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December 2011
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Tis the Season for Dresses
Dress Your Best for the Holidays by designsbynel featuring a red dress
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November 2011
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Get the Mad Men Look →
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Fashion History: Early 1960s
Sixties fashion was not just about hippies, world peace, and drugs; it was about class. Hippie fashion didn’t hit the scene until the late 1960s, and it was the early 1960s when women everywhere copied the Jackie O look.
Yes, the first lady of the United States was a fashion icon. Jackie Kennedy wore large square or round sunglasses, the pillbox hat, and dress suits. It was Jackie O who...
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October 2011
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Designer of the Month: Isaac Mizrahi
The only fashion designer you’ll ever see wearing a red bandana is Brooklyn born Isaac Mizrahi. A connoisseur of color and a diviner of inspiration, Mizrahi flamboyantly shows women everywhere how to have style.
Mizrahi began giving style advice to his mother and her friends as a small boy and was given a sewing machine at age ten. His first succuss was in 1987 at a Bergdorf Goodman trunk...
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Look of the Month: Fall is here
Fall is here by designsbynel featuring a yellow gold necklace
Fall is here and layering begins. I just bought this black and white striped long-sleeve dress from Forever 21, and this is how I would dress it for fall.
A red cardigan or blazer would give a pop of color, but any color cardigan or blazer would work here, since the dress is black and white. Tights are a must for fall and to make it...
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September 2011
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Fashion History of the Month: The Roaring Twenties
I’m sure you’ve heard of the time in history called the roaring twenties. So why was it roaring? Well, for many reasons, but one was the fashion.
The first woman to roar at the current fashion trends of the early 20th century was Coco Chanel. She was the first woman to cut her hair, throw off her corset, and wear trousers. Yes, trousers. Only men wore the pants back then. Chanel...
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August 2011
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The Fashion Insider: Fall Digs For Tops →
thefashioninsider:
Runways had been busy making us drool over a la mode dresses, maxi and mini skirts, wide-legged otherwise skinny pants, and other diversified stylish goodies — seemingly, although not completely, leaving tops behind the limelight. But on this year’s F/W runways, I’ve seen ample amount of tops.
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Designer of the Month: Coco Chanel
Look in your closet. Do you have anything made with Jersey? Do you have a little black dress? Do you have a blazer? Have you ever worn a belt over a cardigan? What about an A-line skirt? All of this is Chanel.
Her designs revolutionized women’s fashion and have remained a classic staple today and will continue into the future. Granted there will always be variations on each design, but the...
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July 2011
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April 2011
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