Friday, June 24, 2011

I'm going to Maine

I won't be posting for a week, I know you'll miss me(whoever actually reads my blog) so I will definitely get some sniper photos of the wardrobe-wacked people in Maine for you...Although before I go I'm leaving you with one of my own fashion designs:


Sorry, my scanner's a little fuzzy. This is one of my favorites!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Me!

As you all know, my dream is to be a fashion designer. A couple weeks ago in my fashion design class we had our final exam project to create a circus themed outfit using a yard of fabric, repurposed clothing, and an unconventional item. For those of you who don't know, an unconventional item would be an  object that wouldn't normally be used to make clothing(in this example). So, I chose to be the ring master and my unconventional item was vintage book pages... Here's the outcome:

Yup I taped together a lot of  book pages together and I love the outcome!










 Here's my fashion design class!: 


Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Now this trend...I'm not too sure about...

I'm sure everyone's heard about this trend, but they don't understand it. I'm not sure if I like it either. So the summer trend is mixing patterns. As in wearing floral with plaid, or stripes with polka dots, and so on. Here's an example:
Ehhhhhh........I don't like this

So outfits like that are definitely too much, you can't mix like 5 patterns it just doesn't work that way. Finally  I did some research, here's what I found.
 First, you cannot mix too many patterns at once, save that for the runway models, because it won;t be flattering on you...trust me.
Second, you can mix patterns. For example, stripes and floral patterns can go together! I'm a big fan of stripes mixed with florals:


These examples are perfect, this is what I like.  Be careful of blue nautical stripes however, it is a huge popular trend right now, I'm not sure why, it used to be just a vintage thing. You can wear blue stripes if you want, I mean I own blue striped shirts. It's just become too popular; Everyone's wearing it. But lets get back to stripes and florals, here's where you can find them so you can try out this cute trend yourself.

From http://www.forever21.com:




This skirt with...... This striped shirt








Or...


This lacy striped shirt with.....This floral skirt








Or....How about a funky geometric pattern with a floral:

This geometric pattern with...this floral skirt









Or....how about polka dots with floral:
See the "pattern" here??? Floral on bottom and a different pattern on top. You can wear any bottoms you want. Jeans, shorts, or chiffon shorts or pants, whatever you want. It's cute and perfect for the summer when you want to mix things up.

Here's my take on mixing patterns

Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Art of Wearing The Maxi

I know you've all been waiting for this...

So a maxi dress, where does it come from?
The Maxi Dress: An informal or formal dress wore by women, first seen from designer Oscar de La Renta and worn by Elizabeth Arden Salon in 1968. It didn't become popular however until the 70's.
So what defines a maxi dress today? It's a comfy, long, flowy, and chic dress usually in a boho, caftan, or tribal pattern that can be worn for almost any occasion. It can be worn casual or formal, it's the go-to dress. Actually it's kind of like your whole outfit in one, it covers you from your shoulders to your ankles, all you need it the perfect shoe to pair it with. So what kind of Maxi dress is for you....
pacsun.com

Forever21.com
Animal Print?  Or stripes?
pacsun.com

wetseal.com


Or go the vintage route, with boho/tribal/caftan:
hm.com
wetseal.com





pacsun.com
      You can also wear a solid color as well, you can find them anywhere. Also look for maxi skirts too! You can wear a maxi dress with a chunky wedge heel, flip flops, sandals, espadrilles, but no heels or pumps! It just looks weird. So that's the maxi dress for you.









By the way, here's your history:

hm.com


                                                                                      AFTER :2011
BEFORE :1968