How To Get Ready For Fashion Week

I have great admiration for the men and women in fashion who manage to pack for each city and each show and event during Fashion Weeks in NYC, London, Milan and Paris. I am having such problems with packing for a six day trip to New York, so I can't imagine packing for a whole month of fashion galore. Therefore, I am so happy when I find videos like this one with Taylor Tomasi and the one where Anna Dello Russo teaches us how to pack (I love it when Anna seems slightly shocked when the reporter thinks that she has packed for both New York AND London at once. No no, only New York, London later!)


Source: refinery29

The Naked Dress

Okay, so I'm not quite finished gushing over Stella McCartney's S/S 09 collection so you'll just have to go through another post about her and her designs. More specifically one certain design. I am talking about "the naked dress" worn by model Lara Stone on the catwalk. The nude colour of the dress creates a skin-on-skin effect, that (when done right) is nearly too hot to handle. And Stella McCartney definitely gets 10 out of 10 points for this dress! I love the combination of the off-the-shoulders, slouchy top half, to the short, but still not too short, body-gripping bottom half. It's also nice the way Lara Stone has her hair pulled back tightly, that her make-up is clean and fresh, and that the accessories and shoes are kept simple. This defintely screams sex on legs!


When it comes to this dress, my thoughts instantly flew to Carrie's famous naked dress that she wore on her first date with Mr. Big in season 1. And we all know what Carrie and Big ended up doing that evening. It might be easy for some to compare the naked dress to a slutty dress, but I am not one of them. I actually think that in addition to the LBD every woman should have hanging in her wardrobe, every woman should also have a naked dress. Knowing your body, and knowing the fine line between sexy and slutty will get you a long way when it comes to having the confidence to wear and pull off this type of dress. So take some tips from Stella and Carrie, and don't be afraid to show what you've got!

Who do think has the best "naked dress", Stella or Carrie? And do have the fashion courage to wear a dress like this?

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Like Someone In Love



This is just to say a quick hello and to say a big sorry for my absence. Things here are crazy right now, and have been for quite a while. Even though I am spending the weekend at a lovely hotel there are still a million things I have to think of and do. Still, I have a hidden motive for this post. It gives me an opportunity to tell you how much I have fallen in love with Stella McCartney's S/S 09 collection. If you haven't seen it for yourselves, you should do it immediately. Take a look at the video below to see it. And also I have to say that I know I haven't replied to all the comments, and I am very sorry about that. I will do it as soon as possible, but right now I am really late to an event going on downstairs.

Take care, lovelies, and have a fabulous Saturday night xox

I Heart Balmain

I think that I am in love.

With Cristophe Decarnin and his stunning designs for Balmain. I just don't understand how this man does it. I am still drooling over this look from the Fall 08 collection and my goal is to look as fabulous as this every night I go out. I know, my expectations are too damn high. Where does Decarnin find this brilliant inspiration? Personally, I think that he has been clicking himself around the blogosphere and found a lot of inspiration from all of the fabulous style blogs out there because many of these outfits remind me quite a lot of things a few bloggers have worn. So to you who may be reading this and who feel they have worn outfits similar to Decarnin's, praise yourself lucky to be in such great company and to have your head filled with so much fabulous inspiration. I'm going to stop ranting on now, and let you enjoy the photos instead. Hands down one of the best S/S 09 collections I have seen until now.

Images from: style.com

Carrie's Paris, My Paris

Just to let you all know: this will is me from today and until October 5th. A reaction like this is not uncommon for me, and let me tell you that when I saw the Eiffel Tower for the first time when I was in Paris about two years ago, I had almost an exact same reaction like Carrie when she saw it. No kidding! I try to control it, but I have found that it's actually quite uncontrolable. Unfortunately, I'm not going to Paris today (oh how I wish!), but Paris will be coming to me through my laptop screen. Ladies and gentlemen, you all know what I am talking about: Paris Fashion Week is finally here!


To celebrate that Paris Fashion Week has arrived, I thought what better way to do it than combine two of my great fascinations and adorations, Paris and Carrie, and create a post out of it?! Watching the two last Sex & The City episodes where we get to follow Carrie and her experiences in Paris is such a lovely way to relax and just enjoy some great entertainment, fantastic fashion and not to mention wonderful surroundings. I admire the way Patricia Fields has styled Carrie in these episodes because the outfits reflect both Carrie's own way of dressing, but also adds the European and especially the French styles. May Paris Fashion Week bring us the same inspiration that we get from looking at these outfits!

I threw in this photo not only because Carrie's dress is wonderful, but also as a kind of "lucky charm" for the models who will fall on the runway during these days (we all know it will happen!). Here's hoping they at least will fall in style, just like Carrie.

Images from: sarahjparker.com, hbo.com