If your cups are running over, your silhouette resembles a 50s bullet-breasted babe, or you haven't shopped for a bra in more than six months...do not pass GO. Instead, bone up on the bones of any properly-fitting wardrobe: a bra that fits correctly. In other words, the center part of the bra (the gore) is flat against your body, the girls have a natural separation, and there is no sign of spillage.
Don Allen of Olga and Warner's offers these tips to help solve your bra dilemmas:
In the daze & haze of a solid month of fashion shows, Gareth Pugh has always been a memorable standout. And now that the maverick British designer has won the ANDAM prize and is showing in the City of Lights with his name in lights, he's even acquired the fabulous Rick Owens as a mentor...not to mention getting to produce his line in his mentor's factory. "I was thinking of Millais' painting of Ophelia where you can't tell if she's drowing or rising from the water," the designer explained about his Pre-Raphaelite inspiration to DazedDigital.com, which also shot uber-arty video of the show.
To commemorate the world's first Formula One night race which recently took place in Singapore, TAG Heuer has launched an extremely limited edition of its Grand Carerra series. Limited to 150 pieces and available in Singapore only, it features a chic all-black look.
As winner of this year's Allure Best Bright Lipstick Award, YSL's Rouge Volupte #10 in Provocative Pink is, according to the professional makeup mavens in-the-know, "smooth as silk" and a "hot pink that makes our eyes seem brighter and our cheek rosier." A unique formulation that goes on like a cream and turns to a super-shiny fluid on contact, it's also packaged in an elegant gold case...like a lil' beauty gem in your purse.
Just like their monied, style-obsessed inhabitants, the homes in Gossip Girl are also dressed to kill. While this somewhat formal (and very Upper East Side) living room reflects socialite Lily van der Woodsen's art-collector tastes, daughter Serena's bedroom is more youthful and fresh, bursting with eye-catching patterns and shiny accents. "Her room shows a confident, eclectic mix of funky new and classic vintage items," the show's production designer, Loren Weeks, recently explained to InStyle.com. "I wanted it to express her character: effortlessly beautiful and self-assured."
Why not take a virtual walk-through on InStyle.com of the new Bass/van der Woodsen apartment, and steal some fashion inspiration of your own? Here are some ideas to get you started:
The runway collections were not the only luxe new designs unveiled at the recent Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. LU biscuits has partnered with Fetherston to create new limited edition packaging which give classic cookies a chic new package, celebrating LU's European history and style.
According to a learned Notre Dame professor of history with a collection of over 300 home economics texts and other guides to living stylishly dating back to 1918, over the years, we've devolved into nation of dismal dressers. Pointing to the sea of flip-flops, shorts, tacky tees, all-black, and mass-produced ill-fitting threads that dominate the landscape, the author of Nation of Slobs: How Americans Learned - and forgot - How to Dress is hoping to stop the sartorial slide to slobdom. "I hope I might be able to push people in the direction to take more care with dress," Linda Przybyszewski recently told the Chicago Sun Times, "and add a little more care with dress."
When it comes to classic hues and silhouettes, this fall is a bonanza. Regardless of the "it" shade du jour, colors like black and grey are always in and always a fab investment. Wearing tone-on-tone grey sends a message of monied chic, and what keeps it classy instead of boring are the variations in texture, fabric and intensity. Here, the nubby quality of the DAY Birger et Mikkelsen wool cardigan provides a nice contrast to the floatiness of the Mike & Chris silk top, and shininess of the DAY Birger et Mikkelsen silver bangles and Chloe patent flats. And of course, no rich bitch worth her millions is ever without rockstar shades (Prada) and snazzy bag (Miu Miu).