Emmys 2014: A very red, red carpet

Lena Dunham and boyfriend Jack Antonoff attend the 66th
Primetime Emmy Awards; photo credit: beimages

Alright, alright, alright. We all know that "Girls" star Lena Dunham ended up on al-most every worst dressed list regarding this year's Primetime Emmy Awards. But have you really stopped and asked yourself why?

I assume the comments would read some-thing like this: "Look at her, she's so fat, she should not be in a ball gown that makes her even wider" or "That dress looks like a wedd-ing cake exploded". For the record, yes, Lena Dunham is a big girl who is not ashamed of her body. She is a fearless actress who is not afraid to take risks on the red carpet and to constantly have fun with fashion. She also has a new hair-color and a gorgeous boyfriend.

What do you got?

Now that I got the Lena Dunham and her Giambattista Valli dress burden off my chest, we can move on to the rest of the night's risk-takers. Finding herself very high
on my best dressed list is Dunham's co-star Allison Will-iams who also chose to wear one of Valli's gowns from the designer's F/W '14 Haute Couture collection. The rest of the successfully clad actress-es who wore his designs included Michelle Monaghan and Amanda Peet.

The color of the night was definitely red. I have counted approximately thirteen red gowns - some more, some less successful, but all equally impactful. The list of women who wore the popular color is filled with names such as January Jones in Prabal Gurung, Claire Danes in Givenchy and winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus in a beautiful shade of coral, courtesy of Carolina Herrera.

From left: Claire Danes, Allison Williams, Kerry Washington & Lizzy Caplan; photo credit: Getty images

Furthermore, "Scandal" star Kerry Washington showed off her post-baby body in an electric orange Prada dress with a sparkling mini-skirt underneath and Lizzy Caplan shone in a backless black and white Donna Karan gown that literally took everyone's breath away. Some actresses, however, were less fortunate on the red carpet such as Debra Messing and Taylor Schilling in a beaded Zuhair Murad dress who bore with their choices.

Met Costume Institute Gala 2014: Why bother going?

Sarah Jessica Parker arriving at the Met Gala
wearing Oscar de la Renta; Getty images

Each yeah there are several status quo things when it comes to the Costume Institute Gala, or better known as the 'I'll Wear Whatever I Want' Gala. Anna Wintour won't change her bob and will wear Chanel, Sarah Jessica Parker will fully embrace the exhibi-tion theme and the majority of the A-list stars invited will pay zero attention to the dress code and will therefore wear whatever they feel most comfortable in. Fortunately or not everything remained the same this year, minus a few important key fashion players.

First things first, Sarah Jessica Parker delivered - once again. Being a co-host of the event she was one of the early guests to arrive, dressed in a dramatic custom-made Oscar de la Renta gown that carried the designer's signature in red on the train. Adorning the look with a double chignon and opera gloves, the fashion superstar oozed every bit of the old Hollywood glamour that was expected. Not far behind on the theme were this year's supermo-dels - plus Kendall Jenner, generally decked out in Zac Posen or Topshop, who also embodied the spirit of the exhibition thanks to the tireless guidance of Vogue's team.

Unfortunately other celebrities weren't as lucky. Aside from a few themed efforts that paid off, such as Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's vintage getups, Amy Adams' de la Renta number and Zoe Saldana's contemporary gown by Michael Kors, the rest was as lazy as it gets. The red carpet saw a ton of minimal - borderline boring - column dresses in trendy colors, rarely "sprinkled" with jewels. Both Emma Stone and Diane Kruger disappointed, the former opting for a pink Thakoon gown consisting
of a crop top and a wrap-skirt and the latter wearing a baby blue number by Hugo Boss, while fashion darling Lupita Nyong'o took a 20s Prada flapper risk that left everyone confused.

From left: Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen, Emma Stone and Zoe Saldana; Getty images

Not trying to be a total downer - there were some contemporary looks worth mentioning. Solange adapted this year's Charles James theme perfectly to her quirky style, opting for a knee-length orange Phillip Lim dress that gave her a unique silhouette; Kirsten Stewart had her best moment yet in a feathered Chanel couture dress; Kristen Wiig stunned in a Balenciaga dress-pants combo and both Kate Bosworth and Rihanna shone in sexy custom-made Stella McCartney dresses. But in the end, it's the lack of effort that everyone is going to remember before facing yet another dull Costume Institute Gala one year from now.

From left: Rihanna, Kristen Wiig, Solange Knowles and Kristen Stewart; Getty images

Get the Oscars look for less: Lupita Nyong'o

The best part of the Oscars each year for every one of us is the red carpet and all the beautiful looks we see from various stars. Unfortunately, only few people can afford the looks celebrities wear.

That is why I give you an affordable version of Lupita Nyong'o's look that almost everyone can buy!

1. Coast pleated dress - $212 | 2. Accessorize jeweled headband - $27 | 3. Tilly's star earrings - $5,99 | 4. Tamaris silver ring - $50 | 5. Versus Versace cuff - $350

Not only the beautiful Afro-American actress Lupita Nyong'o won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, she also won a lot of style points on the red carpet wearing a fairy tale-like baby blue Prada dress and dripping in jewelry. Steal her look by wearing this beautiful Coast pleated dress in the same color as Lupita's and accessorize with a mix of luxurious looking silver and gold jewels.

Would you wear this look?

City Fashion

As my next project (God I love it when I have free time on my hands) I teamed up with net-a-porter.com to create 4 distinctive fall looks for each Fashion Capital - the always functional New York, the cosy London, the show-off Milan and the classic Paris.

All pieces have been pulled out from net-a-porter.com and each city features designers who are born or show their collections in the namesake city. Here are the results!

The functional New York



1. Michael Kors - £2,170 | 2. Donna Karan - £358 | 3. Rick Owens - £1,225 | 4. Alexander Wang - £554 | 5. Proenza Schouler - £3,229 | 6. Victoria Beckham - £291

The cosy London



1. Burberry Prorsum - £2,045 | 2. Burberry Brit - £150 | 3. Stella McCartney - £112 | 4. Preen - £404 | 5. Burberry - £208 | 6. Mulberry - £791 | 7. Stella McCartney - £525

The show-off Milan



1. Versace - £2,050 | 2. Prada - £179 | 3. Gucci - £237 | 4. Gucci - £650 | 5. Dolce&Gabbana - £1,775 | 6. Dolce&Gabbana - £1,354 | 7. Gucci - £175 | 8. Roberto Cavalli - £270

The classic Paris



1. Lanvin - £1,558 | 2. Miu Miu - £2,525 | 3. Yves Saint Laurent - £716 | 4. Alexander McQueen - £283 | 5. Lanvin - £800 | 6. Christian Louboutin - £308 | 7. Lanvin - £429 | 8. Valentino - £225

Which city style is your favorite?

Fashion Obsession

What could be better for a first post in the last month of the year than revealing something more about me! Well here we are. For 3 seasons I've been making these "Inspiration Boards" as I'd like to call them. They are a mix of clothes from my favorite shows of the season.

In fact this proves to be a very fun thing to do when bored - and believe me, every Sunday I am dying from boredom. That's why I started doing this in the first place!
These are the inspiration boards I've done from Spring 2011 - hopefully they'll be more coming!

Chanel Spring 2011 - Full Show


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Chanel Spring 2011 - Details


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Here is the rest of the inspiration board I've done from the latest season.


Burberry Spring 2011

D&G Spring 2011

Christian Dior Spring 2011

Jason Wu Spring 2011

Moschino Spring 2011

Prada Spring 2011

Pucci Spring 2011

Credit: www.style.com

Limited Pants - Again!

..Aaand let's talk a little more about Stardoll!

I am sure we all love the new designer clothes they're releasing, and well I am sure we all need some more of that don't we!
That is why I decided to bring back the Limited Pants Edition - Again!
But this time of course, I am doing new designs.

Proenza Schouler



Due to high demand of these pants, I have decided to bring them back on track again. These limited pants can be yours for only 14 stardollars, which is not much considering the designer inspired clothes Stardoll is giving us everyday.
Don't miss your chance and buy these Proenza Schouler inspired pants that only 30 people on Stardoll have in their closets!

Prada



And introducing a brand new design would be the Prada Pre-Fall 2010 camouflage pants! They are currently sold in the color presented in the picture above, but the colors can be changed by demand (please make sure the color palette is one of the 4 patterns available in the Prada collection). You can have these Limited Edition Pants for only 14 stardollars, which is the same price as every pair of pants I am selling! Hurry up and get your pair now!

You can get these Limited Edition Pants HERE!!!

*NOTE* If there aren't any pants currently for sale, please ask for a pair in my guestbook. I would be delighted to sell you one.


MORE PANTS COMING SOON!