AMBER ROSE X SIMPLY BE

ITS FINALLY HERE!!!!

The collaboration with Amber Rose and Simple Be drooped 6.30.18.  The collection, created and edited by Amber Rose, is filled with all types of fashion.  The collection is available from size 6-32 so all my plus size princesses get ready to get your sexy on.

This collection is super sexy.  There is spandex, body con dresses, body con jumpers and the most latex I have seen in an inclusive collection.   The collection also has accessories like shoes and a pink diamond choker.  They even have some high hip swim suits and even a beach towel.   I am excited to see my girls rock everything they can in this collection all white body con dress or the latex pink shirt. 

This collection is surly a collection for the sexy at heart.  I just may get my sexy on with this collection as well.  Here are a few items I love from the collection.

To see more of the collection, head over to Simply Be or click HERE to see the full collection.

STYLE FASHION WEEK: ADRIAN ALICIA

Adrian Alicea latest collection was presented at Style fashion week  on the famous Intrepid.  The couture designer has been making his name through the fashion world for the past two year.  But please don't think that Adrian is new to the game.  He has been focusing on establishing his own aptly-named line, Adrian Alicea Haute Couture, separate from his partner line Nico & Adrian NY. 

Alicea's lines focus on his Latino and Taino Indian culture and his dancer's background.
For this collection, you got a very latin feel.  Rather through the short shorts or the very vibrant prints or the jackets with no shirt.  I loved the latin feel in every piece that came down the runway.

Also, I felt this collection was very different from his collections of before.  Most of the Adrian's collection of the past has been dramatic and red carpet ready.  This collection seem much more ready to wear.  His patters were eye catching but was balanced out by being in very simple tailored desings.  I found the collection very ready to wear and I wanted to search to find where to get every single garment.

I loved how he also broke up the pattern with neutral colors of nutmeg, off white, grey and navy.  If the items were not complicated in pattern they were complicated in design.   I have followed Adrian fashion for a while and I can see a sophistication and growth in his designs.  I guess he realized his customers want to wear his designs in everyday life.  

I was really shocked (in a good way) at the collection.  Im happy that with the designs, colors and overal story this line told.   Now to get them in my size, but thats another discussion.  

I will leave you all with a quote from the designer himself....

 “…my heart. I make everything by hand. I love color. I love music. I love dance. I want my designs to make people happy, so each piece is unique. I put everything into my work--my heart, my soul, my love. I want everyone who wears my designs to feel special, to feel proud…to know they are different and that they have a right to be.”

OOTD: RED WHITE AND BLUE FLORAL

HEY STYLISTAS!!!!

I know I know..its been a LONG time since I did an outfit post.
I can only say that grad school is a killer but that's still no excuse to not bring you guys the business!!!  I really miss sharing my style with you guys but I kept putting it off because school, my mini me, family/friends or sickness (will tell you about that later) kept getting in the way of creating bomb ass photos.  So I decided to make a date with my stylistas to give you guys some eye candy.

I got a room at the FAB Fairmont hotel in Brooklyn and and snapped some amazing photos in their lobby.  How perfect was this room for my outfit!!! Can I just say that I had some staff turning heads but what an amazing feeling to be back in front of the camera.

 The red what and blue print on print is just what I need to kick start spring 2017!!! I love everything about this print and the mixing and matching I will do with other things in my closet will extend the life of these for a very long time. .

Kept my accessories simple to accentuate the silver buttons of the shirt but had to break out my red heels and blue bag to tie the colors together.

Trust and believe I will try my best to not stay away so long.  But there's more to come.

OOTD DETAILS

TOP & SKIRT: Prabual Gurung for Lane Bryant 

Bag: C. Siriano for Lane Bryant

Shoes: Avenue

photos by: Matey Ghaslow

NYFW: J. CREW READY TO WEAR PRESENTATION SS'17

Fashion week is well over but I had to share with you the J. Crew presentation for fashion week.

I am a huge fan of production fashion shows but sometimes all you need is great clothes and great models. Wouldn't you agree?
Presentation allow you to get up and close on the clothing which was a great change from seeing fashion runways for the past few days.

The Presentation was laid out in such a way that you got a chance to get up close and personal with the models and you got to see the designer vision.  Models were wearing layered, simplistic yet functional clothing for everyday life.  With that everyday life came the "everyday" models.  J. Crew has partake to the grown trend of using models that are like the customers that buy the collections.  With minimal makeup and hair the models looked like your everyday women or man (but the most beautiful everyday women and men).

Model diversity is something that is really important to me so to see women and men of all races was a big hit for me.  There was even a pregnant model!!!! Plus size models you ask?....can be sure. (baby steps first I guess....)

ok back to the fashion...

With black, white, camel, navy and khaki being the foundation to the collection, you can say there was a call back to the basic.  Even with the colors being basic, the designer made statement through the architecture of the clothing and the accessories. Polka Dot, stripe, plaid and splatter paint filled the collection as far as patterns.  The collection was not void of color.  Light blue, and pink was present in the collection. The light colors let us know this is a spring collection still.

The collection was a great representation of where the designer was looking toward for the future.  I really enjoyed the wide leg pink pants and wide cuff shirts for the women wear.  I also loved  the strait leg suits and plaid jacket for the mens wear.  Well thought out and lovely collection

See below for more photos from the collection

photos by impression