Love Marchesa
Marchesa has become my favorite designer for romantic red carpet looks. The dresses have all the glamorous, high drama that I crave, with just enough soft details to keep it feminine. The Fall 2011 collection, shown yesterday at New York Fashion Week, delivered all the feminine and often opulent glory that I have come to expect from designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig. Below is a look back at some of my favorite Marchesa gowns, and a look forward at the dresses that will surely be gracing red carpets soon!
I realized my love for Marchesa this week when the fashion-forward Leighton Meester as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl wore a stunning metalic dress to a Valentine’s Party.
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My Favorite Red Carpet Marchesa Looks:
Olivia Wilde at the 2011 Golden Globes
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Sandra Oh at the 2009 Emmy Awards
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Reese Witherspoon at the 2008 Country Music Awards
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Lucy Liu at the 2010 Tony Awards
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Sandra Bullock at the 2010 Academy Awards
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Vera Farmiga at the 2010 Academy Awards
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And here’s a peak at my favorites from the Fall 2011 collection:
Photos: Amanda De Simone / GoRunway.com
What are you favorite Marchesa looks?
Who wears short shorts?
We wear short shorts!
The folks over that New York Mag’s The Cut are reporting today about a disagreement between Joe Zee of Elle and Marie Claire’s (and It Books’s) Nina Garcia.
The topic: Shorts in the workplace.
Joe Zee: “I love the shorts trend.”
Nina Garcia: “But short shorts, for the office, I still don’t think it’s okay.”
Nina, darling, I adore you, but I am afraid that I will have to respectfully disagree with you on this one. I’m a huge proponent of shorts in the work place. I don’t see the difference between wearing shorts and wearing a skirt. It’s especially more exciting for the men folk, whose clothes are already markedly more boring that our female colleagues, to be able to show some leg from time to time around the office … or anywhere else.
We’ve seen some great shorts already this year. I love where they are going with this. Thom Browne put together one of my favorite looks. Though in almost all of these cases, i feel the shorts could be shorter.
Thom Browne, Spring 2010
These Calvin Klein shorts are quite cute.
Calvin Klein, Spring 2010
And while I might draw the line at wearing this to work, you can believe I’d love to get my gams in these Dolce & Gabbana precious little pants.
Sadly for these models, none of them has legs as good as those seen below.
simple shorts with a simple broach
Moral of the story: If you got it, flaunt it. Wear the damn shorts to work. Sorry, Nina.
Where to stay for New York Fashion Week
After a long day of walking in heels and hitting all the shows and parties at New York Fashion Week this February 11th to 18th, without a doubt the best place to return to has got to be Paramount Hotel. As if the highly-recomended Library Bar is not reason enough to stay there, Paramount is offering a Runway Deal tied into Fashion Week.
Between February 8 and February 20 guests will receive two fantastic cocktails per night in any of Paramount’s bars, a free copy of Amanda Brook’s book I Love Your Style, plus a luxuriant 3pm checkout on your day of departure. And the added knowledge that you’re staying at one of New York’s premiere spots just a few blocks from the Bryant Park and the center of the Fashion Week World. Victoria’s Secret top model Marisa Miller agrees, Paramount is the only place to stay.
Make your reservation HERE and keep up to date on Facebook and Twitter.
