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Recent Spring Trends

  Beige, Beige, Beige! Beige will bring out your complexion- no matter if you have fair or dark skin! It’s the new chic color to wear! (Orange is as well)           Crafty Jewery. Put on a … Continue reading

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Chloé Spring 2009 Runway

Chloé’s spring 2009 Ready to Wear show was out of this world! The garment’s scallop-edge coats, rounded-shoulder blouses, and high-waisted flared shorts, interspersed with ruffle-necklined dresses and jumpsuits with an eighties kind of gathered swell in the thigh region, certainly … Continue reading

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Fashion in the 1920s

Women’s fashion in 1920 was all about the flappers. These liberal, free-thinking women wore short skirts, short haircuts, sheer stockings–and, most shockingly–make-up. The style of the flapper is most often described as being youthful and boyish, as these young women … Continue reading

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Lilly Pulitzer: Fabulously Modern Clothing

It all started with a juice stand in Palm Beach. Lilly, a young, chic New York socialite had eloped with Peter Pulitzer and settled in Palm Beach to live the life of the rich and famous. Peter owned several Florida … Continue reading

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Fashion Illustration

Fashion Illustration is a medium in which creative expression can be given free rein and designers can explore ideas before the realities of budgets, fabrics, or physics intervene.  Fashion designers’ sketches reveal inspiration as well as color and style. When learning to transfer … Continue reading

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What is Haute Couture?

The term “haute couture” is French. Haute means “high” or “elegant”. Couture literally means “sewing”, but has come to indicate the business of designing, creating, and selling custom-made, high fashion women’s clothes. Made from scratch for each customer, haute couture … Continue reading

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Fashion Forward Accessories

When going to runway shows, people often just look at the beautifully created dresses and outfits. Rarely do people grovel over the astonishing accessories: from the extraordinary shoes to the unusual hats.     Hats are created and worn for … Continue reading

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Michelle Obama’s Dress for Inauguration 2009

On January 20th 2009, Barack Obama will be sworn in as our 44th President-instantly becoming one of the most significant leaders in United States history. What will he say? How will he act? And, most importantly, what will Michelle wear? … Continue reading

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Resolutions for 2009

Are you in the process of creating a list of resolutions for the new year of 2009? Well, kick it up a notch and look through these new stylish accessories! Remember, a tiny improvement can change your looks (and your life!). … Continue reading

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Welcome

Hello there, fashion lovers. Welcome to my fashionville. On here, you will see the good and the bad of fashion and trends in our world today. I will talk about the best bargains and where to get the greatest trends of the season. … Continue reading

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