Blog #3: Monday thru Friday, I'm singing

about thigh high socks!

Maybe not necessarily, but seeing how I am in New York City all week, I pick up on trends that its stylish inhabitants are following and for this season the thigh high socks are back.

My first memories of high socks came from the 90s, where the girls from Clueless and movies such as Disney channel's Wish Upon a Star wore them like a second skin. (The first few seconds of the video show off the socks and one of my iconic outfits when I was younger)

From the halls of FIT where I first saw this trend to concerts in Madison Square Garden to just shopping on St. Mark's Place, girls everywhere are wearing high socks.

Here's a few examples from a girl on the street to shots from Fashion's Night Out

                


The great thing about this trend is its versatility. You can wear them in your own way in terms of lenght and colors, and there is an endless possibility of with what to wear them. Adding to that, you can get them anywhere! Here are a few choices, from those with a taste of pricey socks to those that won't pay more than $10.

DKNY over-the-knee socks, $24 buy here

Zara, $9.90 buy here

Blog #2: Following the A line

For Fall 2011 there is a long line to be followed, and I don't mean the ones to get in to Fashion's Night Out 2011, I mean the A Line Skirt.

Taking from inspiration those wonderful 50s that don't seem to be going away, designers are flocking to make the skirt straighter and longer. With the emphasis now on the waist, the height is dropping and waists rising.

Fashion week for Spring 2011 foreshadowed this trend such as Bensoni with his long skirts giving nods in both directions of the 70s and 50s.

My favorite stands at the moment, a simple skirt from Forever 21:



For only $19.80, I thought, why even show others?

Blog #1: Are you ready to be liberated?

Back to school brings a couple of things to mind: Red Bull, long train rides, and this year, oversized gray t-shirts.

The time has come for the end of the constricting tight shirts that had been so popular the last few years and the re-introduction of the oversized t-shirts. This trend has a special connection to the beloved 80s where the large population of women where big fans of the big t-shirt.

Does this look familiar?

(Debbie Harry back in 80s)

It is safe to say the style is back and students have embraced it with open arms. Roaming the halls of FIT and streets of NYC are the oversized t-shirts and the girls wearing it with one small thing in common: gray. Gray is the new color of choice for many of us and designers.

Acne Fall 2010 RTW

From the dark tones of the Acne line to 3.1 Phillip Lim more softer grays, the color seems to be everywhere. Makes you wonder if you have one in your own closet. You don't? Well, here's some choices:

 Alice + Olivia, $154 available at Saks Fifth Avenue, Buy here.

Lauren Conrad, $34 sold exclusively at Kohl's, Buy here

Forever 21, $15.80 available in Forever 21, Buy here

                                                   So, are you ready to be liberated?