DKNY Spring/Summer 2011 Campaign

The spring/summer 2011 DKNY campaign captures perfectly the spirit of the collection, a great combination of classic and modern, formal and casual, office and feminine, vintage and fresh. A wearable, classy collection that exudes femininity in the simplest way ever perfect for strong, independent women who are not afraid to dare and face the jungle life in the City.

The spring/summer 2011 DKNY collection represents an amazing mixture of feminine, classic items that are updated through one-of-a-kind details such as ruffles or bows. The clothing line includes three-quarter length sleeved blazers, chic trench coats, elegant dresses and ruffled skirts, silk blouses, cute bow belts used for pants and skirts, and appropriate, oh-so-glamorous accessories, such as patterned, refined scarves and leather clutches and shoulder bags.

However, the key element seems to be the silky colorful scarf worn tightly around the neck or more relaxed, yet sophisticated in a triangle in the front. As for the colors used, neutrals and bright, explosive shades combine flawlessly in a collection that screams style, chic and casual, a reflection of the New York spirit. Soft, calming hues of cream, khaki and navy blue mix with daring coral and turquoise in flirty combinations and interesting, unstructured shapes.

Moreover, for spring/summer 2011, you can enjoy the DKNY Jeans campaign with the same NYC vibe captured into great images.

In a special setting, with colors of the clothes perfectly blending with those of the city, models take strolls through the busy city wearing casual, comfortable, yet extremely fashionable denim items. The collection features skinny and white washed jeans, different styles of denim jackets, and denim shorts and shirts.

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In Her Skin| Crystal Renn by Cameron Krone for StyleCaster Spring 2011!

Issue: Spring 2011
Editorial: In Her Skin
Model: Crystal Renn
Photographer: Cameron Krone
Stylist: James Worthington DeMolet

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Alexander McQueen Clutch Handbags Collection Spring / Summer 2011

For those who want to put on their best looks for an evening or night party must consider buying a classy clutch from Alexander McQueen Spring 2011 handbags collection.

Alexander McQueen’s new Spring / Summer 2011 Collection is filled with beautiful patterns in classy colors of gold, white and black.

Carrying a designer item is a must if you want to create long lasting impression. An unforgettable party look can be achieved only with a glamorous handbag.

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Blanco Summer Man 2011 Campaign | Color Splash by David Dunan

Blanco prepares for the summer with a new campaign featuring Jean Carlos. With less clothes on the mind, relaxation and bright colors are in focus. Jean is photographed by David Dunan for one hot summer ahead.

Jeweled Sunglasses: The Only Way to Sparkle and Shine This Summer

Come summer, I’m taking off my grandmother’s four gold bangles, which I rarely remove from my wrist. I won’t be bothered with jewelry, not even heirlooms. I want only one accessory, a pair of jeweled sunglasses. It all started when Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz designed the most perfect Peggy Guggenheim–meets–wild child sunglasses, all oversize black plastic frames bejeweled with bold colored rhinestones in complementary shades of azure and magenta. A black bathing suit might seem the perfect complement, but city living requires clothes, so it’s best to keep it simple. My instincts tell me there is a certain allure in pairing embellished frames with a thin T-shirt and cutoff jean shorts or Philip Lim cropped khakis.

And I’m also convinced that these gem-lavished shades need to be the focal point of an outfit, not the afterthought. I have Pucci’s Peter Dundas’s words ringing in my ears: “A groovy pair of sunglasses is really all you need in the summer.” That’s certainly what Solange Azagury Partridge, the London jeweler believes. “Sunglasses and shoes,” she says, “are the key items of my wardrobe, possibly more so than the clothes.” (Azagury Partridge can be credited with some of the earliest spangled sunglasses, when her Swarovski-studded designs debuted for Boucheron back in 2002). Bulgari presented signature crystal-adorned collections beginning in 2005, and the pieces have been spotted all over since—even on the likes of Kate Moss, who we all know has the perfect knack for balancing out a look.

New York–based Selima Optique carries a more affordable aviator style with bubblegum-machine-tone stones set at its bridge. Owner Selima Salaun, having been in the business for fifteen years, offers a thoughtful take on the trend: “People are suddenly walking in and requesting them. It’s a contradictory tendency in this moment of recession. They want what’s exuberant, and colorful; it makes them happy.” Still, how exactly do you wear them? “You can be conservative in your clothing and then let the jeweled glasses make a statement. It started with necklaces like those from Tom Binns. This is the natural next step: luxurious, but still kind of low-key.”

For the more adventurous, we love the oversize Pucci studded with triangular rhinestones and Dolce & Gabbana’s frames embellished with jewel tones and clear cabochons, even pearls. The latter offer embellishment for more subdued takes, as seen in Chanel’s shades adorned with a sort of pearl abacus on each arm. I’ll wear any of the above with a T-shirt, Alexander Wang sweatpant-style trousers, and a tough Ann Demeulemeester shoe. The look is so St.-Tropez getaway—but minus the desperate starlet. For this summer, at least—good-bye, bangles.

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Duro Olowu Appraises the Brooklyn Museum’s Yinka Shonibare Exhibition

The Brooklyn Museum’s first major exhibition of British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE is a wonderful and visually stupendous portrayal of lost souls relishing past and present decadence but unsure of the future. This may sound like a description of the current state of things in the world. A global economy in crisis, unstable regimes in chaos, and, of course, the fashion industry still reeling from the after-effects of a major downturn after years of prosperity and excess: a true example of life imitating art.

The uneasy narrative that pervades most of Shonibare’s pieces is sometimes unnerving yet so beautifully draped and costumed in richly patterned Dutch wax-printed fabrics, which have been part of the artist’s repertoire since 1996. Exoticism has no place in his symbolic and provocative use of these fabrics purchased in London’s Brixton and Brick Lane markets. The intense visual cacophony of the prints evokes issues of identity, wealth, and privilege as well as oppression and inequalities between dominant and colonized cultures of Europe, Africa, and Asia—with a large dose of sexual tension and ambiguity thrown in.

For me, as a fashion designer for whom the juxtaposition of textiles and prints has always been an essential aspect of my work, I appreciate how Shonibare magically mixes and contorts these wax prints the way other painters have used oils for centuries. It is no surprise then to see the influence he has acknowledged of painters like Thomas Gainsborough and Jean-Honoré Fragonard run riot in this exhibition of headless and costumed mannequins of dandies, ladies of leisure, and lushly upholstered interiors, notably in pieces like The Swing (after Fragonard) (2001), How to Blow Up Two Heads at Once (Ladies) (2006), and The Victorian Philanthropists Parlor (1966-1997). One of his recent films on show is Un ballo in Mascher (A Masked Ball), made in 2004 and taking its title from a Verdi opera. It is inspired by the assassination of King Gustav 111 at a masked ball and features costumes and choreography that rival the grandest couture shows.

A feast for the eyes and very modern journey exploring the relationship of contemporary African identity and costume to colonialism, Shonibare’s exhibit is on view until September 20, 2009.

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Resort Report 2010: The Row

Surely it is a sign of how far Ashley and Mary Kate Olson’s label has come that we can refer to something as “very The Row”. Leather leggings? Very The Row. A shrunken yet masculine blazer with pushed up sleeves—the boyfriend jacket, if your boyfriend happened to be 5’ 3. Yes, that too is very The Row. And a soft, oversized tank that can be worn with everything from slouchy pajama pants to floor sweeping skirts? Very, very The Row. So, with a If It Ain’t Broke Don’t Fix It mindset, the resort offering by the Olsons continues what they’ve always done: classic pieces (men’s shirts, pencil skirts, tuxedos) crucially reworked with their knowing sense of exactly what proportional adjustments need to be made to make them look cool and new. Also, rather cleverly, they’ve included in this collection everything from a cashmere cocoon coat for bundling up in the dead of winter to a chic lightweight wrap dress (that’s the one you see here) in a technologically advanced Japanese polyester that will work in high summer. The idea that resort need only be about hot clime clothes—regardless of where they’re worn, be it beach or city—feels a little outdated these days. Now, with women increasingly wanting to buy clothes that match the weather, you’ll be able to find a new coat when the weather turns bad, and not have to trawl the sales to find one—or buy one in July and have to watch it sit in your closet for four or five months before you can wear it.

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Travel Diary: Londolozi Yoga Safari in South Africa

In my wildest dreams (and despite a genuine yearning) I never thought I would get to see South Africa, and I never thought I would get to see South Africa for the following reasons:

1. I am pretty unpredictable on airplanes, and the thought of a sixteen-hour journey across the ocean didn’t exactly seem like the best way to bookend any fantastic getaway.

2. I work a full-time job, and escaping my office for a two-week vacation usually proves to be impossible. OK, not usually. Always.

3. I can be a finicky traveler. I like to lie by the pool with a good book and a cocktail as much as the next weary worker, but I also have an active streak and shudder at the thought of spending even one hour in a hotel gym.

4. I assumed it would be wildly (and prohibitively) expensive.

So, I thought, I may never make it to South Africa. That was fine. I was perfectly content lolling along the beach in Amagansett, visiting family up in Boston, and taking an annual jaunt to somewhere cool (and closer) like Europe or Costa Rica. I was fine with it. Really. That is, until a friend introduced me to Deb Calmeyer, and I started thinking that maybe it was finally time to make one of my big-time travel fantasies come true.

Deb and her father, Geoff, both natives of South Africa, launched their travel company, Roar Africa, in 2005 with a very simple mission: a perfectly personalized South African vacation. How personalized? If you love bird-watching, they will hire a guide to point out the indigenous species. Certified oenophile? A wine expert will take you to all the local wineries—even the ones way off the beaten path. Is a vacation not a vacation unless you end up lugging shopping bags through customs? The Calmeyer’s will pair you up with a personal shopper who will stroll Cape Town and haggle on your behalf. So it stood to reason they could figure out what to do with an exercise enthusiast who longed to see the African bush and was short on time and money—and they did: the Londolozi Yoga Safari.

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Need It Now: American Beauty

It’s always tricky to wear anything in homage to a calendar celebration, but this Fourth of July there’s a tasteful way to get festive. We love Solange Azagury-Partridge’s trapezoid-shaped America- flag ring with its enamel stripes and tiny diamonds as stars. A few years back, the British Partridge did a similar piece in the form of the Union Jack —and now feels it’s time for the American version. “I suppose I got swept up in Obamania,” the jewelry designer says. She cites her love of Patrick Juvet’s 1970s disco song “I Love America” as evidence of her inspiration. “When Obama won, I sent the music video to the White House over E-mail. It’s such a great song to dance to, with such a funny video, you’ve got to have a look at it.”

Solange Azagury-Partridge, “Stars and Stripes” ring, 18K yellow gold, diamonds, and enamel, price upon request.
Solange Azagury-Partridge, NYC, (212) 879-9100.

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The Sunscreen Commandments: A Word From the Pale Girl

In the hopes that the sun is here to stay—it can’t possibly rain on July 4th weekend; that just seems un-American—here is the sunscreen speech I give annually to friends, Vogue readers, and anyone else who wants to listen. Wherever you are—beach, sailboat, tennis court, rooftop, a shiny red convertible—sunscreen should be your very best accessory. It’s not sexy, but neither are the sunspots/wrinkles/sagging skin/possible skin cancer that comes with not using it. Sunscreen is the one subject I willingly preach, as I have a complexion of the Twilight ilk and have perfected my application method over the years in an I’m-so-pale-I’ve-had-no-other-choice kind of way. So, for a lifetime of fabulous skin and immediate sunscreen success:

-Make sure you like the product you’re using—the smell; the feel; if it makes all the difference to you, the package—so you will actually use it. The ones I find myself stocking year after year: Lancôme for face (doesn’t break me out and feels like expensive moisturizer, which it is), Neutrogena for body (the Dry Touch feels powdery rather than sticky; the new Sport blocks are formulated with an invisible “web” that promises to stay on longer than others). Under makeup during, say, the workweek, the high SPF “veils” from Chanel, Dior, Clarins, and La Mer feel as light as a serum—don’t forget your neck!

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