Blog#5 Mix and Match Designers

Now a days it is not nessecary to wear a complete outfit by the same designer. Unless you are wearing a whole gown. The new trend is to mix and match your designers. For example: Wearing a gucci coat with Chanel pants and a Michael Kors top.

Even though people may not have the best taste in fashion keeping colors neutral will always help to stay in style. Some people like to be a bit more adventurious and actually have a bunch of colors in their outfit may not always be the right things but hats off that you took a risk. For expample some people would like to wear: A colorful shirt dress by Mondo but pair it with a printed cardigan made by Betsy Johnson

Even though it is not the most stylish thing to wear, or an outfit that matches at all, some people have that type of style that actually ends up setting a trend.

Being able to mix and match cocktail dresses with a nice blazer from different designers could be a tricky thing. finding the right blazer and the right shape to compliment that cocktail dress could be tricky. But its always good to push the boundries in a stylish way. Paring a printed Versace cocktail dress with  a Vera Wang plaid Blazer.

It is not that fashionbale but at least you a wearing clothing from very respectable designers. It is very hard to mix and match designers because they all have a unique point of view its hard to find something that matches that doesnt come from the same collection.

Some fashion designer use the same colors in their collection depending on what season they are designing for. Pairing a Jacket from Irina and Pairing it with a pant from Chanel. will have you in a style matching and wearing completely different designers.

Mix and Matching designers is not an easy task at hand. But fashion Stylist like Rachel Zoe of to go through the dilema of doing it. They find the best designs mix and match them and then style it with the right accessories and the right hair and make up.

blog # 4 do's and don'ts of wearing holiday motif garments

The holidays are in and people like to get in the holiday spirit. But sometimes people get really into the holiday spirit and totally kill the whole outfit. Now that Christmas is in and everybody is wearing their holiday dresses, sweaters, jackets, and vest people want to stand out. Some start to wear every holiday clothing item they have in their closet and that is over kill. When going to a small party it would be nice to wear a simple little black dress with a cute red holiday Christmas sweater button down over it to keep you warm and to hide the wowness of the dress. When going to the mall or supermarket with the family it is nice to be in the spirit. But instead of wearing a dress wear jeans with a white turtle neck and a red christmas vest Attending a big industry party is no place for a red christmas vest or jeans. Instead just wear a simple neutral colored dress that you can accerssorize with colors like red or green. For example wearing just a simple dress in black or grey gives you the oppertunity to wear a necklace that is red or earings that are red you can even go bold and wear the color green instead if you are a person to wants to stand out in crowd. Christmas spirit is always nice to wear but when it gets to cold outside who is going to see the outfit under the big coat you have to wear. Instead of wearing a simple coat to keep you warm you can still stay in holiday spirit by wearing a pea coat that is either red or green. The coat that you wear doesnt nessecarly have to match the outfit you are wearing its just simply another layer that helps you stay warm. Also if you prefer to wear a black coat instead you have gloves or a scarf that has snowmen or santa clause, or you can just have the christmas colors. Sometimes we don't care to wear holiday motif's because its hard to stay in style. But now since knit wear is in, some stored have the knit coats that have snowflakes on them to stay in style but to help show your holiday spirit. http://www.abercrombie.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category1_10051_10901_12226_-1_12202 Also having knit hat with holiday decoratives helps. Sometimes people can't afford all these winter accessories or holiday motif because Macy's or JC Penny's is to expensive but department stores also sell holiday motif's. Stores like Wal Mart and Kmart sell clothing for the holiday. They are affordable and instyle. Sometimes what celebrities over pay for can be found in those department stores for a lower price. Maybe not in the best quality but good enough for your life style. Keeping warm is a big part of the holidays. And even though people wear ugg boots almost any season ugg boots is a way of staying in style, warm, and keeping up with holiday spirit. But not any ordinary ugg boots, Now knit ugg boots are in style Buying them in colors like white and grey with a specific design make them look like they are in holiday motif.

Blog # 3 What Color To Wear

What color to wear? The color Green is probably one of the most important color now. Some people use the color Green to describe recycled material or for eco friendly products. The fashion industry is taken great notice to this world wide situation and is doing the best it can to be more eco friendly with their fashion. Green fabrics are being used more for their garments. http://www.natural-environment.com/blog/2008/04/10/17-eco-friendly-fabrics/ . Designers like Mui Mui are using scraps from their cutting room and using them for handbags or for garments. http://relivingmagazine.com/2009/fashion-designers-going-green. In the time period we are now, having struggles with global warming and having problems with the atmosphere other "design" jobs are also being eco friendly. Some well known car brands are making cars that are either made with recycled material or that use low amount of gas per mile, or even run on water. http://www.greenlivingonline.com/article/guide-natural-and-eco-friendly-fabrics. Designers like Leanne Marshall winner of Project Runway Season five did an all eco friendly fabric collection as her last challenge. Also, throughout the show she mentioned how it was really important to her to use eco friendly fabrics becuase it was more gental to the enviroment. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jezebel/2010/01/leanimal11410.jpg&imgrefurl=http://jezebel.com/5448206/eco%2Bfriendly-fabrics-thrift-store-skirts--a-gold-hot-sauce-locket-inside-the-closet-of-project-runways-leanne&usg=__1rGtMyOQ4iTc2Tq5N0bpckXkO4E=&h=331&w=340&sz=96&hl=en&start=18&sig2=nL0GjbVBIIW227pz7H3v6Q&zoom=1&itbs=1&tbnid=-mHPV16-DAtmgM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deco%2Bfriendly%2Bfabrics%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=Tmi0TNe9FIS0lQeKqqXYCQ  . Some designers like Leanne are inspired by the enviroment. For Leanne Marshalls collection on Project Runway Season five she stated that she was inspired by the waves and by the ocean. Another Porject Runway Season five contestant Korto was inspired by the garden she has where she lives and by the colors of the enviroment around her.  There is a new way of making purses or what some teenagers like to call school bags. Some people use old T-shirts that they don't wear anymore and rip the sleeves off and sew open areas together and make and hand bag out of that. Instead of buying hand bags that other people  might have, you can just use what is in your closet and make a bag that nobody is going to have, and you will have a unique bag.

Blog # 2 How Can You Be Fashionable on a Limited Budget

People think that fashion has a high cost. But people can look Fashionable on a limited budget as well. Some people think that the more the item costs the more reliable the object is. There are some places in the internet that have items worth your money. Some websites like http://www.ebay.com/ have items that is worth spending your money and the objects that you buy are reliable. http://www.amazon.com/ also has a variety of items and objects that are moneys worth. Some people do cruise these websites to find new release items that are too expensive in stores and cheaper online. Some people like to shop for sale items. Most of the times sale items are items that are out of style and basically dated. so most of the time sale items is not the way to go. . Some retail stores like Wal * Mart or Kmart have clothing that may not be brand names like Gucci or Prada but they have affordable basic clothing that most of the time is trendy.http://www.kmart.com/?i_cntr=1286535648081 http://www.walmart.com/ Some famous like Selena Gomez from Disney Channel's Wizards of Waverly Place and Jaqueline Smith from the original Charlie's Angels sell there fashion line at Kmart. Other famous people like Miley Cyrus who plays Hannah Montana on the hit show Hannah Montana on Disney Channel as well sell their fashion line at Wal*Mart. Some stores like P.C.X sell fashionable clothing that is also not named brand but that a lot of people like to buy. Their clothing is affordable and fashionable.

Blog # 1 Music affecting Fashion

Lady Gaga is  a musician that affects fashion in a great deal. Lady Gaga being a fashion risk taker inspires designer to be more avante guard in their designs. In the latest MTV's Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga graced the white carpet with an Alexander McQueen dress. During the actual award show Lady Gaga changed her dress two more times. Her first change of dress was into a heavy black princess style dress. On her way of receiving her award she had around three guys helping get out of her seat and walk up to the stage. For her third outfit Lady Gaga decided to make a statement and wear a meat dress. She stated in a publication that the reason she wore the meat dress was to show people that if we don’t stand up for what we believe in then the rights that we will have will be as much as the meat on our bones. Accepting her award she asked superstar Cher to hold her meat purse. Maybe this meat dress had a lot of controversy. But what is controversy without Lady Gaga?

Lady gaga also through her performances wears a lot of show stopping pieces. Lady gaga was seen wearing a dress inspired by bubbles. Some people say that Lady Gaga creates outfits out of things that nobody would think could become and outfit. Lady Gaga likes to make a statement every time you see her. She loves to wear show stopping pieces. Some other artist like Madonna feel like Lady Gaga is just a copy cater. As Madonna stated in a publication

http://www.showbizspy.com/article/206290/madonna-thinks-lady-gaga-is-a-copy-cat.html    .Lady Gaga was probably very inspired by the Madonna era that she felt that she could reach  a lot of success revisiting  that era.