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Marchesa’s Marvelous Wonders!

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

We’ve seen it all. All the trends and accents that are starting to saturate the fashion industry have arrived and flourished into all areas of women’s apparel. We can’t hate on that because whether we even are actively aware of it or not, we are wearing bits and pieces of the latest runway fashion that has trickled down into even some of our every day outfits. Tricky, eh? For instance, feathers have been one of the biggest things to hit women’s apparel since polka dots and sequins. Today, we see feathers flocking all over women’s dresses, skirts, and now I see it all over hair. Yes, hair.

The trick of this whole trend factor is to be able to spot a good one and when you do, it sticks around and then some. As we’ve been watching the runway shows with all of the world’s hottest designers putting their best foot forward, it’s interesting to see who really takes the bull of the fashion industry by its horns and owns each and every piece of women’s apparel that gets put out there.

One of my favorite long time standing designers in house is Marchesa. Known for their women’s dresses ranking in the top tier of fashion’s dresses elite, Marchesa brought the house down with their Spring 2012 collection with the finest details of today’s hottest trends mixed with their signature eye to detail. Marchesa took a different route this season in having a runway show with models actually taking a walk down the runway, as opposed to their typical models standing on a raised platform like statues being oo’d and ahh’d over.

Although critics are not saying much about the uniqueness of the women’s dresses, I took notice in the simple silver and gold evening shoes that held the perfectly pedicured toes of the models to match the elegance of the women’s dresses which I believe brought back a simplicity to an era where women wore flapper dresses and headbands as a regular outfit to go at night. Yes, shoes can make or break an outfit, and in terms of Marchesa’s line, we see a vintage-y feel when they brought out their shimmery tones of gold and silver evening shoes to embody the essence of a truly rich dress with gold fringe or feathery tulle.

Speaking of tulle, before we bid adieu to Marchesa’s collection for the Spring of 2012, let’s pay homage to my favorite number they rolled out at the end of their show. Lavender is always a tricky color to play with due to its fragility and sensitivity to looking too over-done.  But Marchesa made the finest women’s dress with this combination of crunchy lavender with soft tulle all wrapped around each other and swathed around the figure of the model to create a dress that I know for a fact will be seen again in magazine spreads or even the red carpet. Probably both!

By: Jessica Lee

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Chris Benz for Bold and Brazen Fashion!

Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

Chris Benz has been a growing figure in the New York fashion industry and with the unvieling of his Spring 2012 Ready to Wear women’s clothing line, we can see why he is applauded as being one of fashion’s rebels who doesn’t give a hoot about going off in his own direction despite the tides of other major labels.

In a twist of 70’s housewife gone awry, Chris Benz brings us a fresh taste of colors and patterns uniting and clashing simultaneously in his Spring collection of women’s clothing that we can all take notes on. Think of your moden day real housewife of [insert your city]. We can think of all the long women’s dresses, pencil skirts and capris that roam about the cul de sacs and cross streets. But let’s reinvent what that might look like and unfasten the limit of age these styles of dresses can cross by opening our arms to embrace Benz’s fashion senses.

Take your typical women’s dress with the tie at the side and the zipper in the back, in all your solid prints and take a step forward fashion-wise and consider bold patterns in geometric figures splashed with hints of bright jewel-tone colors all over to create a fashion-forward woman who can wear this dress at the house, in the office or at the mall while you’re perusing through stores with your friends. Yes, it’s a new aged way to look at the shift dress as a means to fit both function and fashion wherever you go. But moreso than the women’s clothing, my eyes tend to gravitate more towards the floor.

I couldn’t help but notice the alternate route Chris Benz took to the sandals he paired up with his dresses and skirt suit detaield duos. With a shift dress, we typically see a pair of pointy-toe high heeled shoes or just a pair of high heeled pumps. But Benz brought the brazen with a pair of strappy white sandals that could be worn in the Hamptons and to work.

But if women’s sandals aren’t your favorite pair of shoes to slip on when wearing something as feminine as a dress, then try a pair of evening shoes as it will still be a quiet piece next to the loud splash his clothing now gives. I will forever and always encourage a fashionista at any age to step outside the boundaries that normally bind us into the same style of clothing we wear year after year. Chris Benz’s collection shows us that we can still be edgy and live gloriously in fashion that’s comforting but new with a bold patterned dress but still keep things traditional to balance it out even when slipping into a pair of shiny evening shoes.

By: Jessica Lee

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