Diane Von Furstenberg

What to wear now? Look at the New York Fashion Week Spring 2017 runways to tweak your chic

It's been quite the week of running around with New York Fashion Week, tons of media interviews, and some restaffing. If you are following me on social media (my handle is @focusonstyle), and I hope you are, you've seen some behind the scenes snaps and comments of my week. One of my favorite Fashion Week pit stops was the Donna Karan Urban Zen presentation that harkened classic Donna design... think draping. There was lot's of fashiony inspiration. Naveed wrote it up so you can get an idea of what trends to wear now to incorporate into your wardrobe. Have a read, let me know what you think. -- S.H. New York Fashion Week Spring 2017- How To Incorporate The Top

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Are you a strong & confident lady who still likes a dash of femininity? Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2013 is for you!

Diane von Furstenberg Fall 2013 Runway Review: The master of ready-to-wear is back!  Diane von Furstenberg delivers a strong collection of wrap dresses, jumpsuits, suiting separates, and plunging neckline gowns in an array of colors, metallics, and prints for her Fall 2013 runway presentation at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York. >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS DVF Fall 2013   DVF has many strong points, two biggies being that the line is versatile for any age and nearly any occasion.  You can go safe with solid colors and subtle small prints, or take it to the other extreme with bright colors and large scale patterning - either way you will be pulling off a classic, feminine look.  There's a hint of art nouveau in the feather-esque prints and

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Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2013 Blends Soft Princess Worthy Dresses With Google Project Glass Tech

DVF Spring 2013 Runway Review: The queen of iconic, feminine, ready to wear is back!  Diane Von Furstenberg unleases her bold Spring 2013 collection and takes it up a notch by introducing Google's Project Glass eyewear as the newest techy accessory. Project Glass uses technology to stream information to your eyes, rather than onto a screen of a phone, and pairing one of these uber-tech shades with your colorful DVF shift dresses takes on some bizarre Minority Report meets 5th Avenue edge. >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Back to the clothes!  The classic wrap dress takes a back seat in the line to colorblocked shift dresses and soft pants.  Dropped lapel jackets in an array of colors, some with metal beading, other

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Printemps Paris Store Windows Love New York, Mr. Brainwash Style

Retail Remedy: While we are obsessing about Paris Fashion Week, Primtemps is in LOVE with New York! The grass is always greener on the other side of a trans-Atlantic flight... Here I am living in Paris and fending off questions about the Paris Fashion Week and the Parisain department store Printemps loves New York, my former hometown. Go figure. While Paris is overflowing with some of the most styled out fashion peeps in the world and celebrating French Chic like nobody's business, Printemps is celebrating the Big Apple with these clever window displays. Michael Kors and Campbell's Soup Spray Paint Fifteen iconic New york designers including Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Diane Von Furstenberg, Alexander Wang, Ralph Lauren, Proenza Schueller and

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Oscar Fashion Red Carpet Predictions for what the stars may wear

Oscar buzz is out and building, but who will wear what on the red carpet? We have the trend forecasting Ok, now's the time to place your guesses on what the celebrities will wear this Sunday... start the dishing now! First, we see these gorgeous gowns on the runway at Fashion Week, then we wonder what will they look like on a real person? Well, sort of real, a celebrity at least who has been on top of her beauty game prepping for the big red carpet event. The Oscar fashion parade is one of the most talked about and photographed Red Carpet events and, sometimes, one of the most indelible image of a celebrity that we photo print to

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Diane Von Furstenberg

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG   Fashion Show Photos / Runway CollectionMercedes Benz Fashion Week New York Spring Summer / 2010 Click on each picture for an enlarged view. Photos, this page only, courtesy of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York

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Fifty Dresses That Changed the World

Yes, really. These 50 dresses are the best of what we wear today There is no doubt that certain iconic dresses form a lasting visual memory. The dress and its wearer become our personal muse in helping to define our own individual style, or its unique design represents a breakthrough in fashion from that point forward. Then again, we may have simply fallen in love with the style. And love can have no explanation. >> Visit our Best Dress Shopping Guide Topless Dresses- Rudy Gernreich 1970 Consider The Goddess Dress by Madeline Vionnet in 1931. Derivatives of its floaty draping are still grazing the red carpet today. A new era of defiance, resilience, and hope was seen in the full

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Flowers Power Up…

Spring Hair Accessories Blossom Let's face it, good, bad, or indifferent your choice of car says plenty about your style. Then what happens when top fashion designers get inspired by the classic American dream car? You get some pretty nifty "Thunderbird-inspired" trend-setting sportswear and accessory designs from John Bartlett, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Gene Meyer, William Reid, Diane von Furstenberg, Lambertson Truex, Jack Spade and, Oliver Peoples. If it's hot right now, it's a Stylething from Focus on Style by Sharon Haver. The best buds right now nestle in a little bobby pin placed ever so casually in your unabashedly messy hair. If you are thinking one gigunda silk flower—a la Sex and the City—or, a headband full of ruffled

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Wheels of Inspiration…

Fashion and Thunderbird team up for charity Let's face it, good, bad, or indifferent your choice of car says plenty about your style. Then what happens when top fashion designers get inspired by the classic American dream car? You get some pretty nifty "Thunderbird-inspired" trend-setting sportswear and accessory designs from John Bartlett, Carolina Herrera, Marc Jacobs, Gene Meyer, William Reid, Diane von Furstenberg, Lambertson Truex, Jack Spade and, Oliver Peoples. If it's hot right now, it's a Stylething from Focus on Style by Sharon Haver. Wood-paneled station wagon soccer grandmum Monster truck guy with a helluva lot of testosterone Antiquated jalopy Beverly Hillbillies "I see a car as a little home that can move and take you

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