Orangeeen't you glad its warming up??

well if you live in the south- hopefully you have been experiencing the wonderful weather we have had over the past few days (i have no words for all you east coasters bearing the horrific winter storm) there is around 50 something odd days until spring but i can already feel it in the air (or taste the crawfish/abita strawberry-YAY!). anyhow ill stop trying to make you non-southerns jealous!!
so it’s time to start packing up those winter coats and pulling out the warm gear-buuuut before you go wearing last year’s fads i thought i would try and introduce some new pieces to your spring wardrobe. orange was all the rave on the runways for spring 2011 and it is waiting to be added to your ensemble this spring. i searched high and low website to website and found some AHHHMAZZINNG pieces in all different shades from fiery to tangy tangerine. Orranggen't (orange + aren't) you excited :)

urbanoutiffters-$38

(change things up and add orange to a neutral nautical look instead of red)

ann taylor loft-$98

(for those april shower days)

topshop-$36

(add some torn up denim shorts/cowboys boots and saddle up)

urbanoutfitters-$10

(i just thought everyone needed a little buddha in their life)

saay whaat??

with FW2011 just right around the corner-i thought i would give everyone a quick little  lesson that could come in handy and save you the embarrassment of butchering a designers' name.

so here they are..just like you were in first grade again sayings your a e i o u's

Happy Pronouncing!!!

Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march
Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-ka
Bebe: Bee-bee
Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta
Bulgari: Ball-gah-ree
Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some
Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era
Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tin
Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pew
Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin
Givenchy: Jhee-von-shee
Hedi Slimane: Eddy Sli-mahn
Hermès: Air-mez
Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jay
Lanvin: Lon-vin
Loewe: Low-ev-ay
Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton
Marchesa: Mar-kay-sa
Moschino: Mo-ski-no
Nicolas Ghesquière: Ni-co-la Guess-ki-air
Olivier Theyskens: Oli-vier Tay-skins
Pierre Cardin: Pee-air Car-dain
Proenza Schouler: Pro-enza Skool-er
Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lauren (as in Lauren the girl’s name, not Sophia Loren)
6267: Six-two-six-seven (not Sixty-two-sixty-seven)
Thakoon: Ta-koon
Thierry Mugler: Tee-air-ree Moog-lay
Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Ya-ma-mo-to

Made in USA

how often do you see that the tag on the inside of your dress or pants? HARDLY EVER if EVER. well lately Michelle Obama's choice of non-american designers seems to be the hot topic. Both Oscar de la Renta and DVF have both voiced their opinions of Mrs.O's lack of choice of American designers!!buuuut I feel like this is kind of ..... ok I mean VERY hypocritical. Neither Oscar nor Dianne (yes I refer to them by their first names) were born in the united states (so maybe your countries feel as if you have traded them out to start your business in the u s of a) and coooome ooooon maybe the "design "or "sketches" were done in the united states but how many of those dresses were acutally made in the u.s.-the poor lately already gets criticized enough for what she wears, now she has to worry about where the threads were made too?!?!

I’m a proud USA citizen and wouldn’t change that for anything. but I don’t always look in my tags to make sure it says MADE IN AMERICA!!!

i'll be having leftovers tonight...

if u weren’t wandering around herald square last year searching through garbage bags then you might not have found all the bags full of lanvin clothes!!! before you have a heart attack bc you missed out on the designer duds, they weren’t exactly in wearable condition. as the New York Time Wrote "Gloves had the fingers cut off""Men's jackets, slashed across the body and the arms. The puffy fiber fill was coming out in big white cotton balls."

WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS??? maybe it was someone who worked at McQueen who was jealous over all the INSANITY&CHAOS over lanvin arriving at H&M stores.all joking aside. H&M soon owned up to crime and was willing to do the time. After receiving backlash for their method of trying to "preserve fast fashion" H&M promised to stop slashing and trashing its clothes.

   

So they stuck to their word and waahlaahh-WASTE-(this is a “new” line made from "leftover” materials of the lanvin collection)

LOVE.LOVE.LOVE.

 

 

STUFFED..and im not talking about my belly.

if you are anything like me or hoda kotb...then you can relate to us a little bit when it comes to our wallets (if that’s even what you can call it). after watching the HIGHlarious segment on the today show with hoda and jimmy fallon, I decided that I am too a hoarder when it comes to my wallet. I recently decided to clean out hobo wallet(I guess that’s my excuse for the clutter, just trying to let my wallet live up to its name-just a sac with everything in) I was desperately hoping to find maybe a $20 bill hidden amongst the clutter -however I did not.wompwomp. im pretty sure there was a whole tree in my wallet-I found a million gas station receipts, cafe metro receipts(my nyc morning stop), tickets to the mets game, and many more stuff to non-refundable items- so why was I saving those receipts? I DO NOT KNOW. however my beautiful wallet is now sleek, slim,and thin(I think maybe I was keeping all those receipts to overcompensate for the lack of green in my wallet)!!

I decided that this was my new year’s resolution-to clean our my wallet and make my life filled with less clutter (it’s not even the end of jan and I have already accomplished my resolution)- I feel like that’s cheating a little bit- but who cares!!

 so I have found some cute and affordable wallets that you too care de-clutter you life and wallet..

1. receipts




knockknock-$13

   











1. giftcards

getbuttonedup-$11.95



michelle'o?

{McQueen at the State Dinner}

dress to impress she is.the red might have been chosen as symbol of good luck for the Chinese culture, however the designer choice might have been chosen to impress a few certain fashion icons who attended the state dinner, such as vera wang and the ms.ana wintour herself.all eyes were on the first lady, whose impact on the global fashion industry is unrivaled. the pant suits age worn by the first lady retired with the exit of the bush's.(THANK YOU-for both!!).with the 50th anniversary of the kennedy's, i believe "michelle'o" is bringing back the glamorous days of the first lady and showing off her rockin body too!

 

here are some of my other favorite looks that michelle stopped traffic with...

{on a romantic date with her hubby}

                                     {in Rodarte @ Copenhagen Opera House}

{Sparkling in Jason Wu at the 2009 Inauguration Ball}

nothing GOLDEN about this event.

The time of year has arrived again -it's AWARDS SEASON folks. however to me no one really cares about the awards, it’s really just all about who is wearing what, who is bringing who (or sleeping with), and who succeeded at starving themselves the best....SO after watching the Golden Globes this past weekend - I have to say i feel like most of the celebs’ stylist either took the night off or failed their clients miserably. So instead of showing off my favorite looks for the night- I thought I’d shake things up a little bit and take a few of the nights’ looks and show how I thought they could have been done better....

Emma Stone in Calvin Klein

when I first saw this dress on tv-i knew exactly that the wonderful mr.calvin klein had designed it. however I did not know who was in it. I soon learned later that her name was emma stone. don’t get me wrong I think this dress is as beautiful as she is-but you can’t just stop at the dress! it’s a complete look you are trying to achieve and to me her jewelry falls short and fails at completing the "im a young hollywood actress and don’t have to try too hard to be gorgeous"...


so what would i do differently you ask???

1. change the color of the dress (peachy color dress does not enhance peachy color skin with golden locks) it only turns you into a peachy blob!!
2. add some color (I would first start off with some playful turquiose earrings or some gaudy emerald vintage earrings)
3. jazz it up a notch with some sparkling gold and rhinestone bangles
4. YOU'RE DONE- you now have achieved the young hollywood look but making it a little more exciting and fun!

SOOO emma, keep in mind that being a minmalist only works if you are as stunning as angelina jolie and im pretty sure you have a lot more years, working out, and kids to add to your list until you acheive her stature.


Natalie Portman in Viktor and Rolf

it seemed like everyone was dddyyying to see how ms.portman or should i say soon to be mrs.millepied was goin to show off her baby bump and to me she definately showed it off but in the completely wrong way and she even gave herself a rear bump too(not so ghetto-fab).
so what would i do differently you ask??

1.wear an actual dress and not show up in your asian silk robe
2.I would have definitely worn a sweetheart shaped dress with a flowing bottom(she's got a bump but not a big enough one for it to be cute and shown, it could be sadly mistaken for a food baby at this stage in the game)
3.add some dainty, sophisticated earrings that scream “im a mom to be”
4.YOU'RE DONE-kick off your heels and get some sleep while you can.


Sooo mrs. millepiede we all get it- your every guys dream girl, you went to an ivy league school, your just so naturally pretty...yada yada yada..but next time you get dress for an award show remember to do yourself justice and actually put on a gown bc we all know there’s nothing more a man likes than a hot mom to be.




Christina Hendricks in Romana Kaveza

speechless.


what would i do differently you ask??


1.pick a different color!!! any color just please not a shade of red.
2.stay away from putting huge ruffles that look as if something is attacking/growing on your neck
3.tame down the volume
4.YOU'RE DONE just make sure the only thing you see red that night is the carpet you are walking on


sooo ms.hendricks, you really out did yourself this time.as if your fiery and teased out tresses weren't enough you had to go and add some ruby red lipstick to match your mean one shoulder red dress.ENOUGHA ALREADY.we get it- you're a ginger and your embracing it to the fullest- but see we dont all wanna embrace it with you. so next time,just add some other colors to your life that enchance the inner (i mean outer ginger in you) and i promise you will rock that curvy, sexy figure of yours great!


Ricky Gervais in Ellen DeGenres

no complaints here from me. you were one of the few who nailed it that night. I wish you would come back ever year, seeing the celebs squirm in their seats or their awful comebacks at you make me giggle and keep me entertained in between all the dull celebrity speeches.

back to life. back to reality.

after a long hiatus, im back in action. i would like to tell you that i have been on some exotic island soaking up some rays, or checking some ski lift passes while i find myself in j-hole, or even my life has been so busy with so many cool projects i didnt have time to "blog" but nope-none of those are the reasons to my brain freeze. but its now 2011 and im ready for a fresh start.so cheers to the new year and a new sign. I WILL ALWAYS BE A GEMINI!!!