This Chloé Skirt is Quite Versatile

Bring on the Kit Kats and Chicken and Waffle potato chips, fashionista! 

Ms. Clare Waight Keller has created a Chloé that lets you still look amaze if you've over-indulged 

Not that anyone in fashion would admit to consuming a Kit Kat 

Ahead of the Fall 2013 Menswear Cropped Pants Trend

Chloé cropped pants and striped socks just oh so right

AVON Needs Someone to Sack Them

Every day I nab my Women's Wear Daily to keep up with the soap opera that is AVON's herculean struggles to re-invent itself. Coty's takeover bid was initially brushed aside with annoyance. Now it's a plausible lifeline with AVON even being so nice as to open its books to the perfume giant for perusal. But now Coty has pulled that offer off the table, fatigued by feet dragging

"Your total lack of engagement with us leads to believe that you remain reluctant to explore a friendly, negotiated combination on a reasonable timetable," the letter of retraction from Coty states. 

The problem with this bid loss is that AVON may not find another golden hand to pull i to safety. Hurt hardest by lack of social media outlets and online resources for their sales associates, the brand seems out of touch and dusty and undesirable to buyers. 

Plus, beauty brands established and upstart, have re-focused their ad budgets. The focus is on fresh and flirty, the way a lady wants to feel about her rouge. Case in point: today on the subway I saw a Bare Escentuals bag with "I got Matte in the Sack", a cheeky little come-hither play on words especially smart considering it's a reusable tote for the client. That's gonna be a lot of "Oh I got this free with purchase from Bare Escentuals".

In the end, it may be too late for the former skin so soft titan. AVON may be purchased or fade into the bottom drawer. Coty, which has an all star fresh and fun roster of Marc Jacobs and Chloe perfumes, Rimmel London, and a sea of celeb brands, obviously has the know how and ducats to make AVON over for the year 2012 (or catch it up at least to 2006) but you gotta strike while the curling iron's hot, honey! 

To be continued, I'm sure....

What Will be the Color for Fall 2012?

                              (Rich orange tone reds at Chloe)



(Greens graphics at Fendi)



Based on looks from the designer collections for Pre-Fall, can we make an educated guess on the 'it' color that will emerge over the next few weeks?


Yellow has proven a strong trend leader for Spring 2012, will its dominance carry over?

(Luscious lemon at Louis Vuitton) 

Perhaps we'll crave for gemtone swatches of amethyst and sapphire when the temps finally dip this year (clearly Winter has gracefully bowed out for now, so for us cold weather lovers our eyes already turn to the far off bookend of hope)

(Balmain)

(Chanel)

(McQueen)

Or will the upset be that after a Spring awash in the color spiked punch of pastels and vibrant hues, Fall will revert back to bleak black and boring beige? 

We shall see starting today, but for the money I'm putting my green on ... green

(Going green, also LV)

It's been slowly eeking its way into a borderline neutral shade for a few seasons now and has proven strong on red carpets and editorials, perhaps green will have its red moment and cross over to the closets of the color-phobic.