Jennifer Lawrence Does Dior Proud in a Guipure Crop Top

Jennifer Lawrence has had her share of red carpet hits and misses since stepping out into the spotlight around three years ago, with the fashion police going easy on then-19-year-old up-and-coming actress since she was only starting to make a name for herself. At 19, the actress was cast alongside big names such as Halle Berry and Hugh Jackman for the X-Men series, but failed to get international recognition since her character Mystique required that she become unrecognizable onscreen. It wasn't until The Hunger Games was released in 2012 that Jennifer was catapulted straight into the Hollywood spotlight and into the not-so-loving arms of tough fashion critics.

In November of 2012, Jennifer hired the much-coveted stylist to the A-list celebrities, Rachel Zoe, who produced her first big moment on the red carpet at the 2013 Oscars. We're not sure if it was the gorgeous voluminous Dior Couture gown that Rachel Zoe dressed her in (or the fact that she tripped on her way up to the stage to claim her award) that blew up her red carpet moment to epic proportions, but one thing is for sure - Jennifer is no longer letting her style guard down. The actress arrived at the Paris Fashion Week for the Christian Dior show clad in none other than Dior from their Resort 2014 collection.

Jennifer Lawrence arriving at the Christian Dior show at the Paris Fashion Week Men's Spring/Summer 2014 - 1 July 2013

Jennifer picked out a guipure lace cropped top and matching wool pants ensemble for the show. The beautiful guipure lace top is echoed in the pants by running a lace strip down one leg of the wide-legged pair. Guipure has been a favorite of designers for the last few seasons because it lacks the mesh that usually acts as the foundation for the lace, making the patterns stand out on their own even more. This type of lace has been made even more famous when Victoria's Secret models Miranda Kerr and Candice Swanepoel donned gorgeous guipure dresses from the Australian brand Lover.

Christian Dior Look N 19 from the Resort 2014 collection - Printed pastel metallic guipure top

The beautiful crop top is not available to the general fashion public just yet, so we picked out three guipure tops that will catapult your closet into chic-whimsical fame.

Oscar de la Renta Camilia Guipure Lace Tank, $337.00 (before: $750)

Valentino Ivory Guipure-Lace Top, 1 025,00

Warehouse Guipure Lace Shell, 32.00

Photo Credit: Flavie Chevojon/News Pictures/WENN.com

Vintage Tee Lover? Grab Ashley Greene’s Rocking Shirt Now!

It seems like Kristen Stewart isn't the only Twilight actress with a vintage tee obsession. Ashley Greene has also been spotted numerous times wearing some sort of rugged vintage tee whenever she's out and about on an errand, headed to the gym, or even just to get her caffeine fix, and so on.

This time around, the 25-year-old actress was seen wearing a distressed skull-printed tee by CBGB & OMFUG while getting her smoothie fix in West Hollywood last Wednesday. Ashley looked like she just put on whatever was lying around in her closet but she did rock this vintage tee nevertheless.

Ashley Greene seen leaving a juice bar in West Hollywood in Los Angeles, CA - 10 July 2013

If you happen to be a vintage tee afficionado as well, then you might want to get your hands on Ashley's rocking tee below:

CBGB & OMFUG Burn Out Skull Deluxe Vintage T-Shirt in Black, $24.99

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Rita Ora Gets Funky Even on Laundry Day—Check Out Her Tee!

Well, Rita Ora certainly lives up to her funky and hip signature style even when she's off-duty or in this case, even while she's doing laundry. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter was seen carrying a laundry bag on a warm and sunny day in London last Wednesday but even if Rita was running errands during that day, she didn't make any effort of hiding from the paps as seen in her choice of eye-catching outfit.

Rita wore a very colorful shirt that featured a "Free Wifi" print by WIA Collection. And this shirt was certainly enough in drawing attention to her but we can't really blame her for having an innate eccentric taste in fashion, don't you agree? After all, it's one of the many reasons why we love her in the first place!

Rita Ora seen in West London carrying a laundry bag in London, United Kingdom - 10 July 2013

If you're into hip and funky pieces yourself, then this colorful and eye-catching "Free Wifi" tee by WIA Collection would certainly be a great addition to your wardrobe. And of course there's no better season than summer to wear this bright and colorful tee, don't you think so?

WIA Collection 'Free Wifi' Tee, $69.00

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Floral Peplum Tops to Wear with Your Office Skirt

Looking for a worthy match to your office skirt? Try brightening up your work wardrobe with these floral peplum tops we found at ModCloth. Each one has its unique floral design and the vibrant bouquets will certainly even out the gloomy undertones of your skirt. They're great with slacks too, in case you were looking to mix it up.

Take a look:

For Flowers on End Top, $52.99

Hula La Top, $52.99

Office in the Sun Top, $42.99

Let Down Your Garden Top, $29.99

Packing for Children

6 Simple Tips reblogged from Fodor's Newsletter

May 16, 2011 | Posted in Practical Travel Tips | Fodor's Editors

Whether your family is heading out for a long flight or a quick road trip, reduce your pre-trip stress with our simple family travel packing tips. From making a list to creative carry-ons, you'll help prevent adult and kid meltdowns away from home (it's amazing how the smallest of stuffed animals can test everyone's sanity).

1. Give everyone his or her own bag.
Individual suitcases (preferably different colors-red for one, blue for another) help you locate items in a hurry. This will make life easy at the airport, as even little kids are not only capable of toting around a mini-Pullman-they often enjoy it.

2. Assemble one toiletry kit for all the kids.
Today's rules regarding carry-on liquids mean more shampoos in checked baggage-and more potential for messy spills. Checking one bag with all spillable items (as well as beauty items such as hair dryers and makeup) saves you from a potential trip to the Laundromat upon arrival. It also eases unpacking, allowing you to deposit the entire case right in the bathroom.

3. Make packing lists for each child.
List each item as it's packed, and stow the complete itemization in the suitcase. The arrangement will help you repack at the end of the trip and give you the peace of mind of knowing everything that came is going back home.

4. Pack a family carry-on.
One bag of essentials saves heartache if a bag is temporarily lost. Include one outfit for everyone, as well as prescriptions and other must-haves. A communal bag also simplifies car travel, giving quick access to overnight necessities for midway stops instead of unpacking the whole car.

5. Consider creative carry-ons.
Soft coolers make great carry-on luggage. Roomy and crushable, they're perfect for nonbreakable items (such as those extra outfits) and help you cut your food bill by becoming picnic baskets for takeout meals.

6. Think plastic.
Plastic bags protect delicate items from spills inside your suitcase. They'll also be invaluable at trip's end for dirty laundry and any wet clothes coming home.

Tagged: Castello Dal Pozzo, Children, Italy, Piedmont, Travel

Giocometti Exhibition – Gallarate until 19th June

The MAGA Museum of Gallarate (Varese) hosts,until 19th June 2011, a personal exhibition of the famous Italian artist Alberto Giacometti.

Giocometti Exhibition - until June 19th Gallarate

The exhibition consists of sculptures, paintings and drawings by Alberto Giacometti, coming from a private collection, never exhibited in Europe before.

The works of art cover the entire course of Giacometti's artistic research, including a large documentary section: photographs which depict the artist at work and tell his life, to relive his exceptional artistic personality.

CONTACT

Art Museum Gallarate MAGA
Web: http://www.museomaga.it

Tagged: art, Castello Dal Pozzo, Italy, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Travel

Solange Turns A Mini-Mall Into A Disco For “Lovers In The Parking Lot” Video: Watch

Get In The Groove

“Lovers In The Parking Lot,” arguably the best song off Solange‘s great True EP, finally gets an official music video. In the clip (which she co-directed), the singer shows off her signature two-step dance moves and her glorious Diana Ross-inspired curls while dressed in colorful, space-agey getups - peep her light-up sneakers! It all goes down after dark in a suburban mini-mall in Houston, where Big Tymers‘ Mannie Fresh and Bun B make surprise appearances.

In addition to forming her own label, Saint Records, Solange is planning to release her third studio album next year. She revealed that indie artists like Sampha (Drake, Jessie Ware), Dave Longstreith (The Dirty Projectors) and Patrick Wimberly (Chairlift) have been involved in the songwriting process.

Watch the video for “Lovers In The Parking Lot” up top.

Justin Timberlake Tops MTV Europe Music Award Nominations

Well, Justin Timberlake‘s reign over pop appears unstoppable: The singer has snagged five nominations at the MTV Europe Music Awards, securing nods for Best Male, Best Live, Best Look, Best US Act and Best Video (for “Mirrors”). In related news, “Best Look” is a category at the EMAs. Stay mad.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are also up for five nominations, while the usual suspects - Daft Punk, Robin Thicke - round out the rest of the nods.

One anomaly worth noting? Miley Cyrus nabbed a nomination for her “Wrecking Ball” video - so it’s good to know that Terry Richardson-shot nudity goes over smooth on the other side of the pond.

Check the full nominations below.

BEST SONG
Bruno Mars - ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’
Daft Punk - ‘Get Lucky’ (featuring Pharrell Williams)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - ‘Thrift Shop’ (ft. Wanz)
Rihanna - ‘Diamonds’
Robin Thicke - ‘Blurred Lines’ (featuring TI & Pharrell)

BEST POP
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
Miley Cyrus
One Direction
Taylor Swift

BEST FEMALE
Katy Perry
Lady Gaga
Miley Cyrus
Selena Gomez
Taylor Swift

BEST MALE
Bruno Mars
Eminem
Jay Z
Justin Bieber
Justin Timberlake

BEST LIVE
Beyonc
Green Day
Justin Timberlake
P!nk
Taylor Swift

BEST NEW
Bastille
Icona Pop
Imagine Dragons
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Rudimental

BEST VIDEO
Justin Timberlake - ‘Mirrors’
Lady Gaga - ‘Applause’
Miley Cyrus - ‘Wrecking Ball’
Robin Thicke - ‘Blurred Lines’ (featuring TI & Pharrell)
Thirty Seconds To Mars - ‘Up In The Air’

BEST ROCK
Black Sabbath
Green Day
Kings Of Leon
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Killers

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Arctic Monkeys
Fall Out Boy
Franz Ferdinand
Paramore
Thirty Seconds To Mars

BEST HIP-HOP
Drake
Eminem
Jay Z
Kanye West
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

BEST ELECTRONIC
Afrojack
Avicii
Calvin Harris
Daft Punk
Skrillex

BIGGEST FANS
Tokio Hotel
Thirty Seconds To Mars
One Direction
Justin Bieber
Lady Gaga

BEST LOOK
Harry Styles
Justin Timberlake
Lady Gaga
Rihanna
Rita Ora

BEST PUSH
Karmin (October 2012)
Rudimental (November 2012)
Imagine Dragons (January 2013)
A$AP Rocky (February 2013)
Bastille (March 2013)
Austin Mahone (April 2013)
Bridgit Mendler (May 2013)
Tom Odell (June 2013)
Iggy Azalea (July 2013)
Icona Pop (August 2013)
twenty one pilots (September 2013)

BEST WORLD STAGE
Alicia Keys - WS Manchester 2012 (aired Dec. 7th)
fun. - WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped June 7th)
Garbage – WS Mexico 2012 (aired Dec. 21st)
Green Day - WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped June 9th)
Jason Mraz - WS Live In Myanmar 2012 (taped Dec. 16th)
Jessie J - WS Malta 2013 (taped 26th June)
Linkin Park - WS Mexico 2012 (aired Oct. 26th)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - WS Wireless 2013 (taped 13th July)
No Doubt - WS Frankfurt 2012 (aired Dec. 28th)
Paramore - WS Rock Am Ring 2013 (taped 7th June)
Rita Ora - WS Malta 2013 (taped June 26th)
Robin Thicke - WS Malaysia 2013 (taped 8th September)
Snoop Lion - WS Durban 2013 (taped May 18th)
The Black Keys - WS NY Webster City Hall 2012 (aired Oct. 12th)
The Killers - WS Big Day Out 2013 (taped Jan 18th)

BEST UK & IRELAND ACT
Calvin Harris
Ellie Goulding
Olly Murs
One Direction
Rudimental

[via The Huffington Post]

The 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards: The Good, the Bad, and the Meh

Let’s talk last night’s Emmys fashion: The greatest, the worst, and the ehhhh I’m not quite sure. From Lena Dunham’s floral Prada faux pas to Rose Byrne’s less-is-more Calvin Klein to the varying sartorial taste levels of the women of Mad Men, we’re calling it like we see it.

Click through to see our picks for best and worst at the 2013 Primetime Emmy Awards. And feel free to disagree or agree in the comments!

Photos: Getty

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Is Anna Wintour Planning to Revamp Glamour Next?

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Ever since being named artistic director at Conde Nast, Anna Wintour has slowly been making editorial changes at publications that need to be turned around. First came major masthead shakeups at Lucky, then Conde Nast Traveler–so which glossy is next on Wintour’s list?

A juicy new piece on the Vogue editor-in-chief in the New York Times reports that Wintour may have set her sights on Glamour. The women’s title has apparently lost 28 percent in newsstand sales in the year ending in June–a shockingly large drop.

An exec at a competing company “with direct knowledge of the discussions” told the Times that Wintour had approached one of his employees to fill the role of creative director at Glamour; apparently that person was told that he or she would report to Wintour, not EIC Cindi Leive. It’s a move that may sound a tad familiar: Wintour brought Eva Chen onto Lucky initially to serve as a consultant, before axing former EIC Brandon Holley and putting Chen in the driver’s seat of the troubled title.

Charles Townsend, the chief executive of Cond Nast, acknowledged discussions for new Glamour hires had taken place while denying that the new position would report directly to Wintour. As for Wintour, she had only this to say: “These are very early days, and I don't want to say anything that would take the focus off the magazines and their editors, whom I hold in very high regard.”

Still, it’s got to be a bit troubling for editors at Glamour, who have already seen colleagues get the pink slip treatment. As the Times puts it, “Now, a magazine belongs to its editor until it does not.” On the other hand, Wintour’s magic touch–and years and years of experience–can only help a glossy. Plus, Leive and the whole Glamour staff have already proven themselves to be a formidable team, solidifying the glossy’s spot as Conde Nast’s most profitable title. Needless to say we’ll be watching to see what sort of changes Wintour will make.

We’ve reached out to Glamour for comment and are waiting to hear back.

Fashion faux pas Friday: Fergie

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Gifts for the Guy who has Everything

Well - it's December - so I guess that means we can officially start with some gift guides for the fashionistas/os in our lives. I thought I'd start with the extreme - exceptional gifts for the guy who has everything. Warning: You need a large bank account for these gems!

Brioni dinner jacket, $4,895, available at Mr. Porter

Derek Rose Cashmere Dressing Gown, $4,140, available at Mr. Porter

Cire Trudon tabacco & leather scented candle, $550, available at Mr. Porter

Foundwell 18 Karat Gold and Essex Crystal Jockey Cufflinks, $6, 525, available at Mr. Porter

Santiago Gonzalez Crocodile Backpack, $4,940, available at Mr. Porter

What do you think? Are these items worth the investment or are you more inclined to see what H&M has to offer this season?

Images courtesy of Mr. Porter.

Demi Lovato Injects a Touch of Rocker Chic into a Sophisticated White Top

Demi Lovato is kicking off yet another season of X Factor with her co-judges Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio by holding the Los Angeles auditions. Demi seemed to beam with happiness as she had her photos taken with the rest of the judges, with tough-as-a-rock Simon even seemingly demonstrating a protective mentor-like fondness over the promising young lady as seen by their comfortableness around each other.

The former Disney star looked radiant in a girl-next-door ensemble of jeans and a white top - and no, we don't think it was just the outfit that was doing all the glowing for her. Demi admitted that her personal style isn't strongly based on certain fashion icons, but rather that she dresses according to what makes her feel confident and beautiful. Her style discipline definitely translates well with her since resurfacing from her long history of emotional battles, all of which she aggressively fought and eventually overcame. It is never easy to grow up in the spotlight, so it is quite rare to see a celebrity rise from the ashes and even more so to surpass the level of success that they have attained previously.

Demi Lovato with the rest of the judges for Fox's 'The X Factor' at the Galen Center, Los Angeles - 11 July 2013

The blonde beauty looked effortlessly chic in a Joseph blouse with a ruffle detail attached to the front button closure. Demi decided to add a little of her personal style into it but buttoning it down to reveal a pretty black lace bralet and adorning it with a lovely tasseled gold necklace. To counter the edginess of the peeking bralet and her full black eyeliner look, Demi rolled up her sleeves to balance out the look.

To insert your own personal style to this classic buttondown, visit Farfetch to get your own Joseph piece.

Joseph Blouse, $163.60 (before: $409.00)

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Heidi Klum Joins the Palm Print Bandwagon

From swimsuits to cotton tops, the palm print trend, along with everything else that's beach-related, is all the rage this summer. It does not come as a surprise then that fashion household names, such as former supermodel Heidi Klum, would not dare let themselves fall even one step behind the fashion pack. The ever-cheerful model-turned-host was seen spending an afternoon with her children and boyfriend Martin Kristen in Manhattan in none other than these funky tree prints.

Heidi has been making consistent waves with her outfit choices lately (we're still not over her perfectly polished all-blue leather skirt ensemble), which gives us enough reason to run for our keyboards and tap away on search engines to get our daily Klum outfit fix. Heidi was spotted enjoying a casual meal in a long-sleeved cotton palm tree print blouse, denim shorts, oversized sunnies and thong sandal flats.

Heidi Klum spotted on a day out with her children and boyfriend Martin Kristen in Manhattan - 9 July 2013

The Maison Scotch Palm Tree Shirt is a white cotton blend shirt with a front button closure, long-sleeves, classic colar and a chest pocket. The rather unisex print is made more feminine by the highly-noticeable curved hem. The shirt tends to wrinkle after a while of wearing it, which may make it more apt for casual wear.

For your dose of summery palm prints, get your Maison Scotch cotton blend piece from Farfetch.

Maison Scotch Palm Tree Shirt, $79.04 (before: $112.91)

Photo Credit: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com