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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Fashion Trends I Thought I Would Never Be Caught Dead Wearing (But I'm growing to like;) ) Part 1: The Fanny Pack

Ah.. the fanny pack!  When I first saw Kourtney Kardashian sport one, I thought it was really funny and that I crossed my fingers wishing this crazy trend would never go mainstream, I mean, so 80's-tourist!!!  After a while, runway show after runway show, designers  all of a sudden began featuring these belt bags that they slowly started to grow on me.  So the accessory I used to dread is now a part of my wardrobe and not just a bag I wear around my belt on international flights to keep my documents in, but now,  my fanny pack and I are so inseparable, that we're literally "tied to the waist" ! LOL.
Here are the inspiring celeb fannie pack sporters who have totally sold me on this trend:
Rihanna with her Louis Vuitton fanny pack

Kortney Kardashian with her Chanel fanny pack
Rachel Zoe wearing a Rachel Zoe fanny pack
And here are some more down to earth priced fanny packs that we can afford:

MICHAEL Michael Kors - Michael Kors Logo Belt Bag w/ Chain (Vanilla) - Apparel

$68

MICHAEL Michael Kors - Michael Kors 13MM Belt Bag (Luggage) - Apparel

$78

Rachel Zoe - 35MM Belt Bag with Signature RZ Lock (Luggage) - Apparel

$248
Thanks for reading my blog.  'Til next post!


XOXO,
RXForFashion 

Saturday, May 11, 2013

ONE DRESS: 5 WAYS!

Once in a while, when I find a piece that I like that's kind of expensive, I try to justify my purchase by thinking of different ways I could wear it.  I recently stumbled upon this really cute green dress by Betsey Johnson that I thought up of five ways to wear it.

 So here's my one green dress styled five ways.  Of course I used BestTrendsForever.com's StyleMe feature to create the moodboards for my style:

Style 1: Brunch With Friends:
http://besttrendsforever.com/style/view/867

Style 2: Easy, Casual Weekend
http://besttrendsforever.com/style/view/868
Style 3: Green Date Night
http://besttrendsforever.com/style/view/869


Style 4: Stylish At Work
http://besttrendsforever.com/style/view/870
And, finally,
Style 5: Sunday Best
http://besttrendsforever.com/style/view/871
The blogger website just does not justify these looks very well.  You have to visit BestTrendsForever.com to really see these styles and check out the feature as well as these pieces for yourself!
Thanks for visiting.  'Til next blog!!!



XOXO,
RXForFashion

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Fab Collabs!

  If there's something positive that the recession of the recent years has brought to us budget savvy fashionistas,  I must say it has got to be the teaming up of the high-end and low-end.  The yin and the yang of the fashion world.  Never before have we seen high-end, in- your- dreams, beyond expensive -designers come to us commoners' retail stores in such massive throngs  that we don't even know anymore which ones to pick out first.  If recession means enjoying all these elite perks, then sign me up for more! LOL.

  JC Penney and Halston collaboration was reported to be the earliest collaboration recorded (1983).  For our most recent history however, we should thank TARGET for pioneering such collaborations for us to enjoy.  One of the first memorable collaborations was with Target and Isaac Mizrahi.  Another collaboration that stood out for me early on was that of Payless and Alice and Olivia and of course, my ultimate fave designer Christian Siriano.  After Target's success, other retailers took notice and they have then collaborated with other famous high end designers themselves.  Kohls teamed up with Vera Wang, Target teamed up again with more designers such as William Rast, Jason Wu, Missoni and other super high end designers in its Christmas 2012 promotion while Sears teamed up with French Connection also in 2012. H and M would not be left behind in the collab department so it teamed up with the highest calibur designers like Marni, Stella McCartney, Lanvin, Jimmy Choo, Givenchy and Versace among others.
  Recently, these following collaborations of high end low end are really making me so excited that I can't help but blog about them :)!  So here's my recent top "Fab Collabs" that I will be checking out in stores.

KEDS and KATE SPADE



TARGET and PRABAL GURUNG



KOHLS and DEREK LAM



KOHLS and CATHERINE MALANDRINO (Fall 2013)





JC PENNEY and GEORGINA CHAPMAN OF MARCHESA




So those are my favorite fashion collaborations lately.  I'd be glad to check out yours.


XOXO,
RXForFashion