Wearing granny's curtains

Last year trends and the future ones (spring 2011) propose the lace dress. These lace dresses (well dresses,long shirts) have fringes at the end. The Gucci propose for spring 2011 is particular.This fabric is made of macramé that is a technique to make texlile knotting the thread. It's really time consuming so really precious. Looking in the bottom drawer of your grandmother i'm sure you'll find some towel or curtain decorated that way.

OMG: Lenny Kravitz on high heels!

Lenny Kravitz is sporting this curious, let's call it curious outfit on the streets! Lenny is on high heels and woman's dress. What is going on Lenny? If you followed us lately you might have read the post : Men on high heels. We're thinking about this recent invasion of men in women's closet and what this mean in our changing culture. In a near future will have to face muscular men in shoes sales ladies, omg!
While women have worn androginous outfits sometimes with questionable results, this love for high heels is completely new to men.

DIY lab: newspaper jewelry

A friend of my went to New York and brought me as a present a purse made of candywrappers. I couldn't wait and i started making my own versions of it with different materials. This is what i'm trying today.
Did you know you could wear a newspaper? This piece of jewelry is made of newspaper and the necklace is made with the handles of a shopping bag.
What do you have to do to make it?
You will need:

newspaper pages or your favorite magazine
scotch tape
handles of a shopping bag



First Coat the a page of your newspaper with the scotch tape, pay attention not to wrinkle it.
This will protect the paper and will make it super resistant.


Then cut the page in pieces of 2"x4.5"

Now fold the rectangle leaving the plastic side visible.
Make some of them.
Now it's time to join them together.
Put one piece into another.Do you see the frame now?

In the first piece will be visible a rectangle not a square. Put the second piece into the first and the 3rd.
Continue adding pieces

Contiunue until you have a row of 9 pieces.
Start another row of 5.
Now you've done the necklace.
Other 2 rows of 6.And these are the earrings.
You have quite done.

Now sew the 9 pieces row with the 5 pieces one. Take a strong thread and start sewing.The thread won't be wisible at all in fact you can harly tell the necklace has been sewn.
You have to sew on the front and on the back.


After all the sewing. take the handles of the shopping bag.They are cut of the right lenght already.
Now put one side into the necklace and with the other side make a noose so you can regulate the lenght of the necklace.

And it's done.


For the earrings sew the pieces to make them stiffer and then cut a piece of metal wire and make a u shape piece to make the connection between the paper and the hook.
Attach the hook and you've done.
Enjoy your new jewelry.

what is she wearing answer

Halle Berry was in Roberto Cavalli dress Stella McCartney bag.

Welcome to the Milano Fashion Week

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Welcome to the Milano fashion week!
This week at Milano 78 designers will show their spring/summer 2011 collections. This year the catwalks will take place in the centre of the city moving from Milano Fiera to Loggia dei Mercanti, Palazzo Clerici and il Circolo filologico.
It's a new edition that will not allow the magazine's directors rule the calendar. Last year Anna Wintour forced big designers to rearrange the show calendar to allow her be in the front row.
The director of Vogue would like The Milan Fashion Week be a long weekend.
The pictured you see above are from Gucci Spring 2011 collection.

Some gossip: Elena Mirò, designer of curvy women has been excluded from the official calendar.
The official reason is that her brand is not as famous as others and don't represent Italy in the World, but others say her curvy models are not welcome. Size over 44 don't represent prêt-à-porter. That's a really different opinion compared to last year where Elena Mirò opened the week making a statement against anorexia.
This year Elena Mirò collection is inspired by the fifthies when women's curves were en vogue.

Elena Mirò spring 2011

What is she wearing?

C'mon fashion experts, what is halle berry wearing?

Knuckle ring: the london bridge

H&M recently has produced a 4 fingers knuckle ring but it has been recalled from shops because it was declared illegal. Now in shops you can find the 2 fingers version.
I was browsing the internet when i saw this fun knuckle ring!
Do you recognise it? It's the London Bridge! This is a ring that will get you noticed!

Knuckle ring are hot this time, but the first time they caught my eye was on the super cool knuckle bag by Alexander McQueen. Rings decorate the hand and plus are the handles of the bag.