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[7 Days to Amazing Podcast] The New French Couture: Icons of Paris Fashion with Elyssa Dimant

Did you ever dream of having French couture in your life? Well, I have the closest way most of us can make that specific kind of luxury accessible in our daily life, and it's amazing! Elyssa Dimant, author of The New French Couture: Icons of Paris Fashion, is the 7 Days to Amazing podcast guest this week to share the dazzling history and journey of Paris fashion throughout the 20th century and today. Her new book provides gorgeous insight to the visual and historical details around high fashion in Paris and  how it effects what we wear today. As a matter of fact, if you ever feel like you're in the style doldrums, simply poke around The New French Couture

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How to wear it now? Styling Hacks from Paris Fashion Week Spring 2017

Oh, my chicster, you know the city most known for that certain oh-la-la style... and when they do fashion week, it's time to take notice! Paris Fashion Week Spring 2017 is one of my favorite fashion week stops because there are so many little trends to steal to reshape your wardrobe, NOW. Most significant are the bigger shoulders, leg-o-mutton sleeves, small waist and that ode to 80's glam. So if you are like me and sported a few of these silhouettes the first go round, you know that at a certain time in your life, it's all about the nuance so that you don't look like you were caught in a time warp. But don't fret, fashion works in cycles, and

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Lace Tights, Thank You Chanel!

Thank you Karl Lagerfeld for inspiring me to want to spice up my hosiery drawer with lace tights again! Lace stockings have been looking "off" for a few years. Add just a few sartorial twists and they look so right again. Mostly due to the styling at the Chanel Paris In Rome Show at Cinnecitta Studios where the models wore mules along with lace tights. "The mule... It's a typical Chanel shoe, open behind, but we had never done it. With a lace stocking, it's something which, in people's minds, is very Paris." Karl Lagerfeld Trying mules with tights can be a bit tricky, both in styling and in being slippery to wear with an open back shoe (these remind me of my Nicholas Kirkwood pair, so

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Everyday Chic: Chanel styling and makeup you can try on your own!

I just love everything about this everyday chic look from Chanel in Vogue! The article is about Chanel’s global creative makeup and color designer Lucia Pica, pictured in a Chanel jacket, Margaret Howell scarf, and photographed by Daniel Jackson, for Vogue, September 2015. Pica's strong yet casual look is something that you easily master on your own. There's nothing easier to style the right white T-shirt. Top it with your favorite good jacket, add the flirty neckerchief and suddenly your otherwise better than basic jeans are polished and statement making. Now, of course, that bold 90s inspired smoldering dark lipstick adds the edge. Try it! MORE: Quick Tips

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Sit back and watch the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Shows- Spring / Summer 2015 Videos

  I thought it would be nice to have bump of inspiration today so that you can think about beyond what's in your closet. Sit back and watch the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Shows videos. Take note of color, textures, silhouettes, combinations and luxury at its finest. Dream a little dream of possibility and how inspiration filters into your world. What's your favorite collection? Viewing Hint: I think it's kinda fun to hit play on all of them at once, get past the commercial, and slim the details. MORE: Runway Valentino Haute Couture Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Valentino Chanel Haute Couture Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Chanel Giorgio Armani Prive Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Armani Christian Dior Haute Couture Fashion Show [raw][/raw] More Dior Atelier Versace

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Summer Business Attire Chic: What to wear to work when it’s hot as hell + still look polished

Summer Business Attire Chic: What to wear to work when it’s hot as hell + still look polished- Milla Jovovich at Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2013/2014 - Chanel Show
How to stay cool yet maintain polished summer business attire élan can be a toughy  during a heat wave. Let's dive in, at least the metaphor is cooling & solve the what to wear to work when it's hot fashion dilemma… My gosh, it's a scorcher out! I just got back from a meeting in sweltering midtown Manhattan, aka Schvitz City today,  and thought I would hurry up and push this post up as long as the temperature was doing a fine job rising on its own.  Commuting to and from the office in a heat wave is a no fun zone that I'm lucky enough to avoid  most of the time. But, when that summer meeting gets me to

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The 5 best trends from resort 2014 to wear NOW

Resort, the little season that could… Fill you with inspiration now on what to buy, what to keep, what to dig out with the 5 best trends from resort 2014 Honestly, I have to make a confession. I haven't turned my closet over from winter to summer yet! I know it's June, don't remind me but with work, family, friends, travel, and entertainment my life has gotten in the way of spring closet cleaning (again) and I'm pulling out what's in the front of my closet when it's time to get dressed. Are you in the same boat ? However, from a professional point of view, it's my job to review collections & trends and share that with you. Right now

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Are you game for vintage style? Try a full 50’s inspired skirt [HINT: It’s all over Cannes]

I have rule around here about never wearing vintage too literally when it's a style that YOU wore in its first fashion outing as it seriously dates you... in other words, makes you look o-l-d. So if you watched I Love Lucy in anything other than a rerun, skip this look. But for the rest of us, why not try a midi-length, flippy & full 50's inspired skirt for some summer dash?   It looks great as an airy summer dress or for a big night out. And you know I've been loving this look for awhile.-- S.H. Jasmine Trinca in Miu Miu (left) and Naomi Watts in Dolce & Gabbana (right) Cannes Do Chic: After seasons of body-con &

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Do you want to see the history of lace making? Virtually visit the Lace Museum in Calais, France

How they make lace... from then to now with an inspiring road-trip uncovering the history of lace With wedding, prom and formal season about to commence, we bring you our very own Parisian ex-pat who set about to uncover the rich history of lace. From styles evocative of the Victorian era to the modern day romance of Kate Middleton's spectacular lace wedding dress, there's plenty to take inspiration from for the season ahead. >>MORE: Make lace modern along with these must-try trends Follow Richard as he travels to the city of Calais, long known to be the hub of the finest lace making center the world over, as he uncovers time-tested techniques and takes in thousands of varieties. >>Discover: What

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How to Layer Necklaces- French chic style inspiration à la Ines de la Fressange

Ooooh la la, we are having a bout of baubles this week. First, we learned how to wear the new statement jewelry trend and now it's time for something classic. When it comes to piling on jewelry, the result can be heavy-handed or absolutely superb. Let's get some French Chic style inspiration on how to layer necklaces with Ines de la Fressange style ! The former model, muse and lifelong spokesperson for glorious French Chic shows you how to layer necklaces like a pro: If you're yearning for Chanel, try some timeless vintage pieces, like this charm bracelet at Shopbop Ines de la Fressange, one of her generation's most consistently well-dressed exemplars of quintessential French Chic wowed at Chanel for Paris Fashion

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Paris Resale: Vintage French Chic at L’Ibis Rouge

Chanel jacket at L’Ibis Rouge
On The Road: Richard Nahem comes across a marvelous Paris shop full of gorgeous French designer goodies. They say the teacher learns from their students. In my case, it’s the Paris tour guide who learns from their clients. Over the years, my clients have shared many things I haven’t had prior knowledge of including: restaurants, historic facts, shopping, hotels, and other insider tidbits. Many have been great finds and very useful. >>MORE: Paris A lovely client from Louisiana and I hit it off like a house on fire last year when we did a Marais tour together. Since then, we have kept closely in touch by email.  One of her emails highly recommended that that I visit her friend’s resale clothing and jewelry

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When In Rome: Flea Market With Vintage Gucci, Fendi, Valentino, Chanel and more

It's big designer names, names, names made even more enticing under the flea market tarp!The city of Rome is truly a living architectural museum, but where do all the old fashion relics go?A good chunk can be found on the right Sunday at the Borghetto Flaminio market.Lot's of vintage costume jewelry and even some hard to find pieces at the Borghetto Flaminio from the 1960s and some Hermes.While Porta Portese is the more widely known flea market in Rome, for me, it's  a crowded and huge mass of junky new items and a few stalls of ratted up old fur. It's been known that if you dig deep enough at Porta Portese that you will find "something" but for me it was more like something plastic and tacky.Porta Portese

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GOLDEN GLOBES FASHION- The Best Dressed of The Night

Golden Globes Best Dressed: While there were plenty of red carpet mishaps at this year's Golden Globes, there was also a heady mix of flawless fashion to be inspired by albeit from some of Hollywood's all-time best dressed actresses. From Rooney Mara's minimalist glam to Tilda Swinton's hype-chic Haider Ackerman hybrid of a gown, here's a quick look at our favorites of the night. MORE: Red Carpet Fashion Tilda Swinton- Always one to elegantly play on the masculine/feminine divide, Swinton cut an ultra-chic swath in a slick icey blue Haider Ackerman gown that boasted an age-appropriate dinner jacket (above). Angelina Jolie- After over a decade in the spotlight, Jolie continually proves that she has a confident handle on red carpet dressing

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