Current Shoe Obsession: Alaia Color Blocked Studded Sandals!

*Photo Credit: Net-a-porter

Alaia nailed the epitome of perfection with these color blocked studded sandals.  I've recently become obsessed with these sandals that I've literally ogled these on a number of different occassions day dreaming of every single outfit that they would pair perfectly with and yes you guessed right, everything in my closet would l   These beauties are crafted of the finest materials and made with fashion love by hand-if you snickered at the thought of fashion love, well then you've never tried on a pair of custom made footwear that feel as if they have been moulded to fit your feet perfectly.

What are your thoughts? Do these fit the bill of 'drool worthy'?

Color Block Nails Louise Markey Style!

It's simple, color blocking is still very much a relevant trend for Spring 2012 and I've decided to take it to the next level and draw inspiration for my most recent manicure from Louise Markey's Spring 2009 collection.

Louise Markey Spring 2009 Collection, London Fashion Week

I chose 3 vibrant OPI nail polish colors to emulate one of Markey's signature color-blocked tiered cocktail dresses: Ski Teal We Drop, Kiss Me On My Tulips, and Who The Shrek Are You.

In color order pictured above: Ski Teal We Drop, Kiss Me On My Tulips, Who The Shrek Are You

The key to accomplishing this trend is to select at least 3 colors, but also to purposefully alternate the colors in a "random" order.

I encourage you to pick a color palette you are inspired by and try this color block nail trend!

Ohh.Emm.Gee. Sexy, Shocking, Seductive Shoe Alert!!

Brian Atwood, I am literally speechless.  The most I can muster up about these amazing shoes are: SEXY, SHOCKING, SEDUCTIVE...

Check out this video and tell me your thoughts...

The Bigger and Bolder-The Better!

Forget about asking 'Does my butt look big in this?' This summer's big question is 'Does this dress/skirt/tunic/balloon-parka look big on me?' And of course it will, silly. It's meant to.

Dresses as big as barrage balloons, skirts which undulate like breaking rollers on a surf beach, maxis billowing like wind-socks at North Ave Beach, cocoon parkas cagouls and anoraks with the dimensions of a small tent. Everything is over-sized.

As if that were not traffic-stopping enough, then add swathes of big, bright, bold color. No question of blink-and-you'll miss it; eyes wide open and you'll be blinded by the sheer, eye-socking, sizzling shade of it.  Blame it on Raf Simons, the Belgian avant-garde designer and creative director at Jil Sander, who ignored his normal urban minimalist muse and cut loose with maximum impact clothes for a bold extrovert in shocking pink, neon-orange, jade and cobalt techno-silk and gabardine, counter-balanced with the plainest of white cotton Tees.

Simons was not the only one. Alber Elbaz at Lanvin and Albert Kriemler at the Swiss brand, Akris, also pumped-up the volume with the mother of all maxi-skirts in lipstick-red or electric blue, while Miuccia Prada's primary colors, marquee-stripes and prints of monkeys and bananas, all piled together in a hectic melange of big, square-cut, swing-back jackets and rumba-flounce skirts, were the ultimate in big, bold and beautiful.

Prabal Gurung, a favourite of Carey Mulligan, Blake Lively, and Michelle Obama, was just as daring with his clashes of red and pink or turquoise and yellow, and Marc Jacobs, in a voluminous homage to Yves Saint Laurent's 1979 peasant-chic collection, paired off-the-shoulder blouses in purple or pink with big, dirndal skirts in raspberry or tobacco.

So if there's one trend you embrace this summer, make it color done bigger and bolder; it's bound to cheer up the dullest of days... Especially if this Summer weather doesn't arrive soon!

ROKSANDA ILINCIC-SP/SU 2011

JIL SANDER-SP/SU 2011

JIL SANDER-SP/SU 2011

JIL SANDER-SP/SU 2011

AKRIS-SP/SU 2011

REISS-SP/SU 2011

MARC JACOBS-RESORT 2012

PRABAL GURUNG-RESORT 2012

PRABAL GURUNG-RESORT 2012