It’s so close to the weekend, I can’t hardly stand it. Around this time each week, I start planning my weekend wardrobe. Now, however, I’m planning my dream weekend wardrobe, and this time it’s full of haute couture perfect for galas and expensive dinners (if only!). I hope you love the Giambattista Valli Fall 2013 Haute Couture collection as much as I do.
Necklace: H&M
Dress: Alice + Olivia
Skirts, clockwise (photo courtesy Mark Platt for Elle): Erdem; Gucci; Lela Rose
It started with this skirt:
And then it continued with this skirt:
And then there were my favorites from the Fall 2013 Ready to Wear collection:
But it didn’t end there…I don’t usually like the cold weather, but Erdem has turned me into a fan of fall with these pieces from their Autumn/Winter 2013 collection:
Here’s to being ready for (Pre-) Spring 2014:
I’m loving the new Aqua collection from MAKE UP FOR EVER, especially the Pearly Green Lagoon Aqua Eyes liner pencil. Such a pretty color! I made sure to wear it with my emerald-colored sweater today. Drawing a cat eye took a little longer than I’d hoped, but this liner drew on easily. Since it’s waterproof, I expected a bit more resistance in applying it, but got none. Love!
Most Angelenos will readily admit that summer never seems to end here, but rather, the temperature dips a bit (68 degrees—so cold!) and the Santa Ana winds whip through town every once in a while. But in most parts of the country, the leaves are turning orange and red and it actually is starting to cool. No matter where you are, the end of summer is quickly approaching, and FMLA has your end-of-summer essentials.
1. A Light SweaterBecause it’s cooling down—but not so much that you can wrap up in that fall jacket you’ve had your eye on for a few weeks now—you’ll need a soft sweater to keep you warm in the evenings. Especially this adorable one from Kate Spade (it’s the KSNY X Darcel). Her latest batch features punchy, girlish colors that still feel adult. I love the cyclops with a bow, but there are also clothes with donuts—sprinkles included.
2. Night Film by Marisha PesslMarisha Pessl’s second novel, Night Film, is out August 20. Pessl’s debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, is one of my favorites. The after her stunning debut, she made her readers wait almost seven years for a follow-up. No doubt that, much like her first book, Night Film will be perfect for any day, including the ones when you’re lazily sitting by the pool or ocean but are too sluggish to actually go in the water.
3. Hair RepairYou sat in the sun all summer long and loved every moment of it. Except maybe those moments when your hair was ravaged by pool or ocean water, wherever you may be. Get to the salon! Or, take the easier route and apply Aveda Damage Repair. My stylist and good friend blessed me with a tiny sample to take home, but I’ve already got its full-size backup on the way.
4. Weekender BagFor those quick weekend trips out of town—San Diego, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, Las Vegas—to enjoy the warm weather just one more time, you’ll need to pack light. I love this colorful bag from Stela 9, the Isabel. To give you some perspective, it’s about as tall as your knees.
5. Vichy Capital Soleil SPF 45 SunscreenOK, this is more of a year-round essential, particularly in Los Angeles, but my point: Never go without sunscreen. Never. Not even in the dead of winter on the cloudiest day. I’ve been using this particular sunscreen since I discovered it in May, and I’m addicted. It’s so light that you can wear it under makeup and it doesn’t smell like sunscreen.
I’ve been going back and forth on this whole Google Glass thing. As much as I love technology, there is a point where it will be too intrusive in our daily lives. But I don’t think Google’s latest contraption is (yet), only because I can see the benefits of what may come from it for the fashion industry. Marie Claire Creative Director Nina Garcia plans to wear it during New York Fashion Week come fall, and it’s going to be extraordinary. That might seem like too grand of a word, but think about it: We’ll be sitting front row with Garcia during the biggest fashion event of the year. Most of us would have to work for decades to get that seat—not that I’m not going to try—and I’m thrilled that we can have the next-best thing.
And that doesn’t have to be all of it: photo shoots, first looks, interviews, shopping—there are so many glimpses to be had into the lives of the fashion elite.
According to WWD, Garcia’s photos, videos and other fashion week insights will be beamed live across several of Garcia’s and Marie Claire’s social media channels, including Vine, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and marieclaire.com. Hearst is tagging the event “Be Nina.”
“Usually I have lots of devices during fashion week. Google Glass Expedition is controlled by your voice or a tap of your finger. It’s a very different device than the iPhone. It’s like wearing a little computer,” Garcia said to WWD‘s Rosemary Feitelberg. “It’s a hands-free experience which is kind of liberating. I can go to a show and just be and not be looking down at my iPhone all the time.”
Despite the “liberation,” Garcia did note that the device’s short battery life of one-to-two hours will be hinderance, as fashion week demands closer to a 12-hour workday. Nina problems, right?
Yet again, Rihanna’s “designs” are bland, boring and ordinary. There’s just so much camo, which I hate to begin with. This is another example of why celebrities shouldn’t call themselves designers just because their stylists dress them well. I won’t make you sit through the entire collection, but I will entertain you with the worst offenders.
I mean, it’s very possible this is an elaborate joke, in which case, well played, Rihanna.
Admittedly, I have an affinity for redheads, but I think we can all agree that Rachel McAdams looks amazing with red-hued hair, which she debuted at the “About Time” world premiere yesterday at Somerset House in London. She set off her fiery locks with a lavender ensemble from Roksanda Illincic Resort 2014 .
Happy Friday, everyone! I’m headed to Palm Springs this weekend and I’m pretty excited—it’s going to be a lot of time in the sun, reading magazines and hanging out by the pool with friends. I’ll be sure to take some pics of the weekend, plus, I hope I’ll get in some time to snap some peaceful desert landscape photos.
While I was packing my own swimwear last night, I thought I’d bring you my favorite part of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim in Miami, which was Mara Hoffman‘s 2014 swimwear collection. She created amazing pieces that seemed to take her 2013 collection—which had a “desert gypsies outlaw” theme—to a new level, with inspired prints and fabulously bright colors. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! I
Photos: Getty Images
Queen Bey debuted much shorter locks yesterday on her Instagram, showing off a pixie cut that so few people can pull off—but if anyone can, it’s definitely Beyonce. Could the crop have something to do with getting her hair caught in a fan during a performance recently?
Photos by Beyonce
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