VICTORIA BECKHAM (WOMENS SS12) NEW YORK

Victoria Beckham has continued to surprise us with her collections - when it was first launched, there were a few copycat claims (Rouland Mouret and Osman Yousefzada "one of my favorite designers" mainly), but she now seems to have found her feet and moved from being a 'celeb designer' to  fashion designer.
Simple, ChicLady was the key-note for the second show by Victoria Beckham whose polished collection. Some may say deconstructed yet these pieces are carefully constructed.With a colour palette of navy, black, tangerine and sand, perfect for complementing that even sun-tan, the only orange tint on this ladies skin is the upbeat citrus on her dress or bag. Latex thin, black leather boots clung all the way up to the thigh while skirts were mini or pencil shaped. 

Luxurious yet casual jackets that borrowed elements from sportswear Thx to David, a drawstring here, a hood there, had sleeves that stopped at the forearm. I can imagine Mrs Beckham wearing all of these dresses and also many other women around the world ( in opposition tho her first collection that was made to fit her Only). Latex usage for SS collection is not my fave...I guess VB lost a point on this one!

Missoni for Target Crash!

My blog article has been on fire since the release of the news!  Missoni for Target collaboration few months ago! The same fashionistas that wear designers labels like Dior, YSL and Donna Karan everyday are now obsessed about a Target-designer collaboration.

Nina Garcia, Fashion Director for Elle, has gone baaaaananas over these zigzag pieces.  She has been tweeting like crazy about it! Also Jennifer Rade and ex-Real Housewife Kelly Bensimon–were toting at the checkout. People were tweeting, “How much of this can I carry out of here?” and “I wonder how much I can get home in a cab. Missoni for Target Pop-Up in Times Square initially scheduled to stay open from September 8th through 10th.  But, according to New York Times Fashion, “…Hordes of shoppers have already picked the shelves clean, forcing it to close on the 9^th! According to one of the store’s workers, the entire inventory was gone within an hour of its opening at 9 a.m. that day.”  The sign goes on direct everyone to the brand’s official launch at Target stores on September 13th.

Enough about all the rave, let’s take a look at what you and I can pick up at Target today.  The 400+ piece collection, priced between $7.99 and $199.99,  includes furniture, garments for all ages and genders, hair clips, bed sheets, table settings, luggage, mittens, and scarves oh my!  Let me just say, you will find 399+ pieces to snatch up of this 400+ collection.
Now that the collection is officially launched at Target stores and Online… OMG Am so excited !!! credit card Super ready / Aramex account number memorized, here’s what I get! A Dog & not even wearing Missoni outfits! the website has crashed due to popularity and global traffic!

Few (only if I could gather the 400+ items in one picture to show you my real picks!) on my list in the picture below hoping that the website will get UnCrashed ASAP! WOOOOF

Check out the full collection at http://www.stylecaster.com/fashion/14851/epic-lookbook-missoni-target-collection#138888

Chanel ‘Shade Parade’

Chanel’s nail lacquers need little to no introduction (remember the frenzy over 2009’s Jade?), but here are a handful of good reasons to indulge. Featuring Black pearl, Inattendu, Particuliere, Orange Fizz, and more. (Yes, really.)

Set to the cheery tune of “Little Bitty Pretty One” by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, I'm more than impressed by these twinkle toes—er, tips—and their corresponding manicures. What an amazing way to market nail laquers! Dancing, with elegance and humour, on the tips of fingers that emulate legs! I see them as - perhaps belonging to the Paris Lido Bluebell Girls or dancers at the Moulin Rouge - on a mirrored Chanel stage, swinging on strands of pearls and chains, and sashaying down stairs.

Lady Gaga as we've never seen her before!

We've seen her sporting facial prosthetics, slabs of raw meat, every hair color, and more latex than a balloon factory. But now we're seeing Lady Gaga as we've never seen her before: barefaced.

Make up by MAC, Photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Gaga this time opts for a less controversial look and even a “realistic “conversation about style to Harpers Bazaar far away from pieces of meat and plastic, latex or anything super extraordinary, weighing in on her current go-to labels ("there are some amazing emerging kids from Parsons ... I've been wearing a lot of young designers," she says), workout routine (she credits yoga, Bikram, running, and surfing for her slim figure), and the impetus behind her new, softer look.

Coutesy of Harper's Bazaar

About her new cover look"I don't really view it as 'natural,'" she tells the magazine. "I think that artifice is the new reality. It's more about just being honest and sincere to the core of what you do. Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.

Gaga also confesses to a certain devotion to shoes. "There's this one pair of shoes I've had for years, and they cost like $25," she says. "I have such an emotional attachment to the shoes that every time I see them, I can hear the fans and feel the bass coming through the bottom of the stage."

I personally like her barefaced look more than anything she’s ever done before, and I don’t don’t get it q! Why is she always trying to hide her natural side when she looks like that!  The real her is much much better than the Fake GaGa!

Fashion Night Out Count Down

Start counting down now to celebrate our love of fashion  in the best global party ever on September. 8th From Manhattan to Milan, Atlanta to Australia, London to Russia, the after hours shopping extravaganza Fashion Night out is back! For the 3rd year in a row, celebrities, designers and stars will perform and mingle with shoppers as they take part in the events and snap up special designs.

Sharing with you some of the highlights this year, Alexander McQueen is giving away a limited number of special Fashion's Night Out 2011 keys containing a unique code, which can then be entered online for the opportunity to win the Folk Tote, McQueen's latest iconic handbag.  Sarah Jessica Parker Unveiling a new shoe collaboration Manolo Blahnik, 31 West 54th New York NY 10019, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Trachtenberg and Hayden Panettiere Unveiling their Young Hollywood Cares Shoe Collection
at Stuart Weitzman, 625 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022…

Vogue has put together handy calendars for this event, for UK pls. check http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/04/11/fashions-night-out-2011-dates-and-events/gallery/2

For details on the global and specifically NYC check out http://fashionsnightout.com

Will Dubai & Beirut enjoy a Fashion Night Out next year ? I don't really get it, why are we excluded anyway!!!!