You know when you see someone pass you by in the street? You see their outfit, and its actually pretty simple. A leather jacket and jeans; a sweater and leggings. But you notice that what makes their outfit is their hair. A bright cherry red, or a lion's mane head of curls. The ordinary becomes extraordinary. It is a creativity that is truly original because the one place that people seem least willing to take chances is their hair. Or their make up. An acid green eye shadow, black lipstick, colored false eye lashes. People are afraid of going near their face. And that makes sense, you are after all only given one face, however, perhaps that means that from time to time, its good to try out a new face.

Body Trends

Today I will be talking about body trends. They come and go as much as style trends and they are just as different from culture to culture, from town to town, from city to city. Back where I came from, in the small town of nowheresville, having an athletic, curvy body was "in". The role model would probably have been Giselle or possibly CIndy Crawford. In New York, the trend is anorexia. As a famou designer once told Natalia Vodianova, "the look is anroexic...you dont have to be anorexic, just look it." My question is, why in one town is health the ideal, whereas in another city, one must appear as if they are starving? What is the connection to the fashion trends. In Nowheresville, the look was simole, casual. Tight jeans and t shirts were in fashion and I suppose, in order to pull off such girl next foor fare, one must have a body to fill it out with. In the city, people are wearing off the runway couture, so they must look like the models who wore it originally. However, I have seen many anorexic women in New York. In one instance at the Monique L'Huillier show, I saw a small doll like little girl, very malnourished, speaking to a tall, fully grown woman, the kind of woman who commands the respect of an entire room. The doll like girl turned out to be a fully grown woman as well... or as fully grown as such a wasted away body could let her be. The malnourished woman repelled where the healthy one compelled. The malnourished brought sorrow and discomfort where the healthy one brought a respectful awe. Both were wearing Couture, your question my readers is... which would you rather be?

The three places in the world that consistently fall into the category of uncategorizable are New York, L.A. and Las Vegas. Well, everyone knows that Las Vegas is where you go if you want to walk around dressed as a flamingo without commanding so much as a second glance, however, New York and L.A. are the two fashion epicenters of America.
Two such dissimilar style sensibilites could not be found in any other state. Los Angeles: easy, breezy, youthful and funloving (unless you are a real housewife), and New York: Tough, serious, rough and sophisticatedly sexy. So the question remains, are you New York or L.A., and what can you do to emulate either style? Well first you have to know the style icons of each city.Then you have to know the designers. What are "the places to see and be seen?" The places to wile the night away? Allow me to fill you in

L.A.

Icons:Amber Valetta, Rachel Bilson, Kate Bosworth,Blake Lively
Designers: Rodarte, Missoni, Lacoste, Tommy Hilfigger
Restaurants: The Ivy, The Palm, Yamashiro, Cafe Savilla
Clubs: Avalon Hollywood, 740 Club, Club Mayan, Conga Room

NYC

Icons: Marykate and Ashley Olsen, Olivia Palermo, Peaches Geldoff, Edie Sedgewick
Designers: Marc Jacobs, Rag & Bone, Etro, Balmain
Restaurants: Per Se, Daniel, LeCirque, La Gouloue
Clubs: Kiss and Fly, Tenjune, Greenhouse, Bar Basque

Samples from NYA