Fashion Batik Indonesia GO International

As you know that Batik is Indonesian cultural heritage and already established UNESCO as world cultural heritage of Indonesia. In my previous post I have written about Indonesian batik design and also Japanese Batik Lanterns and you can view some design of them, and Now I just want to tell you that there are so many Batik Creation has made by designers. Batik dye increasingly crowded arena of fashion in Indonesia. And more than 60 Indonesian and foreign designers show off their creation in Jakarta Fashion Week 2009

Batik: Pekalongan design

Most of these batiks were sarongs, perhaps because Dutch settlers found them easier to to wear. In this group of batiks we find the buketan motifs, depicting flowers and fruits thet grew in Holland, like chrysanthemums and grapes, and flowers arrangements in European style.

Indonesian Art of Textile

Although the process of decorating cloth through the process of batik is found in several regions in Africa or India and even in some South East Asian countries, the batik of Indonesia is unique and unequaled. Indonesian Batik is made in several regions, but the center of the art is Central Java, in cities like Yogyakarta, Solo, Cirebon, Pekalongan and Indramayu.

The pride of Indonesians to wear batik till the present day has preserve this art of textile.
The beauty of Batik is a tribute to the patience, creativity of the woman of Java, the main island of Indonesia. Credit should be also given to men who prepare the cloth and handle the dyeing and finishing process.

Indonesian Batik an Art of Textile

Although the process of decorating cloth through the process of batik is found in several regions in Africa or India and even in some South East Asian countries, such as Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Mali, and in Asia, such as India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Iran, the Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand, the batik of Indonesia is unique and unequaled. Indonesian Batik is made in several regions, such as Jambi, East Java, West Java and Bali, but the center of the art is Central Java, in cities like Yogyakarta, Solo, Cirebon, Pekalongan, Lasem and Indramayu. In East Java, there are some cities that also can called central of East Java’s Batik, such as Tuban, Bangkalan ( Madura ), and Sidoarjo that have their own specific motifs.

Batik City Takes On Modernity

Hoping to snatch public attention again, less than a month after the 2009 Solo Batik Carnival, this past weekend hundreds of batik outfits were displayed on an open catwalk on Solo’s main street, Jalan Diponegoro, during the city’s first Solo Batik Fashion Show.

The city of Solo, home to the palaces of two ancient kingdoms, hopes to build on the attention batik has been getting globally since the collection of Ann Dunham — the late mother of US President Barack Obama — was shown in Chicago earlier this year, and in other US cities through August.

Batik Fashion

About Batik

Indonesia Batik Style

Batik has been both an art and a craft for centuries. In Java, Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest batik cloth in the world is still made there.

Indonesia Batik

Contemporary batik, while owing much to the past, is markedly different from the more traditional and formal styles. For example, the artist may use etching, discharge dyeing, stencils, different tools for waxing and dyeing, wax recipes with different resist values and work with silk, cotton, wool, leather, paper or even wood and ceramics.
Batik is historically the most expressive and subtle of the resist methods. The ever widening range of techniques available offers the artist the opportunity to explore a unique process in a flexible and exciting way.

Source: Wikipedia

maternity holiday dresses

If you’re gonna splurge on something that’ll make you look like the prettiest mom-to-be in the room, now’s the time. Put on one of these lovely frocks and dance your (ever spreading?) booty off this New Year’s Eve, dance like it’s your last night out (because it may be, for a while).
Shiny satin and stretch tulle from Maternal America

The Crystal Swing dress from BellaBlu

Pretty in Plum from Maggie Maternity

Red red red and all tied up with a bow, from Pea in the Pod

Waffle Knit Tops Keep Baby Bump Cosy

The weather has turned cooler and I’m turning to waffle knits.
Loving this one from Michael Stars:

Can also do it cheaper at Gap Maternity (and I am loving the stripes!):

If the thought of waffle knits makes your belly itch, consider investing in a “Bump Band.” The one from Maggie Maternity is so soft and comfortable, and offers maximum protection between skin and shirt fabric, if needed.

Maternity Boots: Boots Now, Booties Later

Boots are the rage this season, right? (You’ll be buying booties for your baby soon enough, so how about…)
For me, during pregnancy, it’s all about comfort (can’t you tell?) so I’m loving the great pregnancy friendly flat-heel boots available now. The flat sole is actually IN. Go figure.
Check these styles out and let me know what you think.
Cole Haan Air Serafina, $298 (fat wallets and narrow calves only need apply):

A smidge cheaper, more roomy, and a totally different but equally cute look: Merrell Yarra, with waterproof, no-slip heels, arch molded insole, $150

Cheap + Pirate Style = Awesome Boots by Urban Original, $22.80

And talk about easy, just a pair of these bad girls with a dress and you are so IN!

Boots early autumn influx of women as “crazy” fashion to create eleven leisure travel installed VS

Are you ready to eleven of the dress, you are ready to travel with you the beauty of a pair of shoes yet?What you need is a stylish boots, whether it is with pants, shorts or leggings, you can easily shape your overall shape, and leisure light, wild together now!
The loose white shirt street flavor, with black pencil snow pants, plus a small tip of the British style boots, swept Taiwan this autumn and winter fashion must-popular T single product, but also many big names favorite travel outfit, full of distinctive features, very stylish stylish oh.
White edge of the British style of black and white cardigan with a small jacket, was stylish and rich layering, in stovepipe jeans and black high-heeled boots with lace, this outfit look good slender body.
Check the hot boyfriend-style shirts this fall, with black tight jeans, tight on the width of the next is sure to follow the fashion rules Oh! Then necessary is a personality boots, lace boots paragraph retro look handsome.
Wear jeans opinions on pedicure feels very thin legs, in particular, feel like the color wash jeans for a long time as very attractive! Red × white knit shirt with jeans, has been very good looking, handsome khaki-colored boots apart also very feminine charm, the charm of autumn and winter with amazing style!
Fold the retro court dress sense, and fully display your elegance, a stylish little jacket with a spirit seems full of the most sophisticated bow embellishment is more gentle and feminine, black leather ankle boots and full lean, absolutely love fashion OL set match.
Long white knit shirt with a long paragraph. The middle of the brown belt is one of the key fine, breaking the white shirt under a single tube and a sense highlight the sexy curve of the waist, black tights, boots stretched legs summer commuter fish head, showed off a perfect body proportions.

Retro red and black makeup in power out romantic hair

2010, the sisters do not need another to become “the blonde stunner,” a painful experience again and again made the process of drift. Even more evident since 2010, our Department of Oriental beauty of dark hair color will jointly abundance of moist red hair will become very popular in the fashion industry to continue blowing retro. We quickly selected for their romantic retro hair, in addition to old and welcome it!

The most flush fat star model

Major fashion brand in 2010 show floor, we see a another red hair supermodel on the footbridges sashay, Lissy Trullie, Coco Rocha, are all red everyone’s attention now being issued. This doomed the irresistible tide of red hair.

Red hair check point:
1. Red hair can make your skin white side, but they face a lack of color in the MM change Hao E, while shining red hair to shift our attention, then hide the shortcomings.
2. Asian skin is usually a little yellow, red hair may slightly adjust the color depth 12 Levels, more in keeping with our face Oh.
3. Do not let the red hair black eyebrows under the unobtrusive, appropriate use of styling products or dyeing eyebrows eyebrow shape can make sense of the overall upgrade.
4. Red lines than the brown hair dye material easy marking system, so more attention should be locked after transfection color care.
The red line with metallic luster long curly hair, in line with several popular season hair Keywords: air feeling, red, big waves. Abandoned too shallow blonde, choose red hair, hair, significant improvement in the visual, the overall feeling of abundance of moisture. Air being full of curly hair for any amount of MM, even a small amount of trouble will be resolved hair Oh!
Beauty hair star model
Rich oriental beauty of black hair, who returned for retro, foreign stars to change the natural long blonde hair with black hair to join the department on behalf of the dark hair of the camp into, Penelope Cruz to get on board dressed in a chocolate salon black dumping Golden Globe, Kate Perry select hair trend retro interpretation of … … we have to abandon born a persistent soft black hair do
Black hair check point:
1. Super wave hair is hair of the key words, small volumes will make you look old;
2. Flowing black hair long straight hair is the choice, highlighting the unique beauty of the Orient, but no level should not have to panic and heavy, smooth in the end will not give a bad impression of a mess;
We can choose this retro short hair, and retro makeup perfect match. Like the little boy looked like the tail The lovely, get rid of old fashioned. Liu perfect trimming long oblique, three-dimensional face immediately. Just take care when using hair styling products Paul stressed the amount of overhead can be very convenient, highly recommended for the busy office of OL were able Oh.

stay beautiful despite fat

Let's give kudos where it's due. In a vast array of skinny starlets at the Emmy Awards tonight, I thought Chandra Wilson, in all her full figured glory, wore the classiest of dresses and good for her for dressing appropriately for her figure.

Gorgeous.
I wore pants and a shiny top on Saturday night but I sure wish there'd been a dress like this for me in the closet

2010 autumn and winter show to do old fashioned retro

This one season wind restoring ancient ways back in the 1950s, through the belt and knee skirt produce a-line shape, the figure of its existence and Renaissance is the ripe for the ball to become A fair maiden amorous feelings of the demand of…

Author introduction: fashion bubble gum. To support oneself material and spirit.

At this little affectations skirt, reminds me of the revolutionary road in the pursuit of individual career but ultimately die at the woman in the life, housewife is the same that momently, life is full of despair, but eventually the woman survived. In such a delicate and have feminine taste, the style is America seems wrapped around the middle class women generation nature. So, if you want to try this kind of style, must remember to have to adjust, and have good body visual scale.

What is there has put? Because the belt is very tight design, so the skirt wide, such as possible can form elegant tulips, or is elegant fresh umbrella. So we can let a person look not constraint. But in the upper body will try to keep concise, or too complicated body design and formation of strong tail, fluctuation body and dumbbell-shaped, so have weight will let you increased nearly 10 years old.

If the tiny, try this kind of style, still should pay attention to the problems skirt length. Of course after knee is the most typical 5 cm long, but it just skirt was exposed to the point, the leg leg thicker or little women, will look to read. So suggest the skirt control in knee above 2 to 3 centimeters is preferred.

With western cape wind restoring ancient ways is curly partner, but it is insufficient, if your American stylish rider tall enough, facial profile, or in a three-dimensional meticulous with chic chignon of hair, this is more active. “I said to The ground again, especially to listen again it reminds me of The original, inside a line, to share his share to everybody:

“I remember to getting up, one that sas and channel dawn was given such sense of feeling pretty site.? I think to myself: gifts of both memories of memories, where much been rats, the bible is time domain, it meant: occur wasn \ ‘t it throughout the skills of liking it right then.”

I remember that one day morning, a mysterious feeling about the possibility that you know that feeling? I remember I guess: look, this is the happy moment comes. It will start from this moment, of course, more happiness will follow. But I never realized that not just started, and it feels it is happiness.

Features and Description of Pencil Dress

Contemporary Trend of Pencil Dress
Pencil dress is a popular dress among woman. They are the universal dress for woman from all age range. No matter you are a granny or teenager, you are eligible to put on these dresses. There are many types of pencil dresses offered in the market. These dresses are differing in terms of many aspects. The aspects and factors are inclusive of like materials, length, sizes, patterns as well as finishes.
Materials
Many types of pencil dress like black pencil dress and white pencil dress are made from polyester, nylon and spandex. Only few types of pencil dresses are made from other materials like leather and wool. However different types of materials will determine the quality of a pencil dress. Satin fabric is a type of popular materials used to construct pencil dress too. As far as concern satin pencil dress doesn’t fit to all body sizes. This is because of the satin is not a type of stretchable materials. As such woman prefers for pencil dresses that made from polyester and nylon as they can best fit to any sizes.
Finishes
Pencil dress has been finished with many comprehensive details. However the details and accessories fixed on pencil dress needs to match with its style and pattern. Strapless pencil dress for example is finished without strap. However for strapless pencil dress more fillings and garments need to add at the chest part of the dress. This is to support the structure and chest weight of woman. Some pencil dress like black pencil dress and satin pencil dress has been padded with shimmering particle to enhance its striking effect.
Color
There are many colors of pencil dresses offered. However black pencil dress and white pencil dress still are the two that received the greater responses. There are many other gorgeous color series of pencil dress like red and white pencil dress. These dresses are combining more than a type of colors and they are crafted with unique design and image. However some of these special color combination of pencil dress also have been used as evening dress to evening occasions.
Sizes
Pencil dress can be long or short. A longer size of pencil dress is suitable to wear for taller woman. However there are many sizes of pencil dresses for your option. You can choose the best length that you are most comfortable with. Furthermore the sizes of pencil dress also determined the quantity of materials needed. For petite woman, probably lesser fabric or nylon needed to construct these pencil dresses.

Retro Japanese style clogs or how such a stupid fire

From the spring and summer 2010 fashion week, fashion clogs quietly struck. Whether the trend of retro or new innovation, the prevalence of Japanese clogs are quietly occupying live up to people’s hearts through fashion, environmentally friendly wood and let light into the distinctive high-heeled shoes, rivets, flowers and other elements while allowing the use of it becomes refined temperament.
Restoration:

Nude color hollow clog

Dress blue jeans sweet, immediately brought to the summer cool feeling, colors not only to tighten the waist belt, but also, and bare feet that shall echo the color hollow clogs, retro feel greatly increased.

Clogs to the national taste luster
Bohemian style and street fashion the perfect combination of practical and drill large tassel bag. A pair of thick clogs even more luster to the national taste.
Clogs garden style retro gift to
Shoulder styles of clothes has never been so hot this year, too, full of pastoral taste Floral pattern, a pair of wooden shoes gift to make the old sense of retro style garden, so that the whole body dress fashion plus.
Echoed up and down the golden necklace
If you do not know how this pattern Swallow the fire, it is really behind the times, coupled with a more prominent black dress clogs small delicate pattern, a gold necklace perfect echo up and down strongly.
Stupid family:
Undermine the overall harmony of beauty
It seems not suitable for tall and heavy clogs who wear too thin, ultra-Hongnen die if only to see both put on only after the big feet, completely destroying the overall harmony of beauty.
Thick legs look even more short
The shoes are not stupid, but the comparison,  figure, especially a thin strap that not only make legs look even more short of crude.
Lace sleeveless perfect garden
The perfect garden lace sleeveless, black leggings with legs fully shown, but much of the clogs are some clunky eyesore.
Neat casual dress
A neat casual dress, but people are still too thin to give up clogs better.

Incoming tide of Lotus 80s high waist skirt transfiguration alternative retro shirt girl

Speaking of retro, you must think of giving her a big wave of hair, painted lips of style girl. In fact, not only has this feature makeup, clothing is also very representative. For you today set out the best performance of retro clothing single product, do not miss!
Shirt collar or Heye Bian Hua Lili turned out way of dressing seems to be 70-80 years before television news anchor and some fashion. But now retro return, this approach has become popular with. Nude-colored shirt leaf edge droop in the primary color of the collar denim gown, which is a lazy fashion in mind. There are the orange-red of the bag, the color is really very seductive.
The palace has a grand sense of lace shirt, was very popular, because everyone would like to experience a Victorian fashion. With a primary color blue jeans, eyes of blue precipitate a retro classic. Attention, the pair of shoes is the single representative of this retro items.
White T lapel sunglasses and white border is not you recall 80 Hong Kong films in the classic fashion girl image? For example, Cherie Chung. But generally speaking, they are wearing huge sunglasses, while also Xuzhao big wave of hair, the kind of style people Never forget.
Black boots and brown leather bag, a very luxurious texture, but the mix and match the denim vest and a retro hair style, it becomes more approachable. Reminded the sisters, is very popular this year, cowboy vest, was to prepare a wardrobe, take the law even though there is still autumn, accessories shirts, practical and beautiful.
How can high waist pants are not recommended. High waist pants are shorter this season, pay homage to the single-MM product, take the pieces of T, can be significantly higher 5cm, out of practical index. Primary color denim high waist shorts, no fancy design, with red and white striped vest, it has been fascinating, mash Navy cap, time back to the past, you have thought about in ships around the world?
Brown high heels suddenly jumped into the eyes. This year’s sandals in the color of this color against the backdrop of socks, made out of color in particular. T stage supermodel’s interpretation adds to everyone’s concern for the retro sandals, socks and sandals mashup is a new trend, bold to try, because the name of fashion, no longer was this “soil” mix and match method called advice.
Mom T-shirt styles and patterns, distribution of the strong smell of wood boxes, it looks a bit old fashioned, with a long skirt and a wide brown belt, with the temperament of retro re-interpretation of the results were fantastic! Retro style you want to go, might go looking through the mother or grandmother’s closet, there will be a lot of baby.
Bib continuous improvement, by the workers of the tooling Hua Lili transformed into wave products. Denim Bib plain colors, with nude colored silk shirt, so that the whole person enchanting temperament.
Indeed attract attention, people suddenly thought of Miss GaGa, but you are not also think of Madonna, That 90′s concert set off a wave of underwear Waichuan. Perspective on the underwear of the layout stockings, white stockings wrapped legs, sexy sultry.
Wide leg pants better than bell-bottoms of the bold, but also with a strong memory, reminiscent of that wonderful 80′s. With yellowish brown in color, somewhat meaningful undying feeling tends restrained. The now popular wide leg trousers are manufactured OL gas field is a good single items, walk up, chic trousers and show the Smart will be able.

Women’s Summer Dresses

If you’ve just spent winter wrapped up to the eyeballs in woolens and scarves, you’re probably itching to get into your summer dresses. Well, we can’t say we blame you: summer dresses don’t just keep you cool, they’re also very easy to wear, and require much less accessorising winter woolies -just throw them on, add a pair of sandals and you’re good to go! Here are some of our favourite summer dresses:

Floral Summer Dresses:

 

Nothing says “summer” quite like florals. Fresh, flirty and feminine, it’s the ultimate summer print, but a floral summer dress can also be surprisingly versatile, and create a variety of different looks. The dress on the far left of the image above, for instance, has a very young, fashionable look to it, while the one next to it is body-conscious, with a sexier vibe. The black and white dress, meanwhile, has a vintage-inspired 50s-style shape, and the Delia’s dress on the end is simple and classic, and would equally good dressed up with strappy sandals or dressed down with a pair of flip-flops.

Cotton summer dresses

Cotton is always a popular dress fabric in summer, and with good reason: a cotton summer dress will keep you cool and fresh – perfect for long, hot summer days! Try these ones from, L-R: Modcloth, Madje, See by Chloe and Melissa Odabash.

Stripe summer dresses

Stripes are another popular print for summer dresses, especially this summer, when the nautical look has been in all the stores. Stripes can be either retro, modern or vintage looking, as the three dresses above, show, but the use of bright, sometimes contrasting colours is what makes each of these dresses so very summery. These ones are from Miss Selfridge, Sonia Rykiel and Forever 21.

Summer Sundresses

Sundresses have thin straps and are made of lightweight material, usually cotton. Summer sundresses like the ones above are perfect for keeping you cool, and can be dressed either up or down, as the occassion demands: just throw a denim jacket or think cardigan over the top when it gets cool!
L-R: Jane Norman, Shop Ruche; Acne

Polka dot summer dresses

As well as being on of our favourite prints, polka dots have become synonomous with summer, thanks to the range of summer dresses that become avaialble in this print every season. Polka dots tend to lend themselves to a sightly retro look, with big skirts and tight bodices, but as the images above show, a more modern twist on the look can also look good.
L-R: Dorothy Perkins, Oasis , Miss Selfridge

Block colour summer dresses

Of course, sometimes simple is best, and you want to forget about all the patterns and stick to one colour. Summer dresses are a really easy way to wear bold, block colours, and you can break them up with a belt or cardigan in a different shade, should you wish to. And if you don’t want to be too colourful, there’s always good old white…

Walt Disney’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Since Halloween is quickly approaching, I knew that now would be the perfect time to cover fashion inspired by my favorite seasonal movie, Walt Disney and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. I can remember my 4 year old self watching this movie over and over, and to this day, it never gets old for me. While writing this article, I was so inspired that I decided to separate it into two parts.
Like the previous articles in this series, the purpose of this article is to use childhood films as inspiration for outfits that you can actually pull off as a college student. All it takes is a little creativity!
For more Disney-inspired looks, check out our past articles on Walt Disney’s Snow White,

About The Nightmare Before Christmas

The story takes place in Halloween Town, a frightening place where life revolves around celebrating, you guessed it, Halloween. The most popular guy in town is Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King. Everyone looks up to Jack because he is amazing at terrifying the world for Halloween. Despite his fame and glory, Jack feels like there’s something missing in his life.
One day, while walking through the woods, Jack discovers a portal to Christmas Town, filled with joy and happiness, full of bright colors and beautiful decorations. This, he discovers, is what he had been missing. Jack rushes back to Halloween Town to explain Christmas to the townspeople. He decides that instead of organizing Halloween, Halloween Town will take over Christmas.
Preparations begin, and the most important job, creating a Santa suit, is given to Sally, a doll-like creation of the town’s mad scientist. Sally is secretly in love with Jack, and they have a lot in common – both characters dream of living a more fulfilling life. Although Sally loves the idea of Christmas, she warns Jack that she has a terrible feeling that something will go wrong. But Jack, consumed with excitement about Christmas, ignores her warning.
As Sally predicted, Jack’s plans soon start to go wrong. Although Jack thought it would be nice to capture Santa Claus so he could relax and not worry about his Christmas duties, Santa ends up being held by the Oogie Boogie, the most terrible man in all of Halloween Town. The Oogie Boogie plans on killing Santa, so Sally rushes in and tries to help.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, the people of Christmas Town are horrified by the creepy presents Jack delivers to their children, and they put out a warning of a Santa Claus impersonator. Jack’s sleigh is shot down from the sky.
Rather than being upset at his failures, Jack looks on the bright side and is proud of himself for discovering something new and trying his best. Realizing people need to stay true to who they are, he rips off his Santa suit and declares himself the Pumpkin King once again. He rushes back to Halloween Town and rescues Santa and Sally from the horrible Oogie Boogie.
In the end, Santa Claus saves Christmas, despite the damage Jack had done. Grateful to Jack for saving his life, Santa gives the gift of snow to Halloween Town. Finally, Jack sees Sally walk out of town, so he follows her to his favorite hill in the pumpkin patch. There, they realize that they are meant to be together.

Jack’s Lament

After celebrating Halloween, rather than feeling accomplished with his great work, Jack Skellington feels like something is missing in his life and expresses himself through the song “Jack’s Lament.” For an outfit inspired by Jack, I chose a striped dress to match his suit, a form-fitting blazer, and purple shoes for a pop of color. I also added a spiky necklace, reminiscent of Jack’s collar.

Tights- Forever 21,  Dress- Topshop,  Necklace- ASOS, Shoes- Amazon,  Blazer- Jane Norman

What’s This?

When Jack discovers the joyous land of Christmas Town, he sings the song “What’s This” because everything he sees is so new to him. To make an outfit inspired by the scene, I used a long sparkly sweater, reminiscent of the snow, and red leggings. I also added some edgy earrings and boots, because even though Jack is in Christmas Town, he is still a tough guy.

Leggings- American Apparel,  Sweater- Oasis,  Bag- Spiegel,  Earrings- Betsey Johnson, Boots- Forever 21

Mr. Oogie Boogie Man

To me, one of the most memorable scenes in the movie is the one where the evil Oogie Boogie captures Santa Claus. It is wretched and creepy, but the colors are so vivid. With this scene as inspiration, I made an outfit with a very bright color palette.

Top- Tilly’s,  Shoes- Forever 21,  Jeans- Uniqlo,  Vest- Alloy,  Bracelets- Tilly’s

Sally’s Song

Sally sings her song to herself to express her love for Jack and the anxiety she feels about his plan to take over Christmas. I drew inspiration from her outfit by including lots of different patterns, but ensuring they look put-together. I also chose a bag and necklace inspired by leaves, since Sally is stuffed with them, and added adorable cat earrings since she pets a stray cat in the song.

Bag- , Tights- Anthropologie, Dress- Modcloth,  Coat- Modcloth,  Earrings- Avalaya, Necklace- Amazon,  Boots- Urban Original

Grunge dirty decadence popular dress style

1990s-style motorcycle jackets, latex leggings and mitts, which are also key elements of a strong style.

They represent “a bit dirty the image of the decadent.” New York Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Andrew Bolton said garment points. At the same time, this “chaos dress” style, “will give people easy access to the feeling,” he said, “not perfect sexual attraction is the greatest.”

This new “sexy” and add more pungent than in the past, but also a little bit neutral, reminiscent of Patti Smith, not Fergie. The rebellious fashion statement has been gradually declining in recent decades, and now, inevitably, it was taken out of fashion again.
In addition to leggings, pants camouflage uniforms and bicycles outside, Mad Max era of classical liberal, or even worn T-shirt, hat, boots, and pilots are rapidly expanding T stage. Meanwhile, retailers are pushing to close the main jacket, waist coat and large, represented by the conservative dress casual informal clothing, as still appears in some of the T stage of the sweet girl Dress lace skirt and correction. Season, Topshop, Forever 21 high street brands have launched numerous different styles of motorcycle jackets, folders, and holes in jeans rock Pima.
For example, Yoda’s store had a more neutral fashion brand, its design looks all dirty, are artistic grunge (waste rock) style. In the Aloha Rag, although these clothes look a bit shoddy, but have obvious advantages – it makes note of those who have sexy parts: for example the back, forearm and collarbone. It also reflects the physical or psychological that young people are advocating willful mashup style

Fashion Color Trends

This fall, there is a diverse range of intricate colors. They all bear a shade of autumn. For the winter, khaki, beige and navy blue made ample exhibits. Let’s now run around the fall sheet and find what’s in vogue.
Most significant trend perhaps is the military print. Khaki naturally leads the pack. The Burberry’s and Etro’s are already singing its praises. Beige is doing well over camel. At Gucci, they are present in nude, deglamorized shades. At Chanel, they come in ivory whites. The same is the case for Calvin Klein. This fall, black has been substituted by grey at large.
Apart from colors, there are a lot many prints too. The ethnic ones and the leopard variations, made big by Anna Sui and Emanuel Ungaro respectively.

Colors trail more colors and if Lacoste is anything to go by, then colors are simply getting bigger. Lacoste plays with both sides of color. In its first avatar, a flamboyant, youth-based color pattern of red, green and yellow was used. The second one used daring whites, grey and other earth tones. Anna Sui has experimented a lot with earth colors. She has awed one and all with her natural shades and usage of elementary colors. She has evolved knitting to a different level.
Fall 2011 has a fetish towards military prints. While khaki and green are right at top, navy blue emphasizes upon an urge to get rigorous and coarse. The navy blue blazer is adorned by horizontal zippers in golden and is augmented by svelte tights.

Trend to Try Leopard

I have always been a fan of bright and colorful prints, but have kind of shied away from animal prints. If you just go a little overboard with animal prints, it could turn into a hot mess. Fortunately, I have discovered a way to incorporate animal prints in your look that is tasteful and chic instead of resembling a jungle creature – leopard-print bags! I have already described my love for Alexander Wang’s leopard bucket bag, but whether it be a clutch, hobo, cross-body or shoulder bag, I am liking the leopard-print trend.

Last night, Mulberry celebrated the launch of its fall 2010 collection at the Chateau Marmont. Stars like Cat Deely, Kelly Osbourne and Molly Sims were in attendance, but I was really interested in Alexa Chung and Kate Bosworth…and their bags. Bosworth paired a Fashion’s Night Out T-shirt, skinny black jeans and a Mulberry ‘Margret’ leopard-print chain strap bag. Chung wore a satin Mulberry blouse and jean cut-offs with her namesake bag from the brand in a leopard print.  Get Kate and Alexa’s look with a leopard-print bag (for less!):

How to Wear Cowboy Boots

“I’m subscribed to CF and read all the posts. I just purchased the cutest brown cowboy boots, but am finding it hard to find outfits to wear them with. Please help, How do I wear cowboy boots?” – Abby

I personally like the look of cowboy boots, and even though some hardcore Vogue readers will claim that they aren’t “in” right this second, I am a believer in wearing what you like, just making sure to wear it the right way! There’s no fashion discrimination here, except maybe against pajamas in public…
Read on to learn how to wear your cowboy boots while avoiding looking like you’re trying out for a part in the next Dukes of Hazzard… It’s not hard, I promise!

Cowboy Boots With Jeans
This is probably the most classic way to wear a pair of cowboy boots. There are two ways to do this, and which one you pick depends on your personal style and which type of jeans you prefer!
Under Your Jeans


Your boots will look like high heels, giving you a bit of height while still keeping your outfit casual. This look works the best with flared or wide-leg jeans, because cowboy boots are usually pretty wide around the leg, and could look bulky if you wear a more tapered jean. Also, make sure your jeans are long, because the goal isn’t to show off too much of the boot in this case.
This look is great because the toe of the boots peeking out from under your jeans will make your legs look super-long and thin, always a plus!
Over Your Jeans

Cowboy boots are perfect with the skinny jeans of last season if they’re still in your closet – it’s so easy to tuck skinny jeans in to any boot. If you don’t have any skinny jeans, regular straight legs can be folded over and tucked in to show off the boots. Try pairing this look with a leather jacket and structured bag to tone down the country-ness.

Cowboy Boots With A Dress

I love this look personally, even though it might not be the most “right now” way to wear it. This style has gotten a lot of flack recently because apparently Britney Spears loves to wear her cowboy boots with short dresses around LA. Don’t let Brit deter you though – it’s actually a super-cute way to wear cowboy boots if you pick the right dress and accessories.
With An Airy, Flowery Dress

One popular way to wear cowboy boots is with a flowery, loose and/or casual dress, as seen in the looks above. Go simple and white like Ashley Olsen or Jessica Alba, or for a more extreme look, pair boots with a colorful dress like Miley. (Disclaimer: Miley’s outfit is for the fashion-adventurous only!) Also, your dress should be above the knee, but not too short!
For some dress ideas, try Jovovich-Hawk for Target. I think their dresses would go perfectly with cowboy boots! Also, check out my article on Boho Chic for more dress ideas that work with cowboy boots.
With A Classic & Simple Dress

This way of wearing cowboy boots is my favorite of all! Rachel Bilson pulled this look off perfectly this past fall, when she wore bright red cowboy boots with a simple black dress. I love her look! Although Taylor Swift’s outfit was controversial in the fashion community when she wore the ensemble above (some loved it and some hated it), I think it was cute and showed her personality without being overly “country.” Both ways were cute and casual but still elegant.
To get this look, just wear your cowboy boots with a simple and understated dress. Keep the rest of your look simple: don’t wear too much other stuff or else you’ll risk looking too overdone.

Cowboy Boots With Leggings or Tights

Wearing cowboy boots with leggings or tights is a little bit more daring than the jeans or just a dress looks, but I think it can work really fabulously if you do it right and have the confidence to pull it off!
I like the look of brightly colored tights or leggings under a plain pair of cowboy boots, paired with a simple dress and possibly a cardigan if it’s a little cold out.
With Leggings

The above photo of Mary Kate Olsen circa 2005 was the best picture I could find of someone rocking cowboy boots with leggings. It’s one example of a way to wear cowboy boots with different types of legwear. An extension of this look that might work would be non-ripped leggings, cowboy boots and a tunic dress and cardigan. Remember to keep the colors in your outfit simple because the cowboy boots are a statement in and of themselves.
With Tights

I found the above photo of Flickr user iluvrhinestones on Wardrobe Remix and thought it was a great example of a stylish and unique way to wear cowboy boots. Tights look cute with boots and you can wear them with dresses for a cute spring outfit that doesn’t require bare legs! Take a cue from the photo above and try wearing your cowboy boots with a dress or tunic and bright tights.

How Not To Wear Cowboy Boots

Here are a few examples of what NOT to wear with your cowboy boots.
Don’t go “cowboy themed.” You aren’t trying to wear a costume, you’re trying to incorporate a pair of shoes into an outfit. Leave the checkered tops, fringe and super short Daisy Dukes for other outfits to avoid looking cliche and over-the-top.
Don’t wear them with a loud outfit. Keep the rest of your look simple if you’re going to wear cowboy boots. They make a statement on their own, so let them be the focus!
Don’t wear them every day! Cowboy boots are better as a once-in-a-while thing. While you may love them like crazy, switch off with your other footwear to avoid being branded “that girl with the cowboy boots.”


These are just some of my ideas on how to wear cowboy boots. Feel free to improvise with your own and be creative in your outfit choices!
What do you think? Do you like cowboy boots or do you think they’re so five years ago? If you like them, how would you wear them?

The cycles of fashion

A thicket of tweed chokes the alley near Eighth and H streets NE. Men in newsboy caps and knickers crunch over shards of glass in their leather hunting boots, looking like they're on an urban fox hunt. Ladies twirl parasols and tug at their full-length silk slips, which are growing clingy in the insistent November sun. They wipe their brows and mind their 1970s bicycles and snap self-portraits on their cellphones in a queue that stretches down to I Street.

Bike bells jangle. Crispy red leaves fall from backyard trees. A gray cat perches on a fire escape, keeping a yellow eye on this clash of eras, this queue to the starting line of the District's first-ever tweed ride, in which dapper cyclists will sally forth across town simply because it promises to be a jolly good time.
Is this mere dress-up? Folderol on wheels? Another hipster stab at spontaneous coordination, flash-mob conformity in the name of pretentious originality? The motive, the purpose, the paradox of it all -- such cogitation furrows one's brow, dislodges one's monocle. Zounds. Perhaps there are answers in this alley.
Heather Guichard, 24, sits astride her silver '71 or '72 Gitane cruiser, wearing a cardigan, tweed knickers and a flapperish hat. She says our hyper, sloppy, postmodern society has begotten a longing for the classic elements of any era, for purposeful fashion and polished behavior.
"I miss the style," she says wistfully, then catches herself. "Well, I can't say I miss it because I wasn't alive then."
No matter. A mash-up generation has mash-up tendencies. We steal the tailored vests of the Victorian era for our office wardrobe, we play Gatsby in whatever neo-speakeasy has opened around the corner, we add a tie clip to evoke Don Draper and we hop on our mustard-colored vintage Schwinn for a tweed ride. It's the inaugural recruiting event of the District's newest social club, Dandies and Quaintrelles, which materialized in the blogosphere a week and a half ago and attracted hundreds of people to this alley on short notice, as if everyone were sitting at home with their outfits already laid out.

Obama Fashion Fever Rages On Post-Election (PHOTOS)

in a story titled Obama Fashion Fever In Paris, we asked if Obama inspired wears, like the looks presented on the runways of Sonia Rykiel and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, would still be popular post election. The verdict is in: Obama still rules the runways!
In Rome, on Februrary 1st, a model wore a dress featuring an enlarged portrait of President Obama, hemmed with the word "CHANGE", down the runway of Italian designer Gattinoni's show.

Other international shows displayed clear Obama influence. In Milan, Donatella Versace dedicated her collection to Barack Obama whom she called "the man of the moment". In Paris, Dutch fashion designer Lucas Ossendrijver used a model with an uncanny resemblance to the Commander and Chief to lead off his 2009-2010 Fall/Winter Menswear show for Lavin on January 25th.

Will Obama continue to capture the fashion world? With New York Fashion Week, The United States' biggest biannual fashion event, starting February 13th, do you expect to see clear Obama-influence coming from the tents at Bryant Park? Tell us!

How to Dress Like Blair Waldorf

For the second part of College Fashion’s Gossip Girl Fashion series (and in honor of the season finale), here’s a guide to dressing like Blair Waldorf, everyone’s favorite GG bad girl.

Blair Waldorf, played by actress Leighton Meester, is Serena’s best friend on Gossip Girl, and the “Queen Bee” of the Constance Billiard School for Girls. With a fashion designer for a mother, it’s no surprise that Blair has amazing fashion sense and a true signature style.

Blair Waldorf Style

Blair’s style is very classic, preppy, and polished. She always looks as if she stepped out of a department store window; her outfit is flawless, and she never has a hair out of place. Blair’s fashion sense is definitely the quintessential upper-east-side stereotype, and she’s not ashamed of it!
Blair would never step outside with unwashed hair, wear an outfit that didn’t match, or buy anything “distressed” or “boho chic.”  That said, here are some of Blair’s signature looks, pieces you can almost always catch Ms. Waldorf wearing around the streets of Manhattan.
Dresses & Skirts

When I was looking for photos of Leighton Meester / Blair Waldorf, I quickly realized that I couldn’t find a single photo of her wearing pants! Blair is all about skirts and dresses, worn with tights in the winter and bare legs in the warmer months. She’s not into denim at all, so if you want to dress like Blair, forget about jeans.
For lots of cute dresses, look for designer pieces at ShopBop (their sale section can have some great bargains!), and cheaper dresses at H&M and Charlotte Russe. Look for structured dresses in high-quality materials, with fun details like ruffles and belts to get the Blair look.
Tailored, Classic Pieces

Since she attends an upscale private school, many of Blair’s outfits are school-uniform appropriate. That means she wears lots of collared shirts, simple skirts, and ties. You can channel a little bit of prep school chic yourself with a structured button-up blouse and navy blue skirt. For extra Blair appeal, add a brightly colored headband and tights.
For classic white shirts, shop at Gap.com, and for structured skirts, try Banana Republic or Ann Taylor.
Pops of Color

No matter how subdued Blair’s outfit may be, she always incorporates a pop of color in some way. Whether it’s a bright red trench coat over a navy dress, a technicolor bag, or orange leggings under her school uniform, Blair keeps her look fresh with brights.  Her favorite colors are red (her signature), orange, and yellow.
Girly Details

Blair is a total girly-girl at heart, and because of this, she loves to incorporate feminine touches like lace, bows, and ruffles, into her outfits. This is also her go-to look for formal events and parties. For a similar look yourself, Charlotte Russe is known to carry lots of girly pieces that Blair herself would approve of.
Dressed-Up Loungewear

Even when Blair is sleeping, she still looks completely chic! A Waldorf doesn’t wear regular flannel pajamas to bed – she sleeps in a designer negligee. And hanging around the house doesn’t mean wearing sweats! Blair has been known to wear a satin dressing gown instead. Nordstrom carries lots of negligees that are classy, not trashy, if you want to get one yourself!

Blair’s Accessories

Headbands

Blair’s signature hair accessories are her hundreds of different headbands!  From tartan to satin, Blair wears her headbands in every style you can imagine. She usually wears them with her hair down, but occasionally pulls a headband over a sleek bun or ponytail. For lots of cute headbands for cheap, check out Wet Seal.
Tights

In the winter months, Blair’s wardrobe revolves around tons of different pairs of tights. This season, she rocked every shade of tights imaginable, from bright red, to white, gray, and the ever popular black opaque tights. Tights are on the way out because warmer weather is fast approaching, but of course you can still wear them on cold days or if the mood strikes this summer.

Blair’s Hairstyles

Blair Waldorf almost always wears her medium length brown hair down in loose waves with lots of volume. These aren’t Serena’s messy curls,though. Blair always looks polished, and her hair is no exception.