Style Inspiration: Club Monaco Lookbook

These are some of the latest looks from Club Monaco Lookbook, Fall 2011 and their brand new Spring 2012 Collection, that I found inspiring.



I love the warm earth-tones color palette and the edgy, urban styles. These looks had given me so much inspiration to mix-and-match my wardrobe..



Fall 2011












Spring 2012

(Photos: Courtesy of Club Monaco)

There are many more looks that will inspire you, just take a look at the full collection here.

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Modest Harajuku Styles

Harajuku Street style from the latest snaps of TokyoFashion.com

HARAJUKU.. is a name of an area in Japan (located between Shinjuku and Shibuya) around Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo (source: wikipedia), renowned for its "FREE" fashion style of the people on the street who are in the area of Harajuku.



The fashion styles of these people, mostly youths, rarely conform to one particular style and are usually a mesh of many. Many people world-wide love these unique street fashion and get inspired by them.



I love Harajuku styles. In some ways, they look edgy, chic, or look classic and elegant; But sometimes, at the same time, they might be look "old fashion" (70's, 80's styles, etc.), or pull off a "themed/costume-based" style (halloween, iconic character, punk, band-fans, gothic, western, princess, farm-girl, etc.), or have a "school girl"-ed look (casual/sport shoes with socks, etc.). Anyway, these styles are not intimidated by fashion trends, instead fashion acts as a tool to convey the wearers' own unique style. That is something I love from Harajuku styles.



Here.. are some modest Harajuku Looks from Tokyo Fashion that can be your style inspiration.. :)

This last look is from Roppongi (near Harajuku area). I included it because it is also a "harajuku style" (a layered style of lots of different cuts, materials, and things) which, even it looks overwhelming, the layering way really inspire me.

 

(Photos: Courtesy of TokyoFashion.com)

Which one(s) do you like? Don't you get inspired by them? :)

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Fresh Looks of the classic black-and-white stripes

Fashion trends

Continue from my latest post about the black-and-white stripes (matched with a bright, floral Spring style) as a Spring Fashion Trend from the 10 Crosby Derek Lam Spring 2012, I would like to share my finds recently on this trend. I stumbled upon two girls who pull off this trend fabulously.



The first look that caught my eyes is from Tokyo Fashion (August, 2011) which featured this young girl, named Sagano, on the street in Harajuku. She was stand out for the contrast of her outfit; a bright red lipstick matched by the red apple-shaped handbag and the red platforms of her heels, paired with a patchwork skirt, and contrasted with a black-and-white striped button-up top.



The second look is from Indonesia fashion icon in the world of Muslimah Fashion, Dian Pelangi. Not only sporting and styling her own hijab style fabulously on her blog, The Merchant Daughter, she is also a young fashion designer specializing in tie-dye technique. The look I found below was on the latest post in her blog. She styled up a black-and-white striped maxi dress with a bright yellow-mustard cardigan and a printed headscarf in the same hue with the cardigan.

 (Photo credit: Tokyo Fashion and The Merchant Daughter)

Will you try out this style?



You can try with other floral prints and other bright colours, such as tosca green, coral, fuchsia, pink, orange, or even neon/cobalt blue.



Styling tips: To pull off this style successfully, remember to keep your accessories (bag, shoes, jewelries) in the same hue and stay within the same color family as the floral-printed one; Or, keep the accessories in fairly neutrals or nude colors (such as: grey, khaki, beige/cream, light brown, navy blue, white, or black) to keep everything together and look coordinated without too matchy. At last, the most important thing you need is be confident.. to make this style work for you.. :)

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Casual street-style of Frida Gustavsson

Style Inspiration for today



From the Best-Dressed Poll on Style.com magazine, here is Frida Gustavsson's style on the street:

 Source: Style.com

She wore a coral, over-sized sweater with a pair of blue jeans, and a simple, red, rectangle handbag with small dots on the edge and a hand-strand, matched with a statement necklace and a pair of feminine pumps.



A simple, edgy, casual style from Frida Gustavsson that you can easily achieve..



For the headscarf, you can wear a GREY-coloured headscarf, as Frida used that colour for her tee under the sweater (it peeked out of her sweater's neckline). That neutral colour grey will tone down the color of the sweater and, on the other hand, will bold out the necklace.

 



Grey Scarves by fashioningfaith featuring Burberry embellished-pocket wool-blend scarf





Hijab styling tips:

Wear the necklace with a LONG strand (so it won't be hid by the scarf; Or, place it over the scarf), and wear the blue jeans in a slight WIDE cut.

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