On Our Radar: Donna Karan Icons Collection

FabSugar — Tue, 08 May 2007 05:03:33 PDT

American designer Donna Karan's latest collection, Donna Karan Icons, due in upscale and specialty stores this Summer, is all about effortless dressing and day-to-evening essentials. Donna wants her loyal customers to rely on her simple silhouettes like they rely on their jeans and tees - I don't know how realistic that is considering all the pieces are black and formal, but if you think you can do it, more power to you! The prices range from $595 to $2,995, and include wool jersey neck-wrap dresses, organza-lined taffeta trenchcoats, stretch crepe wool blazers and trousers and wool pencil pants.

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Fall in Love With . . . Cold Shoulders

Lauren Conrad — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:00:40 PST

We are thrilled to share this story from Lauren Conrad! The TV personality, writer, designer, and style maven has started LaurenConrad.com, a social networking site that features daily posts by Lauren on all of our favorite topics - fashion, beauty, food, party planning - and Lauren will be sharing her latest fashion finds with Fab every month. This week, she's sharing her favorite open-shouldered tops.

I’ve been slightly obsessed with cold shoulder tops lately. Cut out shoulders transform an otherwise simple piece into something a little sexier, a little edgier. The peek-a-boo shoulder adds a fun and flirty feel without showing too much. It’s subtle, but sexy. The look was initially introduced in the nineties when Donna Karan debuted her iconic “cold shoulder” dress on Hillary Rodham Clinton who wore the dress to the inaugural ball. When asked about the gown, Karan said that no matter what women think about their bodies, they never complain about their shoulders. And she’s right! The trend regained momentum more recently during spring 2012 fashion week when designers like Richard Chai LOVE, 3.1 Phillip Lim and BCBG Max Azria rolled out various interpretations of the shoulder splice.

Needless to say, I’m a big fan of the look. When it came to designing my spring collection for my LC Lauren Conrad collection for Kohl’s I was inspired to create a few easy-to-wear flirty blouses. And Donna’s famed cold shoulder made the cut.

I adore this blouse (pictured above) because I’m a sucker for floral prints and chiffon. When I designed it I wanted to create something feminine that would turn heads, which is why the shoulder splice was the perfect finishing touch. I love wearing this blouse over a camisole with dark wash jeans.

What do you think about the cold shoulder look? How would you wear the Floral Chiffon Top?

XO Lauren