What not to wear

Don’t make the same mistakes this winter that you made last year. Leg warmers are made in a variety of colors , from basic black and white , to orange , red blue and every color imaginable. The only real purpose they serve is keeping our ankles warm, but does it serve any other purpose? I guess you could say it adds texture and color to a basic outfit, but can u really wear them without looking like you’re trying to bring back the 80’s? If you absolutely must wear them, wear them over leggings or skinny jeans with flats. Don’t wear bells on any clothing, put down the Christmas themed red and green outfits, stop knitting everyone in the family sweaters with Santas and reindeer. Actually you can knit a sweater for anyone under 5. My last tip is to stop wearing a Santa hat to celebrate the holidays, leave that to Santa.

Black Friday Madness !

After a long and stressful Thanksgiving i was planning on going home and passing out. I got home at 10 and just as i was about to take a shower , my friend called me and somehow talked me into going with her and a few others to Woodbury for the midnight sale. Needless to say , it was a very big mistake. We stood in traffic on almost every exist and somehow made it there by 5 a.m. then stood for another hour waiting to get into the parking lot. It was literally pure madness once we walked into the stores. Maybe if i wasn't so exhausted i would actually be in the mood to find a pair of jeans that were 20% off , still costing more then $200 mind you. Maybe i would actually want to fight for the last pair , and I'm not even joking it was happening things were getting snatched out of hands left and right , you really had to hold it close and VERY tight or else it disappeared before your very eyes. Obviously the guys started whining and crying 2 hours into our shopping adventure , so after all that i came home with just one purchase:a Dior bag , which is actually pretty ugly now that i think about it.

Christian Louboutin ripped off?

My FAVORITE shoe designer in the whole entire world , Christian Louboutin keeps getting ripped off by cheap imitations! Known for famous red soles on his unique and fabulous shoes. First cheaper brands were copying him and puttin red soles on their shoes , until the court intervened and they were no longer allowed to do that. Now another designer , Steve Madden is doing the unthinkable copying the shoe exactly , everything BUT the red sole. Is it an inspiration or is it just lack of imagination? Take a look at the picture of the booties one is the real and one is the Steve Madden imitation , it looks EXACTLY the same. Another designer that took it up a notch was Nine West who copied a pair of heels right down to the red soles! Is it fair to Christian Louboutin lovers who actually pay $700 , just like people who buy Louis Vuitton bags for $700 and others buy imitations for 20 bucks?

American Gangster

Over this weekend, I went to see the most talked about movie all year, American Gangster. I should admit that before the movie even started I was ready to go home. Not only were we in the second row and my eyes were killing me, but when I found out the movie was over 2 hours long I almost died. The most interesting part of the movie is the fact that its based on a true story and the guy it’s about Frank Lucas, is still alive. Ill talk about the plot briefly; Frank Lucas, followed his mentor into continuing the biggest drug empire in the 1970’s.

Frank found a way to get good heroin cheap so he sold it cheap and made a lot of profit off of it. He was not only violent, but he was responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in the 70’s. He made over $1,000,000 a day selling heroin to soldiers and to people all over New York. Throughout his life he killed over 100 people and in a particular scene shoots a rival in the head in during the daytime in front of hundreds of people and didn’t get arrested for it. He wasn’t so bad though, every 2 weeks he bought $500,000 worth of food for all the people in the neighborhood and bought his mother her dream house. The movie depicts how corrupt the cops were during those days and the reason he stayed out of jail for so long was because he paid off 80% of the cops at the time. The one cop Richie Roberts played by Russell Crowe was one of the very few who was not corrupt and worked day and night trying to catch Denzel Washington. Obviously he ended up getting caught, but he ratted out all the corrupt cops and went to jail for only 8 years. To this day he is still very wealthy and living a luxurious life. Its crazy to think a criminal like him, could live such a good life even though he got caught and normally would have served consecutive life sentences if he hadn’t ratted out all those cops.

Christian Dior fashion show marks 60th anniversary

The annual autumn/winter Christian Dior fashion show was packed with countless celebrities, such as Charlize Theron , Jessica Alba and Kate Hudson. Charlize Theron was wearing a black gown with chiffon sleeves and a red rose with dramatic silver eyes and shimmery pink lips. Kate Hudson was very 60’s wearing a loose flowy yellow dress and sporting very light shimmery makeup. Jessica Alba looked a lot more sophisticated and chic wearing a sparkling gold fitting gown with dark makeup playing up her gorgeous eyes and skin. This marked the 60th anniversary of Dior and 10th anniversary of having British designer John Galliano at the helm. His collection was 40’s mixed with old Hollywood glamour. Also it had a Japanese theme with kimonos, animated origami folding and traditional Japanese hair and makeup. The collection was considered surprisingly wearable, bright colors , skirts in all different styles accentuating small waists. The glamorous elements were gloves, jewels and a lot of fur trim.

My newest obsession: The Real Housewives of Orange County

Last week a new season of the Real Housewives premiered on Bravo! This is the third season following five rich women and their lives living in the elite and sophisticated neighborhood of Orange County. All the women are over 40 , successful , wealthy and are wrinkle-free thanks to the botox injections they get all the time. It follows the life of Vikki whose a complete control freak , and overly dramatic at one point buying her daughter a new Mercedes then getting upset that her daughter wasn’t screaming at the top of her lungs just like her. Then there’s the blonde bombshell who got recently engaged to a billionaire that bought her 7 yr old daughter a horse and bought her a new $100,000 Mercedes. After her first husband left her , she was pretty much broke and living off of nothing , and after she met George her whole life changed. She moved her 2 daughters into his huge mansion and is now pretty much spending all his money into clothes , vacations and cosmetic procedures. The other two are just as fortunate , living and spending vicariously on themselves and their kids. The only unfortunate one is Tammy , who lives in a small house , cant afford basic necessities and makes her 2 daughters work and pay for all bills. Stay tuned for next week , and watch the superficial lives of these women unfold.

ROBERTO CAVALLI FOR H&M

H&M : A dream for fashionistas in New York. When H&M first opened up , it was looked down upon until Madonna came out with a line for the store. Noone in their wildest dreams could ever imagine Roberto Cavalli would sell his collection there. I mean Roberto Cavalli which sells shirts for thousands of dollars , selling his collection for close to nothing. Roberto Cavalli isn’t the first premier designer to launch a line at a store not as highend as Bloomingdales and Saks. Designers such as Vera Wang, Cynthia Rowley , and Isaac Mizrahi have all designed affordable lines for Target. At the premiere of the line at the 5th avenue location , there were lines and lines of fans of the designer waiting to snatch up at least something. You could imagine how many bloody noses and ambulances were called. The collection is full of signature Cavalli clothing , animal prints , silk , and other gorgeous prints. There are over 20 different pieces in his women’s collection. Leopard and zebra is a significant theme in the women’s collection, and features on dresses, tops, coats and lingerie. A tailored jacket is teamed with slim slacks or shorts. A leather jacket is decorated with fringes and laces and a fake-fur jacket has eyelets and studs. An elegant trench coat has piping and metallic studs. A heavily embellished jacket adds instant glamour to tight fitting or wide leg jeans. A leopard-print or black corset top look dazzling on bare skin for evening or over a T-shirt for day, and there are several blouses with animal prints, ruffles and bows. Knitwear consists of a leopard-print or black oversized cardigan and a tank mini dress with ruffles. For evening or cocktail wear: a sequined mini dress, a chiffon baby doll dress in zebra stripe or leopard print, a long metallic pleated halter dress and a long animal print dress.