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Blugirl Spring 2010

September 30th, 2009 1 comment

With all the fashions shows during the past few weeks,

one you may have missed, and one I almost missed was

Blumarine’s “junior” label Bluegirl.

Fun, youthful and bright primary colors in prints and solids, make for chic girly looks

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Blugirl Spring 2010

Meet earthy modern, sophisticated and feminine animal prints..

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Blugirl Spring 2010

To create bright, vibrant, trendy, ultra hip and funky looks for spring!

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Blugirl Spring 2010

I am totally in love with the hot pink leopard print dress!

Categories: Fashion, Runway Tags: Bluemarine, Blugirl

Designer Flash Cards!

September 28th, 2009 7 comments

A quick cheat sheet with facts on some of my favorite designers!

Feel free to refer to them during a heated discussion

about top fashion designers!

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld

age: 76
sign: Virgo
birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
designs: Chanel, Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld
fun fact: thinks swans are the meanest animals in the world after he was chased by one as a child.
Why is he’s delicious to me: Because only Karl can make a teddy bear fierce! See above photo featuring the bear he created with his likeness last year!

John Galliano

John Galliano

John Galliano

age: 48
sign: Sagittarius
birthplace: Gibraltar
designs: Christian Dior and John Galliano
fun fact: won’t leave his house without a hat.
Why is he’s delicious to me: I dream of wearing Dior down the aisle at my wedding!

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs

age: 46
sign: Aries
birthplace: NYC
designs: Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton
fun fact: In 2009, Jacobs was ranked 15th on Out magazine‘s annual list of “50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America
Why is he’s delicious to me: Besides having the sexiest man gams in town?? Rockin’ them proudly in a skirt!

Christopher Bailey

Christopher Bailey

Christopher Bailey

age: 38
birthplace: West Yorkshire, England,
designs: creative director of Burberry
Resume: From 1994 to 1996 he was the womenswear designer at Donna Karan.
Why is he’s delicious to me: Beyond being adorable; he is one of the youngest creative directors and chief designers for a major fashion brand

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Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney

age: 37
sign: Virgo
birthplace: London, England
designs: stella mccartney, adidas by stella mccartney
Fun Fact: got her start in fashion after interning with christian lacroix when she was just 15.
Why is she’s delicious to me: Showing beautiful, chic, feminine and wearable fashion on the runway!

Robert Cavalli

Robert Cavalli

Roberto Cavalli

age: 68
sign: Scorpio
birthplace: Florence, Italy
designs: Roberto Cavalli, Just Cavalli
Fun fact: was criticized by hindus for marketing his line of women’s underwear that featured images of south-asian goddesses. the line was pulled.
Why is he’s delicious to me: Vibrant prints and colors on luxurious fabrics! Looking at his collections can only brighten your day!

While cominpling these mini fact sheets, I learned something new about each of my favorite designers.

Deliciously Chic Contest: Tolani Scarf

September 25th, 2009 43 comments

Time for another Deliciously Chic Contest

TOLANI Grey Weeds Scarf

Courtesy of Chickdowntown

I previously featured this scarf in one of my style Runway to Reality style guides and it only seemed fitting to host a contest for it!

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TOLANI Grey Weeds Scarf

This scarf features shadowy greys play out across the deeply textured scarf, a sophisticated cityscape of graphic patterning finished with a flurry of fringe.  11″ x 72″.  100% viscose.  Dry clean.  Grey/black/white.

The rules are simple:

  • Contest runs from 9/25/09 -10/1/09
  • Open to US residents only
  • Just leave a comment telling me what you’d like to see from us here at CakeNotCoke! Feel free to give us your suggestions, feed back, comments etc!

Don’t forget to check out Amy from Chickdowntown.com daily Twlight jacket giveaways on her twitter!

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Jimmy Choo for H&M

September 23rd, 2009 1 comment

The look book for the collaboration is finally here!

The collab brings us a lot more than shoes… including dresses, jackets, accessories and handbags.  The collection seemed to actually lacked a variety of shoes and stuck to a black and gray color palette.

Jimmy Choo for H&M

Jimmy Choo for H&M - More @ Racked

This collection does bring it with the Bling!

In stores November 14th!

FYI!!

September 22nd, 2009 No comments

For all of you Perricone MD fans!

Perricone MD is hosting a Twitter contest!

First 50 people* everyday to tweet @Perriconemd for the next month (contest ends 9/30/9) will receive a Super Acai Berry powder FREE.

For more info Here

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