The Emmys Fashion 2014

Every year the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences brings us the “oh so waited for” Primetime Emmy Awards and, just like any awards ceremony, the “oh so anticipated moment” would be the Red Carpet arrival of the stars.

From Sofia Vergara to Julia Roberts, passing by Berry and many many more, one cannot ignore that anticipated feeling of seeing what they are wearing:  which designer would it be and what would they look like. The stars become heroes for a night; the heroes inspiring the next wedding girls will be attending and the next ball gown event they will dance at this next season!

Cutting it short and to summarize it, here are some of the best looks that I chose from the Red Carpet walk of this past Monday ( August 25^th, 2014).

To start, my favorite part is –and will always be- when I cross some of the stars dressed by Lebanese designers. Not to sound very “cliché”, but that view make me tingle and my eyes glow with pride

Halle Berry and Julia Roberts in Elie Saab, 

Halle Berry

Julia Roberts

Camila Alves and Taylor Schilling shined in Zuhair Murad, 

Camila Alves

Taylor Schilling

and Allison Janney was dressed by the one and only Nicolas Jebran.

Allison Janney

As for me, my personal favorite was Julia's choice! 

Usually I am not a fan of glittery cloths, far less a fan of glittery dresses! But again, Gwen Stefani's look simply rocked. Appearing in an outfit designed by Atelier Versace, her glittery look perfectly reflected her twisted side while maintaining elegance and a very chic style at the same time.

Gwen Stefani

And moving to Black: the color being called the “safest” choice for an evening gown,it is yet,  in my opinion, the most critical to wear: you really need to know how to wear black in order to shine in it.

Here are my favorite black dresses moments from the Red Carpet 

Debra Messing in Angel Sanchez

Debra Messing

Lena Heady in Rubin Singer

Lena Heady

Lizzy Caplan in Donna Karen Atelier

Lizzy Caplan

Crowned by my favorite out of all: Sarah Paulson in Arami Privé where the  mix of red mist dots on the black gown simply made the outfit look like a so not cold winter!

Sarah Paulson

And then come the colors.

Colors, colors, and more colors! we might be close to fall season but this year's fall/winter collections are full with colors, bright ones even! And here are a few of the colorful dresses that I chose from the Emmy’s ceremony (Keep in mind that I am not a fan of colors).

Yellow for Kate Walsh in a Stephane Rolland Couture

Kate Walsh

Coral for Heidi Klum in a Zac Posen dress

Heidi Klum

Red for Claire Danes who wore Givenchy's design of Kim Kardashian's wedding gown

Claire Danes

Red again for Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting in a Monique Lhuillier

Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting

And  for what is the latest trend this year "Crop Tops" they appeared on the Red Carpet through 

Sarah Hylan who did it well in a Christian Siriano white crop top and a ball gown coral skirt

Sarah Hylan

Color mixes and color shades were also there 

Anna Gunn in Jenny Packham

Anna Gunn

Allison Williams in Giambattista Valli Couture

Allison Williams

Cat Deely in Burberry

Cat Deely

No Red Carpet can go by without the sexy Sofia Vergara!

After choosing the Zac Posen black ball gown with the stunning turquoise blue necklace to the Golden Globes 2014, I personally was impatiently waiting to see what she will be pulling for the Emmys this year. Again, she did not fail anyone in a Roberto Cavalli white form fitting gown. Sofia proved that no matter what color or cut she chooses to wear, she simply looks phenomenal.

Sofia Vergara

Oh well now… for any upcoming event you might be attending this coming season, you now have a helpful yet confusing examples to look at.  Confused still? Be daring, mix and match some of the red carpet models and recreate some of the looks to better suit your style… or simply, contact me for advise ;)

Gucci Beauty

Rumors have been circulating that another major fashion house will be launching its beauty line, and that they will do it as properly as they do their cloths, bags, shoes etc…

There is however no smoke without fire and the rumors turned out to be true!

It is official now: Gucci will be the next fashion house to launch its beauty line. And although nothing is tangible yet, but pictures of the products were released.

The line will include face, eye, lip, nail as well as brushes and skin preparing products and will be out in the US by next month but the dates are not clear yet for the UK or the rest of the world.

The creative director Frida Giannini consulted with legend Pat McGrath to develop a range of 183 products of ultimate quality and design.

As expected from a fashion house like Gucci, the products range won’t be anything regular or déja vu: The packaging will be embossed with the brand’s logo and, with the collaboration of Pat McGrath, we have no doubt that the inside will be as refined as the outside.  In fact, thetube’s design itself will make you want to buy it and try it.

Now if you think the packaging is luxurious enough, then your description will turn to “royal” as soon as you hear who will be the official face of the first collection:

"Charlotte Casiraghi, daughter of Princess Caroline de Monaco."

So, are you still  wondering if you will buy this beauty product line? I guess not!!! 

In fact, I am more than sure that every girl out there will have at least one item from the Gucci beauty line collection inside her makeup kit!

Olivia Palermo à la "Sex and the City"

I grew up like many other girls during the Sex and the City phase: The series started in 1998 the year I turned 18, Carrie Bradshaw was the character that reflected most of my personality, and, throughout the whole seasons and the 2 movies that followed, I was always keen to be close to any detail related to her style, hair, cloths and… and… and, above all: her SHOES!

Manolo Blahnik, the iconic shoes designer of the series and the blowing mind behind that exceptional blue pair of shoes that every girl I know  fell in love with: THAT  one pair with which Mr. Big proposed in that huge walk-in closet, THAT one pair that made every girl on the planet dream of having a Mr. Big, a walk-in closet and a Manolo Blahnik.

And then came that one socialite and fashion icon who made any girl’s dream come true and chose this blue pair of shoes for her wedding ceremony. Adorned with a chic white short, full tulle satin and silk skirt with floral detailing, a cashmere sweater and, to top it all, the iconic Manolo Blahnik blue shoes à la “Sex and the City”: that is the look Olivia Palermo opted for at her wedding.

Carrie Bradshaw would have been proud!

The 28 year old socialite and fashion icon tied the knot with her beau Johaness Huebl in New York creating a new trend with her bridal look.

The three piece ensemble by Carolina Herrera will soon be one of the must haves for a trendy, chic, breathtaking and signature ceremony

So simple, yet so chic… and with a twist! One of the best “out-of-the-ordinary” bridal looks of our times.

After Carrie’s Vivian Westwood dramatic gown adorned with a bird feather hair accessory loaned from the New York Vintage, Palermo’s look comes as one of the best yet.

Planning a trendy wedding in the near future? Here is a new trend to follow.

An H&M experience

I am one of those who do believe a lot in smart shopping, and when it comes to that, I constantly go shop for the latest trends that are well known to last for few months at H&M.

I am sure that the shop doesn't offer the best quality in town but its collection comes helpful when you feel like wearing something new for one eve, one day, or just few times over summer.

What I am about to discuss here has nothing to do with their garment quality. What I am going to tell you about is an experience I had this last Friday on the 1^st of August 2014, at their Kaslik branch in Lebanon.

Around 7.30 p.m. I asked my mother if she would  accompany me shopping. I did not require something specific but I felt like I needed something new.

We arrived to H&M in Kaslik at around 7.45 p.m. and started to look around.

The first surprising thing I noticed was that all the hanged garments were wrinkled which would not be eye catching to the customers; as such, I walked by watching everyone walk away from those stands.

The Sales Associates were everything but associate!!! In fact, shall you need to know if they have another size of this pants, skirt, top or blouse it would be better that you search the whole shop for it either than request any help because they most probably would answer as follows "If you can't find the required size hanged then it is not available", all of this and while next to the fitting room, you would notice a whole pile of cloths where you might find the item you want, in the size you  need!!! I suggest you search there because most probably you will find it.

The phase of finding what I needed ended and it was now time to pay, a time that defines another burden at H&M: one cashier for all the customers, of all sections (men, women and children)  of the shop! One Cashier! And it was August 1^st, most of the people had got their salaries and were shopping. The shop was full, more than 20 persons standing inline to pay and each was holding at least 5 items. And, above all there, was the "Buy 2 get 1 Free" offer. As a good girl, I stood in line and waited . The wait  was getting longer, the line was getting longer, and we still were not moving.

Well, obviously, one cashier was not able to handle alone that much of people. 

Everyone requested another cash counter to be opened to facilitate the payment and, following several shouts for help, and babies cries and pissed people, the management decided to open the 2^nd one. Now here comes the chaos! People started moving from all sides to find the first place in the line while almost fighting with each other! I looked around and asked myself: is this really an international chain shop that probably should be following the rules and regulations of a multinational company? It seems that we only have here the shop in terms of brand: name and maybe cloths, but definitely not the service.

Today, I am sad to announce that last Friday was for me the end of the shopping era at H&M Lebanon.