January 26, 2012

Classy Girls Wear Pearls

Contributed by Rachel

Yes, classy girls do wear pearls (and famous women wear pearls and powerful women wear pearls). Sarah Vickers of the new personal style blog classygirlswearpearls.com knows it, and she wears a lot of them as she documents “a New England girls’ pursuit of quality fashions, friendships and coastal living”. If you’re ready for more than a whiff of preppy, New England clambakes and fresh-faced co-eds on the quad, check out this new-comer’s outfit chronicles. Sarah Vickers models the products of Kiel James Patrick on its site, and the quirky products have shown up on her blog as well. But mostly Sarah wears pearls, which makes her a classy girl in our book. 

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January 18, 2012

Pearls: Then and Now

Contributed by Rachel

Pearls are the everywoman gem: as perfect paired with flats and a polo shirt as they are with a suit-jacket and pencil skirt. Pearls have a special place in the annals of fashion, but has their look and use changed over the years? Once, pearls lent a dewy youthfulness to an outfit, or served as the demure finishing touch to a housewife’s cinched waist and full skirt. Now, pearls are bold and showy in all their tangled, fashion-forward glory. Rihanna wears them looped and layered over leather, pearls speckled faces and studded hair at the Chanel Spring 2012 show, and Blair Eadie of Atlantic Pacific wears a bulging pearl multi-strand with a dramatic Zara dress (above). The possibilities of pearls have evolved … have you given their new looks a try?  

Image: Vogue, 1956     

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January 16, 2012

Kristen Stewart is Face of New Balenciaga Perfume

Contributed by Rachel

The Twilight star Kristen Stewart has just been signed as the face of Spanish fashion house Balanciaga’s newest perfume. While Stewart has previously drawn censure from the fashion community due to her gothic style, unkempt red carpet appearances and comparative disinterest in designer labels, Balenciaga creative director Nicolas Ghequiere said the actress “embodies the modernity of the new Balenciaga fragrance with her unique sensibility and intelligence.”

Although at first glance the decision to sign Stewart seems like a blatant attempt to attract a younger market, her style preferences have evolved in an edgy direction that is actually a good fit for the brand. Stewart has previously shown interest in Balenciaga to a greater extent than many other labels (she wore a Balenciaga mini-dress to her very first Twilight premier).
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