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If one day you wake up in a minimal state of mind, black, white and gray is the right color combo for the moment. While you can easily triple a heather grey top with white jeans and black sandals to look sophisticated and clean, you can also create the sharp look with these. I know I should be encouraging bright fabulous colors, but let's face it: sometimes we all feel a bit black, white and Read more
Diane Kruger has shown nothing but showstopping glamour during this year's Cannes Film Festival, so it was only appropriate that she go out on a high note. The actress and film festival juror attended Sunday's closing ceremony and the premiere of Thérèse Desqueyroux in a wildly voluminous Christian Dior Haute Couture ball gown. The black, white, and gray plaid confection had a structured bodice Read more
Most of us can recall how difficult and confusing puberty was, and especially the end of that transitory time: getting your first period. But can you imagine going through that awkward process in first grade? For a growing number of today's young girls, this is a reality. A recent New York Times piece explores "precocious puberty," a term being used for the growing percentage of girls entering Read more
I'm excited to present a post from guest writer, eco lifestyle expert, and all-around awesome guy Danny Seo. As a former magazine editor, I produced and styled dozens of decorating and entertaining stories for a number of publications including Country Home, Better Homes & Gardens, Elle, Everyday With Rachael Ray, and InStyle. Every shoot was different than the next one in terms of style Read more
Everyone can use advice on how to save money while styling a home, and this article from Houzz focuses on just that. Whether you're putting down roots in a new space or are looking to change things up, these words of decorating wisdom will teach you how to get the most from what you purchase. Figure out when it's worth it to splurge and when it makes sense to save Usually, we think of decorative Read more
According to the PANTONE VIEW home + interiors 2013 book, there are nine color palettes predicted to dominate interior design and furniture trends in 2013. A mix of muted palettes serve as the new classics while rainbow-inspired colors provoke bolder style statements. The first palette in Pantone's 2013 lineup, Connoisseur, draws from cool neutrals like alyssum white and beechnut green, Read more
We're happy to present this story from our friends at Allure: Colored mascara has always had pretty tacky associations. But the electric blue lashes at Stella McCartney's Fall show in Paris were actually pretty gorgeous. "[Stella] said, 'I love when girls wear colored mascara'," explained makeup artist Pat McGrath backstage. The striking purple-cobalt shade they came up with was fun and youthful Read more
Supermodel genes aside, it's hard not to love almost anything Miranda Kerr puts on. Miranda's got a way with outfitting sophisticated takes on the trend — like this perfect rendition on Spring's printed denim. Adding a chic cropped jacket by Dries Van Noten in an understated gray and black helped to temper the statement print on her Current/Elliott sapphire leopard-print skinnies. Her other Read more
All gorgeous iterations of volume and texture, Sarah Burton gives us a new slant on Alexander McQueen's futuristic sense with femininity and optimism for Fall 2012. She tapped right into girlish fantasy from the very beginning and saw it all the way through in pinks, fuchsia, floral-embellishment, and the most extreme proportions of fluff and fur. There may be less of the provocative, darker Read more
Both a reimagining and an homage to the label's signature aesthetic, Karl Lagerfeld plays in tweed, sporty silhouettes, and whimsical layers and texture (and bejeweled eyebrows) for Chanel's Fall 2012. Lagerfeld's all-star cast (minus a noticeably absent Freja), including Miranda Kerr, Joan Smalls, and Anja Rubik, took to the catwalk of a snowy white cave, done up in crystal embellishments that Read more
