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Fabcon: Sofia Coppola

FabSugar — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:00:22 -0700

Sofia Coppola's style can best be described as unfussy, cool and classic. We are talking about one of Marc Jacob's muses here (lucky!). While one may point out she wears a lot of black, 'tis true, but so do other icons such as Kate Moss and Diana Vreeland. Black is one of the truest colors of fashion, and as every woman knows, it's slimming too. But I just love it when Sofia does play with color; it's usually in the form of bolds such as red or pink, or understated with off-white.

The daughter of legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia is talented in other areas than fashion. She is an accomplished film director, actress, producer and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. I would also like to point out that she is the first American woman and third woman in history to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing.

Sofia is just so cool. She is considered a pop culture icon within the indie music and film communities, in Paris and Tokyo especially. It figures she would have fashion sense - as a child she stayed in the wardrobe department of her father's films, and did you know that in high school, she interned with Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel? As well, in 1998 she co-founded the clothing line Milkfed in Japan with friend Stephanie Hayman and Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon. I so remember Milkfed! It was very Beastie girlie - it was sold alongside the Beastie Boys clothing line X-Large back in the day.

While The Virgin Suicides continues to be my favorite film by Sofia, it's just so beautifully melancholy, Marie Antoinette also provided some serious eye, and ear, candy. What's next for Sofia? I can't wait to see.

Check out Sofia through the ages, read more

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FABTV: Heart "Crazy on You"

FabSugar — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:17:22 -0700

Admittedly, my musical taste veers toward masculine players. My favorite genre is rock, and though some females definitely rock (Debbie Harry, Stevie Nicks, Chrissie Hynde, Janis!), most of my favorites are male bands. But when I discovered the sister duo that is Heart, I found female refuge. The Wilson sisters - Ann the brunette, Nancy the blonde - were so cool. I love to watch live performances of theirs from the '70s. This is one of my favorites songs and who can forget it blasting during one of the best scenes in The Virgin Suicides?! Oh, Trip Fontaine . . . Note Nancy's awesome guitar intro in her sparkly peach wrap dress. Then Ann takes the stage in her blue dress with silver stars and heart mirror pin. Style and substance, wish I'd been a Wilson sister . . .

Trend Alert: Handkerchief Hems

FabSugar — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:00:22 -0800

Fashion is experiencing a hippie revival and I am not protesting this trend. However, I need your help deciding if I like handkerchief hems or not. I already confidently don wide-legged jeans and denim vests, but I'm not so sure about this nonchalant detail. This Jovovich-Hawk for Target Arabesque Halter Dress ($30) is something Lux would have worn in The Virgin Suicides but is it too '70s nostalgia. Thoughts?

Nieves Lavi Handkerchief Top - $198.00	Paisley Homecoming Scarf Dresses by eDressMe - $52.00
Nina Ricci Tie-Dye Scarf Blouse - $1,535.00	Sue Wong Empire Silk Slip Dress - $350.00
Solange Striped Tunic - $108.00	Lotta Stensson black knit 'Peace Best' flounce top - $48.00
Silk Macramé Trim Cami - $79.00	Handkerchief Caftan - $79.00

New York Fashion Week, Spring 2008: Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent

FabSugar — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:22 -0700

You may or may not know that many of the shows I saw at New York Fashion Week were not at the famed Bryant Park tents. A lot of designers showed off site, for a number of reasons; budget restrictions, an anti-sponsor preference or simply to present a no frills collection of clothes. We feature Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent often, so I was jazzed to see her Spring offerings...especially since the showroom setting was casual, filled with light and easy going.

With the feather weight clothes hanging on mannequins, Vincent also provided a viewing of her coveted shoes and accessories and an immense inspiration wall. The inspiration wall was really cool; images from Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, a young Patrick Dempsey, youthful beachy photo shoots via NYLON, all made sense of the clothes. And the clothes were in punchy colors of 70s suburbia with feminine details like jeweled necklines, crochet and ruffles. Sporty aspects like racer backs, hoods and tanks toughened things up. All in super soft fabrics like chiffon, silk, voile and jersey, I bet if models were wearing these pieces they would seriously flow. I guess we'll just have to wait for some of these to appear in Celebrity Styles to really know!

As for the accessories, buttery leather clutches were adorned with fun star-shaped beads. Colorful leather was preferred as was patent leather, on shoes that were colorblocked, banded and woven. Looks like Cynthia had fun with this collection!

To see Spring inspirations, more clothes and accessories from Twelfth Street, read more

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