Winter Style

Victorias Secret Fur Boots
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Winter is on its way and no one is going to be able to stop it, at least for those of us in Delaware!

However there are some new fashions that can help us stay warm. Victoria's Secret recently just send out their NEW magazine focused just on shoes! It ranges from fuzzy Fur Boots to shoes with a little Holiday Sparkle!
I sure placed an order after I flipped through the catalog!

New Fashion Blog!

ny
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Yesterday I was searching for upcoming fashion shows that would be broadcasted. I came across Runway Talk, a blog brought to us by New York Magazine! This magazine is a very metro-urban publication. The blog is most likely a good reputable source for high-fashion information.

College Fashions Co.

I came across this Co. (which I think I already knew about from publicity here at UD) in an e-mail from our business department. The Co. seems to be run by a few students/alumni from UD. Their website, College Fashions Co. was not completed yet so I really didn't get a lot of information about what they actually do. I'm sure someone can comment about this company, according to their website they were nominated for Fortune Magazine's Small Business of the Year Award in 2005!

Express Yourself With Color

Color Wheel
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I would have to admit that I do not use color to my advantage when picking out an outfit. I am very traditional and wear a lot of black, grey, white, and green. I don't know why... I just always tend to go towards them... I mean I own about 20 black tank tops. You just can't go wrong! I found an article written by a guy named Rick Valens called Fashion Tips: Express Yourself With Colors. Here are a few tips he suggests about colored clothing!

• White: Worn well with most colors, considered summery, associated with cleanliness, purity, and innocence. Women always look lovely in their white wedding gowns, don't they?
  
  
• Black: Always in style and never out of trend; professional and elegant, makes you appear slimmer, goes with basically any color, great for pants!
  
  
• Red: Expressive color used a lot in fashion; visible and lively; creates attraction and excitement; use red with other colors in its family, like maroona and pink.
  
  
• Yellow: Used in casual fashion, creates a fun mood, pair yellow with dark colors to creat a youthful look.
  
  
• Blue: Color worn by most, soothing and relaxing; good choice for daytime wear; match with white for a sporty look.
  
  
• Pink: Very feminine, pleasent to the eyes, attracts men's attention when worn by women, add a touch of pink to a black dress, such as a hot pink purse!
  

My Biggest Tip: Remember your own style, it is what you will feel the most comfortable in and attractive! Enjoy!

Fashion Straight from the Run-ways in Paris

For my post this week, I want to just direct everyone to STYLE.COM. This is one of the TOP websites right now in "The World of Fashion." Their homepage caught my attention; it has a complete list of famous designers who are in the fashion scene right now, straight from Paris- the fashion capital of the world! When you click on a designer it takes you to a slideshow of the lastest Run-way Shows! The upclose photographs are just like standing in the front row! Here are a few of the top designers I thought most people would know of:

• Chanel
  
• John Galliano
  
• Louis Vuitton
  
• Valentino
  

For all you men out there that want or NEED some fashion guidelines, also check out the men's site MEN.STYLE.COM. The site amazingly displays the Top 10 Spring Looks! Enjoy!

VALS Survey

I took the VALS Survey that Prof. Brown had on the class blog! I am an Innovator and an Experiencer! I think it was pretty accurate since it said I was totally into FASHION!

Style in the Greek World

Black and White Dots
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I know there are a few people in our class that are in the Greek System here at UD. The other day I was in Unique Impressions, which is a store located on North College Ave. that dedicates its product line to Greek paraphernalia. They also do embroidery and screen printing for anyone! So this post is a little lesson about the fashion of Greek life. I am not saying at all that girls/guys in the Greek system are more fashionable! Believe it or not our t-shirts we wear with our Greek Letters on them are always keeping up with style trends and colors of the season!

Do and Don'ts for Greek Letters:

• Do Polka Dot Fabric: Looks great and simple on any colored shirt.


• Do Sparkle Fabrics: Unique has tons of fabric with sparkles added-in to add some character and style to plain letters.


• Don't use Floral and Plaid fabrics: I can't believe Unique even has this stuff!


• Don't use Disney fabric: Enough said, we are in college!


• Do pick Bright Colored Shirts: Bright colors make Greek Life stand out!

By the way, I am a proud member of Alpha Sigma Alpha at UD! Here is some interesting stuff about my sorority from Wikipedia! I actaully added a lot of fun stuff to the definition!