Love Is The New Ebony: September 2011

Saturday, September 17, 2011

The Red Jacket

I love the color red in pants, dresses, shirts and skirts...

but my most favorite utilization of the color red in clothing is in jackets!

It all started with Michael Jackson

Of course, his style inspired many stars, including Beyonce, Kanye West and Rihanna

But it also inspired Balmain to bring the iconic red bomber back into style

I still love Balmain's Spring 2011 RTW collection, and it without a doubt brought this look back into style

I'm still a fan today! I got this cute red blazer from h&m for only $30, that this girl is wearing

I think the trend is still wearable, and will be still be popular through next spring, which (as seen at fashion week) will still be all about color blocking.

New York Fashion Week just wrapped up, but spring is still a long time away.
What I'm really excited for is fall! And my inspiration for this fall lies in Lanvin's Fall 2011 RTW collection. No words for how much I love it.

I have always been a fan of simplicity. I love how simple and elegant a lot of the dresses are, which leaves room for creativity with shoes, accessories and hair. Also, the colors really emphasize fall's transition from summer to winter: the huge color blocking trend can still be utilized in fall while gray and beige make their way into style again.
xx

The Evolution of the Heel-less platform shoe

These have been popular for the first ladies of avant-garde high fashion (e.g. Lady Gaga and Daphne Guinness) for a while now

The designer behind Gaga's shoes?

Noritaka Tatehana, who offers the towering heals at an equally towering price of approximately $2,000.

The shoes are basically a wearable piece of art, so you wouldn't expect to see them worn on the street. But a few knock offs did surface on nasty gal, at about $100:

Yet they still look to bizarre to be incorporated into mainstream fashion. That's where Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale comes into the picture

The starlet was seen wearing a much more modest version of Tatehana's boot, designed by Giusepe Zanotti, at the teen choice awards.

Personally, I love the Zanotti version of the shoe. It looks chic and wearable in an everyday situation. But maybe I wasn't the only one thinking that...

Jeffrey Campbell's new collection features a shoe named "nightwalk", a mary jane revision of the heels.

Nightwalks are super cute, and I love the mary-jane appeal of them. Many bloggers are even calling the "next Lita". If I was a few inches shorter, I would definitely put this on my shopping list. As for right now, I'll wait for the trend to become more "mainstream".