Taking a cue from Gucci and Yves St. Laurent, Calvin Klein puts forward actress Rooney Mara in a highly stylized, black-and-white, music-driven video-advert for their ‘Downtown’ fragrance. With these types of video-adverts, it’s always an equal combination of two things: … Continue reading
Ease and breeze into Monday with the new queens of dream pop, Elektra and Miranda Kilbey. This year, the fashionable 21-year-old Australian/Swedish twins have been getting attention and accolades from their heavy yet sweet-voiced dreamy sad songs that say so much. Many a performer has … Continue reading
CBK is an eternal style icon whose name will only cease to be mentioned if fashion goes out of style. Continue reading
Colored jeans have been all the rage since last year, but one has to admit that mint is simply divine and sublime. The idea of colored jeans is brilliant, but pulling them off is a whole other story. The old adage … Continue reading
The 2013 Met Gala was held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York City and the theme was “PUNK: Chaos To Couture”. Rooney Mara not only got the memo, but she clearly understood it. This … Continue reading
The Yves Saint Laurent Baby Doll Mascara video advert featuring current It-Girl-slash-Model-of-the-Moment, 20-year-old Cara Delevingne, has hit the proverbial mark with this fabulously cute-meets-chic, one-minute Parisian fantasy that takes you down to its famous subways and up to its sinuous, old … Continue reading
Biker jackets are all the rage, but a great alternative to the ubiquitous, short leather version is Lily Collins’ sleek, wool & leather, thigh-length coat. I’m not sure what label Lily is wearing, but it’s undoubtedly couture, considering she’s in … Continue reading
Selena Gomez epitomizes bohemian chic in this too-cute-for-words floral printed, gauzy dress that screams Free-Spirt-meets-Chic-Girl-about-Town. At $128, this Free People dress is a well-spent investment in a piece of spring/summer wear that will never go out of style. I love the crisscross side opening … Continue reading
Gucci released its third installment of its Forever Now international ad campaign featuring the ever-so-stylish It Girl, Charlotte Casiraghi. Charlotte is the model for the four-part series, already having appeared in the first two installments, now this one, and will … Continue reading
Cutie Pie Mason, the daughter of ShopBlithe.com’s founder & designer, Liz Moore, is holding a hand- painted goatskin gem, embossed with a beautiful neem leaf pattern. Priced at $16-$21, this Neem Clutch will light up anyone’s holiday. I have the Lattice Cosmetic … Continue reading
The second installment of Gucci’s “Forever Now” campaign with Charlotte Casiraghi is an homage to her late grandmother, Grace Kelly aka Princess Grace of Monaco. As the the daughter of Princess Caroline, and granddaughter of Grace, Charlotte has undoubtedly inherited style and … Continue reading
Charlotte Casiraghi has been sitting front row center at every major designer’s runway show since she was a teen, but as the new model du jour for the Gucci Forever Now campaign, the Monaco royal really turned heads at their show … Continue reading
Natalie Portman has worn Rodarte to her most important functions, including the 2011 Oscars where she won Best Actress for her performance in Black Swan. Her loyalty to the label is the reason for its recent surge in popularity, so one would … Continue reading
We’ve all gone through the sigh-inducing experience of coming across that perfect dress, bag, pair of shoes or divine accessory that stops you in your tracks, forces your eyes to zero in and glaze over as you start to imagine … Continue reading
You’ll definitely turn heads sporting these sleek shades about town, but at $360, these 1950s-style sunnies are a definite splurge. Last summer, the Nikita was sold out everywhere, but they’re back and in stock at Barneys, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales and Saks … Continue reading
Is there yet the term “Fairy Tale Chic”? Well, after fashion heiress Margherita Missoni’s and Gran Turismo driver Eugenio Amos’ pastoral and utterly charming weekend wedding, there surely is now. A sprawling farm and sunny day in Brunello, Italy provided … Continue reading
In fashion, everything that was once cool and ubiquitous always comes back. The Doc Martens rebirth started to amp up in 2010 and here we are in 2012 and it still smells like teen spirit. My beloved Docs were cherry red … Continue reading
The Cherie Bomb 