The Notebook of Style

Trend Spotting: Tassels Abound

2014-08-01T22:56:00.001-07:00

Somethings been trending this summer, and it's tassels. Tassels are versatile in the sense that they apply to a multitude of styles: boho (combined with the classic Aztec print), elegant (think pale pinks and sky blues), and preppy (but loafers often have tassels, so tassels aren't a new style accessory for this look). Take a look at a few of the ways tassels are implemented and some places that have recently stocked up on this new trade:

Brands top to bottom, left to right: Suzywan (aqua blue earrings), Asos (deep blue earrings), Mango (black bib), Asos (multi-colored bib), Topshop (gray bib), Jeffrey Campbell (black heels), Deena & Ozzy (sandals), Topshop (white loafers), Nasty Gal (black necklace), Topshop (deep green necklace), Asos (bracelets), Salt (shorts), Rachel Ray (anklets).

New Style Blog! (LA Outfits + Lifestyle)

2014-07-19T14:06:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! So, as you can see, I've been neglecting this blog as of late, but I'm back! It's been a rough junior year but I've worked hard and now its summer! Me and my best friend are opening a blog about LA fashion and lifestyle. We'd love if you come check it out!

The link is holographiclives.blogspot.com

Click on the button on the left to go straight to the site!

Eye Candy: Edge

2014-03-10T09:55:00.000-07:00

Gintare

Source:Fashion Gone Rogue

Fashion Week: Chanel going for Streetwear and Clowns? Fall/Winter 2014 Collection

2014-03-06T07:12:00.000-08:00

Chanel's lineup was quite bold, and very unexpected, with a lot of teared clothes and sneakers. The grocery store backdrop was odd too. Chanel's always been so classy! While refreshing it also was also very unexpected.

And while some ensembles were very hip-hop street style in a chic way, some included a very bright, art-deco pattern that I can't say is my favorite.

I guess solid colored trench coats are bag in?

Fashion Week: Obssessed with Elie Saab's Fall/Winter 2014 Ombré Gowns

2014-03-04T16:04:00.002-08:00

Elie Saab had two big themes going for his runways: ombré and sexy black lace.

I really loved the ombré look. I haven't seen it for a while now and it's nice to see again on the runways, especially on velvet.

Trendspotting: Daisy Explosion

2014-03-02T15:48:00.002-08:00

The 70's have been fading in and out, constantly bring in a flux of old trends. Now it's the ultimate symbol of the 70s: The daisy. The phrase "flower child" came out of the 70s and it's back, now completely immersed into the mainstream.

And this print is literally on everything.

It's an outline.

Glamorous

Nasty Gal

Little White Lies

It's on bikinis.

Nasty Gal

Motel

It's on scarves.

Moschino

New Look

It's on shirts.

Asos

River Island

It's on everything, actually.

I've already stocked up on a daisy tank top and high waist shorts. I'm not much of a 'florals' kind of girl because in general florals are too girly for my taste, but the daisy print invokes such 70s flair that it leaves the style up to you: boho, retro, girly. You can even make it edgy by adding a black leather jacket. It's literally anything you want it to be.

Eye Candy: Grazia Germany goes to Rio

2014-02-27T07:28:00.000-08:00

Melanie Warner for Grazia Germany

Image Source: Fashion Gone Rogue

Fashion as Art: Christian Louboutin Campaign

2014-02-26T07:00:00.000-08:00

As you may have already guessed, I love when fashion editorials and clothes get turned into art. So...this campaign pretty much made me very happy! I love it, and I think its SO creative. Such a fresh perspective, a nice change of pace in fashion magazines riddled with adds of long legged blondes.

Image source: fashiongonerogue.com

Artist: Peter Paul Rubens

Eye Candy: Nasty Gal's Fashion Festival Lookbook

2014-02-24T00:33:00.000-08:00

Image Source: Fashion Gone Rogue

Model: Nadine Leopald

Fashion Week: Versace Goes Figure-Skater-esque

2014-02-22T04:30:00.000-08:00

It may have been after watching the figure skating Sochi finals last night(Adelina Sotnikova was absolutely amazing) and admiring all the beautiful figure skating dresses, but some of the Versace Fall/Winter 2014 collection looks a lot like what a figure skater would wear, and I've been seeing dresses similar elsewhere on the runways. Are short glittery mini dresses with sequins and frills back?

Trendspotting: Floral Nails

2014-02-21T05:00:00.000-08:00

Nasty Gal x ncLA

Bland nails are out, dainty floral nails are in! If you're into nail art this is a good time to flaunt it. With Spring around the corner comes a ton of new floral nail art, and this time around it looks classy, not Gaudy.

Nail Rock

House of Holland

Trendspotting: The Flowy Floral Dress

2014-02-19T12:00:00.000-08:00

Nasty Gal (nastygal.com)

As the rain starts pouring and clearing way for spring, spring clothes are making their way into boutiques, malls, and online shops. And with them comes a myriad of new trends. One of them is the short, shapeless floral dress.

True Decadence (asos.com)

Pins and Needles (urbanoutfitters.com)

Eye Candy: Living it Up

2014-02-17T06:00:00.000-08:00

Image Source: fashiongonerogue.com

Models: Martha Hunt, Camilla Christensen, Henriett Barabas

Glamour Germany March 2014

Pink Velvet and Studded Leather

2014-02-15T10:51:00.000-08:00

Valentine's calls for hearts and pink and ruffles and frills. Too much! Today, post-Valentine's day, I keep a hint of the Valentine's day frill with a pink velvet dress, but add some much needed edge to the outfit by layering on a studded black leather jacket and keeping the entire rest of the outfit black. Instead of my usual straightened hair, I instead went au natural and brushed through my curls to create the poufed look many of the fashion week runways are sporting.

Trendspotting: Eccentric Slip-ons

2014-02-15T00:00:00.000-08:00

Cut-outs: Jeffrey Campbell

Out go the supergas and converse, in go the van-shaped slip-ons. Their allure? They can be stylish. From shimmer to cut-outs to leather, these shoes have it going on. They'll make an outfit of skinny jeans and a white tee shirt look much more complete than the prior could ever do.

Croco: Sam Edelman

Leather: Messeca

Pastel: Won Hundred

Floral: Jeffrey Campbell

Fashion Week: Androginous Fashion is Making a Comeback

2014-02-14T11:05:00.001-08:00

Wayne

In virtually every collection during fashion week's Fall 2014 runways, along with an elegant gown came a shapeless sweater, trench, or polo.

While I'm not the biggest fan of solely shapeless, colorless outfits, I do think that combining a long masculine trench coat with a dress, an over-sized shapeless sweater with skinny jeans and heels, and sporting a bold brow and going bare on the lipstick can give one's outfits some edge.

Images from style.com. And Re Walker, The Elder Statesman, Polo Ralph Lauren, T by Alexander Wang, Steven Alan, Joie, respectively.

Eye Candy: Alice + Olivia Fall/Winter Collection

2014-02-13T18:31:00.000-08:00

So I've been posting a flux of fashion editorials and photography lately. And while I do love a good editorial, I don't want to limit my blog to just that. So, soon I'll start posting some of my more carefully put together outfits. But, in the meantime, here are a few more pretty editorials to make your day a little less bland.

I love the background. Nature's the purest form of beauty, and it's been a little neglected from the fashion industry lately.

One aspect of the editorial I'm unhappy about: The sardonic use of fur coats in the midst of a forest setting(images which I decided not to include). Even if they're faux, it's not quite the image I think coincides with a forest, albeit the background has an eery, brooding tinge to it with the fog, the dark foliage, and the prickly rose bushes.

Eye Candy: Statueqsue

2014-02-12T10:50:00.003-08:00

Fashion is partly art, the human as the canvas. But in this situation, the women isn't just the canvas for fashion, but the canvas for beautiful fashion photography, presented like a statue.

Interview Russia

Model Anna Chipskaya

Photographer Nikolav Biryukov

Source Fashion Gone Rogue

Eye Candy: Stylish Cameleon at the Market

2014-02-06T07:10:00.000-08:00

I absolutely love this editorial from Glamour France featuring Naomi Yang. I think it's quite clever how she is adorned in clothes that match her background or at least blend in to it with similar geometric patterns and the same color palette.

Eye Candy: Geometric Art

2014-02-02T07:07:00.000-08:00

Pallavi Singh in Harper's Bazaar India

Trendspotting: The Kimono

2014-02-01T00:01:00.001-08:00

It's February! And with February comes rain. And with the clouds and thunder, and the constant darkness, comes a desire for the sun, the heat, flowers, rainbows, and fairies. Well, not really. But sorta.

Say hello to the Kimono. A perfect accessory, the stylish shawl for mildly chilly nights when a nice zephyr blows your way. Stylish and bringing with them a touch of Asian fusion, Kimonos are the perfect touch to any free-spirit flowy spring outfit.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Kimono from Nasty Gal

I am obsessed in particular with the white Kimono. Its sheer, dainty beauty contains an undertone of innocence in it.

Kimono from Topshop

A dark Kimono is a bit more formal. It's ideal for a night out on town, the perfect cover up to an LBD.

Asos

And of course, with all the outdoor music festivals that the blissful spring weather brings about, is the floral Kimono. It's the perfect blend of 'boho' and 'flower child' to those that want to impersonate the stereotypical hipster at music festivals like Lollapalooza, Coachella, and Electric Daisy.

I can't quite peg myself as a free spirit but I wouldn't mind wearing the carefree airy Kimono as it takes center stage as a major trend in Spring 2014.

Eye Candy: Cutouts Galore

2014-01-26T09:41:00.000-08:00

Dazed and Confused Korea

Sky Ferreira

Trendspotting: The Halter Crop Top

2014-01-24T18:28:00.002-08:00

Kimichi

While doing some online shopping I noticed a pattern: cropped halter tops! They're going to be huge this summer. Goodbye goes the loose fitted crop top that's been fading the last couple of years, hello to sexy mystery. At a high neckline it stays modest, while showing the shoulders and the back, not to mention the stomach.

Topshop

Nasty Gal

What's your take on this new trend?

Eye Candy: Over the Top

2013-12-05T05:00:00.000-08:00

As Elle Mexico accurately puts it, this photoshoot featuring Viktoriya Sasonkina was "Over the Top," but in the best way possible. It's fashion art. And, after all, isn't fashion simply art, with the body as the canvas?

Trendspotting: Golden Pumps

2013-12-03T18:00:00.000-08:00

Upon walking onto the red carpet, the first thing one sees are your shoes. Gracefully, one leg slides out of the limousine. Next the other. And then your beautifully adorned body follows.

Although the new black-tie event 'it' shoe isn't Cinderella's glass slipper, it's close: Metallic gold pumps. They go with virtually any dress, and are an emblem of classiness.

Upon looking at the Spring 2014 collections, I noticed that metallic shoes were a huge pattern. Particularly, golden pumps kept showing up. Here are a few of the ones I found:

Balmain

Casadei

Chelsea Paris

Daniele Michetti

Lanvin

Images from style.com