Mission: Accomplished

I went on my hunt for a dress today, and I found one! It was in the store Fifth Avenue in Le Mall. There were so many beautiful dresses, and for all kinds of occasions. To me, the number of really nice dresses overcame the number of dresses that weren't so great, and that's hard to find these days. It's a great store for evening dresses, so if anyone has an occasion coming up, I really suggest Fifth Avenue.
I'm having my dress altered so I'll be posting pictures when it's ready.

Cream - Saifi Village

Before going to Le Mall, I went to Saifi Village. During the summer, I had heard about Cream, a really interesting boutique. I kept trying to find out where it was, never did find out, and forgot about it. Today, I finally found it thanks to a friend of mine who thought I'd be interested in the store. I absolutely loved it. I was in a rush, so I only looked at evening dresses, but I'm going back tomorrow morning to look around more. It was so colourful, I couldn't help but smile the entire time I was in there!



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Reiss

I know I have been quite inactive lately, but that can be blamed on university. I am going to commit myself a tad more to this blog though. I actually felt useless while inactive.

Now that I've said that... on to the fashion related news. I have been looking for a dress to wear at my cousin's wedding, and couldn't find much. The dresses I tried on were either too long, didn't look as good as they did on the hanger, or weren't in my size.

I was planning on continuing my search for a dress on Saturday, and still might, but my mother sent me a picture of a dress that she thought would look nice.

         

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Apparently it's not as nice in the picture as it is in real life. I like the colour, and since the wedding is going to be in the summer it'll go good with a tan and gold accessories. I'm going to have it shortened, also. According to my mum, the colour looks more like an orange-pearl colour, so I'm excited to see it.

I'm still going to be looking around for dresses though, so I have a feeling either a dress post is coming up, or a rant about how I can never find any dresses!

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D&G : Beirut Souks

A lot of new stores are opening up in Beirut Souqs, Downtown – Lebanon. It is probably one of my preferred places to go shopping here in Lebanon at the moment. Not only are there a number of new stores setting base there, but the collections are finally in sync with the collections being launched worldwide. So, what exactly does this mean? It means that we are finally receiving what the rest of the world is receiving on time!!!

No more of the late season collections, no more looking for items online and not finding them in the stores in Lebanon. Now, more and more things are available, and I absolutely love it. In honor of these up to date stores, I’m going to dedicate this post to D&G by Dolce and Gabbana.

While Dolce and Gabbana is a more high end designer label, D&G focuses on the more casual aspect of fashion. D&G allows us to buy great pieces designed by Dolce and Gabbana, yet are wearable in everyday life, unlike the more formal and couture items found at Dolce and Gabbana.

Here are some of my favorite D&G pieces

I really like the shade of green here, it's very bright and fresh. The black straps are interesting as well, they give the dress a unique look.

This is just adorable. It's very feminine and I'm loving the ivory colour. This is a skirt that can be dressed up or dressed down, very practical!

I love blazers, and I love bows. I own blazers, bows, and blazers with bows on them. So it's no surprise that this piece caught my eye. I like contrast of the pastel colour and the solid black bow.

This is a very cute, very fun dress. It's something to wear when you have a formal event on a sunny day. It screams "spring is here!".

This might look like an odd choice, but I absolutely love this shirt. It's an over-sized, lace up shirt. It reminds me of pirates, which made it all the more interesting to me. I would love to match a shirt like this with a pair of 

 denim high waist shorts.

Floral Print: My Apology

Alright, so I might have been a little harsh about floral print in my previous post. Now that I’ve calmed down from my shopping disaster, I will take the time to fully explain my feelings towards this trend.

I realized that I wasn’t being completely fair after I had posted a poll about floral print on IFB. Most of the responses were positive ones regarding this trend, and one girl said that she was wearing a floral dress at the moment that she was replying. If so many people are interested in floral, then it can’t be half bad, right?

Now for my explanation: I enjoy floral print under certain conditions (no matter what, criticism must come out of me). If the print is big, then I don’t mind the floral being in bold colours against a darker background. If the print is small, though, I would rather the colours be more neutral and subtle. Here are a few examples of, in my personal opinion, the good and the bad of floral.

This dress is something I would wear. The floral print is big, the colours are very bold, and the background is dark. This, to me, is a great way to pull of floral. Forever 21

This is a little bit too much for me. I don't think I would ever pick something like this up. For me, it's too busy. The flowers are everywhere and there's a splatter of colours, it's a little too intense. H&M

This is what I like to call "boring floral". The print is small and almost blending into itself. The colours are dull and depressing. Other than the cut of the top, there is nothing at all appealing or flattering about it. This is a definite no when it comes to floral. H&M

This is an example of small print that I do like. The floral print is in very neutral colours, the background is a vibrant red, which dominates and overcomes the floral print, taming it even more. The belt is a great way to break the big solid block of pattern. All in all, a very cute dress. Forever 21

I don't particularly like this top. I feel that the colour is too bland, and the flowers are too sparsely scattered for the combination of print size and colour. There's just nothing that stands out to me about this top. Topshop

Now, this print on a skirt or even a day dress would look fantastic. Light colours against a white background, it's very fresh and a great way to wear floral. However, this combination of floral and vintage is not working out at all. For me, a shirt like that is in no need of that much pattern. One of them needs to go! Topshop

That would be my honest opinion about floral print. As I had expected, I did get sucked into the trend. Thankfully, though, it happened with limits.

Spring: A Tragedy for Party People and an Invasion of Floral Print

I have spent most of the past 2 days in stores and shopping malls, on a mission to find a dress for my friend to wear on her 21st birthday. It must have been the most frustrating time I have ever gone shopping. She wasn't the one who was frustrating me though, it was actually all the stores.

I love shopping, and I'm a firm believer of retail therapy, but this week's incident is making me reconsider the joys of shopping, or  rather the joys of shopping for party dresses. I am used to seeing 2 sections in stores, one would carry casual wear and the other would carry the more formal wear. This spring all I saw was this: all the stores were under occupation of floral print, with a few party dresses taken hostage.

I was very excited about nude colours being very in, but I barely saw items in those colours. I was literally stuck in what seemed like a massive, overgrown garden. We found 2 dresses at the most, in each store, that would be seen as acceptable to be worn to an evening event. It seemed like the designers of those stores had completely given up on their partying customers. Store after store we went looking for the perfect dress, and all we found were explosions of flowers on garments.

I don't mind trying new things, and am very open to trying out floral prints, but the amount of floral was ridiculous. I didn't see anything that I would personally pick up and try on. Most of the items looked like something you would buy while farming, so that you don't get your good clothes dirty.

This is my first fashion rant, and I'm hoping that as the season progresses, the collections will get better. But until then, I am going to boycott floral prints (until I finally give in and buy something floral).

Really though, to all the stores around Beirut: more nudes, more formal dresses, and a little less floral print. You know what they say, "less is more".

Grey Is For The Young...?

While checking out the latest news on Style.com, I noticed a new trend that I’m not at all excited about. In fact, I think this will actually be the only trend that I absolutely refuse to get into. For some strange reason, a number of celebrities have decided to get some grey (or silver) dyed into their hair. Some designers even got their models to walk the runway with grey tints in their hair. I don’t understand this, because the last I checked a lot of women were getting their hair dyed to get rid of grey and silver streaks. Now, women who don’t need to worry about grey hairs are encouraging it! Here are a couple of pictures, so you can get an idea of what I’m talking about.

Kate Moss

Pink

Pixie Geldof

Kate Lanphear

Daphne Guiness

What do you all think about it? I personally will never understand the need to dye my hair a colour that it will inevitably turn the older I get. I don’t mind the platinum white on short hair, I think it works… but grey? It’s like encouraging wrinkles to appear prematurely.

Spring 2010: Fashion Trends - Part 2

As I had promised, more trends for this spring are going to be shown on this blog… and here they are. Last time, I discussed hot pants, patterned pants, blazers, and jumpsuits. This time I’m going to be moving on with all the other trends that are coming out this spring. As usual, I have mixed feelings about the upcoming trends, some I absolutely love while with others I remain undecided. Let’s take a look at more of this spring’s fashion trends.

Knee High Socks

Designer

Gaspard Yurkievich

Alexander Wang

Affordable

River Island

Topshop

Believe it or not, I am so happy to see that knee high socks are in fashion. I have a few pairs myself but have never gotten around to wearing them. I think they’re adorable when matched with the right things. Thumbs up on this trend!

Military Fashion

Designer

Burberry Prorsum

Wunderkind

Affordable

Topshop

River Island

I remember getting really into the military fashion when I was younger and looking back I see that I really wasn’t picking the right pieces to get the look. Now it’s back, and I am older and wiser. It’s a great way to look formal and still uphold that “chic element”.

Ripped Jeans

Designer

Cheap Monday

Affordable

River Island

Topshop

Again, a fashion statement I made when I was a lot younger has come back to life, and I love it. I actually bought myself a pair of light blue ripped jeans from New Look in February. It’s a great way to be comfortable and keep up a very laid back look. I think everyone needs a pair of ripped jeans this season.

Bows

Designer

Diane von Furstenberg

Temperley

Affordable

Topshop

Topshop

Bow headbands are very in this spring. I have a number myself, from little boutiques in Kuwait, and some from Topshop. They provide a nice way to make your outfit look cute by just adding the headband. Although you can’t really where them everywhere, they’re good to have around for the times where you can wear them.

Designer Pictures from: fashionising.com

Other Pictures from: topshop.com, riverisland.com