Spring & Summer ’10 Color Trends

Posted on | February 25, 2010 | No Comments

By: Alyssa S.

This is 1 of 4 color trend palettes for Spring and Sum­mer 2010.
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Alter­na­tively chic and more wild.

 A woman-child with a retro look set in a Twin-Peaks uni­verse. She looks like Mom and he looks like Grand­dad. A play­ful, girly mood jug­gling vin­tage pat­terns and faded 60’s and 70’s Amer­i­cans col­ors cre­ates a mun­dane atmos­phere with a twisted angel.

Col­ors.

A cheer­ful, yet slightly faded range evok­ing 70’s col­ors, which seem to have been soft­ened in the wash­ing machine. Muf­fled tones: pale blue, faded beige, soft khaki. A range com­pleted by more intense hues of yel­low or vio­let with stronger accents of red or sky blue.

Sil­hou­ettes.

A blend of retro ele­gance à la Jackie O reworked more roman­ti­cally with fit­ted, high-waisted, slim-bust jack­ets and tops with jewel-like embroi­dery worn with mid-knee length, slim pen­cil skirts or Capri pants … and the cam­pus inspi­ra­tion of worn denim mini blousons and high school tops paired with tulle tutus.

Men.

70’s style, com­posed of bell bot­toms trousers, flo­ral shirts and fit­ted jack­ets. A rock vin­tage spirit with mil­i­tary jack­ets and boot-cut jeans. Retro cam­pus style with a polyamide blou­son worn with a base­ball T-shirt and bleached snow-colored jeans.

Fab­rics.

They cul­ti­vate a vin­tage mood with cot­tons and wool being worked to seem used, faded, softer and sup­pler. In a 70’s, sporty mood, a range of relaxed fab­rics: sup­ple den­ims, thick can­vases, casual fleece, washed out, checked yarn-dyes. A more sophis­ti­cated, Hal­ston style of chif­fons, crepes and satins for a femme fatale look.

All Denim: How Much is too Much?

Posted on | February 23, 2010 | No Comments

By: Stephanie Hector

Denim apparel is mak­ing a come­back this spring, how­ever, with some of the new designs— denim leg­gings for women, jean shorts for men and head-to-toe denim out­fits for both— is it push­ing the revived trend too far? J. Crew and Banana Repub­lic just recently intro­duced a denim col­lec­tion that includes denim trench coats and shirt dresses. Simon Kneen, Cre­ative Direc­tor and Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent of Design at Gap Inc. said head-to-toe denim is,” a won­der­ful opti­mistic feel­ing of blue skies, spring­time and feel­ing really pos­i­tive and opti­mistic.” Keep it all in mod­er­a­tion and the denim trend is back in fash­ion for 2010!  

All Aboard!

Posted on | February 18, 2010 | No Comments

By: Sarah Hennen

With spring right around the cor­ner, it’s time to trade in those chunky win­ter boots for some­thing just as com­fort­able and func­tional, but with a lit­tle more style. Fea­tured on the run­ways of this year’s New York Fash­ion Week, boat shoes are mak­ing a state­ment. Not only do they play on the nau­ti­cal trend we’re see­ing right now, but they are the per­fect shoes for any spring look – they com­bine sexy, sen­si­ble and sporty all in one!

 My favorite pair by Sperry Top-Sider® (Nord­strom — $79.95) has the dou­ble eye­let tie and comes in an oat color that matches both black and brown. They have leather foot beds and air mesh pan­els that give my feet the sup­port they need and on top of that, they are water-friendly. Be sure to check out Sperry’s entire spring line; from tie dye to pink patent leather, there is a boat shoe out there for every­one. I can’t wait to throw on my own pair with some shorts and head to the lake. Boat sold separately.

Club Monaco Promotion

Posted on | February 16, 2010 | No Comments

Beauty Happenings

Posted on | February 11, 2010 | No Comments

By: MOA Beauty-ista

On Fri­day, Feb­ru­ary 12 Sephora will host a Two Faced event at Mall of Amer­ica from noon – 6 p.m.  Enjoy makeovers, sam­ples and a two piece gift with pur­chase.  Call to book a con­sul­ta­tion (952–854-1517).

day of the event.

Trade Secret at MOA seems to have quite a few items cur­rently on sale includ­ing Kenra, Big Sexy Hair and select Liters.

For Love  21 has intro­duced their new beauty line Love and Beauty which fea­tures many items at very low prices.  Check out the$2.80 nail pol­ishes, $1.80 lip glosses and $1.80 blot­ting papers.  I’m inter­ested to try the Shim­mer Brush for $3.50, a gigan­tic brush with shim­mer that clicks in from an attach­ment.  At these prices you can pick up a pair of ear­rings to match!

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