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Oscar De la Renta: A Fashion Icon Gone

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A fashion icon. A fashion legend. According to an article on cnn.com, often described as the “sultan of suave,” Oscar De La Renta died Monday, October 20, 2014, at age 82. He dressed Hollywood stars, multiple American first ladies including, most recently, Michelle Obama and, Amal Alamuddin, who wore an Oscar de la Renta- designed wedding gown when she married George Clooney.

He was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and was the only male of seven children. He studied abstract art at the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid and discovered his passion was fashion. Early on in his career, he was blessed to work at an apprenticeship with Cristobal Balenciaga and the legendary couture house of Lanvin in France. By the mid-1960s, he was in New York City working for Elizabeth Arden couture and in 1965, he launched his own label.

De la Renta is known for creating beautiful eveningwear, exquisite embroidery work and rich colors. A few notable gowns include the pink feathered dress worn by Sarah Jessica Parker to the 2000 Emmy Awards when she was nominated for her role in “Sex in the City,” a navy silk dress Oprah Winfrey wore at the 2010 Met Ball and my favorite, a fiery red, floral embroidered gown Tina Fey wore to the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

De la Renta leaves behind his second wife and a son.

*I do not own the rights to the photo featured in this post*

‘Scandal’ Inspired Clothing Collection

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ABC’s hit show, Scandal, is known for exciting drama, crazy plot twists and now, a clothing line inspired by one of the show’s main characters, Olivia Pope.

As a HUGE fan of the show and especially a fan of Olivia Pope’s outfits, I was ecstatic to find out about the collaboration between star, Kerry Washington, the show’s costume designer, Lyn Paolo and The Limited’s main designer, Elliot Staples.

According to the ET Online fashion page, the 42- piece collection includes Olivia Pope staples such as neutral color palette and mixture of classic blouses, chic coats and tailored pants.

Check out the collection here!

June 25, 2014

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Hey bloggers!

It has been about a month since I wrote! Oh no!

So, I work as an Inventory Specialist for the U.S. Department of Transportation and we are back doing Physical Inventory! It is a strenous process and takes a lot of time out of my day so, I haven’t been writing as much! I did want to blog about my favorite looks from this past weekends Daytime Emmys!

The Daytime Emmy Awards is an awards show that recognizes great daytime television programming in America. The 2014 Daytime Emmy Awards was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

I absolutely love the show Fashion Police on E! so, I’m gonna rank my favorites and least favorites of the night!

Best Dressed:

• Giuliana Rancic- She wore a fabulous white Badgley Mischka floor-length dress with gold accents around the halter neckline. Personally, I am a sucker for a white dress and I am a sucker for Badgley Mischka designs so, I may be a little bias. Although she was hammered in the news for her super thin figure, the dress fit her well and from pictures you can tell she felt great in it! Here is a link to a picture of her dress posted on eonline.com including an article on her winning the 2014 Daytime Emmy’s Fan Favorite Award!

• Lisa LoCicero- She was a knockout in a red David Meister dress and accented the beautiful color with gold Christian Louboutin heels and gold clutch and a simple updo. Here is a link to picture where you can really see the color pop!

Worst Dressed

• Jessica Collins- She sported a curve-hugging, full-on cleavage exposing black Roberto Cavalli dress with a super strange lip color (some pictures it looks red and some pictures it looks pink) and slicked back hair style. While I LOVED the back of the dress, the look felt forced and not right. She’s a beautiful woman; she just didn’t look that way at the Daytime Emmy’s. Here is a link to the dress.

• Katherine Kelly Lang wore a Ines Di Santo design and I have to say, it is just not flattering. One it is almost a red mini dress covered in an extra-large black dolly. She is an older woman and this dress just ages her even more. Not a great choice and her half-up, partially curled ‘do did not contribute positively to the ensemble either. Her is a link to the not so fabulous dress choice.

The fashion at the 2014 Daytime Emmy’s was not all that but, there’s always next year!

P.S. I don’t own any of the images posted in this blog today 🙂

Check ya later *smooches*