If you're looking for a new pair of shades

I don't think I've ever mentioned sunglasses in my blog, or had a separate post for them atleast. Yes ofcourse, I mentioned my Veruschkas/ICBFYIPs, but obviously they would be mentioned, they are part owners of this blog.

So since summers are well on their way, and if you live anywhere close by to where I live, summers have already arrived and leaving the house without your shades is just not possible. Sitting in the front seat (of a car) without them is like third degree self abuse; if such a thing does exist.The sun is way too strong for naked eye viewing you know. Plus, shades provide the perfect social armor, so walking out of the house without them is suicide in every way.
Anyway, I know I cannot get a new pair of shades since I bought two pairs of the same one last year, and I am unbelievably loyal to them and they have answered all my sunglasses prayers, and they fulfill all my needs on every level. However, if I were to ever wander - I would pick the A Morir floral ceramic sunglasses.
As we know florals and pastels are a huge trend for the summers.If you don't want to look like a garden, and would like to downplay the whole thing and just have one accessory (such a cute one at that) dedicated for the trend, then these shades are the answer.Ofocurse, you could pick a shoe or a bag too, but these are way cooler.  At the same time, if you want to go completely over the top, then again these shades are the answer. Floral pants, with contrasting floral top, and then these sunglasses to cap it all off and push it over the edge. Could be amusing.

  I just think they're really cute, very different from anything you will ever see on anyone (on a random day to day basis) ,and I can assure you that you'll probably be the only owner of these in this city. I'd jump if  I could. The flowers are made out of ceramic, and as seen- they are also available in black. The Phillips (half covered) retail at $250 at the a-morir site, and the Cass (fully covered) retail at $400. My first choice would be the Cass in the pastels; they're just so pretty.

In a perfect world I'd wear them on a saturday , while walking to a fabulous terrasse lunch place like this:

Dress:Zara , Sandals: Zara , Necklace: Dannijo , Wristlet: Olympia le Tan

Golden Globes Fashion

So I was really looking forward to the Golden Globes obviously because of the fashion (I don't think I've seen anything that won a Globe yesterday except Modern Family)
Its so much fun to see what the stars wore, how amazing they looked,what you would do differently you know... all that kind of stuff.
Frankly, I'm a bit disappointed by this year's turnout. Like seriously. Things could have been better. I don't know what it is.Maybe now there are so many movie premieres, and publicity events that you get used to seeing stars in fabulous clothes all the time, so anything that falls in the 'seen' category ends up falling for me in the 'miss' category because I think its that night where you really up your game  and use all those precious contacts at the world's most renowned fashion houses, and show up wearing a knockout, leave-me-gasping for breath dress.Also this was the Golden Globes. If things are so ho-hum at this awards show, which is supposed to be literally like a party, then what can we expect for Oscar fashion, which is you know the biggest prude out of all the awards show.

Believe it or not my favorite out of everyone was Helen Mirren.Yes, for real.
I never thought the day would come. But it has. Its true. Never say never.
Its not like she's a bad dresser, of course not she's nice -very age appropriate, and actually pretty awesome for her age. But she hardly wears the kind of stuff you'd (I'd) be like, wow I have to wear this you know, or oohmygooood so cool. But today, as I was looking at all the pictures, I came across Helen Mirren and I was like, wow she looks amazing, and the dress is realllly nice.The belt, the silhouette it all adds up pretty wow.The fitted bodice gives a real nice shape, the ruffled skirt obviously adds the fashion element and the long sleeves add that zing , that may have not been there if it was a sleeveless gown. You know? Am so used to seeing strapless,and sleeveless that anything with sleeves immediately categorizes itself in the 'fashion' category.Her dress is a Badgley Mischka.

See the thing is, I expect the stars to look better than ever before type. Like its not possible for them to look any better. Helen Mirren was the only one who accomplished that pretty fully. The rest, left a lot to be desired in terms of looking the best they ever had.
In addition, some of the couture collection from Fall (fall!), and Spring 2012 runway had some really spectacular stuff, I was hoping to see that. I expected at least one McQueen sighting, and one Givenchy Fall 2011 couture sighting- your remember those na? they were spectacular! How does one not rush to wear them given the opportunity? Where else can you wear such concoctions?

Sophia Vergara was one of the tops for me at the Globes. The choice of dress was pretty damn good. See the gown itself is stunning, like J'adore it, J'can't live without it . But at the same time,the look seems a little dated- or I guess its just veryyyy classic. But still, I love the thick ruffles and texturing.Its a bit unsettling, cos while I think everything is quite perfect, I know it could be pushed further to look even better.Maybe a different hairstyle, different makeup look, a choker? It's a Vera Wang.
You know what...I think maybe more cleavage would've done the trick pretty well. Yep. Nailed it.

 

Even  though Angelina Jolie sticks to pretty classic looks,and rarely ever gives us an insanely fashion forward or even sex-bombish look (anymore), I still looked forward to her Globes gown.And you know what? I was pleasantly surprised. I really liked the entire thing. The red accents look magnificent I think. The lip, the panel, the bag they all look great. Of course I know she can take it up a notch, especially if she stops asexualizing her body, but this look did take my breath away momentarily. The gown is Atelier Versace.

 

I know! Your probably wondering wtf is Buffy the Vampire Slayer doing here? Is she even in showbiz anymore?Well I don't blame you. But I wanted to feature the dress, not the actress, the actress just kinda came along with it. Sarah Michelle Gellar wears Monique Lhuillier. I love the gown, See this is more of what I wanted to see, people experimenting with fashion a little bit. Like yes, I know there is soemthing off about the fit of the gown, but hell, I love the swirly-painting-inkiness on the dress. So mazey ka.

 Zooey Deschanel in Prada. Custom made. Pretty cool, although not sure about matrix inspired color combo, but oh well. I like that its a bit crazy, a bit experimental, a bit fun- that's why its in this list. Having said that I don't know if I would wear it myself to the globes. I'd wear it on other days/occasions- but globes? I dunno.

Lastly there is Lea Michele aka Rachel Berry from Glee. Now see, I think her dress is too nanga and way too 'all-eyes-on me-' but I guess that's what I like about it as well.Still.I just find the actress/ her character in Glee terribly annoying and attention seeking,and so I can see her drama queen personality traits being reflected in this Marchesa gown, because obviously we can see that the dress screams for attention.I loved the entire Marchesa SS 2012 collection, and am glad to see one spectacular gown sighting from the collection, although I wish it hadn't been Rachel Berry.
See this is the kind of  spectacularity I'm talking about. The gown has that star quality. I expected more star quality from Golden Globes fashion.
Just imagine if Angelina Jolie wore this gown , wouldn't we all go crazy? And she would look awesome as well- no two ways about that. And the kind of mystique and elegance Angie exudes on a daily basis, perhaps this dress wouldn't look so Times Square you know?But no, Angie has taken a life-long promise to asexulaise her body- she used to have such a knockout figure, all curves and stuff, abh she's hell bent on convincing us that its only frail bones underneath the clothes.I wish she wore something like this.I understand that she is a humanitarian now with a multicultural brood, so she doesn't want to come across as self-indulgent or vain, but come one...its just a gown.
Yes, I know what your saying...its too attention seeking, Which it is. But you get what I'm trying to say right?

Uff..look at her- she is such an attention seeker.

Dolce and Gabbana : The Italian Family Saga

I recently featured some of my favorite spring/summer 2012 ad campaigns from the ones that have been released so far.My favorite out of my favorites is the Dolce and Gabbana campaign ; both the womenswear and menswear campaigns are just plain wonderful.
Giampaolo Sgura was enlisted by Dolce and Gabbana to photograph Italian beauties-actress, Monica Bellucci and model, Bianca Balti in a touching, big family story for the womenswear campaign. Shot in in Southern Italy, the campaign was inspired by Italian beauty and its female cinema star icons like Sofia Loren, Monica Vitti and Anna Magnani.
The campaign is shot like a series of family photographs, complete with children and grandparents. Its the nicest thing. The concept is just very homey, comforting , generously doused with that Southern Italy charm, you know? you can almost smell the mozzarella and the olive oil, hear the old Italian ballads,and see the dancing .Very small-town, very romantic.
My favorite picture is the one outside the house at the gate. Such a proud family photograph. It's strangely reminiscent  of a time when people actually used to get all dressed up for a photograph, when photographers were specially commissioned, and the day was an occasion, rather than the present day-when every house has a budding photographer with an expensive SLR, and getting your picture take is so blah.
The styling is what brings out the characters of each member of the family, and you can really tell. Monica Bellucci (yes!), looks like the temptress that she is, but you can tell there is some story around her.Her  seductive expressions, the makeup, the black wardrobe (widow?), its all very intriguing. Then there is Bianca Balti, her wardrobe is the only source of color in each of the pictures. One must commend the photographer, Giampaolo Sgura for photographing the campaign and the models in a way that there is a lot of interest surrounding the story of this Italian family we have been introduced to, yet it doesn't overpower the clothes themselves. In fact, everything works beautifully.Often, when a star is  involved, the campaign is pretty much centered around them (LV's many campaigns), and the concept of the campaign becomes the star itself. In this campaign the actress, along with the models is just a character that propels the story forwards.Of course, Bellucci's magnetism adds to the campaign, the character and the story- no two ways about that,but she doesn't steal the thunder.The clothes, the concept, the locales, the models contribute equally to the campaign. The campaign doesn't rely solely on any one element. I like that. I like that if you took even one element away, the outcome would've been completely different.I like that everything seems indispensable.

Photographed by Mariano Vivanco, the Men’s campaign features real actors of Italian Cinema.: Giuseppe Fiorello, Francesco Scianna, Filippo Nigro, Thomas Trabacchi, Primo Reggiani and Chiara Francini.
Again, theme of the Italian family is repeated. Its really beautiful how the label has stuck to the same theme, but given both the line such different treatments. Two interpretations of the same theme, by two different photographers. Gorgeous.