Celebrity Chic: Coachella 2012

The Coachella Music Festival and Arts Festival in Indio California kicked into full swing this past weekend; and so did the celebrity sightings and fashion. The fashion vibe is edgy, hip, boho and to sum it up Chic! Festival favorites includes cut off shorts, floral prints, headbands, bathing suits, sun hats, and oversized frames, sneakers and gladiators.


Rihanna and Katy Perry


Chanel Iman


Lauren Conrad


Kate Bosworth


Emma Watson


Alessandra Ambrosio



Vanessa Hudgens



Rhianna

Get Rhianna's Look:


Top Shop Peace Bra Top


Limited Edition Levi Ragged Priest Shorts


Ray Ban Wayfarer

Trending: Peplums

Add instant chic! The Peplum has been a style element transcending time(since the 19th century). Feminine, classic and perfect for curvier figures. Seen on many runways for Spring 2012, peplums make their triumphant return...once again!


Jason Wu


Marc by Marc Jacobs


Jason Wu


Givenchy


Marchesa


Alexander McQueen


Cushnie et Ochs


Runway to event. Kerry Washington in Cushnie et Ochs. I also adore her Kate Spade "making headlines" clutch!

peplum dresses

BCBG Maxazria Runway Dress Collection

BCBG Maxazria has been a longtime favorite designer of mine. I noticed a maxi dress that another fashion blogger was wearing and had to take a look. The Spring 2012 runway collection is available for pre-order. This collection infuses a mixture of the seasons current trends; color blocking, tribal, pleats, tangerine and bright colors, as well as the chic design elements BCBG Maxazria is known for. Each one feels like a vacation to exotic and distant lands and beyond just a maxi dress. I like the way the dresses are named after the models that wore them on the runway. I simply adore these dresses and hope you do too!


Hereith (Love her!)

Kaia

Ella

Nasha

Melodie

Kalina

Daga Color-Blocked Dress

Dietrich

Lubov Azria wears the Brieena Runway Color-Blocked Dress
"In anticipation of summer, wearing one of my favorite Runway dresses." —Lubov Azria

images: 2012 BCBG MAX AZRIA GROUP, INC.

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The Fashionably Chic: Solange Knowles

This is definately one style maverick to watch! As Solange graces her way into womanhood; she also is making a splash in the fashion arena. A master at mixing prints and textures her individualism and personal style effortlessly shines.


Colorblocked dress, Stuart Weitzman cap-toe pumps


Proenza Schouler Abstract Crocodile Print Blouse.


New York Fashion week. Mary Katrantzou Dress.


Vera Wang dress, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes.


Colorblocked sweater, leopard print platforms


Burberry Body Launch event in Burberry.


Luca Luca Fashion show


Lace Bombshell in Dolce & Gabbana, Milan Fashion Week

A New Direction

Tangerine Dahlia. Tangerine is the 2012 Pantone color of the year.

For the love of Design!

The changing seasons always elicit a spirit of renewal; particularly Spring. With this season inspiration for a new direction for this blog has begun. Stay posted for daily fashion, interior, and style inspiration. I welcome you to take this journey with me.

Inspiration Board: Giorgio di Sant' Angelo

I've always had a fondness for vintage clothing and design. When done well, design elements have the ability to transcend time. This was made apparent once again when I visited an exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum showcasing the talent of Giorgio di Sant' Angelo.


Giorgio di Sant’ Angelo. Image MAO MAG


Italian born American Designer Giorgio di Sant' Angelo, (1933-1989) is best known for his free spirited collections influenced by Aztec, American Indian, Asian, and gyspy influences. What I found impressive was his use of stretch and synthethic fabrics like polyester and Lycra to make such modern pieces. I was immersed as soon as I entered the exhibit; one side displayed chic pieces meant to display the human form. The other side of the room full of whimsical, free spirited, gypsy inspired pieces the seventies were known for.

"Silhouette as we've known it, as something imposed by fashion, is finished. The only silhouette for 1971 is the body."


Dress. c 1974, synthetic jersey



“I am not a fashion designer but an artist who works in fashion—an engineer of color and form.”









If only I could touch these pages! Designer sketch book.

Introduction of Guest Blogger/Inspiration 2011

Hudson De Witt Kelly, Chicago, IL

I have been an ardent supporter of the fashion industry as long as I can remember as it gave the endless possibilities of dreaming outside of the world I was in and into the world I was destined to be; sure as children we play but I didn’t just play I dared to become. I was fascinated by Vogue, GQ, Elle, W and Harper’s Bazaar because my grandmother always had them around her home and it gave me fuel for my stories and I knew that there was more to it than just women playing dress up for a camera with pouty lips they had created something so much more; of course at five you really don’t know what that is and even today at thirty-four with all the years I have spent in the industry working; thriving in it, living in it I still dream to understand it maybe I am not supposed to.

I am not one of those men who sits back to learn every term there is to know but I do know what not only inspires me but I also know fashion because I am always in it. I have friends, associates, celebrities both men and women that I look up to; I have periods that I wish that I could have been a part off but I also have my own imagination and this takes me to faraway places even know. I sit at the beach and I people watch wondering what they look like in clothes; while others are taking them off I am putting them on.

No matter what we want to believe we are all in fashion; we wear clothes. We shop for them no matter where it is we support this industry; women may do so more than men but men do so well. When we go to art museums, movies, go to buy books yes you still are supporting the fashion industry. Look at music it is so intertwined with fashion the buyer may not yet realize it but the industry does. Today at this moment I am inspired by 90’s minimalism with a move towards the new urbanite; when I think of this three people always come to mine Nia Long in love jones and Serena and Lily Vanderwoodsen of Gossip Girl.

Why you may ask because they wear what they want; how they want and it always represents walking representations of individuality. Serena is young but she knows more about fashion then most people half her age; of course it being a television show we must then look at her portrayer Blake Lively she mixes California cool with New York craftsmanship so effortlessly no wonder she has graced the cover of Vogue so many times. Then there is Kelly Rutherford who started off on the soap opera Generations to move on to the rebirth of Melrose Place; yes MP has had three rebirths if you ask me; she is sophistication at its best in this role. Nia Long on the back of the motorcycle with Lorenz Tate zooming around Chicago was not only cool she was herself; forever free.

Maybe minimalism has made such a comeback because of the global economy maybe it never went away but I find it fascinating because it is timeless; there is something that reaches mass appeal when haute couture can be so dazzlingly over the top. Minimalism is the ability to strip yourself down of all the masks and allow the real you to shine through in 2011 that has never been more important.

Until Next Time
HDK