On top of the amazing Spotlight Blogger of the Month campaign, the wonderfully supportive people at Weardrobe featured me and FashionistaTalk.com on their Explore page. I love the beautiful graphic they made (picture from Future is Vintage) and I thought to include it in this post, along with my interview. You can read it here or on the Explore page.
Stella McCartney
Stella McCartney revisited
I’m still lusting after colour…and then some more colour. Lately I’ve been craving unusual combinations so when it was time to style my fuchsia Stella McCartney dress, I instinctively reached for more untraditional tones. A few years ago, I probably wouldn’t have even considered accessorizing this dress with such crazy-large, blue bangles but to me colour limitations are now just that – limitations.
Stella McCartney in the ‘fresh’
It is now Stella’s turn to act the muse. I’ve always been fond of her fresh, playful kind of approach to fashion, with its ever-present sense of ease and cool. When putting together what I found to be the most interesting pieces from her spring and resort collections, there a few things that I noticed that sort of made me pause and think. First of all, as much as I love Stella’s clothes, I found her debut (2002) collection pretty uninspired. I would even go as far as to call it simply bad. It just seems so gimmicky and even vulgar. All the risqué slogans left an unpleasant taste in my mouth and made me wonder “why.” Well, in Stella’s defence, it was her first collection as an independent designer and this might have been her attempt at making her entrance with a bang (regardless of how big a flop it might have proven to be). At least our girl takes risks, right?
my Cuban gingerbread men
I realize that I’m making this post a little late but I’m sticking by that old ‘better late then never’ cliche. If I had to single out my favourite part of today’s look it would be my ‘gingerbread men’ necklace that I bought on my last vacation in Cuba. Admittedly, from a craftsmanship perspective, there isn’t much to it but I think it embodies that Cuban warmth and charm that is so inherent in their culture. I love this necklace for the very reason others might have passed it by – its primitiveness or even immaturity. It may be simple in appearance but it’s loaded with vibrancy. I think its colour emanates with such intensity and festivity.
Amber loves Stella
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned it before that Stella McCartney is one of my favorite designers. There is an element of freshness and spontaneity in her work – a feeling of ease and fluidity. Today I wore her girlish organza blouse by tying a small knot at the bottom and tucking the knot into her low-rise, zipper pants (this partial tucking-in is something I started doing recently).
