Though this purple dress is quite divine and she does wear it well, I do wish this fashionista had added a bit more accessories to her look.

Caught these last night at a Tanqueray fashion event. I must admit, I’m already in love with these shoes.

Famed artist Richard Prince will be designing a limited collection of Louis Vuitton bags. This marks the artist’s second collaboration with the company. The 50 numbered and signed ostrich and Jamais canvas bags will be sold exclusively in London at Vuitton’s Sloane Street store during Prince’s solo “Continuation” show at the Serpentine Gallery June 26 to Sept. 7 for a whopping $17,800, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Serpentine.
Must be nice.

Along with ice cream and trips to the beach, summer brings us a great excuse to wear cool looking sunglasses all day long. This fashionista is seriously rocking a ’70s pair of shades and I’m lovin’ it!

Fashion Institute of Technology students have been invited by T-Mobile to enter a contest called “Design a Sidekick Accessory,” such as a case, a bag, a belt.The winner will be selected by a jury and announced in July. The winner will receive a T-Mobile Sidekick LX, one year of free service from T-Mobile, and a $1,000 cash prize.
Nice!

“I have never had so much fun dancing as in this dress!”

— Actress Kerry Washington partying at Naomi Campbell’s Dolce & Gabbana birthday party. From Fashion Week Daily

The glut of make-me-a-model reality shows including ‘America’s Next Top Model,’ ‘Make Me a Supermodel,’ Janice Dickinson’s show on Oxygen, ‘America’s Smartest Model’ and to some extent, ‘Project Runway’ have so glamorized the profession that apparently people with big dreams will do just about anything to be one. That was proven with Dateline’s recent expose ‘Reality Bites,’ which alleged that contestants on what turned out to be an elaborate ruse were sexually assaulted by folks on Gemanse Simmons’ fake reality show. What’s especially nutty this is that even after dubious activities went on — asking guys if they were circumcised, for example — none of the contestants left the set. They should have known something was up upon learning the grand prize was $50,000; that’s supermodel chump change.

If you believe British Vogue, we are now reaching back, way back to the Civil War and Scarlett O’Hara for our style inspiration. Think full skirts, but with more length and volume than you think you can pull off. I’m predicting the comeback of corsets as well.

Brooklyn is truly the breeding ground for the world’s finest artists, creatives and indie fashion designers. Yesterday, while perusing the African inspired wares at BAM’s annual Dance Africa! festival; I caught up with Lisa, the designer behind a collection of one-of-a-kind handcrafted accessories, that she calls “wearable art.”
Rocking her own ruffled denim scarf and silver jewelry set,she completes her look with vintage shades and an animal themed straw hat. Though she recently cut off her signature afro, her line still carries the moniker of Mad Big Fro .

This gold lamé top by Alexander Wang is quite sexy and stylish and would appear to highlight one’s fun parts while hiding the flabby parts.