Hottest Look of the Week: A Little Night Music

Twice a year our school has an event known as Coffee House. Talented kids come to play guitar or piano, sing, show short movies, and act out scenes or short plays. Everyone who performs is amazing, and people really dress to impress. Here are a few of my favorite looks and accessories:

I love my friend Izzy's stylish indie look with high waisted shorts, a lace tank, and a cute shoulder bag. And her oxfords are to die for!

Mallie (above) regaled everyone with Lady Gaga's Speechless, and her outfit was awesome too. Suede ankle boots are a classic for fall, and I love her crisscrossed ribbon dress. A little red lipstick never hurt either!

My friend Gabby showed up with an adorable brown leather Coach wristlet. It's such a classic!

These red Salvatore Ferragamo flats are gorgeous. Totally reminiscent of this fall's Miu Miu flats. My friend Claire has awesome footwear fashion sense!

Loved everyones creativity at this year's Coffee House. More posts coming soon! Hope everyone is having an awesome time with the new fall fashions!

xoxo,

Christina Anne

Hottest Look of the Week: Footwear Fit for Super(woman)

I'd like to start off this post saying that I am rushing to get up all the fashion week posts as quickly as possible.

At New York Fashion Week, people get creative. You aren't even allowed into the tents at Lincoln Center if you don't look fabulous. Fashion bloggers and photographers for magazines hunt through the crowd to find the best dressed people to post about. However, the best way to get your picture taken is by wearing awesome shoes. In some cases, REALLY awesome shoes.

If you're planning on strutting statement shoes, wearing a monochromatic outfit shows them off. We love this woman here who dressed in a chic black dress and tights. Her funky pixie cut helps finish off the look.

What makes her bright yellow shoes stand out? The hilarious comic strip printed on them. The shoes say the effect they have on people; POW! and BOOM! are totally what I thought of too.

xoxo, 

Christina Anne

Fashion's Night Out: The New Mardi Gras

There is truly no real way to describe Fashion's Night Out in New York City. I will attempt to try. It begins with a few butterflies slowly rising upwards as you see the painted lips on Diane von Furstenburg's store in the meatpacking district. FNO tshirts have been cut, belted, tucked in and worn every way imaginable. Catherine Malandrino bags boasting "Fashion's Night Out, Sptember 10, 2010" are both stylish and reusable. The green movement is clearly catching on. Style crazed masses flock the street in Chanel flats and Christian Louboutin heels; comfort was not at the top of anyones agenda. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen judge karaoke, Bryan Adams performs at Calvin Klein, and Dr. Perricone hands out strawberry flowers in front of his Madison Avenue store. Pictures we then decide, do the event much more justice than words ever could. Here we go!

Isaac Mizrahi's store uptown. The dress in the window is the gorgeous number Karlie Kloss wore on his F/W 2010 runway.

Christina Anne (me) with designer Isaac Mizrahi.

Supermodel Lauren Hutton (left) speaking at Giorgio Armani.

Bryan Adams performing at Calvin Klein.

The DKNY store uptown. Shoppers had their pictures taken in store that were shown on video screens in the windows.

The crowd inside DKNY.

Dannielle Kyrillos, Christina Anne, and JP Kyrillos.

The DJ at DKNY.

In the Meatpacking District.

Stores in the meatpacking district. The party was crazy at Vince!

I hope that the pictures offered some idea, but Fashion' Night Out was incredible. Twitter posts were referring to it as "The New Mardis Gras." Everyone walked away with something, wether it be a great new pair of heels, a dress, or an FNO tshirt. The New York City AIDS Fund with out a doubt raised a ton of money. The Fashion Community was really, truly successful in year two of Fashion's Night Out, and it would be a shame not to make this phenomenon a tradition. As the last white Marni balloon disappeared into the black, star speckled sky, hope and promise for fashion's future filled the NYC air.

More on Fashion Week coming soon!

xoxo,

Christina Anne

Hottest Look of the Week: Chillin' in the Summertime

Oh, summer. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love your patterned shorts and strappy sandals, your chic sunglasses, and you over the shoulder bags. I love your beachy hair and your funky jewelry, and your constant mall trips. Oh, summer, I think I'll miss you.

We love these girls totally summery outfits, and we're definitely going to miss the awesome styles from this summer. Au revoir summer, we'll see you again next June. 

xoxo,

Christina Anne and Taryn Juliette

Calling All Sweet Tooths

If you have not seen the show Top Chef on Bravo, you have clearly been living under a very sad little rock for quite a while. For those of you who haven't seen it, it is as dramatic as Gossip Girl, filled with as many clebrities as People mgazine, and it is the real reason why fashion people all seem to know how to cook now. Needless to say, it is one of our favorite chef competition shows. So, when we found out that a new spin off called Top Chef: Just Desserts was created, we could not have been more excited.

Johnny Iuzzini, Gail Simmons, Hubert Keller, and Dannielle Kyrillos

The show will battle pastry chefs against each other in classic and crazy Quickfire and Elimination Challenges. Pastry chefs have been waiting for the day when their field will get its "name in lights," and sugar really does make people crazy.The show will be hosted by Top Chef judge Gail Simmons, and the head judge will be Johnny Iuzzini, pastry chef at Jean Georges. The other judges will be Hubert Keller and... Dannielle Kyrillos. Remember that name? Our lovely DailyCandy Editor-at-Large is making her foodie debut, and we wouldn't miss it for the world.

 Dannielle Kyrillos

Top Chef: Just Desserts airs on September 15th at eleven o'clock, right after the Top Chef finale. So get ready for a pastry chef smackdown. This is, truly, Sweet by Bravo.

xoxo,

Christina Anne and Taryn Juliette

Oh, The Shoe Fits, Trust Us

Here's a little MSM Biology lesson: The only human appendages that never stop growing are ears, noses, and feet. But what does that mean for our one of a kind white leather oxfords? 

We all have that pair of shoes (or 6 pairs, if you're anything like Taryn Juliette) that you just can't bear to part with, but sometimes the shoes just doesn't fit. When you find yourself in this position, we know exactly where you can turn: 

http://www.iftheshoedoesntfit.com/

 "If the shoe doesn't fit" is a website that allows you to buy & sell your precious foot jewels that just don't fit anymore. It's an auction style site where the highest bid takes home the hottest shoes. But don't be fooled, not all of the shoes are previously used. This site has plenty of brand new shoes that are auctioned off everyday for cheaper than you'll ever find them in a department store. 

Fabulous. Enough said.

But don't wait to check out the shoes that are up for sale at "If the Shoe Doesn't Fit," because they're almost all one of a kind, so that everyone can find a pair of shoes (or 6) that are the perfect fit.

xoxo,

Christina Anne and Taryn Juliette

A New York State of Mind: A Full Week of Fabulous Day 7

I had an awesome time during my week in New York. As with any trip, a few pictures got left out of my other posts, so here we go with a few little extras.

An epic of an epic epicness? Miss Saturday Morning is in.

Anyone ever seen the Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place? I was totally psyched to see this. Unfortunately there were no wizards around... or Selena Gomez for that matter.

The Statue of Liberty

I had a ton of fun in New York City this week. As mentioned in a snippet before, I'm coming back here on Friday, September 10 for Fashions Night Out. I'll also be here for a little bit of New York Fashion Week.

The party's not over yet! I hope you enjoyed A Full Week of Fabulous on Miss Saturday Morning!

xoxo,

Christina Anne