DIY Chic: Super Easy Denim Vest Tutorial

Written by Callie – University of Oregon

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Staying stylish on a budget can be challenging, specially in College. That’s why DIY Chic is here to show you how to update your wardrobe with out breaking the bank with a little do-it-yourself magic. If you are looking for a lot more DIY inspiration, take a look at our past tutorials on producing a multi-strand statement necklace, bow hair accessories, flower hair clips, a printed word scarf, transforming a pair of old jeans, recreating an old or thrifted item, or creating a pair of cap-toe flats.

This season, a lot of college gals are swapping out their old jean jackets for a sleeveless alternative: the denim vest. A denim vest looks great thrown over your preferred floral dress, paired with a maxi skirt and tank, or with just about any other spring outfit you have planned. Take a look at this week’s super simple DIY notion on transforming an old denim jacket into your new favorite spring staple.

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Julianne Moore in Current/Elliott Jeans

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Actress Julianne Moore is seen crossing the street in the city wearing a pair of wearing the no. 6 clogs with her Current/Elliott The Stiletto in Gray Leopard.

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Charlize Theron’s Sunglasses: Marc By Marc Jacobs Oval Sunglasses

You asked for it! (wink) Seeing Charlize Theron with her cute baby boy, Jackson, you agreed it was a query of adorability overload! But then there was this (completely legitimate) question: what sort of sunglasses on Charlize Theron’s fairly face? Nicely, my dahlings, Charlize is wearing Marc by Marc Jacobs oval sunglasses. Which sounds great, considering that Marc by MB eyewear items sell for appx $ 100. Happy shopping!

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Parsons’ MFA Students Are Heading to New York Fashion Week and Launching a Magazine With Help from a Big Name Glossy

Parsons’ MFA Students Are Heading to New York Fashion Week and Launching a Magazine With Help from a Big Name GlossyFollowing a blowout celebration for their bachelor program’s senior class earlier this month, Parsons celebrated their MFA graduates on Monday in a raw space deep inside New York’s garment district. Every of the eighteen thesis collections on display were painstakingly detailed, some resembling pleated confections, and other people jigsaw puzzles of reworked vintage–they had been completely unique.

“Imagine the finest of the bachelors plan and then give them two years with everything Parsons has to supply and anything New York has to offer you. It’s an intense incubator for talent,” said Parson’s dean of style, Simon Collins. “We identified the greatest we could from around the globe and brought them here. It is secure to say that fashion design has never prior to been studied at this level in this country.”

With well-known star-makers circling the floor (like former Barneys inventive director, present Amazon style consultant Julie Gilhart and stylist Annabel Tollman), it was clear that Parsons wants to show off their talented students to the market. “These students are advanced in their skills and they want to bring it to a new dimension,” explained Donna Karan, who helped to establish the school’s MFA program.

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Azealia Banks Is Finally Releasing an Album

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Azealia Banks has captured the focus of Lady Gaga’s stylist Nicola Formichetti, performed for Karl Lagerfeld, and attended the Met Ball with Alexander Wang—all with no releasing an album. That’s soon to be rectified—her first EP, 1991 (immediately after her year of birth), drops digitally May 29 and consists of four tracks: “1991,” “Van Vogue,” the already well-liked “212″ (its video has netted 15 million views), and “Liquorice.” Although Banks appears to be channeling a small Grace Jones on 1991‘s cover, it was Formichetti she tapped to direct her upcoming “Liquorice” music video in London.

Banks is also ramping up to release her Fantastic mixtape this summer—she previewed the initial track off of that, the Calypso-tinged “Jumanji,” final week (listen following the cut). And she’s aiming to release her major label debut, Broke With Expensive Taste, this fall.

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Style Crush: The designer tee (PLUS exclusive 20% discount!)

Style wise, a single factor is for sure. The designer tee is getting its moment in the fashion spotlight correct now. Amongst the many, several trends hitting high-streets, designer showrooms as properly as our wardrobes this season, none are a lot more versatile, adaptable and ultra-wearable than the designer tee.

Regardless of whether it’s Spring / Summer time 2012‘s persistent penchant for separates, or maybe someone decided they wanted to give the former style standard a facelift, the designer tee is creating waves across the new season collections. From dazzling embellishments to cool and casual slogans, punchy prints and structured shapes (check out our peplum’s function from last week) the designer tee shape spans the hottest trends of the season.

We’ve scouted out a handful of favourites from designer hotspot, Glassworks Studios who have also decided to offer you all you beautiful Catwalk Queen readers a cheeky 20% off all orders over £100. All you have to do is enter the code GSTYLE20 at the checkout. Check out our leading picks with the links to get beneath. Content Shopping!

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Runway Looks for Less: 3.1 Phillip Lim Spring 2012 RTW

Written by Ashley – Flagler College

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A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about this season’s trend of stylish sportswear-inspired pieces, which was popularized by designers like Phillip Lim. For his Spring 2012 collection, Lim produced chic, streamlined and updated versions of classic athletic wear (like track pants, racerback tanks and sweatshirts), which he then expertly mixed with spring-suitable pastels and crisp white pieces.

If you like Phillip Lim’s Spring 2012 collection, but aren’t a fan of the sky-high designer price tags, you’ve come to the right place. Just scroll on down to examine out 3 budget-friendly interpretations of looks from three.1 Phillip Lim Spring 2012:

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Tom Cruise, Abbey Lee Kershaw, and Their Nipples Get Wild in W

Tom Cruise, Abbey Lee Kershaw, and Their Nipples Get Wild in W

File this beneath “things that make us really feel weird inside”: Tom Cruise’s crazyass W spread has just been released in its entirety. Photographed by Mario Sorrenti, the shoot sees Cruise, in character as an aging rock god for his upcoming function in the huge screen adaptation of Rock of Ages, acquiring wasted in a dingy hotel space. Along for the raunchy ride are requisite model band-aids Abbey Lee Kershaw and Edita Vilkeviciute, each and every searching equally roughed up and competing with Cruise for most nip-slips per shot.

Relating to the nearly 50-year-old Cruise’s Rock of Ages get-up, W‘s Lynn Herschberg writes, “if he didn’t approach the function with sincerity and intensity, Cruise could effortlessly appear like a joke.” Guess we’ll have to see the movie to judge Cruises’s believability for ourselves, since although we admit Suri’s dad genuinely looks insanely fit for his age, it is been a great ten years because he’s been regarded as a lot of a sex symbol. And that nipple tattoo? We’ll just say, we’re glad it’s temporary.

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