Archive for the ‘Closets of the Stars’ Category

I was looking for some Moen kitchen faucets so I can show it to my mom but I somehow I ended up saving this gorgeous dress of Olivia Palermo and showing it to her.I am a big fan of lace dresses and somehow this one looks vintage, trendy, dainty and sexy all at the same time – or is it just because Olivia Palermo is wearing it?

This woman is such a beauty:

Back when I was single, married women would often tell me that once I get married, it is imperative that I still have my own space, literally and figuratively. Never sacrifice the space for your clothes, shoes, bags and vanities. You must always remain a single woman, in terms of closet space. I wish I had paid attention to that advice when I do get married. Five years into my marriage, there is still no space for “my stuff”. It has always been relegated to the bottom of the list because of “baby” stuff and “other” stuff. When I watched Sex and the City 2, I understood the impact of having a his and her space, in terms of bathroom and dressing rooms. Once we get our own home, I will make sure that I will include a dressing room in our house floor plan. And I wouldn’t mind if it is as small as the one Carrie Bradshaw had when she was still single.

I went through the home plans at HousePlansandMore.com and the first thing I filtered for was a dressing room and a big walk-in closet. There really are great homes plans on this website, and you can search by house style(classic, contemporary, ranch, etc) or a house feature that you like. In my case I searched for a house plan that had a dressing room!

Random thought of the day: Did you know the cream used for the treatment of hemorrhoids are used by supermodels and dubbed it as the H cream? They use it as an eye cream! I think it has scientific claims because it can reduce swelling.

Here are some stars and the clothes that they wear. I am loving Jessica Biel’s body AND fashion choices (Love that Grecian style gown). Cameron is still hit and miss all the time while Zoe Saldana’s tutu skirt and all black ensemble is very classy. Mercedes of Glee nails it with her wrap jacket. It falls and drapes and with her fit jeans and ballet flats, she looks like an IT girl from high school!

I have been on the lookout for stills from SATC2 not because I want to know how the story went (I prefer to watch the movie) but because I want to see their outfits! I know fashionistas, baghags and shoe lovers would be putting up an extensive analysis on every piece of the girls’ outfit they would need document management help.

I’d be posting their outfits as a group, grabbed from InStyle.com:

Miranda: Bottega Veneta dress, vintage belt, Christian Louboutin pumps, Kara Ross clutch and Alexis Bittar bracelets.
Carrie: Halston Heritage dress, Christian Louboutin heels, Solange Azagury-Partridge necklace.
Samantha: Vintage Item dress, Patricia Field mules, VBH clutch.
Charlotte: Christian Dior suit and bag, Christian Louboutin pumps.

Charlotte: Vintage Halston dress, Chanel collar, Rodrigo Otazu bracelet and Christian Louboutin shoes (on blanket).
Carrie: Vintage Halston dress, Stella McCartney tank, Reem Acra belt, Cocotay cuffs, Bea Valdes bag and Manolo Blahnik heels (both on blanket).
Samantha: Patricia Field for Keith Haring dress, Patricia Field mules, Wendy Brandes earrings.
Miranda: Mara Hoffman dress, Roberto Cavalli bracelet.

Miranda: Vintage jumpsuit, Samantha Wills earrings and Ralph Lauren shoes.
Carrie: Halston Heritage dress, Low Luv bracelet, vintage turban and Manolo Blahnik shoes.
Samantha: Ralph Lauren.
Charlotte: Vintage dress, Julien David scarf, Chanel belt, Miu Miu shoes, Patricia Underwood hat and Cartier bracelets.

Miranda: Vintage Halston dress, vintage belt.
Carrie: Chanel skirt over Closed jeans (customized with crystals by The Blonds), Stella McCartney blouse, vintage headpiece.
Samantha: The Blonds dress, vintage belt, Nicole Romano earrings and Le Vive ring. Charlotte: Vintage YSL dress, Blu by Betty Lou Moscot earrings and Jack Vartanian bracelet.

Shopping and wardrobe space are inversely proportional to each other. Whenever we spend too much shopping, our closets suffer. And how do you remedy that? You need to have an organized wardrobe closet for you to enjoy the fruits of your shopping! Everything must have a place of its own, even with paper clutter such as birth announcements.

I saw this at the Decor8 site and would love to get my hands on those IKEA organizers – pretty much soon, as I need to prepare our closets for the busy month of June!

The wardrobe they used in this demonstration is called PAX from Ikea.
So nice!

I like the idea of adding a mirror to turn the wardrobe into a little vanity.

Go Lonny Mag, Archive, Issue 3 to see the project in the magazine.

Here we go, I am sure you would get a lot more opinions in fashion blogs across the web too, some of the ones I chose were the famous “worsts” but I have one who I think will be a controversial choice – better read it here than in a carinsurancelist blog as they say.

Zoe Saldana looks like she got lost on the way to the prom. Her sparkly Givenchy dress has a blinding top, and the bottom full of light purple ruffles makes her look like a flower in bloom. The monochromatic dress is just so wrong, wrong wrong!!

Miley Cyrus looked like a hot mess  with the frumpy hair bump and low cut Jenny Packham dress. Let’s not forget, she is 17 years old, but if she’s going to show up to the Oscars, she needs to show some class. And the tan lines could use some work. The dress rocked – no doubt about it, but it goes to show that the dress is fully dependent on how the person carries it – a better posture would have rocked this.

Sarah Jessica Parker looks mellow yellow wearing Chanel, but she has a whole lot of hair. We’re pretty sure Carrie Bradshaw would not approve of these extensions. Plus, the awkwardly placed flowers and form of the gown hang on this skinny star. It was just cinched in all the wrong places. If she was waif-like and as tall as a tower, she might get away with such a formless gown, but as it is, it was all just hanging down.

And the Oscar goes to … oh wait, that’s just Sandra Bullock walking the red carpet. We’re so intrigued with the details, but she looks more like an Olympic skater than an Oscar nominee in her Marchesa dress.

I read a lot of blogs raving about her dress and I was thinking, “what is wrong with me? why dont I like it?” Let me find the way to reason: The appliques on her top is not elegant at all, makes her look more flat chested and the fit is just so ill. Those who have seen her movie The Proposal know how hot her body is and this gown is not just making it.

For me, that is. I can’t help but notice layers and sheer organza and details are making a comeback! Talk about girly – I absolutely love it!

Here are my top choices for the Best-Dressed List:

With her signature tan skin and a new Veronica Lake-inspired ‘do, presenter Cameron Diaz is absolutely radiant in this gold sparkly Oscar de la Renta creation.

Pale peach is the hardest color to pull off on the red carpet; on most women, it comes off looking flesh-tone. Demi Moore doesn’t have that problem in this ruffled and tiered Atelier Versace strapless silk organza gown.

Coming next, my votes for Worst-Dressed!

Who would not want to have a piece of this proud collection? I am pretty sure Pinoys overseas are asking for these jackets as soon as the news came out.

didas’ much-coveted Philippine Range collection is back, featuring jackets (P3,295), shirts (P1,459) and messenger bags (P1,459) in the iconic red, blue, white and yellow of the Philippine flag.

John Lloyd Cruz in the Adidas Philippine Range jacket, P3,295.

Available in Adidas stores starting February 13, the collection has details reminiscent of the Philippine flag such as three stars and a sun and stylized Philippine seals, plus the letters PH in yellow. For premium performance look, the blue, red and white are rendered in color blocks with touches of yellow. The collection is part of the training range of the Adidas sports performance line.

Of course, John Lloyd Cruz sporting it adds to its appeal too.

I personally love this jacket ((P 3,600+). Photo snagged from here. Do you think I will be inspired to lose weight or even work out and drink weight loss drinks when I get the jacket?