tforia

M and I stopped by a Days Inn in Ohio. It had all the amenities we needed–including Missoni wall paper and Chanel quilted showers:

Tforia

So excited to see my college roommate open up her first store! Phavini Kalra designs for her own line–Pavni.

Here are some of my favorite pieces:

Hot orange shorts~

Pavni - Phavini Kalra

Love this dress. Looks a bit vintagey baby doll…

Pavni - Phavini Kalra

Matthew Williamson-esque print and colors!

Pavni - Phavini Kalra

Who wouldn’t want this pillow?

Pavni - Phavini Kalra

Pavni mixes traditional Indian influences with the latest silhouettes and trends. New store opening at Siam Square Soi 2 Thailand.
Phavini.com

Posted on A Shaded View on Fashion by Maria Videl are photos from Punto. Part of the International Designers Mexico, some unforgettable looks:

Delicious plastic breads in a fake bakery:

Beautiful. Self serve botox.

Flight attendent.

A Shaded View on Fashion

I’ve always considered BCBG a wannabe design house. There’s always something not quite right–the angles of each cut, the fabric colors, textures…there’s something missing that doesn’t make them an actual design house. The clothing is at most 60-70% as impressive as real design houses. It just feels cheaper for some reason.

There was quite a bit of repetition. I liked the layered sheer fabrics for the latest collection. I would say the collection looks 65% fresh–something is missing to make the collection look impressive.

Here are my 2 favorite looks:

style.com

style.com

Everything else in the collection is a variation of these two dresses.

Neat video featuring Daria Werbowy. She wears a revealing swim suit that exposes much of her crotch area. I like the subliminal YSL logo that flashes for a half a second between shots.

Directed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Electronic music is pretty nondescript like all electronic music that plays in fashion videos. The beginning sounds like breathing made with some sort of digital noise.

2,000 YSL lookbooks in neat little YSL labeled bags will be given out in NYC. Wish I could get one.

I love visiting (Sfera) in Barcelona. It’s such an amazing store–imagine Zara but higher quality and more affordable prices. Too bad there are no stores in the US.

I remember purchasing a small suede handbag for 10 Euros and wanting to purchase everything in the store–except I had no money at the time.

Here are my favorites from their summer collection:

Beautiful white embroidered dress.

Light summer skirt.

Chanel-esque jacket.

Burberry Prorsum from last season? Same draped skirt + trench look.

I wish they’d come to the states.

Taylor Tomasi + Dries Van Noten grid shirt + Chanel quilted bag

jakandjil.com

It’s the end of summer and the beginning of NYFW!

Lyn Devon opens up the week with her classy designs:

Don’t know what the front looks like, but the back is pretty.

style.com

I like the large grid print. Looks like a dress a tennis pro would wear.

style.com

Black beaded shirt.

style.com

Monarch butterfly print.

style.com

Spotted yesterday, a beautiful black lace skirt:

Tforia.com

Heavy layered lace with thick piping around each flower. Not the typical lace you find on lingerie. The fabric appears to have patches of carpeting when viewed from afar.

Tforia.com

Reminiscent of a past Prada collection? Upon seeing the lace, memories of Linda Evangelista’s ad campaign flooded my mind.

Tforia.com

The Prada version is quite see-through, I’ll settle for this inexpensive alternative especially if the gold version retailed at $3,290.

Tony Cenicola

Featured on Nytimes: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/go-for-broke-prada-gold-lace-skirt/

jakandjil.com

Not sure who this is – featured on Tommy Ton’s JAKANDJIL – photographed after Celine fall/winter 2010.

Long sleeves under a regular length sleeve. Provides warmth and the look of layering.