Fall 2014 Trend - Southwest and Greek Key-Like Motifs

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Spring 2014 NYFW Trend - Line Drawing

Last but not least, this trend is pretty self explanatory.  It can be fun sketches or more intricate patterns with a very clean sophistication.  I love it!  Make sure you keep checking out my Spring 2014 Pinterest board for my latest picks (London and now Milan)!

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Spring 2014 NYFW Trend - Geometrics

Circles, triangles, squares, and various other random shapes, it all adds up to a whole lot of geometrics on the runway for Spring 2014.  And I'm loving it!  Make sure you keep checking out my Spring 2014 Pinterest board for my latest picks (London is off to a fabulous start)!  Tomorrow we tackle another trend.

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Spring 2014 NYFW Trend - Color

Here are the trends that everyone gets jazzed about - the color trends!  I'm going to say (again) that cobalt is sticking around (yay)!  Some other familiar colors from seasons past make an appearance too (orange, the dash of lime/neon green/yellow, green).  The biggest emerging color trend I see is purple, which is represented in all of it's incarnations from almost-blue to almost-burgundy.  Purple is tricky.  In my experience, people have very strong reactions to it.  They either love or hate it, rarely is a person indifferent.  Without further ado, here are the Spring 2014 NYFW color trends:

Are you excited about these? How do you feel about the purple trend?  Make sure you keep checking out my Spring 2014 Pinterest board for my latest picks (London is off to a fabulous start)!  Tomorrow we tackle another trend.

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Spring 2014 NYFW Trend - Layers

As promised, this week I'm going to bring you some trends from New York Fashion Week that I think are important and most of all, relevant to us "regular" gals (yes, crop tops are a trend, but not one that many of us can pull off in our office/Mom/non-size-0 lives).  First up, layers.  More specifically, sheer layers.  The most relevant and wearable part of this trend are the sheer jackets, which I'm kind of digging.

What do you think?  Tomorrow we tackle another trend!

Happy Weekend! Spring 2014 NYFW Trends Next Week!

I've been pinning day and night and now that NYFW is basically at an end, my Spring 2014 Pinterest board is up-to-date.  I've been sifting through all of the information and coming up with some trends.  Good news, it looks like all of the Resort 2014 trends I highlighted earlier, are sticking around (snakeskin, windowpane, color, Birkenstock-like slides, sweatshirts) yay!  There are a few emerging trends too.  I'll have a roundup of all of those next week, just in time for London Fashion Week!

Oh and in case you missed it Jimmy Kimmel did a great "Lie Witness News" segment interviewing people outside of Lincoln Center, asking them about made up fashion designers.  It is hilarious!  Enjoy and have a great weekend!

Spring 2014 Collections

And so it begins, the start of the Spring 2014 collection presentations beginning now(!), with NYFW.  As usual I've created a Spring 2014 Pinterest board and will be tirelessly pinning my favorites from each collection as they are posted.  Be sure to check the board out every day to see all the goodies!

In case you missed them, here are my other relevant season boards:
Resort 2014
Fall 2013 Couture
Fall 2013
Pre-Fall 2013

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My Resort 2014 Picks!

I've been happily going through all the Resort 2014 shows and pinning my favorite looks on my Resort 2014 Pinterest board.  Head over and check out all the beauties!  

Also make sure you check out my Pinterest boards from previous seasons:

Fall 2013

Spring 2013 Couture

Pre-Fall 2013

Spring 2013

Resort 2013

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My Fall 2013 Picks!

Fall 2013 RTW picks on Pinterest

The weeks and weeks of Fall 2013 ready-to-wear presentations are now over and I've combed through every. single. collection.  No lie (I mean I haven't been a good blogger because I've been looking at collections every night - I love it!).  I have finished pinning all of my favorite looks, details, and accessories.  We are talking 1,099 pins.  Wow!  So pop over and take a look at all of my favorites.  I just love seeing them all in one place and I hope you do too!

Have a great weekend!

NYFW Fall 2013 Trends - Color

As I finished looking at the images from NY Fashion week a couple of color trends popped out at me.  These aren't new or groundbreaking, but I made note of them because they have been around and will continue to be around.  First up, cobalt blue!

 

Love that this color is sticking around! It's just so happy and sophisticated.

 

Next up, vivid pinks!

 

Every pink from pastel to neon, they all are represented.

 

This by no means are all the color trends, just ones that jumped out at me (and certainly these are ones that you can find now and wear this Spring and Summer with no problem at all).  I'll be back with more as London, Milan and Paris wrap up.  I'm pinning away every day on my Fall 2013 Pinterest board - check it out for more great picks!

 

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Random Spring 2013 picks

 Now that the Pre-Fall 2013 collections are being shown, it's time to wrap up some odds and ends from the Spring 2013 shows.  Here are some of my random picks.

 

 

Billy Reid

Sophisticated pajama dressing, I might be on board.

Holmes & Yang - admit it you are curious

Trying to figure out if the print are lobsters, shrimp, feathers or just randomness.

How easy would this be to recreate this look?  Hello red shorts, on my shopping list now.

 

The Row - here's what MK and Ashley have been up to:

Another take on pajama dressing.

 

Rodarte

 

Versace

This dress makes me think of Carrie Underwood for some reason.

 

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Marc Jacobs Spring 2013 - My Five

If you don't like stripes or checks, then stay away from this collection.  A kind of precursor to his Louis Vuitton Spring collection - he rarely overlaps/connects these two collections (things are generally kept very separate) but this time they could be half-sisters!  I'm digging the mod vibe!  Here are my picks!

 

 

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My Five - Rachel Zoe Spring 2013

A very late 60's/70's inspired collection .  Pretty much what you would expect from Rach (can I call her Rach?  I'm sure she wouldn't mind.  I mean after watching her show, I feel like I know her.).  A nice mix full of wearable pieces (though a bit heavy on the accessories in some of the looks, too much going on).  Here are my picks, enjoy!

This would be an easy look to recreate at an affordable price point!

 

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My Five - Vera Wang Spring 2013

Loved this collection, loved how the fabrics were embellished, luxurious (almost touching on a vintage upholstery vibe).  She started with all white ensembles, then it flowed seamlessly to blue, green, lime and finishing with white gold.  Plenty of prints, lace and embroidery.  Ah Vera, you make me very happy!  Here are my picks, enjoy!

Trend takeaways:

1.  Bermuda shorts

2.  Blue, Kelly Green and Gold sticking around

3. Wide leg pants

 

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My Five - Michael Kors Spring 2013

This collection was a little mod, a little nautical, a little preppy and chock full of super wearable pieces that would integrate into most anyone's wardrobe effortlessly.  Stripes were the story of the day as well as pops of yellow, cobalt blue, red and kelly green.  A great collection to inspire your own wardrobe.  Here are my picks and trend takeaways, enjoy!

 

Trend takeaways:

1. Stripes are still happening

2. Fun, abstract (almost painterly) prints.

3. Color, color, color!

4. Gold accents.

 

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My Five - Donna Karan Spring 2013

Once upon a time when I was a young teen I dreamed of being just like Donna Karan.  I just loved her, I loved her designs, I loved her ads, I loved the whole vibe that her brand gave off. I was mesmerized and obsessed with becoming a "Donna" woman.  That hasn't changed over the years.  I still find the idea of the "Donna" woman enchanting. Last Fall's super tailored collection was typical DK of old (anyone else remember her "seven easy pieces"?).  This collection is more DK of recent times.  A more relaxed, flowy, ethereal DK gal.  Make no mistake, it's still tailored, but in a more drapey way.  The palette was so gorgeous, soothing and sophisticated.  Hey Donna, feel free to send any of these my way! 

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My Five - Behnaz Sarafphor Spring 2013

A solid, compact collection full of dresses, skirts and lovely pantsuits that aren't crazy fancy, but they are super polished and fun.  I always enjoy her dressed up, not stuffy vibe.  Here are my picks enjoy!

 

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