8.13.2012

R.I.P. Anna Piaggi


"It's the theory of queenship that I dream of. I love the atmosphere, the clothes... I never think of money, just style and power. My nature has always been to be superficial." 

- Anna Piaggi (22 March 1931 – 7 August 2012)

6.12.2012

Quote of the Day


"What you wear is how you present yourself to the world,especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.

 - Miuccia Prada

3.07.2011

Quote of the Day


"I must thank my mother for the fact that I've never smoked. If you smoke, your hands are always on show, and yours aren't particularly nice,' she said. I've never had a cigarette. I wanted to please her because she hated anything second-rate."
- Karl Lagerfeld

2.27.2011

Quote of the Day


"Beauty fades, style is eternal"

              -Yves Saint Laurent



1.17.2009

Quote of the Day



"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."

                                                                                                       -Coco Chanel

1.16.2009

Definition of Terms


It is very important to know little of the basics, so let's do a refresh, shall we?

Fashion:

1. A prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
2. Conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., esp. of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion.
3. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode

4. The style characteristic of the social elite.


Fashion Arbiter:


1. Someone who popularizes a new fashion.

Fashion Designer:
1. Someone who designs clothing.


Fashion Roadkill
1. A person who tries to dress fashionably, but looks ridiculous (slang)

Fashion Victim:
1. You. No im kidding. An informal way of describing a person who follows every clothing trend.

Fashion-monger:
1. One who studies the fashions

Fashionable:
1. Observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
2. of, characteristic of, used, or patronized by the world of fashion.
3. current

Fashioner:
1. A person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.
2. A tailor or modiste.

Fashionist:
1. An obsequious follower of the modes and fashions.

Fashionista:
1. A very fashionable person, esp. one who works in the fashion industry.

Fashionless:
1. Having No Fashion.


Source: Dictionary.com