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Get the Clean Chic Look from the Paris Fall 2010 Runways

WHERE IT NOW: Streamlined, timeless, and elegant style that works so well in this economy Look ahead to your future shopping and back in your closet for the pared down and simple classic looks that paraded the Paris fall runways. Clean chic and minimalistic stylings that are unfussy, easy to wear, and most important timeless yet modern. If that's not recession-proof fashion, we don't know what is. Celine Fall / Winter 2010 There is a seasonless aesthetic to palette-cleansing Clean Chic simplicity that works so well in this economy. The luxury of the pureness of the designs is what always looks right and never dated. It's all about perfectly stripped down and high style silhouettes that endure time and make

Alexander McQueen Final Collection Presented in Paris

Alexander McQueen Fall 2010

Humor Chic

Witty, cheeky, brilliant, and VERY fashionable It's funny how the fashion flock can sometimes take themselves so seriously. Add some tongue-in-cheek insider observations and it's Humor Chic! Karl Lagerfeld and Vivienne Westwood aleXsandro Palombo (yes, the a is small, the X is a capital as is the P to represent the Latin symbols for Pax Christi) likes to think of himself as the father of fashion satire. He has just the right amount of wit and whimsy to poke a very manicured finger right back at the fashion industry and have them smile all the better for it with Humor Chic, the world's first Daily Society Portrait blog. Palombo is a global foot soldier (Prada or Dior Homme, I wonder)

Printemps Paris Alice in Wonderland store windows salute fashion and whimsy

Printemps Paris Alice in Wonderland store windows Alice in Wonderland mania has taken Paris by storm! Printemps is lighting up the dreary, gray winter with their delightfully whimsical and chic Alice in Wonderland windows. The department store is celebrating the release of the new Tim Burton version of "Alice in Wonderland," starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, with a very French fashion touch. Free rein was given to a group of top international designers to use their imagination to create their own Alice dress. Alice in Wonderland theme in the Printemps Paris windows Haider Ackermann, Manish Arora, Chloé, Ann Demeulemeester, Christopher Kane, Nicholas Kirkwood, Maison Martin Margiela, Bernhard Willhelm, and the late

Sexpert Chic Valentine’s Day: How to pull off a convincing burlesque strip tease

Tonight's the night! In honor of Valentine's Day please revisit our Best of Sexpert Chic series, a new post every day until V-Day! Sexy Fridays, Valentine’s Day series…''Vintage glamour, French lingerie, and burlesque strip tease go hand in hand. How to fling, flutter, and take it all off with these Burlesque Seduction Tips from Gentry Lane, artistic director of Gentry de Paris Burlesque Revue Part Four of a Weekly Four Part series French lingerie, seductive silk, and tips to tease More often than not, what you don't see is more exciting than what you do see. Why? Because your imagination is always racier than reality. Which is why slipping into one of our 1930s-style nuisettes is so utterly sexy. Because

Edition by Georges Chakra NY Fashion Week, Fall – Winter 2010

There is a pristine elegance in the collection's delicate beauty that is feminine but highly sophisticated at the same time. Runway Review Excerpt: The Edition by Georges Chakra collection brings to mind a very modern update on Jacques Fath who was known for his curvaceous and architectural cuts in cocktail dresses and ballgowns in the late 1940's to early 1950's. Once at the Paris flea market, I was lucky enough to come upon a steel colored brocade cocktail dress with a double row of velvet ribbons, black net inner slip, intricate inner and outer seaming, and sculpted to resemble an upside down champagne flute. The exquisite dress by the French designer Jacques Fath who was known for his curvaceous and

Runway Review: Menswear, best of the classics fall 2010, Milan & Paris

Heritage is the Word! Four stand-out collections with "investment" potential & forward thinking clarity With the end of the last decade's heady maximalism behind us, and the dawn of a new era upon us with a loud call being heard for palette cleansing essentials in a time when the economy ain't so pretty, many are looking for easy, fuss-free propositions that are not only right for the times, but right for the future even. The day of instantly recognizable runway pieces is long gone and many venerable labels are looking back at not only their own heritages, but also the fundamentals of a smart wardrobe. >> See Runway Review: Menswear, best of cool for fall 2010 The urban warrior, the

Runway Review: Menswear, best of cool for fall 2010, so far

What the cool dude will wear for fall 2010- John Varvatos, Roberto Cavalli, Woolrich & Opening Ceremony Milan & Paris Report: We admit it it that it can be tricky to get a guy to look cool and fashionable, when it's not in his genes. Most men can handle a twist on classic, well-cut pieces to look modern-- add the style edge of some Heritage basics, rugged Buffalo plaid, and Rocker perfection pieces that withstand the test of time. Here are some of our favorite designer key looks for fall 2010 that your man will want to mix into his wardrobe and not feel silly. >> Full Fashion Show Coverage >> See Runway Review: Menswear, best of the classics fall

Bruce Weber Short Film for YSL Menswear

Ain't Nothin' Like The Real Thing, a Bruce Weber Short Film for YSL Fall/Winter 2010-11 "If you don't want to be nude, wear a suit" is what Bruce Weber originally wanted to call his short film. Sometimes I feel as if I need to explain my references. I am sure there are souls who are not familiar with Bruce Weber's brillaint work. Presently, he is the the most commercially known for his Abercrombie & Fitch photographs. Back in the day, it was for his Calvin Klein Underwear ads. If you were a male model in the 80's and had a portrait by Bruce Weber in your portfolio, you instantly skyrocketed to having a certain covetable cache that made you the

GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE: Haute Couture

GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE Haute CoutureFashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2010Paris Couture Fashion Week "NEW MOON " Collection If there ever was a collection destined for the stars of the red carpet, Mr. Armani's 'New Moon' would be it. If only so the wearer of the gowns would pose to grant us the lingering moments to reflect the exquisite beauty and other-worldy construction of these radiant and luminescent gowns. Bravo! Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Anne Hathaway --> Elsa Pataky --> Tina Turner, Giorgio Armani, Elsa Pataky --> Anne Hathaway, Giorgio Armani, Roberta Armani --> In their words... GIORGIO ARMANI PRIVE / NEW MOON COLLECTION / SPRING - SUMMER 2010 / PARIS COUTURE FASHION

ELIE SAAB Haute CoutureFashion Show Photos / Runway Collection Spring / Summer 2010 Paris Couture Fashion Week AQUATIC GARDEN COLLECTION The haute couture runway at Elie Saab brims with ethereal and breathtaking beauties in iridescent and delicate veiled layers inspired by the Impressionist art movement. The magical and dreamlike collection is destined to float on a Red Carpet. Click on each picture for an enlarged view. In their words... For spring, Elie Saab offers an Impressionistic study in transparency and lightness. A slender ingenue awakens in a bed of flowers. Like a pointillist, she dresses by touches, sprinkling lilacs and pastel flowers over veils of lace. In keeping with her youthful spirit, the designer explores iridescent color and layering,

Best of Pre-Fall Fashion 2010 New York, Paris, Milan: It’s Cold Snap Chic!

Collection Reviews for real way style. Think of Pre-Fall 2010 as a savvy way to inspire your current wardrobe and future purchases. With the U.S & Europe in the midst of painful & unrelenting cold snaps, with fashion moving so fast that we can't even remember Fall 2009, and with the dawn of a new decade, you could think of Pre-Fall 2010 as a savvy way to inspire your current wardrobe & shopping lists for this cold, cold season. Pre-fall is the early delivery fashion season without the fanfare of a full runway presentation, but generally the litmus test for what you will see in coming weeks on the catwalks. In this spirit we wanted to take a look at

Yes, I think I’m Parisian Chic. Maybe!

Some things in Parisare almost a given, a rite of passage if you will. There's that tentative yet boldy self-confident attitude. Polar opposites that when they come together, with a cute accent thrown in, are oh soooo French. Then's there's the love for simple, yet classic pieces, with something bold thrown in to pop. The attitude and the style are almost the same, no? Yes, of course they are! H&M is beginning a style video series and the 'Parisian Chic' street style is the 2nd to roll out today. We think it's very worthwhile to watch and captures the je ne sais quoi of young French style that is a simple, yet timeless recipe for easy chic. Take a look:

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