don't need any ballet experience to do this workout as all the moves are easily explained. We use a kitchen island in place of the barre but you can also use a high table or back of a chair. Work it gurl. Who doesn't want a dancer's body?
Spring is coming (eventually) and its first robin call is the shades of mint and lime popping up everywhere in accessories. These refreshing colors remind us of mojitos on warm summer days. Mint is the perfect shade of blue to say goodbye to winter blues, so get shopping. Preferably online because it's supposed to snow again (whoops).
Even though we loved to hate her years ago on MTV"s The City, Olivia Palermo has always been a fashion inspiration. Since The City, Palermo has cemented herself as a New York icon and a fashion tastemaker Below are our favorite ten looks she has sported in the last month during Fashion weeks in NYC, London, Milan, and Paris.
We love Palermo's ability to always look effortlessly polished and to expertly play with layers. From fur to leather to wool to sequins, Palermo is also the queen of pairing interesting textures.
Palermo is known for her ability to mix high and "low" end pieces. For example we love her striped H&Mtop in the top center leather ensemble below, as well as her BaubleBar Collar Necklacein the top right picture.
Take note of her fabulous use of blazers and range of shoes from leather boots to laced-up heels. While we way be green with envy, we also consider her a master professor on looking chic.
Color-blocking as a trend is here to stay, well at least for now. As you can tell we're not overly enthused, but we've seen some new ideas recently added that we like: from the ombre drip look to geometric shapes, to asymmetrical blocking. We especially like this look when done with neutral colors. We think the black & white and black & gray mixes make for classic looks with just the right playful edge.
Spring fashions are all over the magazines right now, but a glance outside at the freshly falling snow shows us it's still winter. The color white has been a big winter trend, and we think it is the perfect color to transition from winter to spring. It has a light, clean quality to it and a sweetness that is all its own. We especially love how lace is incorporated into many of the clothes below. Plus snow days are the perfect excuse to online shop! What else do you really have to do?
Just walking into Anthropologie is a special treat. It's decorated like a whimsical, magical dream; a bohemian forest of soft lacey fabrics, bright colors, playful prints, and glamorous accessories. If we could, we would buy everything in the store, but that would just leave us fashionably bankrupt. Right now we're focused on the jewels and they have a treasure chest full of them on sale. Here are our favorite picks all under $30.
When we think of effortless glamour, we think of Catherine Deneuve, a megastar French film actress who first rocketed to fame in the 1960's. It was Deneuve who practically created the image of the mysterious, sexy French woman.
While Deneuve has starred in over a hundred films in her illustrious career, perhaps her most famous film is 1967's Belle de Jour in which she plays Severine. Severine is a timid, proper housewife at night to her doctor husband, but works as a prostitute during the day to act out her sexual fantasies. It was complex, sexualized roles such as this that lead critic Frances Wyndham in 1968 to call Deneuve "a cool combination of the virginal and the vicious."
Belle de Jour also began Deneuve's longtime partnership and friendship with Yves Saint Laurent. Saint Laurent created the iconic costumes for the film that are still referenced today. Most notable were military-influenced double-breasted coats in a variety of textures: fur, leather, and vinyl. These costumes added to Severine's glacial, but calculating exterior. She is a tortured woman, but a woman in charge.
Deneuve's style has always been ultra-chic, ladylike and polished. Her clothes were often classic and tailored and she managed to be sexy without showing a lot of skin. Deneuve's style was less buxom than our other French favorite Brigitte Bardot. While Bardot personified playful va-va-voom femininity, Deneuve had a darker, sleeker style. Scroll down for a breakdown of our favorite Deneuve looks.
The 1967 film Belle De Jour began the longtime collaboration between Deneuve and Yves Saint Laurent. Her dark character Severine favored military-inspired, double-breasted coats.
Deneuve often wore her hair pulled half back, with an ultra feminine bow or ribbon. This girlish hairstyle shows how Deneuve embraced the contrast of "virginal and vicious." Other elements of Deneuve's classic style can be seen here: from her leopard coat, to toggled jacket to elegant bow dress.
Above: Deneuve is elegant in a draped pink dress, with big soft curls. Below: Deneuve sits outside her native Eiffel tower in a classic leopard coat.
Deneuve often wore little black dresses over sleek black tights. Note how she belted the dress at her waist with a thin leather belt. On the right Deneuve walks with David Bailey, legendary photographer and her husband from 1965 to 1972. This time she favors a looser black dress with tights. Note the big glamour-girl sunglasses.
Anatomy of glamour: Big sunglasses, teased ponytail, statement earrings, vintage fur, tailored black dress, chic updo.
As the face of Chanel No. 5 in the 1970's, Deneuve further personified elegant, elusive beauty.
There is nothing that makes us more happy than a burst of sunshine in the winter. We loved Jessica Chastain's Oscar de la Renta dress so much, that we were inspired to look for our own rays of sunshine. Scroll down for our favorite mellow yellow pieces under $200.
Jessica Chastain in Oscar de la Renta dress and heels at the National Board of Review Awards Gala, New York, January 7, 2014.
In honor of the Girls season 3 premiere tonight on HBO, here are our favorite looks from fashionista Allison Williams, who plays Marnie on the show. We love her because she always looks elegant and polished, is not afraid of a pop of color, and embraces trends like winter florals. We also love her use of texture: whether she is wearing lace, leather, or a wool overcoat, she always looks classy and ladylike. Here's to hoping her character Marnie does another cringeworthy karaoke session this season.
Even though it's winter and snow may be falling, flowers can still flourish. Floral fashions are on all the red carpets as celebrities dream of warmer days by wearing flowers on their sleeves. Scroll down for our favorite floral fashions on a budget. Go ahead and let your winter garden blossom.
From left to right: Rachel Bilson (photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin); Camilla Belle (photo by Donato Sardella/WireImage); Léa Seydoux (photo by Getty); Allison Williams (photo by PA); Naomi Watts (photo by WhoWhatWear.com); Miroslava Duma (photo by Neil Rasmus).
Polka dots are a timeless classic. They are playful, yet elegant, girlish, yet womanly. There has always been something alluring about their simplicity. Below are some of our favorite vintage fashionistas partying in polka dots. Scroll further down for the best polka dot clothes we could find on a budget, ranging from $30 to $160. Happy shopping!
Clockwise starting with top left: Catherine Deneuve in black & white dress, Brigitte Bardot in red & white dress, France Gall in blue & white shirt, Bardot in black & white shirt, Jane Birkin in red & white dress, Jean Shrimpton on Vogue Cover, Anna Karina in black & white hat, Shrimpton in black & white dress, Elizabeth Taylor in blue & white dress.
We used to shy away from orange. After all, we are pale and blonde, and were always told orange looks best on brunettes and people with warmer skin tones. But orange is now trending and we find our initial reluctance fading. We tried to resist, but here are 10 things we love about orange. Use our selections below to make orange the centerpiece of your outfit by wearing an orange dress or coat, or use orange as a fun pop of color by wearing an orange ring, shoes or bracelet. Orange you excited!
