trends.

Dear fashionista’s,

The point of my post today was to help you girls achieve the tribal trend! As I have talked about before I have styled a shoot themed to the tribal trend, so I’ll pass along the knowledge of pulling this trend off in your day to day life, because the editorials of this trend can seems a bit wild to pull off at times.

So a loose definition of this trend is bold tribal like pattern (often in earth tones), monochromatic prints, bold accessories (wooden, rustic, bold statements). Now if you want to keeps this trend to a minimum try letting the print speak for itself, so paring it with simple staples in your wardrobe (plain basics), or if you want to invest very little into the trend, try just the tribal like accessories with your day to day wardrobe. But if you’re feeling daring for a night on the town try committing to the trend completely, tribal patterns, the bold accessories with hair and makeup to match. This trend is so fun to play with because you can literally be wild, messy hair goes great with this trend and fun/ funky makeup is also very relevant.

So ladies, be bold! Try bringing this trend into your day to day style; bring out your inner wild child you won’t regret it... aaand if you do at least you tried!

Lots of love,

Jess.

P.S. Happy International Women’s day!!

award season wrap up - part 2.

And here they are... My Worst Dressed list for the 2012 Award season. Brace yourself, it's about to get all sorts of ugly.

 My number one worst dressed person of the 2012 award season is Nicki Minaj! Wearing custom Versace. Why in gods name would you wear that with all the money you posses and Versace making you a custom made gown you choose to look like a Nun on acid? I have nothing more to say about this atrocity.
















In at number two is Fergie, this dress is disappointing. She has an amazing body and she thought she could display it this way but really it just looks like the designer forgot the lining. And mixed with the conservative neckline it's all too confusing. 

#3 Robyn! What is on her feet?! It looks like she's about to go hunting with a mixture of the old Spice Girl's styled gogo boots? Pared up with the mullet skirt this is a recipe for disaster! The hemline is also way to short and does not look flattering. 

















#4 Amanda Peet Getty. Why on earth did she pick this, this is a gorgeous girl with incredible features and she picked a dress that does nothing for her body! The hemline is too short and makes her look awkward.

In at number 5 is Sarah Michelle Geller, this look to me is not a total lost cause, yes it looks like a ginormous pen leaked on her but if you take all of the blue away, maybe de-emphasize the pouff this dress would look gorgeous!




















#6 is Shailene Woodley! I was expecting so much of her at the oscars this year, she's a young up and comer and you'd think that she would want to be noticed. Well she got noticed but not for the right reasons. This dress is way too old for her, it's the time to have fun with your wardrobe choices you have the rest of your life to wear long sleeves and floor length gowns, not now girl. 

award season wrap up.

Dear Tv-holics,
If your like me and follow every single award show red carpet then the past two months must have been just as fun for you as it was for me. I am a big fan of the show, Fashion Police, and every time an award show has wrapped up they discuss the fashions that were seen on the red carpet. So in the spirit of the last major award show ending *The Oscars* I figured that I would put together a little blog post to commemorate the major award shows of 2012. I am going to be featuring my top 6 favorite looks in this blog post and will follow up with my least favorite looks. And so it begins...

 In the #1 spot is Jessica Chastain wearing custom made Alexander McQueen at the Oscars ! And no it's not because she has the same name as me that I picked her, it's because this dress makes her look exquisite, this woman is barely wearing any makeup and looks like perfection, and even her half up hair do is breath taking. She accessorized to perfection by letting the dress speak for itself. With her skin tone and hair color working so well with the tones of this dress she is my number one pick.   

In at second place is Rihanna at the 2012 Grammy Awards, wearing Armani. This dress makes Rihanna look soooo sexy it's incredible! This dress could've gone really slutty really easily but the minimal accessories and simple lady like heels left it looking very classy. Just the right amount of skin and her blonde hair made it look like a mixture of Joan Jet and Whitney Houston. Loved it so much it was tied with number one.  (I posted the second picture because I loved that she did a dark plum lip as the night went along. And because Katy Perry looks better with her Gucci dress inside the Grammy's then what she was wearing on the red carpet.)

 





 In third is Lea Michele wearing Marchesa at the Golden Globe awards. I hate this girl as much as I love her. On the red carpet she always over poses like she's shooting a bad fashion campaign, but her style is pretty much always impeccable. So because of my love hate relationship with her it landed her my number three look of the season.

 In at #4 is Sofia Vergara wearing Vera Wang, as much as this woman annoys me a little she always looks gorgeous! This is one of my favorite looks because she didn't over do it as she tends to do sometimes. The lovely mermaid style dress looks amazing on her. And the styling is perfect, keeping it simple was very smart.

My number five look is of course the one the only, Angelina Jolie wearing Atelier Versace at this years Oscar awards. So it's not even that this is my favorite dress but simply because she looks like a goddess in it. The red lips look superb, but her prosthetic looking leg that lasted all night (not a big fan). Sorry Angie ...

And last in my #6 spot is Taylor Swift wearing Zuhair Murad Fall 2011 Couture. This looked amazingggg on her at the grammy's she won big and the gold represented that well. I was so happy to see Taylor branching out from her cookie cutter girly dresses that I needed to post her up too. So proud.

tribal.

Dear animals,
I was recently given the chance to work with the amazing photographer, Denis Duquette once again but this time not as a model, as a stylist. So for my first official styling job I really wanted to give it my all but without giving myself overwhelming challenges for my first time. I started simple, top trends. From there I looked through many and consulted with my resources but concluded with the ever so popular tribal trend! I was very pleased with my decision because this is such a fun trend it was easy just to go wild. Literally, we were making our model show her teeth like she was growling. For this shoot, I was very inspired by Donna Karen's Spring 2012 collection and also Herve Leger's, both tribal-esque collections. So needless to say it was easy to have fun with it, and I had an incredible team to work with Camille Ferron the model, Melissa Duguay the hairstylist, Nicola Jefferis the makeup artist and last but not least photographer Denis Duquette.

I leave you with pictures from behind the scenes. And links to Denis' website and Nicola's facebook page.

 http://www.denisduquette.ca/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nicola-Jefferis-Makeup-Artistry/103637933005539 


Lots of love, Jess.

harem pants.

Dear friends,
I have recently been suggested a blog idea by a dear friend of mine, and since I love her so, I decided to pursue it. She asked me, how do I pull of harem pants! And well ladies and gents, it's totally simple and do-able. The rules are pretty straight forward, let the pants be the statement. Since they are so out there try to keep the other items simple, you can cheat it with accessories though, depending on how high fashion you want to take it. To keep it on the more casual side I would definitely stay with flat shoes or boots and play with scarfs and or vests (like in the pictures below). To make them more dressy, I would play a bit more with color and bold accessories. Like in the pictures below where they pare it with bold yellow's. A print on the pants is fun too, but like so in the picture she kept the rest of the pieces in black to tone it down.

Well friends I hope this helped some of you, and remember don't be afraid to experiment. ;)

Lots of love, Jess.


P.S. don't pare a flow-y top with these, it will make you look twice your size.

organized closet, organized mind.

Dear Messy Girls,
I know it can be tough... keeping your closet clean is almost a nightmare for anyone with a lot of clothing, but here's a simple trick.GET ORGANIZED! It's easy to store stuff in a closet, but to keep it tidy is another story, if you don't have a clear view of what you own you'll just keep buying more clothes. Look deep down in that big black hole and I'm sure you'll find a skirt that goes with that new top! Keeping a neat view of your clothing inventory is not only good for saving money and time, but it just gives an overall better atmosphere into your morning ritual.

Now it's pretty simple! Go to any department store close to you and they should have a organizing section (my go to place is Wal-Mart) it's usually pretty affordable depending on what you pick. The more rods the better, the smaller the hangers the more you can fit! Don't make the mistake I made of buying wooden hangers, yeah there pretty but they take up a lot of space in a small closet. Get a shoe rack! It will display all of your gorgeous shoes and will look better then having them piled up in a corner. Last but not least, depending on how much patience you have... you can get shelving to set up, depending on what kind you get the process of setting up can be easier, it's nice to have if you want to fold clothes, store purses or even use it as a bookshelf (I have a couple in mine) it can be very practical.

Well I hope this was able to help.

Lots of love, Jess.

definition of style.

Dear regulars,
If you read my blog you have most likely caught on that I work in a clothing store. As a sales associate I answer all sorts of questions about fashion, but lately I've been getting the same one "oh, well this is in style right?" and everyone that has asked this question implies the same tone of uncertainty. But as you must assume in sales the customer is always right, but sometimes there not and the clothing in your store isn't always something they should be buying. Women are always trying to resemble whats "in" and not something that flatters them, now I can't stress this enough, if the clothing doesn't work it's not you it's it! It's much like the break up line "it's not you it's me" but most likely anyone who has ever said that line meant the total opposite.

You cannot change what you have to work with, you are you and your gonna have to accept it. Their are many trends that I haven't been able to pull off, but I don't get angry at my body? The very next season they'll be another trend that's gonna pop up and you'll love it even more cause it's gonna flatter you! Style is about finding a common ground in what your day to day outfits are and making it pop with certain trends that catch your eye. You can't follow every trend, many women try and some even succeed but if your not a fashion magazine editor the chances are slim of you getting every trend right. So my advice here is to make your wardrobe you, some pieces of clothing never go out of style and are classics, but you mix them up accordingly to what suits you.


I hope this helped some of you poor confused women. I leave you with photos of celebrities rocking the wrong trends because we all do it, even them. ;)

Lots of love,
Jess.

 
Demi Lovato: I soooo wish I could love this outfit, because the thought is there. Color blocking is a huge trend but this is doing it wrong. Take all the pieces apart and there great but together they just don't work. The draping on the skirt is too much if it were short it would be fine, and we don't want to be too match-y/match-y the shoes should stay neutral when trying color blocking.
















Sarah Jessica Parker: She is the fashion icon of our times, no one will ever forget Carrie Bradshaw's style. But this was her character not her, this outfit is way too over accessorized and the hem of her dress is too long for her little figure, if the blazer were tailored to her shape this would be more acceptable.

Selena Gomez: Tweens just don't know how to master trends yet, there experimenting which is totally okay! But in this picture it is evident that this is Justin Bieber's girlfriend. Her rocker boots are too dark and chunky for her simple toned outfit, her shirt is see through and her blazer just doesn't go with the entire thing. I honestly can't even try to fix this one, she's doing a blazer with summer attire and Lady Gaga-esque rocker boots. Too many trends is achievable but can go wrong, much like in this picture.