Tag: skinny jeans

Winter White: One Top, Two Ways

Post author By Helen Hou
Post date October 31, 2013

Photos: Kate Bosworth; Courtesy of gettyimages.com, zimbio.com.

Earlier this summer, before I got my hands on, the suede scallop top Kate Bosworth designed for Topshop was sold out everywhere. So this time, when the all-round style icon collaborated with Topshop again, I marked my calendar and got this white leather sweater as you can see on both of her looks above. I love how she chose white leather to add a fresh and edgy twist on the right-on-trend sweatshirt.

Compared to the last festival-themed collection, The Collection Starring Kate Bosworth truly reflects the star’s personal aesthetic: well-balanced modern simplicity and the perfect mixing of feminine and masculine.

The above two looks showed us how she mixes high street with high fashion, balances trends with basics, offsets eye-catching statements with quiet neutrals, and restyles the same piece for different occasions.

In Chinese: 今年夏天，我最后悔错过的一个单品是Kate Bosworth为Topshop设计的音乐节系列中的一件麂皮镂空上衣，在我决定下单子的时候，所有的店面已经全部卖光了。所以当我听说她会再次为Topshop推出一个秋冬系列时，就锁定了其中的一件白色的皮质运动上衣（就是你在她的这两个造型里看到的这一件），这次再也不会错过了。

其实相比上次她特意为音乐节设计的单品，我更喜欢这次的这个系列，和她简约帅性又不失女人味的个人风格很接近，每一件都是值得收藏，不会过时的经典，线条和颜色很简单，又很有态度。

她上面的这两个look里就包含了好几件她这次设计的作品，看似简单的造型混搭了设计师的单品和人人都买得起的高街品牌，用简单低调的色彩平衡了图纹、金属等抢眼的元素，通过变换配饰让一件相同的单品适合不同的场合。

Coat: Topshop (leather version on Kate Bosworth here)
Top: Topshop (also available here)
Jeans: 7 For All Mankind (also love this pair)
Shoes: Topshop
Bag: Burberry Prorsum (this one from The Crush collection is my obsession)
Sunglasses: Karen Walker (also here)

Top: Topshop (also available here)
Skirt: Alice + Olivia (great buy here; on Kate Bosworth here)
Shoes: Barneys New York (similar here; on Kate Bosworth here)
Lipstick: Dior #437

Tags black booties, fall/winter, Kate Bosworth, leather top, nude booties, party outfit, silver skirt, skinny jeans, street style, white coat

CLOTHING

Transitional Dressing: Sleeveless Coat & Menswear Shoes

Post author By Helen Hou
Post date October 30, 2013

Photos: Alexia Niedzielski; Courtesy of vogue.com, tatler.com.

Besides celebrity street styles and models off-duty looks, I’m always looking for outfit inspirations from fashion editors, bloggers and photographers. Alexia Niedzielski, who I deeply admire, is definitely one of them.

Above I featured two outfits of her that are great for this time of the year. These looks combined some of the season’s hottest trends, like oversized coat, color red and menswear shoes.

Teaming trendy pieces with basics (like the simple T-shirts, jeans and leather shorts on her) is an easy and smart way to keep up with trends while standing out as elegantly characterful.

In Chinese: 除了明星和超模的街拍look外，能给我很多灵感的还有一些有自我风格和态度的时尚编辑、摄影师和博主。今天的这一位就是其中的代表–来自巴黎的摄影师和Ever Manifesto杂志的创始人Alexia Niedzielski。

她的这两个look很适合早秋，而且融入了这一季最新的时尚元素像宽松的外套、红色、男士鞋款、未来感的配饰等。把流行的单品和你平时常穿的基本款搭配起来是既容易操作又聪明的搭配方法，彰显时尚品味的同时又不失个人风格。

1. LnA crew neck tee
2. Etro sleeveless funnel neck coat
3. J Brand 915 super skinny jeans
4. Mango metallic folded clutch
5. Jeffrey Campbell Dulles monk strap flats ($50 here)

1. T by Alexander Wang classic tee (great alternative here & here)
2. Etro sleeveless funnel neck coat
3. Topshop leather look shorts (also here; my favorite here)
4. Chanel nail color in ‘Black Satin’
5. Steve Madden troopa boots (also love this pair)
6. Alexander Wang ‘Fumo’ leather wristlet

Besides the hot red sleeveless coat featured above, here are three equally trendy, practical and flattering choices I love:

From left:
Marni sleeveless fil coupé coat (70% off now)
Preen by Thornton Bregazzi wool-crepe biker gilet (alternative here & here)
Missoni knitted sleeveless cardi-coat

Tags Alexia Niedzielski, black clutch, combat boots, fall/winter, grey T shirt, leather shorts, Metallic clutch, Oxford, party outfit, skinny jeans, sleeveless coat, street style, white T-shirt

CLOTHING

Fall Perfection: Plaid Shirt & Rich Shades

Post author By Helen Hou
Post date October 28, 2013

Photos: Jessica Alba; Courtesy of glamour.com, starstyle.com.

Plaid, leopard, burgundy, emerald… these classic yet trendy shades and prints are naturally associated with fall/winter. Jessica Alba demonstrate how to style them for day and night:

Luxe texture ups the chic factor. For a day time look, a velvet blazer, calf hair flat, wool fedora and cashmere scarf make a sleeveless shirt and skinny jeans combo perfect for fall. A black tote grounded the rich colors.

For an event or a night out, slip on stilettos and grab a printed clutch, you are good to go. Here, Jessica Alba smartly made the sleeveless shirt cold weather approved simply by warming them up with rich shades, from the deep burgundy on her lips to the emerald-green on her toes.

In Chinese: 豹纹、格子、酒红、墨绿等这些词天然地和秋冬联系在一起。今天来看看Jessica Alba 怎么把这些色彩和图案搭配起来，无论应对时尚派对还是周末出街都优雅自如。

奢华的材质能给基础单品和暗沉色调增加层次、提升质感，比如对于春夏我们常穿的无袖衬衫和牛仔裤的组合，秋冬时加上天鹅绒的西装外套、马毛或牛毛的鞋子包包、羊毛的小礼帽以及喀什米尔的围巾等。如果觉得身上的颜色和图案太多，就像Jessica Alba 一样用一个黑色的大包平衡一下吧。

参加派对或晚上外出时，只要把通勤的平底鞋换成高跟鞋，再加上一个豹纹手抓包和一抹红唇就可以了。但是要有应季感还要注意色调的选择，像Jessica Alba所选的墨绿色的鞋和暗红的唇色就给原本清凉的look增加了温暖度。