SPA DAY! If you follow me on twitter or facebook and here on the blog, (not to mention Instagram & pinterest:), you know I'm a big fan of self pampering. My life is crazy busy and in order to keep up I need to be at the top of my game and that means, yes, SPA TIME! And if you can't get to a spa, you'd be amazed at what a nice candle lit soak in the tub can do to fab up a drab day.
Yesterday I got to spend the day with two of my sister-in-laws, one that lives 3 hours North of LA, and one that lives in Wisconsin! So getting together, just us girls, is a special event. My sister in law up North lives in an amazingly beautiful community complete with the Sandlewood Spa. And as we all know, there is nothing like spaaah day!
Hope you have a fabulous weekend and can do something to pamper yourself, you deserve it! xo
TODAY OUTSIDE THE CLOSET:
Oscar Fashion, love it or hate it.
In case you haven't seen some of these gowns yet, and if that's true, I'd have to ask what the heck have you been doing!?! Here's a little re-cap of the real fashion night out, the gowns of The Oscars.
In case you haven't seen some of these gowns yet, and if that's true, I'd have to ask what the heck have you been doing!?! Here's a little re-cap of the real fashion night out, the gowns of The Oscars.
BLACK
Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace. I thought this was a beautiful dress, of course I'm a lover of black dresses, not to mention those Salvatore Ferragamo peep-toes. Supposedly she was also wearing 2.5 million worth of Neil Lane Jewlery. No necklace or bracelet, so maybe 1 million an ear lobe and a $500,000 ring? What a shame we couldn't see that kind of bling! Usually nothing but positive comments are made regarding how gorgeous she is and I agree, although I could have done without the awkward stick out the leg pose . But most of the comments today are focusing on how stick skinny Angelina's arms looked and that's with the 10 lbs the camera adds. I heard there was an In and Out Burger truck outside the Vanity Fair party hope she had one, or ten.
WHITE
Gwyneth Paltro in Tom Ford, Rooney Mara in Givenchy, Milla Jovovich in Elie Saab.
Octavia Spencer beautiful in Tadashi Shoji
RED
Nothing like the powerful statement of RED. Natalie Portman in Dior, Emma Stone in Giambattista Valli, Livia Giuggioli in Valentino.
RUST/GOLD
Ellie Kemper in Armani Prive. This dress showed up on a bunch of the 'bad dress' lists, but I love the way she looked, probably because I'm a red head and I'd wear this color in a minute.
I LOVE Melissa McCarthy, I didn't love the dress, but I was very surprised by one reviewers rude comment regarding her size, but his insult contained a typo so the laughs on him.
Glenn Close in a Zac Posen, 64 and fabulous!
The trim on this gown reminds me of Christmas tree tinsel. And I will never understand why flat chested women wear plunging necklines. Does anyone know? Really, Why?
Sandra Bullock in Marchesa. I would have really liked this if the hip detail was a fitted waist detail. Someone said "stunning for a 47-year-old" what the heck! Guess he never heard 47 is the new 37.
Dresses, especailly gowns, are a very personal choice which should have more to do with the way you feel in the dress and how the dress looks on you, than the dress itself. I don't like to say too much that is negative, but, yeah you knew that was coming, I will say that I think Jennifer Lopez in that Zuhair Murad gown looked like she belonged in Vegas. She changed (better choice) for the after parties, (see below.) And I thought Stacy Keibler in Marchesa looked like a date for the Oscar statuete instead of George, there I said it :o
And last but not least a seasoned star whose red Zac Posen accompanied by Fred Leighton Jewels did not get enough fashion coverage last night.
That's one Piggy that cleans up well, from Drabulous to Fabulous.
TODAY IN THE CLOSET:
Binge or Budget
I fell in love with these Current Elliott gray leopard jeans when they started showing up in fashion blogger land, but at $198, I had to pass. Then when Target got in a look-a-like, and I literally could not see a difference, I snapped up a pair at, (the OK to spend on a trendy item), $23 bucks. Current elliott, $198 or Vanilla Star Juniors Leopard Print Skinny Denim ... : Target, $23
Found these loafers on sale at Khols, Candie's Loafers, $35 very similar to these YSL at $895 and also the popular Steve Madden pair for $79. And they are really comfy.
This classic Celine bag I drool over is about $1,295. I know someone who nabbed one at TJMaxx for a great price but alas, it wasn't me, so the inspired by version from LATrunkShow at $49 will do very nicely. I'm thinking in a bright spring color. Yes?
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Binge or Budget
TODAY IN THE CLOSET:
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! I have BIG NEWS, my blog has given birth to a TV baby. from drabulous to fabulous is going to be a show on Santa Monica Cable starting in April. I am the producer and host of this half hour fashion/life style series. It's going to be so much fun bringing you DIY projects, fashion news, decorating tips, lots of guests and more, live, (GULP.) When I posted the news on my personal Face Book page last week I got lots of questions from family and friends who are spread out around the country asking if they will be able to see it in their area. It will only be on Santa Monica cable (for now ; ) but I will YouTube the episodes and post them on my JulieShops Face Book page, you can like it here.
Now moving on to some fabulous fashion week photos from New York . So grateful to all my favorite fashion bloggers for all their tweets from fashion week. Looking forward to September fashion week when I will be there with Fashionloft8 up close and personal!
Click here to watch the Rebecca Taylor runway show - I love these pieces.
Details to watch for, faux fur, faux snake skin, mixing textures, poka dots, bright colors, bits of sequins and gray is here to stay.
Now moving on to some fabulous fashion week photos from New York . So grateful to all my favorite fashion bloggers for all their tweets from fashion week. Looking forward to September fashion week when I will be there with Fashionloft8 up close and personal!
Click here to watch the Rebecca Taylor runway show - I love these pieces.
Details to watch for, faux fur, faux snake skin, mixing textures, poka dots, bright colors, bits of sequins and gray is here to stay.
NIcole Mkiller
Peter Som
Kate Spade
Brandon Sun
Brandon Sun
Nicole Miller
Nicole Miller
Kate Spade
Kate Spade
Getty Images
Hope your Valentines day is filled with joy and lots of chocolate!
XOXO
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