Uma in Christian Lacroix

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Uma got panned big time for this uber gorgeous lacroix dress she wore to the the 76th academy awards. she said in a magazine that no matter what anyone said, she still loved that dress. i totally agree with her. it is theatrical, whimsical..different..
not like the other boring dresses you usually see on the red carpet. i still have a soft spot for this dress. it is a beautiful creation.

btw, this is my first collage...still trying to figure things out..

A Chanel Video I made!!

my first attempt at making a video through imovie..hope u like it.

Couture is only made in Paris...everything is hand sewn, hand stitched. each gown could go for hundreds of thousands of dollars... literally

most of the dresses in this video come from my favorite couture collection thus far, the Chanel Haute Couture spring/summer 2006 show in paris. I have yet to see a collection that's eclipsed it!!!

now THIS is what a wedding dress should look like. hand sewn, couture. this will give u an idea of what i would want to wear at my wedding!! ethereal, intricate, fantastical, unique

none of the ubiquitous, boring, strapless, satin wedding dresses...i've seen enough of them!!

karl lagerfeld and his atelier..in one word- genius!!!





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no wonder..

Am I retarded or what?!!

Apparently there were TWO showings of the oscar de la renta show, ha ha! one for celebs and press (5pm), and one for retailers and more press (6pm). i was at the second showing! I feel a little less dumb and confused as to why i missed grace coddington's bright red hair, and wintour's bob, and sjp and bryanboy etc!! i was like, what's wrong with me???

well my celebs were out of my grasp (by an hour) neways. at least i don't feel as bad that i was there and didn't see them! the venue was so small and intimate, i was aghast as to why i missed so many ppl. well..the venue was so small they had to make two showings!

well, at least i still got to see the famous models.

i figured this out from pictures published from the show, as i was so close to the front row and i didn't recognize some of the faces that should have been in front of me at the end of the runway.

detective candice rests.

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Marchesa Spring 2011

Okay, so i've wanted to hate marchesa for a long time now. it seems to be the requisite designer for gowns..and georgina chapman just seems too pretty for me to take seriously as a designer..

but you can't deny the pretty details she adds to her dresses. she is quickly climbing up the ranks in my mind. her work looks couture and can hold its own with the likes of oscar de la renta and other more famous designers, for sure.

she isn't quite up there with lagerfeld, but i appreciate the intricate work exhibited in the fabric.

pics from spring 2011 runway

more pics and vid of oscar de la renta fashion show

and the video i took at the end!

Oscar de La Renta Runway Show

and the pics i took..




I was lucky enough to attend the Oscar de la Renta Spring 2011 runway show for fashion week tonight. I am KICKING MYSELF for not even noticing andre, grace coddington, anna wintour and sarah jessica parker right across the runway from me (i see the pics on getty) I was only in the third row, and had a great view of the dresses bc i was seated near the end of the runway, but didn't see the front portion of the front row. sad, sad, sad i didn't see them and take a picture. u know how i feel about these things. i am celebrity obsessed!!! : ( and the venue was SO SMALL too. i think the woman's head infront of me must have been perfectly aligned to block out all the ppl i was dying to see. they were a few feet from me, and i missed my chance. shoot me!!!!!

Good news though, the venue was gorgeous, albeit intimate, and the gowns were exquisite. Loved the sructured tailoring and the classic pouf of his gowns. The spring colors he chose were really bright and pretty as well. I very much enjoyed the show. Got to see famous models like Karlie, Chanel, and Karolina in person, just a few feet from me. They are all gorgeous and thin. I kept thinking to myself, that girl looks kind of like Karlie..she looks kind of like Chanel...then i see in my program it is them. I am a dummy! : )

The cab ride there took longer than the actual show, and because i was running late, i got there just in time for the show to begin. I think that's why i didn't get as many good pics of the famous ppl in the front row as i'd have liked. I was seated with the neiman marcus ppl (u can see on the chairs it says who u are, and who u r affiliated with etc)

Ok time for pics and videos.
first pic is of karolina kurkova
and i will just add pics from getty of the dresses i loved and the stars i missed!!
managed to take a video of the final run of gowns as well at the end of the show
what i wore to the show: my all time favorite, go-to purple silk mary jo bruno dress, my ann miller earrings, and my neon pink, satin louboutin kitten heels.



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My Ann Miller Earrings

Ann Miller had the most wonderful costume jewelry collection!! You can see many of the pieces that sold at liveauctioneers.com
She was a legend in her own right, and very well known during the golden age of cinema. If you don't recognize her from films past, you may remember her from the movie Mulholland drive as the old lady who lends the house to Naomi Watts' character.

One of my prized possessions in my costume jewelry collection. Earrings that were owned by actress Ann Miller, and sold from her estate after she passed. These earrings are drop dead gorgeous and huge. I absolutely love them. The last time I wore these, I paired them with my favorite vintage purple silk dress and wore my hair up. What a statement piece!