Alix Kivlin

Nanette Lepore Fall 2011 Runway Review

  New York Fashion Week Highlight: All the prints were oversize but still so delicate and evoking the callings of Art Nouveau, any true girl will love to wear them. More from New York Fashion Week...A pure and refreshing tone was set with Nanette Lepore's Fall 2011 collection of airy pieces, complimented with chunky knits, tweeds and leather.There was a streak of black leather and delicate dark prints, otherwise the palette was warm creams, champagne tones, soft greys and some punches of sea foam blue. You would have thought it was Spring if it weren't for the sweaters and outerwear! >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews The khaki utility trench was a key outerwear piece, with tonal color blocking

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Anna Sui Fall 2011 Runway Review

New York Fashion Week Highlight: Lively & wearable- you couldn't have more sweet fun dressing up! Anna Sui has a great ability to always channel a 60's hippie vibe along with a 60's rock vibe and a bit of country thrown in for the good girls.   Her Fall 2011 collection didn't disappoint in any of these areas and continues to stay strong in the bold, bright prints, wacky accessories - the cat hat - and a high element of girliness. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews The palette is bold, but with muted colors that when placed on top of one another give us the bright prints. >> SHOP: Anna Sui at ShopBop   There was a constant rotation of style so if that psychedelic butterfly

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L.A.M.B. by Gwen Stefani Fall 2011 Runway Review

New York Fashion Week Highlight: If you don't want to cross trends, Gwen Stefani makes sure there's at least there's a little something for every city treading girl Gwen Stefani is going to give Betsey Johnson a run for her money as far as fashion performances go.   Because the Fall 2011 collection, which was the final show for Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week, was a production of music, video, choreography and themed clothing.  A huge video screen hung at the end of the runway showing video appropriate for each of the six mini collections; beginning with an army/combat capsule, a Rasta/jamaican capsule, a Brit punk capsule, the Japanamation capsule, a mod 60's capsule, and ending with a perfectly posh Gwen capsule. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews   That's a

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Michael Kors Fall 2011 Runway Review

New York Fashion Week Highlight: Every look was jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and every look conveyed the essence of the luxe jet-setter lifestyle to which he caters in complete perfection. It's borderline impossible to ever say that a Michael Kors collection isn't just stunning. After seeing this Fall 2011 collection it is actually impossible. Because every look was jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and every look conveyed the essence of the luxe jet-setter lifestyle to which he caters in complete perfection. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews As always, his color palette is built strictly on solids and with the exception of the bold red that came down the runway in a few looks, it was a very warm and soothing range of color

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Anna Sui – Spring 2011 Fashion Show. Fun, Feminine and Bohemian Joy

Runway Review: The Anna Sui woman is a frisky pioneer chick by way of the late 1960's, all wrapped up in a very modern package! It's home on a VERY fashionable range for Anna Sui... Twenty years of Anna Sui and it will always be dreamy in my book! Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York went to the countryside for this show of pretty pioneer girls circa 1969 making daisy chains and playing the tambourine! Flirty dresses in mixed prints with fluttering hems were the highlight and perfect for spring paired with soft accessories. >> SHOP: Anna Sui at ShopBop Anna Sui - Spring 2011 Fashion Show Besides the perfectly pretty clothes, there was the accessorizing of feather necklaces, flower head

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Makage Spring 2011 Fashion Week Presentation for a Sleek, Sexy, and Confident Woman

Runway Review: Something for everyone in this line and I think certain pieces are very wearable no matter what your age A sleek, sexy, confident and practical woman is who will be strutting around in Mackage next Spring 2011. Mackage - Spring 2011 The Mackage presentation at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was calling out to all ages of smokin' city gals wanting to play up their attitude and stand out in a remarkable, but not extreme, manner. >> MORE: Fashion Shows and Runway Reviews If you picture yourself looking for a new outerwear jacket and dress pants I would head to Mackage. Those two items in particular had me wide eyed. >> SHOP: Mackage online Beautifully fit pants in skinny, peg

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Odd Molly- Spring 2011 Fashion Show for Sexy and Sweet Boudoir Femininity

Runway Review: The sexy and sweet boudoir look is so fun for spring, and especially in these soft champagne and rose colors Playing up the feminine side of dressing has been a key feature at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and the young line Odd Molly certainly wasn't going to take a backseat in that department. Odd Molly - Spring 2011 Fashion Show I will never look down on a girly line, but there is an extreme that Odd Molly hovers on and I feel these delicate, super feminine pieces are best worn pared down, in small doses. >> SHOP: Odd Molly at Farfetch Odd Molly - Spring 2011 Fashion Show Thin knits with shimmering gold were lovely compliments to the silk

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Ports 1961- Spring 2011 Fashion Show Punches Up Color With Soft Neutrals

Runway Review: The highlight display of artfully draped garments was the palette of smooth, warm neutrals with shocking flashes of color The color palette was brimming with Spring Fever, and soft fabrics were in full flow at the Ports 1961 Spring 2011 show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Ports 1961 - Spring 2011 The highlight display was the palette of smooth, warm neutrals - charcoal, deep moss green, sandy beige and smokey grey, with shocking flashes of color - deep sea blue, bright purple and grass green. Ports 1961 - Spring 2011 Also a play of soft metallic in fabrication, sequin embellishments or jewelry. Everything had a warm shine to it, like the sun! Ports 1961 - Spring 2011 >> Fashion

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Charlotte Ronson Fashion Show- Grunge for Girls on the Spring Runway

Runway Review: Grunge got girly and there are plenty of sweet florals under the slouchy hoodies and washed out plaid shirts Be prepared to pull out your beat up high school hoodie next Spring. Charlotte Ronson is taking things back to the casual, borderline grungy, utilitarian 1990's dress code with her most recent collection shown at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.e Charlotte Ronson- Spring 2011 Fashion Show This time around the grunge got girly and there are plenty of sweet florals under the slouchy hoodies and washed out plaid shirts. A fine bit of feminism and flower child compliments the super casual look. And for having so many oversize garments there was still a lot of skin showing! Charlotte Ronson- Spring

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Target Lights Up New York and Affordable Fashion in Spectacular Show

Target's Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular at the Standard Hotel She's baaaack! yes, Alix Kivlin is back from her year long trip around the world and in full fashion gear... we'll get her to share her global tales one hemisphere at a time later, but for now, she's in a New York state of mind. -S.H. The fashion scene put a lit-up, psychedelic twist on the fashion show concept with Target's Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular at the Standard Hotel. The ordinarily modern and sleek Standard Hotel turned into an LED disco ball with one entire side of the building being used as a light show flashing and flickering along to music pumping into the night. Models on stage Not only were the lights

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Best of 2009, a Focus on Style Flashback

A look back at our favorites stories in fashion beauty, style, wellness, travel, and more 5,4,3,2,1, H-A-P-P-P-Y N-E-W Y-E-A-R!!! And, what a fantastic year it was... I wanted to honestly bring you the best of 2009 from FocusOnStyle- it's our 10th year online and our best yet. Selecting content to highlight became the dilemma of a mother choosing her favorite child. How could I possibly make exception? What about the others? It's more karmic damage than I'm willing to tinker with. Instead, I've culled some of the more timeless and sage pieces that will have you looking in check from now until the time you feel the mood to modify your look-- something you really need to renew, at most,

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Travel: Vietnam bound? Try the tailors of Hoi An

<h2The ultimate shopping guide for custom clothing in H?i An, VietnamAlix and Colin are almost midway through their trip around the world. Their global backpacking adventure to all points exotic took a very chic turn when they stopped off to sample the custom clothing and shoes from the tailors and cobblers in H?i An, a city located in the South Central Coast of Vietnam. According to Wikipedia, in 1999, the old town of Hoi An was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO as a well-preserved example of a Southeast Asian trading port of the 15th to 19th centuries, with buildings that display a unique blend of local and foreign influences. Here, Alix and Colin share their Vietnam shopping diary

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NY Fashion Week: Ports 1961 fashion show review

PORTS 1961| Runway Fall 2009 Collection-Mercedes Benz Fashion Week… Inspired by exotic India the Ports 1961 fall 2009 collection was beaming with rich color, luxe fabrications, metallics and attention to the tiny details in accessories and overall construction. The fashion show theme was set on the runway with a delightful live band playing lively middle eastern music while the models walked. The models’ eyes were lined with dark kohl pencil and their hair was tied in a very tousled, romantic braid - this overall setting created a warm and exotic mood, taken away to India! >> See our complete runway coverage and fashion show photos The clothing was had a modern take on tradition with some of the cuts, the

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