Sep

21

Fancy Eyewear for a Night Out

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Finding high-quality eyeglasses to wear with your fanciest clothing is not always easy. However, if you know where to shop and how to put key items together to form an immaculate and sexy look, you’ll improve your chances of eyewear success. For example, Police eyewear for men class up any tuxedo and give it a James Bond-like look that the ladies surely won’t soon forget.

For women the options expand quite a bit. Contact lenses when dressing up can be great, but they don’t really add anything in the way of charm or another item to show off your fashion poise. Prada eyewear, on the other hand, gives your wardrobe a bit of edge as well as a special designer look that other fashion fans will instantly recognize and credit. Contact lenses can be a great asset for fancy nights out, but they suggest no risk or fashion prowess.

For both genders, fashionable eyewear give a wardrobe the extra push from well put together to smartly and fashionably chic. For men, a great way to up the sexy factor is to carry eyeglasses that help you look dignified and a tad older. Think George Clooney in sexy and simple frameless eyeglasses adding a bit of the ol’ sex appeal as well as adding a bit of respectful admiration and jealousy from your male friends. For added fashion points, men should carry a pair of sunglasses while outdoors. Again, George Clooney is a great example of how this can be done well. Think Oceans 11 and the constant shift between eyeglasses and sunglasses.

Sep

13

Angelina Jolie, Accidental Fashion Goddess

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She wasn’t always mainstream, or even an A-lister. Before she was the famous actress we know and love today, Angelina Jolie was a model. Her early shots reveal a bit about the person she would become, with stark features and eyes daring you to cross her the wrong way. But, despite her start in fashion Angelina rarely adheres to the prescribed feminine fashion norms. When men were suddenly wearing Ray Ban Aviators, she took up the style despite her gender. When women started wearing Prada, she went the other way and began wearing sharp-lined Carrera sunglasses that enhanced her masculine qualities and drew a line between her and most other women in Hollywood.

Despite what seems to be an obvious attempt to walk the line in the opposite direction of her female peers, Angelina’s fashion choices have panned out. She is hailed as a somewhat accidental fashion goddess, with some innovative and creative wardrobe pairings. For example, while colors were in style last year, Angelina showed up to major events in black, her tattoos and limited jewelry leading the way.


Now, as a mother of several children, her casual clothing has taken on a more practical look. Her handbags are now part diaper bag, and her heels are now low enough to chase after run-away children at the park. She keeps a busy, hectic schedule juggling her work, her family and her hot-shot boyfriend. She manages to look good in simple, old-fashioned clothes like denim and white T-shirts, with an emphasis on traditional sunglasses to give her a retro and yet modern look. She has a thing for the tom-boy fashion era of the 1980’s without actually dabbling in acid-wash jeans, and she is really a fashion goddess to be idolized

Sep

6

Strange Shapes, Beautiful Faces

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Beautiful women can be more experimental with fashion. You’ve heard the saying, “she’d look good in a potato sack” which means a woman is so beautiful that she literally can’t look bad. This is simply not true, and Tori Spelling has helped to prove that point with her recent fashion blunder. Tori donned a pair of Tom Ford TF 0118, normally an interesting pair of sunglasses that require an interesting and strong wardrobe to accompany it. Instead she foolishly paired these edgy sunglasses with her normal attire and traditional hair do. Tsk Tsk, Tori.

Strange shapes on sunglasses need to be accompanies by bold fashion choices like wild bed-head hair or a strong and attention-grabbing hat. Tori, who normally looks elegant and well put together, should not have attempted to wear these Tom Ford sunglasses, her reputation and features simply don’t support the style and she manages to prove that a beautiful woman doesn’t look good in simply anything.

This mistake is quite common, and non-celebrities make it all the time. You’ll see a fashionable look in a magazine or on one of your favorite stars and think that you could also pull off the same look. Simply not true! Fashion is the art of making a person more interesting or beautiful through clothing, make-up and hair. When you create a look on one person that compliments their features and form it almost never translates to someone with opposing features. Therefore, if you want to copy celebrity fashion you need to find a celebrity that has similar skin and hair tones as well as a similarly shaped face. Tori Spelling has a long, thin face and large round sunglasses just act to enhance the length of her face, which isn’t particularly appealing.

Sep

1

More Reasons to Love MiuMiu

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Prada always rolls out the red carpet when they launch a new line. Every year, fashion fans around the world wait eagerly for any new information or new looks to leave the Prada house. Some people sit outside area 51 and wait for alien invasions, others wait outside Prada’s design house and wait for new products to emerge. When Prada launched the MiuMiu sub-brand there was a wave of frenzied activity that could easily parallel a UFO sighting near Rosewell, but what emerged was even more shocking than extraterrestrials. MiuMiu, a Prada line for youths that is more affordable, slightly more youthful and a bit more risky.

For anyone on a budget, MiuMiu eyewear are essentially the same as Prada eyewear but with a bit more flare and fun at a fraction of the price. Once the MiuMiu brand gets built up over time, the designs may grow to be as expensive or reputable as their parent line, Prada. But the financial aspects aside, MiuMiu has given us several reasons to enjoy their creativity while Prada continues to dominate the sleek, New York business look it has so long enjoyed.

MiuMiu infuses their designs with more color and drama than Prada, and at a lower cost, we’re not surprised the design house has decided to take a few risks with their designs and color palates in order to venture into new markets. Falling in love with MiuMiu may take a bit of time, but it is inevitable. Its like a bad, extremely cheesy romantic comedy that you just can’t turn away from.