Posts for August 3rd 2012

Best Summer Street Style
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143 Street-Styled Ways to Make This Your Best-Dressed Summer. Ever.

This Summer we vowed to look our most stylish .
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Best Summer Street Style

This Summer we vowed to look our most stylish . . . ever. We're bidding our fashion rut goodbye and turning to a fresh batch of seasonal style to inspire our best looks. Think all things bold and printed, a touch of neoprene, and the coolest ways to wear your cutoffs and white tees — and look no further, because it's all right here. Some ensembles are more suited to your 9-to-5, and others have "vacation" written all over them, and others even speak to the more transitional wares. In any case, these street-style powerhouses are a worthy crew to garner all the styling inspiration you need to get you through the the remaining days of Summer looking breezy and chic.

Source: Adam Katz Sinding

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Carey Mulligan Wearing a Floral Dress
Celebrity Style

Carey Mulligan's Summer Style: Floral Dress and Round Sunglasses

Carey Mulligan and her husband, Marcus Mumford, took a lovers' stroll through NYC with Carey looking lovely in a midi-length floral dress.
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Carey Mulligan and her husband, Marcus Mumford, took a lovers' stroll through NYC with Carey looking lovely in a midi-length floral dress. The square neck and demure hemline lent the actress a retro feel, while her metal-framed round sunglasses fed into her vintage vibe. Carey finished off her daytime Summer look with black gladiator sandals and this Tom Ford Natalia bag ($3,980), which Kate Bosworth also has. For your next city stroll, romantic or not, look to Carey by pairing your vintage floral dress with equally standout accessories, including Carey's exact bag.

Garden print dress Pour la Victoire cherry suede 'Briton' buckle sandals Fine Line Sunglasses Tom Ford Large Kidskin Natalia Bag MFP- MariaFrancescaPepe Gold Triangle Drop Hoop Earrings
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Eva Mendes Wearing an Orange Dress
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Everything Eva Mendes Is Wearing, We Want to Wear, Too

Bright, breezy Summer dress?
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Bright, breezy Summer dress? Check. Walkable cool-girl footwear and an eye-catching, easy-to-tote bag? Check, check. With one look, Eva Mendes zeroed in on three — with her sunglasses, make that four — of our seasonal essentials and pulled them all together for the perfect ensemble. Obviously, it's not hard to make clothes look good when you're blessed with genes like Miss Mendes, but it's also the cool color combos and juxtaposition between an understated silhouette and high-impact footwear that make it work so well. Her bold-hued Phillip Lim dress is covetable on its own, but reworked with statement accessories from Rebecca Minkoff, it takes on a much cooler vibe. It's impossible not to want absolutely everything she's wearing; fortunately, it's all shoppable below.

3.1 Phillip Lim SILK SHIFT DRESS Rebecca Minkoff Mac Eyelet Clutch Barn Stormer
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How to Take Care of Your Handbag
Bags

True Story: 6 Tips That Will Save Your Handbag's Life

It's safe to say that our handbags aren't just arm candy reflections of our style sensibility, they've also become a necessary extension of our lives.
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It's safe to say that our handbags aren't just arm candy reflections of our style sensibility, they've also become a necessary extension of our lives. Without these trusty companions, where would we put our wallet, miscellaneous receipts, pens, phone, sunglasses, on-the-go makeup options, and hand sanitizer? Life without these accessories seems, well, unorganized. Thus, our heavy reliance on our purses means it's really only a matter of time until the wear and tear shows. We're here to put the kibosh on handbag damage. Just by being a little more careful, providing some product-enhanced TLC, and utilizing an old pillowcase for greater purposes (believe us on this one), your sidekick will look as new as the day you got it. Keep reading below for quick no-fail handbag care tips.

  • Treat it. For leather and canvas bags, it's wise to treat them before taking them out into the wild (or just out of the dust bag). That way, the bag's surface is preconditioned to weather to storm, literally, in those situations where you may just be caught in a downpour sans umbrella. For leather iterations, try the Armor All leather protectant spray ($7), and for canvas totes, opt for the Scotchgard fabric protector ($5). Here's the snag though: be sure to test the protectant on a small piece of the fabric before getting spray-happy. Some of these protectants can actually change the color of the original leather or canvas, so it's good to make sure your bag isn't subject to a little makeover in the treatment process.

    • Read on for more bag-saving tips.

Jessica Biel at Total Recall NYC Premiere
Red Carpet

Take Your Look From Femme Fatale to Ethereal — the Jessica Biel Way

Jessica Biel not only made the Total Recall rounds in NYC yesterday, she did so with a dichotomous styling approach.
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Jessica Biel not only made the Total Recall rounds in NYC yesterday, she did so with a dichotomous styling approach. First, the brunette beauty stopped by The Daily Show With Jon Stewart in an animal-print Giambattista Valli cocktail dress (we're obsessed with the sweet tulip skirt silhouette) with a Fendi 2jours shopper and black Casadei pumps. By letting the longer skirt hem and quarter-length sleeves offset the exotic pattern and accentuating inseams, her look offered up a more sophisticated take on sexier ensembles. Then, Jessica switched gears, wearing an ethereal sleeveless white lace creation from Elie Saab's Spring 2012 Couture collection to the film's screening. In a nod to modest-meets-romantic dressing, she also added a delicate lace shawl to match. Her gold Elie Saab clutch and textured Jimmy Choo pumps injected a glamorous feel, but in no way interrupted the ultrafeminine vibe. One evening, two distinct dresses, and three key styling strategies to get you there, the Jessica Biel way — read below for quick tips on transforming your evening vibe from sexy to sweet, and vice versa.

  • It's all in the texture. Notice how Jessica really nails each vibe via dress texture. In her first appearance, she opted for a sultry animal print — instantly giving off a more vixenish appeal. In her second appearance, she's every bit the sweet style setter in white lace. Sure, lace can be sexy, too, but not when it's worn modestly and in the most ethereal shade of crisp, clean white. The bottom line: you can set the tone of each look just by utilizing texture correctly. It's not always about going the overt styling route.
  • Go for classic accents. When switching modes, you want to be able to work with what you've got. Not all of us have a pair of stilettos and clutch in every shade in our closets, but the main thing is to keep a good rotation of classics in your going-out arsenal. A nude pump will always work well with a more feminine silhouette. A black pump will work well with basically everything, but for our purposes, it will certainly put a slick spin on sultrier dresses.
  • The ultimate twofer. You want to make it even simpler? Invest in a tailored LWD. For girlier nights out, pair the look with a neutral-toned heel and a scallop-edged clutch. Then, give it a sexy upgrade with your black pumps, a little black eyeliner, and a bold red lip. You can have it both ways.
Instagram Fashion Pictures For July 30, 2012
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FabSugar Diary: Our Week in Pictures

Our Instagram adventures kick off right here — whether you've got your iPhone handy or not (if you do, are you following us yet?).
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Instagram Fashion Pictures For July 30, 2012

Our Instagram adventures kick off right here — whether you've got your iPhone handy or not (if you do, are you following us yet?). Whatever fashionably-minded outing we've got on the agenda, our Instagram comes right along with us, which means you've got an inside look at all of our previews and parties coming to you live (or every Friday, at the very least). This week, we got into a little DIY project with Olivia Wilde and took a yoga class right alongside the gorgeous Victoria's Secret Angels. In between, we're snapping inspiration and photographing our favorite Summer looks. Missed a moment? It's all inside.

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Fashion News For August 3, 2012
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Link Time: Alexa Chung Will Play Herself on Gossip Girl

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Affordable Summer Dresses
POPSUGAR Fashion

7 Sexy Dresses For Inspiration This Summer!

Summer fashion is all about channeling an easy breezy vibe and looking incredible on hot Summer nights.
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Summer fashion is all about channeling an easy breezy vibe and looking incredible on hot Summer nights. Luckily, our own Allison McNamara is bringing you seven sexy dress options — from backless to brights, to all the chiffon and florals in between — meant to put the sizzle in your warm-weather wear. Special thanks to The Redbury Hotel and Cleo Restaurant. Hair and makeup by Samantha Touw.

Chiffon Dip Hem Dress Crochet Collar Lace Dress Equipment Sophia Silk Dress Karina Grimaldi William Mini Dress
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Chambray Street Style
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Look of the Day: Sweet Chambray

One of our favorite summertime staples is chambray shirts, and we love how Fab reader dadouchic rocked this classic piece with a feminine printed skirt.
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One of our favorite summertime staples is chambray shirts, and we love how Fab reader dadouchic rocked this classic piece with a feminine printed skirt. For accessories, she added on a brown leather belt, t-strap platforms, and a petite leather purse. Her statement shades and bold makeup palette added just the right amount of edge to the look. Re-create the same look with your own closet essentials — and don't forget the red lipstick!

Congrats, dadouchic!

Everyone else, submit your looks, and we just might feature you on FabSugar!