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Melbourne Cup Carnival Fever 2008 (LINK)

September 10th 2007 15:35
Whilst Sydney's spring carnival racing may have been bought to a standstill, the Stylist whose Celebrity was voted one 1 of 9 best dressed at the Melbourne Cup, this very blogger shares her tips as she prepares the 2008 VRC Ambassadors wardrobes for this years Melbourne Cup Racing Carnival...

What’s In
§ The Dress in any cut
§ Colour and Prints - Monochromatics, Spots, stripes, checks and florals
§ The Saucer perched on the sides, backs and fronts of heads
§ Bedecked with flowers or festooned with feathers
§ Gloves and Umbrellas
§ Turbans
§ Attention worthy shoes – think grass, think wedges

§ The Watch – for Melbourne Cup think Longines!

What’s so Last Year
§ The classic Ascot jacket and skirt
§ The Fascinator
§ Goosebumps – Don’t forget your cold weather options
§ Green – some consider it unlucky at the racetrack
§ The oversized Handbag

What scares the horses and the Gentleman
§ Revealing Las Vegas cleavage
§ Shorts and High Heels
§ Wearing Flip Flops – regardless of if you have had a pedicure
§ Wearing your print too far i e polka dot stockings, polka dot dress and polka dot
hat
§ Wearing your face and forget your neck
§ You wearing your champagne

Tips for surviving the Racing Carnival
§ Celebrate your good taste if someone else is wearing your outfit
§ Your outfit should tell a story – work to a colour theme or concept
§ You are not just there for the fashion – study the horses and have a
flutter
§ Watch your champagne glass – and not just for safety - elegance and
appropriateness go hand in hand and champagne in the sun mixes quickly!
§ Smile and enjoy!!!

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Black is invariably the new black

June 5th 2007 23:49
Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy
From photobucket.com


Although Coco Chanel was really the first to bring the black dress into the everyday wardrobe of the modern woman, its place was indeed cemented with Hepburn’s appearance in Givenchy during Breakfast at Tiffany (see Sisi's post) last year for more on that dress



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As promised, The New Romantics get their turn.

In the Spring 07 runways, there were many designers who had at least a piece or two inspired by this flower-happy trend, so, unlike my discussion of Futurism which was dominated by Balenciaga, I'm going to be talking about a range of designers from YSL, Chloe, Oscar de la Renta and Alexander McQueen (though I realise he's also mentioned in the Futurism section, he's my crossover dude, every genre needs one) and a bunch more. For more recent examples of what I'm talking about, look at Marc Jacobs’ heavily floral-inspired work for Louis Vutton


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