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Trend Alert: Sequin Jackets

FabSugar — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:22 -0700

Want to be the life of the party? Show up in a sequin jacket. Seriously - how fun are these?! I've been getting lots of love (and wear) out of my Theory sequin tee, and even though sequins aren't news, they are Fab. These disco-inducing jackets aren't for wallflowers, they're for wildflowers.

What Comes Around Goes Around Daliah Sequined Capelet - $550.00	Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti Asymmetric Cropped Jacket - $1,095.00
Rebecca Taylor Sequin dinner jacket - $580.00	ASOS PREMIUM Sequin Scalloped Sleeve Bolero - $97.34
Moschino Cheap & Chic Sequin cropped jacket - $1,745.00	Iisli Tiffany sequined blazer - $498.00
Sequined Hoodie - $199.00	White + Warren Cropped Sequined Jacket - $225.00
MANOUSH beige hooded short jacket with sequins - $506.00

Celebrity Style: Victoria Beckham

FabSugar — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:00:22 -0800

While shopping in her hometown of London, Victoria Beckham opted for a What Goes Around Comes Around black dress she also recently wore after a Spice Girls concert. We weren't fibbing when we said Victoria is a re-outfitter! Still, she manages to make an all-black outfit look interesting with leather driving gloves, a cropped cardigan, DVB oversized sunnies, and a sleek crocodile bag. She doesn't call herself Posh for nothing.

What Comes Around Goes Around Silk Minidress - $298.00	Cropped cardigan sweater - $49.50
Rihanna ASOS Premium Short Asymmetric Driving Glove - $34.22	dVb 6 - $250.00
Via Spiga Amanda - $179.00	Nancy Gonzalez Large Crocodile Tote - $2,750.00

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Trend Alert: Fedoras

FabSugar — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:15:29 -0800

It takes a lot of sass to pull off wearing a hat around town. But if you've got the gumption, why not try wearing one of the cute fedoras hitting stores this Fall? This look is just a little bit preppy and a little bit funky, and it's a great hat option before you have to start bundling up hardcore. Here are some of my favorite fedora finds.

Victoria Petitt Denim Fedora, $165, available here.

Ophelie Wool Fedora, $75, available here. Found by The1spinky.

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What Goes Around Comes Around Fedora With Feather, $128, available here.

Narrow Chenille Braid Fedora Hat, $28, available here.

Trend Alert: Jackets That Shine

FabSugar — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:00:11 -0700

As we ease into holiday mode, embrace jackets that shine. You know I'm jacket obsessed and therefore cannot take my eyes off of Daisy Lowe's red satin blazer. Amazing. Red is deliciously bold, but a neutral, like Leven Rambin's, can be thrown atop anything and everything. If you really have a flair for the dramatic, Nina Ricci, who has a penchant for shiny jackets, gets top plaudits. For Spring, the house showed a glowing neutral Edwardian jacket with tailcoats - like no jacket I've ever seen.

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She's Crafty: New Buttons, New Jacket

FabSugar — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:22 -0800

What to do when you have an old jacket that is still Fab, but has gone drab? No need to be dramatic and rid of it, just take another look and see how it can be revived. This was what I did with a 5-year-old DKNY olive green jacket. When I first got it, I wore it to death. Ever since, it has just sat in my closet, with old memories to keep it company. The reason I loved it so was because I realized an olive green jacket pretty much goes with everything. It can be utilitarian, sporty, chic, or just plain casual. The neutral hue works for both Summer and Winter, and it doesn't go out of style.

I knew my old faithful could be revived. What I love most about this jacket is these complex seams along the back and shoulders - I would never tire of those. So I started with the sleeves, and simply rolled them up, for a more distressed style. What really stood out as an eye sore was the drab buttons; these pale green medium sized buttons just camouflaged with the fabric. I thought if I simply changed the buttons - something even I know how to do - the jacket would be refreshed.

To see the process, and to read the rest of my jacket salvation story, read more.

The jacket has a slight safari feel, so I immediately thought tortoise buttons would be perfect. I adore the marbleized design of tortoise, and, like the jacket, I find it goes with a lot of colors and styles. This decision was made even before I got to the fabric store.
Britex Fabrics in San Francisco is awesome. They had oodles of tortoise buttons to choose from; it was not an easy choice. I ended up choosing a nice flat tortoise button. The grand total ended up being less than $10. But I was sure to bring the jacket with me, so the salesperson could see what size button I was looking for and so I could imagine the new look. Also, the jacket has four buttons, but I bought one extra in case my sewing skills ever fail me.

Thread. I needed an olive green that would match the jacket. After a quick visit to my parents house - my mom used to sew so she has like every color - I found the perfect little spool of olive green. I was almost ready to take on my project.
Tools. The only tools I needed were a needle and a seam ripper. If you don't already have a seam ripper, I suggest you get one. They come in handy for projects like this, sewing mishaps, and opening closed pockets.
Labor. One evening I went to work and surprisingly the jacket button switcharoo only took a half hour. It was easy to align the new buttons because there were already holes in place. I just started at the top, removed the old button and any residual thread, and sewed on the new button. You can really see the difference the button makeover made! New buttons, new jacket.

In times of a fashion recession, and with the holidays right around the corner, I know the financial bind many of you are in. By simply rejuvenating something you once loved, you can have a (semi) new piece of clothing. Never underestimate the big power of the little button.

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On Our Radar: LC's Accessorizes Herself and Tells Us All About It!

FabSugar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:00:22 -0700

Miss BellaSugar had the chance to chat with leader of The Hills at a Mark cosmetics event this week . . . and you know she had my back! We got the scoop on Lauren Conrad's beauty secrets as well as her new accessories line in collaboration with Mark cosmetics. As you know, LC is a brand ambassador and the company is launching a campaign called m.Powerment, which aims to speak out against domestic violence. Right on. More news, Lauren is launching an accessories collection with Mark. Between her Lauren Conrad collection and her success with the show, Lauren is on the up and up. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the colorful printed dress she wore at this event is from her Holiday collection.

One item to note is the 'Have a Heart Necklace' that is (only) $22 and 100 percent of the proceeds go to charity. Here's what LC had to say about the special necklace:

“I collaborated with Mark in doing the ‘Have a Heart Necklace,’ which you have in front of you guys, and we are all wearing. They come in silver and gold, they are double-sided. They have the little stones on one side and the little heart on the back of the pendant. It retails for $22 and 100 percent of the profit goes to charity. It's basically the gist of the charity. It also comes with a little extender in the back so you can kinda adjust how long you want. It's also fun to layer with different pieces. It’s just a kind of an easy piece for people to wear.”

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LC on her accessory line with Mark:

"We [Mark and LC] collaborated together and did a line of accessories and we had a lot of fun with it. Oh, and you all get all of this to take home with you. I’ll go through them real quick. We started with bangles because they are easy and they’re not going anywhere. But we did them in silver and gold and we added just a little splash of color; a bit of orange on these and blue on the silver. And then we did - this is actually my favorite piece we did - we did rings that kind of have a little bit of a stud on them all the way around. We did them in gold and silver and you can wear them alone, I stack mine with a little ring, or you can even stack them together. They are just kind of fun and unique. Then we did - these are a little more fun and cute - we did kind of like this costume jewelry look where we did two rings in gold and silver and we did different colors on them. But they are kind of fun to dress stuff up with. And we did the headband because I love headbands. We did a headband and you can either wear it as a normal headband or when your hair is up or down you can put it in and pull your hair over it and then it kind of looks like a little hair accessory in your hair.”

LC on upcoming projects:

“I’m working on a couple things but they are still on their early stages. Obviously I’m always involved with Mark and now with the new charity will make it a little bit more involved. There’s that. I have the clothing line, between that and the show are most of my time because we are filming four times a week plus I have at least two fittings a week plus you know what we are designing. So that’s just every day. And then, my social life. [Laughs]. Because we do a lot of events and then also I don’t have a stylist or anything so every event I go to I can never wear the same thing. So I have to stop and get something to wear.”

LC on styling herself:

"Yeah. That’s the fun part! They asked me if I wanted a stylist and I’m like, that’s the funnest part."

LC on the headgear in the collection

"We did the little cabbie hat, which comes in the black and brown, which are cute for Fall because all these are coming out in back to school. And then we did this set right here, we did it in blue, and black over there. Kind of the draped down hat, you don’t necessarily have to wear in the Fall because you can wear it with a tanktop and jeans and that will look cute. We did a matching scarf with it, which is a long scarf that you can wrap a few times and the gloves which are kind of similar to those knit gloves you wear which are shorter but they are kind of long and go up to about here (points to elbow), because I was recently traveling a lot and I have all these really great coats that cut off right here (at elbow). And they’re really cute but you go outside and you’re really cold so this was kind of a way to make that simple glove a little bit more elegant. And that’s it.”

But, that's not it. Lauren is very excited about her latest endeavor and I'm sure we'll see her modeling her goods around town. What do you think? Are these more or less exciting than her clothing collection? I like the rings - the chunky rhinestone one and studded gold one. As for pricing, they are from $14-$22 and will be available September 16th at meetmark.com. One thing is for sure: LC is on a roll and we can assume she has more fashion tricks up her 3/4-inch sleeves.

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Patricia Field Gabs With Fab

FabSugar — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:00:22 -0800

Ever wonder what goes on inside super stylist Patricia Field's bright red head? Lucky for us, she and I had a convo at the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge about her approach to styling, the Sex and the City movie, Cashmere Mafia and where she does the shopping for all the clothes we know and love. I got an exclusive interview with her at Fashion Week; she spoke with ease and gave Fab many minutes of her time. Thanks Patricia! On to the goods . . .

It looks like the wardrobe for the Sex and the City movie is more dramatic versus the show? Can you explain how you approached the movie wardrobe?

I approached the movie with the idea that five years has passed since we last saw these girls in action. And we know these girls quite well so you have to come through with a truthful concept. You can’t just be, “Oh, let’s do this and let’s do that” because our audience knows these girls very well and you’re not going to put something out there that they’re not going to believe. Five years have passed, what has happened to these women in five years? There are some changes but it’s not a new person.

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So are they dressing older, would you say?

Some are, yes. And some are not. One might be dressing older, one might be dressing richer. There’s always a blend of old and new because they don’t change. Of course the pieces are different, but it’s the person behind the piece. She still wears a lot of vintage . . .

Tell me about mixing old and new, vintage and designer?

I love this dress (the white one with red flowers) for Carrie. it’s not designed by any name. It’s very much what all the designers are doing now - Lanvin, Balenciaga - the balloon. I found this gorgeous dress and I was like, “She needs to wear that dress.” She knows what the designers are doing today and she could wear the designer dress but not everybody can wear that dress because there’s only one.

Where did you find that dress?

In the collection of one of my assistants. There’s no label, it’s nobody major. That would be a dress you would find in a department store in the late ‘50s in the dress department, a nice department store, Lord & Taylor. But not designer designer - the dress department.

By the way Saks has a really good dress department up on the ninth floor.

What is it like working with these women? How much do you collaborate with them on their outfits

I always collaborate with them because the actor is creating this character and wearing these clothes so the collaboration is a huge part of the job.

So if they don’t feel comfortable in something? . . .

I would never insist on anybody wear something they were uncomfortable in. If you don’t feel that this is right for you, that’s not the way you achieve anything.

What are your favorite accessories and what is your signature Patricia Field touch?

My touch is mixing all the variables in a certain way - that’s my signature.

I’ve noticed you’ve been using a lot of belts.

I have been using a lot of belts now, and always have. I like the waist and the sexiness a belt creates. If you put a belt on the waist it makes you longer. The whole hip thing makes you shorter, makes you look squatty. If you put a belt up high you look taller and thinner.

What about jewelry?

It’s just whatever I look at and say it’s pretty. (Amen to that!)

Where do you find most of the clothes?

I find them everywhere, all around the world, in showrooms. I just call up people or people call me and they want to see their things. But it’s not only designer, it’s thrift store, it’s shopping. It’s getting a lot of clothes and putting together pretty outfits.

What was your approach with Cashmere Mafia?

I tried to watch it but it wasn’t on Wednesday night. I haven’t seen it yet! The basis is the same, you use logic and rational thinking but it’s a different project and different people. Lucy Liu is really fun to work with, she’s smart, she knows what time it is. Each experience is always different. It’s very exciting and that’s why I love it.

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Online Sale Alert! Save at Bebe!

FabSugar — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:00:33 -0700

What's a plentiful Fall wardrobe without a classic trench? Seriously lacking, that's what. Trench coats never go out of style, and they're great when not-so-nice weather comes along, as it likes to do around this time of year.

So when a trench goes on sale, like this Bebe Flared Short-Sleeve Trench Coat, $77 (originally $119), I jump at the opportunity. It's part of a wider Bebe Sale, so if you're not convinced with my trench coat bit, go for the platform sandals or the ruffled dresses.

Bebe is excellent for fast fashion, don't forget, so just make sure you get there fast!

Trend Alert: Billowy Turtleneck Sweaters

FabSugar — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 06:21:00 -0700

Is there really any sweater more comforting than a cozy turtleneck? I find that I buy at least one new turtleneck every year, but you can wear this classic style season after season, because a turtleneck is always in style. For Fall 2006, billowy turtleneck sweaters are particularly trendy, as traditional necks meet up with voluminous sleeves and roomy, elegant fits. Here are eight great picks for billowy turtlenecks at both designer and non-designer prices.

Catherine Malandrino Shirred Turtleneck Sweater, $375, available here.

James Perse Cashmere Gauze Turtleneck, $345, available here.

What Comes Around Goes Around Scarlett Turtleneck, $379, available here.

Rebecca Taylor Alpaca Dolman Top, $350, available here

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Alice + Olivia Oversized Turtleneck, $297, available here.

Hayden Peacock Cashmere Blouson Turtleneck, $149, available here.

Anthropologie Suzette Turtleneck, $98, available here.

Victoria's Secret Silk and Cashmere Boyfriend Turtleneck Sweater, $39, available here.

Pretty in Plaid Dresses

FabSugar — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:14:04 -0700

We all know that plaid is huge this Fall. If you're looking for a way to wear it, why not try a plaid dress? There's just something really fun and unexpected about this look. Plaid has a slightly preppy, British feel, but using it in a dress gives the pattern a funky edge. Here are some of my favorite plaid dresses, both aspirational and obtainable.

Zac Posen Tartan Dress, $2,600, available here.

Alexander McQueen Plaid Ruffle Dress, $6,965, available here.

Kay Unger New York Strapless Plaid Dress, $430, available here.

L.A.M.B. Scoop Neck Dress, $365, available here.

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What Comes Around Goes Around Gibson Wool Mini Dress, $330, available here.

Wet Seal Plaid Tube Dress, $24.50, available here.

BCBG Max Azria Plaid Jersey Dress, $160, available here.

Forever 21 Plaid Tube Dress, $27.80, available here.

DKNYC Three-Quarter-Sleeve Satin Hooded Jacket - $179.00	Sutton Studio Plus Size Jeweled Button Swing Jacket: Exclusively at Bloomingdale's - $186.99
Unisex Satin Charmeuse Night Jacket - $45.00	Nina Ricci Cropped satin jacket - $3,650.00
What Comes Around Goes Around Evelyn Jacket - $350.00	D&G Dolce & Gabbana Runway Patchwork Brocade Blazer - $1,675.00
Alexander Wang Washed Crepe Back Satin Jacket - $575.00	JON Sportswear Satin Jacket & Taffeta Skirt - OT006477 - $363.00
Kooba Satin Jacket - $395.00	Kooba Motorcycle Jacket - $197.99
Lida Baday Organzino Cropped Jacket - $1,165.00	Doo.Ri Runway Satin Organza Jacket - $995.00