New Trend: Lace Panels

A lot of new trends have been showing up on the red carpet lately.  One that caught my and my sister's eyes was the lace panel look.

Jessica Biel wore this look to her A-Team premiere this week while Hayden Panettiere wore her lace panel dress to the CMT awards.  Although Jessica received more raves for her stunning dress at the premiere, I'm not yet a believer.  I'm uncertain about the draping of the white cloth across the chest (napkin-bid, anyone?); on the other hand, Hayden's tailored lace panel look was more of a hit in my book... though I'm not really sure this was the best dress for her body type.  Hmm.

What do you guys think?  

  

Who wore it better?

Stationery Love

I remember scouring for travelesque wedding invitations for our semi "destination" wedding last year.  Ironically, my refusal to settle for less than "unique" resulted in my mom pulling an all-night DIY session of generic everyday wedding invites (thanks mom).

Fast forward a year: I'm deeply in love with these destination wedding invitations from Minted.com.

"A Far Away Destination" comes in three color palettes:  red, purple and teal. It also comes with a invitation backer, lined envelops, RSVP cards and thank-yous.  

The invitation (in red)

The full collection

"Destination Wedding Invitations" comes in two color palettes:  purple and navy. It also comes with a invitation backer, lined envelops, RSVP cards and thank-yous. 

The invitation (in purple)

The full collection

I love it! 

(speaking of travel, don't forget to check out Duffel)

Gucci Fall Winter 2010

Gucci came out with their Fall Winter 2010 collection today.  The palette is black, nude and red; some staple colors that have stuck with us throughout the last year.

What's exciting is that shoulder bags ("clutches") will be sticking around for a bit longer.  I'm a huge fan of these downsized shoulder bags since they're a nostalgically retro and hippie-ishly feminine.  They're also convenient.  As you've found out from my previous post, I can't trust myself not to lose anything that's not attached to me.

Left: 'gucci 1973' medium shoulder bag with oval GG ornament. $1300.

Right: 'croisette' evening bag with bamboo detail and metal beads. $970.

What do you think of Gucci's Fall Winter line?

iPhone4 is Here

It looks like the prototype that was leaked earlier last month!

What do you guys think of the new iPhone4? Anyone getting one?

MTV Movie Awards

MTV movie awards were tonight and it seemed like everyone was in sequin and metallic.

Katy sported her blue wig, Kristen actually smiled (and looking adorable while at it), Lindsay... looked good from the neck up (what is she wearing!?) and Jessica looks like she just stepped out of the holiday choir.

image /people.com

Ohh, who am I kidding, I'm completely infatuated with her girlie outfit -- the to-die-for mini and the fantastic pink belt!  It's so... wannabe-me! 

Are you sporting metallic this summer?

Sample Sale

New Yorkers!

3.1 Philip Lim Sample Sale up to 40% off starts today at 15 Mercer Street (@ Spring Street) Monday-Saturday noon-6pm.

Next week, June 8-11th, Diane Von Furstenberg Sample Sale starts up to 75% off at 260 Fifth Avenue between 28th and 29th streets. Hours:  Tuesday 9:30am-6:30pm, Wednesday 10am-8pm, Thursday 10am-7pm and Friday 9am-3pm.

Will you be checking out the sale?