Sew Chic: fashion

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Golden Globe Awards 2015

Wow! what a way to jumpstart the new year. The glamour, the dresses the dos and don'ts of award season have started and I am more than excited to view them all on the red carpet. So let's start with the women of the hour that really stunned.

The first few I'll show are those who understand the simple quote "less is more" and they wore their dress not the other way around and truly radiated in fashion perfection.

Jenna Dewan Tatum in this pale yellow Carolina Herrera dress was simple and effective, love this look. It's fresh and minimal.

Salma Hayek-Pinault looked gorgeous in Alexander McQueen.

Chrissy Teigen in Zuhair Murad need I say more.

Allison Williams

Felicity Jones

Jennifer Lopez I suppose she could wear a potato sack and make it look like masterpiece

Kate Hudson in this stunning white Versace cutout dress

Jennifer Anniston. I know it'es a cliche lbd however it looks quite lovely on her and very age appropriate and she looks so happy in it.

Jessica Chastain

Amy Adams

Simple tends to remind me of old Hollywood but I like the modern twists to it. This year was no exception. The glamour was amped in in very chic ways.

So who were your favourites on the Red Carpet, would love to hear what you thought so feel free to leave a comment below.

Friday, November 7, 2014

Ode to Fashion

Ah fashion, like an old friend you welcome me into the tight knit circle that appreciates you for all that you offer. You drape so tantalizingly on the stylized mannequins behind the glass out of reach but approachable by just a slide of a card or a rustled exchange of paper for the silks, linens and cashmere by which you were so designed. An ongoing love hate relationship where your trends become fads and some become classic staples that must reside in the closet of everyone who's ever appreciated and have adapted the talent of piecing you together in ensembles that are ingenious pairings of old and new, luxurious and bargain, hard and soft, grunge and preppy ......

You speak volumes of the wearers tastes of lack thereof, their wealth, their ability to compromise, who's showy and whose understated, relaxed or uptight. Though many may reject your importance and scoff at those who do, you are worn by all no matter how tattered, ill fitting or hideous it was all designed by someone. No matter how trivial the piece its a stepping stone to a greater piece. No matter how they reject you it's inevitable that in order to succeed you must dress the part.

It's always exciting to see you strewn across magazines come September Issue and strutting down the runways in all your manifests. To think it all started with an idea and then conceptualized into reality within a matter of impossible deadlines by some of the most elite of designers e.g Balmain, Prabal Gurung, Pringle of Scotland,Vivienne Westwod, Diane Von Furstenburg, Chanel, Marc Jacobs and the list goes on of talented artists with a vision of the story you will tell for each season. You will always be my passion and my appreciation will never waver.
What are your views? How has fashion impacted your life? Leave a comment below would love to hear your story.