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  • Designer Fashion: Call It Cavalli

    Transform Donald Trump into an Italian woman (Donatella Versace, is that you?), put her in the middle of the African landscape, wrap her in a chiffon animal print and, BAM, youve got Cavalli. The Roberto Cavalli aesthetic, forged over 40 years in fashion design, mingles body-hugging silhouettes with both light and tough fabrics, a heavy use of metallics and brilliantly colored prints. When ...

  • Designer Fashion: Get The Missoni Footwear Look For Less

    Any fashionista will tell you that the easiest way to pump up your outfits volume is with a bright, bold accessory. And those same fashionistas know that the go-to amplifying add-on is a great pair of shoes. Why else do you think we need so many?! For Missonis Spring 2011 collection, the Italian house sent out wildly colored and patterned footwear to play off its equally attention-grabbing...

  • Designer Fashion: Zac Posen's Bad Reviews

    Watching the ANTM models walk in Zac Posens designs for his lower-priced line, Z Spoke, this season, youd never know there was anything wrong. The contestants and judges both poured praise all over Posen for his creative talent and fun, flirty aesthetic. But, then again, those were the clothes were from his Fall 2010 collection. When the designer presented his Spring 2011 Zac Posen collection...

  • Modern Versace: How to Get the Look for Less

    Remember how nervous the girls of Cycle 15 were to go on their go-see at the Versace fashion house? We would have been terrified, too. Gianni Versaces black and gold safety-pin dress for Liz Hurley in 1994 is by now a fashion legend and one of the most iconic looks in the Italian houses history. We know Versace under Giannis guidance as a label defined by bold color, metallic embellishments...
  • Burke Beat: Get Brooke Burke's Silver Siren Look

    As this season of Dancing With The Stars drew to a close, co-host Brooke Burke turned up the volume on her signature old-Hollywood-glamour style. A few weeks ago she gave us a floor-length, body-hugging gold gown with glimmering gold accessories. If we didnt know any better, wed have thought she was the Academy Award statue. And what would have been more classic Hollywood than that? Last...