Orla Kiely Spring 2011 Dresses!

I find this time of year in Los Angeles very exciting. The days are nothing short of perfection! The days are sunny and clear, the temperature is in that ever most comfortable in between phase of shedding its winter briskness and adapting to warmer spring weather. It's the time of year right before Los Angeles climate becomes intolerably hot and all around painful. In other words, this time of year is the perfect dress weather!

Now don't get me wrong, any weather is dress weather. But what makes this time of year so special for dress lovers in LA is that we can finally bear going out at night bare legged. It's time to give the tights and stockings a rest.

And what better way to celebrate unofficial Los Angeles dress weather than by ogling over Orla Kiely's S/S 12 dresses! Orla Kiely's collection captures the sweetness and cool of this time of year with drop waists  (Oh i'm such a fan of dropped waists!) color blocking, stark whites, dainty collars and of course, Orla's famous prints. These dresses are the perfect pieces for spring flings and bare legs.

To view Orla Kiely's entire S/S 12 line please visit www.orlakiely.com

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Rudy Gernreich Fashion Show at IIC

Very much overdue, but alas, pictures from the Rudy Gernreich Fashion Show that my dear friend Audrey Moorehead helped organized and very nicely made me a part of of. What a fantastic day!

Photos by : Dave Welch www.photoswithclass.com
Make up by: Opus Beauty Make up by Sharon Gault
Hair by : Sean James for Rene Furterer 
Clothing from Audrey Moorehead's personal collection

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Happy Belated Birthday Liza with a Z

I've been collecting some great pictures of Liza Minnelli for a while now wanting to do a post on her on her Birthday. And behold March 12th came and went without my Liza post. With March coming in like a lion, and well still continuing to be very lioness towards the end, it had totally escaped my mind to do my Liza post. But it is better late than never so here's to Miss Minnelli!

I was never really acquainted with Liza's work. I knew of her only from her later life in tabloids, controversial marriages, and of course because of her famous mother Judy Garland. But in the last few years I started getting a lot of comparisons to Liza. It bothered me at first since I only was familiar with middle aged Liza but when I saw Cabaret, I realized that this girl had style and loads of talent! The hair, the voice, those eyes, the moves, the hair (did I already mention that?) made this descendent of Hollywood royalty a star in her own right. Happy 66th Miss Liza!

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Frida Gustavsson for Elle Sweden

Behold Miss Frida Gustavsson in a picturesque photo shoot for Elle Sweden. Miss Gustavsson graces the pages of Elle wearing 1940's influenced frocks by Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs, Dolce & Gabbana & Sonia Rykiel. But of course what really stole my affection in this photo shoot are those ridiculously enamoring collars! I could never have too many collars in my life.

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