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29 August 2019

2019 MET Gala: Winnie Harlow


Victoria's Secret runway model (2018) and America’s Next Top Model finalist (2014), Winnie Harlow, represents the widening of acceptance of non-standard beauty in the fashion world of modeling. Never before has a model with vitiligo, a rare skin disorder, been accepted and catapulted to such high levels of modeling success. She truly represents a shift in the fashion industry; a shift that is beginning to boldly embrace difference as uniqueness of beauty.



I do not normally blog about gossip ... but in this case, since it is dealing with the fashion industry and Victoria's Secret mega-model Tyra Banks, I have got to include video clips from "The Real" who covers the scoop thoroughly.



Winnie Harlow has quite an extensive modeling portfolio after becoming a finalist on Tyra Banks' reality show although she has stated otherwise. Nonethless, she now has celebrity status and recognition in the most elite circles of the fashion world. Her multitude of fans and eager fashion reporters await her to walk down the red carpet at many celebrity events. She has walked down the red carpet at the MET Gala before in 2018 but never in the way that she did for the 2019 event held earlier this year. She was truly a show stopper!



When she stepped out at the MET Gala held in New York earlier this year, she exuded the confidence of a goddess as she strutted down the red carpet with a custom-designed Tommy Hilfiger gown perfectly fitted across her lean physique dripping in exquisite Chopard jewelry. She chose to show her interpretation of the gala's "camp" theme by also showing her Jamaican ancestry with a carnival queen look. Yes, darling, gemstone-clad headpiece and all!







She cleverly wore an outfit to the after-party comprised of a seemingly lingerie-inspired sheer, leopard-print bodysuit with matching corset and sexy thigh-high boots. This look proved to be a very harmonious transition look from gala to after-party. I love the fact that the two outfits seemed to have been considered as offsets of one another. Her stylist, Anna Trevelyan (Instagram :: annatrevelyan), surely deserves a mentioning here because Winnie Harlow stepped out looking top notch and oh, so stylish!







~Winnie Harlow, model (Refinery 29)


2019 MET Gala: Winnie Harlow


Image Source #1 :: Zimbio
Image Source #2 :: The Jewelry Editor
Image Source #3 :: Hype Bae
Image Source #4 :: Vogue
Image Source #5 :: PopSugar|Celebrity
Image Source #6 :: PopSugar|Fashion
Image Source #7 :: Vogue Germany
Image Source #8 :: Metro UK



STYLE Watch | Anna Trevelyan, Stylist

05 July 2018

Rihanna Co-designed Chopard Jewelry Collection



Rihanna Loves Chopard Jewelry Collection



Hello again!

I have been away from my "normal life" trying to re-position myself in a third (hopefully final) career change. I survived Hurricane Harvey by spending a few months in Dallas. Now I am back in Houston … new residence … new laptop … and new hair-do! Yep, I am ready to blog again!!!

Let's kick it off with my last "unfinished blog" from last year. Rihanna teams up with Chopard to offer luxury jewelry with a trendy, modern appeal. Last year you could log on to the Chopard website and view the Rihanna Loves Chopard collection and purchase (if within your budget of course!) However I tried to access that link just now and it is no longer accessible. Ho hum!

Nonetheless, here are some of the photos that I was able to save from last year. Rihanna did not just lend her name to this jewelry collection: she helped co-design the stunning jewelry incorporating her Barbados roots with ethnic flair while also focusing her energy on the stand-out modern pieces that appeal to those with perhaps more modest taste.












Behind the Scenes





21 September 2017

MET Gala 2017: Adriana Lima


The annual MET Gala is always a much talked-about event in the fashion industry. It is held every year in New York at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute in New York City to mark the grand opening of the museum’s annual themed fashion event. This year’s theme was "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between" which brought much attention to the fashion design house of Comme des Garcons.

Comme des Garçons, in French means "like boys," is a Japanese fashion label founded by and headed by Rei Kawakubo. Comme des Garçons is based in Tokyo and also in the prestigious Place Vendôme in Paris. Beginning in May 2017, Rei Kawakubo was the subject of one of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's fashion exhibitions in New York. The Metropolitan Museum in New York's exhibition dedicated to Kawakubo was scheduled for the 2017 season from May 2017 through September 2017.









Adriana Lima looked absolutely gorgeous in a custom bodysuit and skirt made by Alberta Ferretti. She was not the only Victoria’s Secret angel in attendance at this year’s event. Gathered together for a photo were some of the other Victoria's Secret lingerie models: Doutzen Kroes, Candice Swanepoel, Joan Smalls and Behati Prinsloo. In comparison to the other megal models, Adriana Lima truly stood out as perhaps the most elegant and sophisticated overall. Just love those Giuseppe Zanotti sandal heels that she chose to rock with the black satin-like, thigh-high slitted skirt. She added just the right touch with a pair of stylish Chopard earrings.

Yes, a true fashion diva!