A Day In The Green House

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This is wonderful. I love the earthy, raw, minimalistic looks and setting. Really lovely. It really demonstrates the power of one or two stand out accessories (and the power of strong pieces with no accessories; It creates a very clean look). I hope you're doing well. Happy Monday! Are you excited for fashion week? I can hardly wait!

Hue, I Love You.

Via. Ginta Lapina in Vogue China August 2012

Beautiful lighting + beautiful clothes =  beautiful editorial. If I had the physical copy of this magazine, those images would have been tacked to my walls in a second! 

PS- How beautiful is the cobalt blue Stella McCartney suit???

Five Things I Loved At Sass & Bide Spring 2012

Sass & Bide has been a favorite brand of mine for ages! They always surprise me each season with their fresh take on prints, cuts and colors. Their Spring 2012 collection featured everything from chic black and white polka dots to proper collared shirts (in a shocking shade of yellow, of course) to clean minimalism frocks and neon necklaces. In light of all this, you can imagine how excited I was to snag some shots of the collection! Here are just a few of my favorite things that I saw at Sass and Bide...

1. Zig Zag - I love the sheer fabric mixed with the bold yellow. So fun. 

2. Cobalt- Oh my goodness, you have no idea how badly I want this skirt! The asymmetrical hemline is flawless and the color is perfect!

3. Metallics- I never met a metallic, well, anything that I didn't like. 

4. Sparkles! 

5. How adorable are Sass & Bide's leading ladies Heidi Middleton and Sarah-Jane Clarke with their girls on the runway? Awwwww. 

Here are some of my other favorite looks...

(Oh, how I love a good maxi skirt.)

Detail shots by me, runway photos from elle.com

 Big thanks to Sass & Bide for letting me get some snaps of the collection! Check then out on the web at www.SassandBide.com and check out the spring 2012 lookbook here (It's pretty amazing.)
PS. Don't forget to enter our Qi Cashmere Giveaway!

Fashion Week Update or "Justine Rants About Color"

Oh, color. Come baaaaack....

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Hello Lovelies! Well, day two of fashion week is done and over with, and it's been one heck of a day! I had one showroom visit this afternoon and then a runway show later in the evening. I'm currently laptop-less and the computer I'm using isn't letting me upload any new pictures (which is unfortunate because there are so many collections, personal pics and backstage shots I'm just dying to post). So luckily I had this stunning shot to show you. 
Have you been keeping up with these new Spring 2012 collections? I'm liking the pink, yellow and blue tones I'm seeing. I'm excited to find some yellow accessories and some great blue blouses. I'm not a big fan of all the white, though. I saw that The Row did an all-white collection, and although I liked the design, I couldn't help but be reminded of Alexander Wang's all-white collection for last spiring. I just feel like fashion just had an all-white moment, and now going back to it seems a bit old. If this all-white concept is used in more collections to come, I really hope designers step it up a notch and use white in ways we haven't seen before. I guess I'm just a bit... disappointed? The fall 2011 collections and the spring 2011 collections were just BURSTING with new hues and bold ideas, and it's hard to change from that 'colorful' mindset into thinking about beige. and white. yuck. But then again, fashion is all about change, and I'm sure whatever trends I'm faced with I will be able to pull off. (or fail at miserably. Like I said, I need to get used to this new mindset!)
     Now,  I'm not saying there's no color on the runways this season. Peter Som and Yigal Azrouel featured some stunning, rich tones in their latest collection, which was nice after seeing show after show of beige looks with small pops of blue, pink, and yellow. One thing I really liked was a heavy use of black at Yigal Azrouel, Mandy Coon and Cushnie et Ochs. I'm a true-blue New Yorker, and black is my uniform. So I dread spring seasons sometimes because it means I will have to come out of my black and grey shell and wear some kind of floral prints or something so that I doesn't look like I hate color. And I don't hate color at all. I just like black so much better. haha. I'm still anticipating what the rest of the collections will bring, because honestly it is only day two, and fashion week has so much more in store.  Well, I'm beginning to ramble a bit, and you know it's late and you're tired when blogger tells you that you're spelling every other word incorrectly. I need sleep, and I'm looking forward to reading my new issues of T and Interview magazines. With that, I leave you, until the next time I have wifi, Lovelies. Happy Fashion week!

Red and Pink

The's so stunning. I'm totally stealing this look. Just the right amounts of red, black and pink. J'adore!

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Stephanie La Cava by Candace Lake

She always has the cutest clothes! And those shoes are just perfect...

PANTS!

Remember to remind me that I'm in desperate need of some new beautifully-hued wide leg pants. I was so inspired by this that I wore flare jeans today!

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Stephane Rolland Couture, Backstage

This shot is so breathtaking. The detail on the dress is fascinating to look at.

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Country Living

The contrast of the blue sky and the bright colors are really stunning. It makes me wish it was warmer and I could go apple picking.

Matchy Part 2

Again, I love the color combinations and that bag is FANTASTIC. And, She's wearing a pink blazer.

Oh, how I wish I had a good eye for color.

B A L L E T

I remember being little and attending Ballet School. 

I wish they could have made our costumes look like this. I'm not a big fan of Tutu's.