Posts Tagged fashion

Nail Polish From The Top

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Nail polish is a personal choice, but not a choice you want to make solely on your own judgment. Okay, you can, but its best to remember fingers are intimate appendages. While the nail polish you chose isn’t exactly lingerie, it generally is more visible. Your lingerie tastes may be between that sacred triangle of yourself, your boyfriend, and your wallet, but nail polish is blushingly public. Selecting high quality nail polish might require a little homework, requiring you to think in tandem with the top talent that designs the clothes to go with those fingers.

The nice thing about nail polish, unlike those best boy shorts and bikinis, is its a relatively inexpensive item for your wardrobe, and stocking up your collection generally won’t break the bank. So if you can spare to buy a few every paycheck shouldn’t you focus on what the professionals are choosing?

For example, Max Azria of his “good style, good attitude” brand BCBGMAXAZRIA had his models brushing their nails with OPI Samoan Sand and Coney Island Cotton Candy this past September. Michael Bastin worked Zoya’s sparkly Red Delilah into his fall advertising this year, while Erin Fetherston used a custom pale pink of Butter London nail polish at her 2012 show. Donna Karan recently received kudos for her use of the deep red-burgundy shade of Just Walk Away Renee by Deborah Lippmann, and designer Kimora Lee Honsou used a neon yellow polish from American Apparel to cap her own cuticles early this past summer.

Of course there are those designers who simply manufacture their own nail polish, such as Liz Claibrone and Anna Sui. The youthful Alexander Wang, who usually has his models work with nude nails, is also in collaboration with Sally Hansen to unveil his own nail polish line this fall. For us, it should be available early next year. We’ll assume the colors won’t be limited to shades of black.

Top fashion designers do have preferences for specific brands. Sure, we don’t need to follow their lead. After all, there certainly are lucrative financial reasons for a designer’s nail polish selections. But it is enjoyable to know what they are using. We may not always be able to afford the clothes, but we can certainly afford the polish that matches the work of our favorite designers.

How to Have Fashionable Eyeglasses

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

When it comes to your eyeglasses you want comfort and durability, but you don’t want to have to sacrifice either one to have designer looks for your eyeglasses or sunglasses. Men refuse to look fashionable if the cost is discomfort and flimsy eyeglasses, but you can have awesome looks for this year with some simple information:
If you are looking for something that is very in, go for a bold style that seems like a throwback with prepped frames. The frames tend to be a little bit thicker and almost square, with deep brown shades that blend gradually from one to another, think horn rimmed glasses. These eyeglasses can have a bold designer look that can reflect the bold personality of the man behind them.
Another option that is currently popular are rimless, or semi-rimless eyeglasses. Theses frames are often very lightweight allowing for great comfort while being worn. They also tend to be very simple, and the simplicity of the design is what helps make them so popular. Just like a black and white suit a pair of rimless eyeglasses can be so elegant, while remaining so basic.

Vintage Jock eyeglasses are another popular choice currently; they are large frames that are often very unique in their shape and size. Many of the popular designer frames use small amounts of color that help accent the features of the person wearing them, and make each pair unique. The over exaggerated look can accent facial features very nicely and that makes these eyeglasses another popular choice.

When it comes down to it, when you chose your eyeglasses, designer brand or basic brand, regardless you need to make sure that your glasses represent your personality. If you are a bold person, who is here to make a statement, than you should defiantly consider prepped frames, they will emphasize your bold style. If you find that you are a person who wears solid colors, and would rather look very classy in basic shapes, you should look into rimless glasses. Finally if you are your own unique person and you need glasses that look great, but show off your fun side, get Vintage Jock eyeglasses, you won’t regret the splashes of bright color.
The eyes are the windows to the soul, but designer eyeglasses are your curtains, make sure that your window is adequately curtained with the most accurate representation of you.