This is my last week of spring classes at FIT, blow the trumpets! I’m not excited just because the semester is coming to an end, but it’s also the amount of time I’ll have to share my stories, projects, tons of fashion advice! But, right now things are looking brighter, shorter and chicer as we enjoy our spring days.

Like fall, spring is a transition season or a should I say a transformation season. It’s that time we can transform our winter bodies into the summer stunners  after a couple of Tracy Anderson sessions.  Until we feel more comfortable showing certain parts of our bodies some of us may want to keep certain areas covered and still look sexy.

We can try the S.S.C.  Short.Shift.Color.

Short: Only half is all you need to achieve the “Sexy Legs” title,   and it just so happens that region below the knees and above the ankles are the last places you gain weight. Therefore wear short skirts and dresses that fall just above or below the knees, until you feel more comfortable to go even shorter in length!

A Shift dress or blouse usually hangs loose from the shoulders, doesn’t hug the body too tight, and has little or no definition in the waist, making it easier to hide the belly we’re working on toning or not.

Color you cannot do wrong with. Spring is when we explore an array of colors in solids or within prints, making them positive distractions when you want to take the attention away from problem areas of your body.

Dress: Blaque Label // Shoes: Zara 

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Photos: , Jak&Jil, Manipink, GTheGent, StreetFSN

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Not too sweet, nor too glamorous.  Rough around the edges with boots and a Mohawk to a gala, now that is my kind of party!

Tonight the Metropolitan Museum of Art will host it’s annual Costume Institute Benefit, better know as the Met Gala, with this year’s theme being Punk: Chaos to Couture. The exhibit, which opens May 9th to the public, “will examine punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the 1970s through its continuing influence today.”

Now I know the routine, they have the Met Gala, we wait to see who will be wearing what while they walk up the red carpet-covered stairs to the museum and then we decide the good, the bad and the daring attendees after.  This year, you will be able to own some of those pieces days after the Gala thanks to one of the sponsors, Moda Operandi.

Balmain, Nina Ricci, Wes Gordon and several other designers have worked with Moda Operandi on a special event set to launch on May 7th, which will allow us to purchase garments we saw modeled on the museum stairs May 6th.  Black tie weddings here we come!

That’s not all, Moda Operandi also has an exclusive curated collection of clothes, shoes, accessories, art, and Givenchy, all inspired by this year’s theme. All in the name of Punk Love!

LIVE STREAM OF THE MET GALA HERE!

Beauty Positive

Real beauty comes from within. It’s an old saying, and generally I find it to be true. Beautiful people have positive souls. But … it never hurts to have good makeup and style to make your inner beauty shine. This week we have a great mix of beautifying tips on several levels to bring out the very best in you. From positive fashion quotes, owning your age & style, to nixing online bullying in the fashion community… body positive thinking and actual beauty tips galore. As a beauty junkie, I was delighted to read all the beauty tips! Of course, we have loads of style tips to get you started for the coming summer season!

Links à la Mode: The IFB Weekly Roundup: May 2nd

• Attire Club: Choose Your Glasses According To Your Face Shape
• Beach Living City Loving: Favorite Beauty Products: Part 1- Drugstore
• Cosmolawitain: H&M’s Expansion Into India
• Coverrated: Shoes are the new corsets
• Fashion Files: Interview Style
• Fashion Is Evolution: The Phenomenon of Bullying in the Blogging Community
• [Flash] Frame: Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-on Eyeliner Review
• I Am Turquoise: 5 Ways to Wear: Denim Vest
• J’Adore Couture: the one thing: dressing your age
• La Vie en Couleur: How to Dress Like a Parisian
• Nothing to Wear: Say Something: positive and uplifting fashion quotes
• Rose & Pine: Stunning Spring Sunnies for Under $40!
• Romeo Style: Think Outside The Box For Prom. Part 1
• Serving Up Fairy Dust.. The Best Makeup Primer for Sensitive Acne Prone Skin
• Style Vanity: What to Wear to Weddings?
• The Fashionable Wife: Maxi Styling
• The Fitted Frame: The Skinny on Body Image
• The Photogramps: Making a Simple Dress Unique
• Undercover Dress-Up: Porcelain Print
• Wild Beauty World: Peggy Olson at Work? Cosmetic Ads from 1968

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Jeans we wear religiously, but there are times when we should put some things to rest and summer time will be the perfect season to let our skirted garments shine.  It the woven fabric that keeps our legs warm in the winter and hot as hell in the summer.

So let’s start swapping out the jeans for denim skirts.  They’re just as versatile, and much more feminine. With the range of styles to chose from you can wear denim skirts to the office, brunch or on date night!

1: Viyella Denim Pencil Skirt 2: Miu Miu Skirt 3: Current Elliott Whiskey Stiletto Pencil Skirt 4: Vintage Denim Skirt

1: Old Navy Denim Pencil Skirt 2: Miss Selfridge Acid Wash Skater Skirt 3: Miss Selfridge Mid Wash A-Line Skirt 4: Topshop Dark Denim Skater Skirt 5: Gerard Darel White Denim Pencil Skirt 6: Marc by Marc Jacobs Denim skirt

1: Mary Katrantzou x Current/Elliott Past Printed Denim Skirt 2: Christian Wijnants Tied Denim Skirt 3: Cheap Monday Denim Mini Skirt  4: ‘Ophelia’ Indigo Denim Skewed Wrap Skirt 5: ASOS Denim Skirt in Ripped Vintage Wash 6: True Religion Midnight Blue Pencil Skirt

This accessory is one for those who would rather adorned their heads while everyone is puts their jewels on the neck.  I’ve been suggesting jeweled headbands as an alternative to necklaces for those who may be attending black-tie weddings or prom.

I’ve share some stylish looks for prom (here and here) that can either have some young ladies raising their eyebrows in a questionable way or raising it plotting how they’ll one up on their fashion rivals at the prom with the sequenced romper and sheer skirt!

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