Amazing and Amusing Looks of Costume Institute Gala 2009

Last Monday, one of the most awaited fashion events of the year took place at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Costume Institute Gala 2009, named as “The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion”, was hosted by Kate Moss and Marc Jacobs.

Celebrities, models and fashion designers graced the red carpet of the event wearing their best model-looking dresses. I am not surprised to see fashion perfect gowns as well as weird-looking outfits. In every occasion, one can be either fashionable or out-fashioned. Personally every time I stumbled upon blog posts regarding fashion events, I would go directly to the Best-Dressed and the Worst-Dressed links of the site. For this blog, I would classify them as Amazing and Amusing looks.

Check out the gallery I have prepared for you. I would like to thank the fashion sites who uploaded these photos. Even though we did not attend the party in person, at least we can be amazed and amused with the wild creations and daring outfits of the party’s attendees.

Amazing Looks

Kate Hudson in Stella McCartney gown and Kate Beckinsale in Marchesa Fall 2009 gown.



Claire Danes in Armani Privé and


Milla Jovovich in Marni Fall 2009 dress and Marion Cotillard in Christian Dior.


Bar Refaeli Marchesa dress and Miranda Kerr in Jil Sander Spring 2009.


Anne Hathaway violet Marc Jacobs Fall 2009 and Gisele Bundchen in Versace Spring 2009.


Amusing Looks

Rachel Weisz in strapless pink with yellow hem Vera Wang gown and Mary Kate Olsen in Christian Lacroix Fall 2007 Couture


Claudia Schiffer in Atelier Versace Spring 2009 and Ashely Olsen ice white The Row gown.


Kate Moss in Marc Jacobs and Madonna in Louis Vuitton Fall 2009.


Rihanna in Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2009 and Leighton Meester in Louis Vuitton Fall 2009.


Shalom Harlow Bob Mackie black puffy coat dress and Victoria Beckham in polka dotted custom Marc Jacobs dress.

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Halston Boots is the Summer Boots

As I was having may daily dose of blog/website reading, I came across the new Halston Boots. Usually, I am not a boot-fan but after I've seen theses knee-high and calf-skimming boots in black, fuchsia suede and metallic bronze colors, suddenly I fell in love with them. I should also mention their gorgeous stiletto heels!




As you can see, these boots are like gladiator sandals. It aims to give you a chic and sleek look while enjoying the summer air with its cute cut outs.

Photo via net-a-porter magazine

Summer 2009 Must-Have: Trendy Swimwear

The sun is beaming brightly. It produces a different tingling heat. Can you feel it too? Well, here the Philippines, it's definitely summer time and I am so excited with this season. It means longer day, tanner skin, tons of sun block lotion or tanning oil, glasses of refreshing smoothies and drinks, time to play around and most of all having fun in a beach.

But before we head outdoors and bask on the heat of the sun let's check our bags if we got the summer must-haves such as swimwear.

There are lots of available swimwear but we should not buy impulsively. Keep in mind that they are not just for swimming, but for posing as well. You'll feel good if you're sporting a hot trendy swimwear. I looked on the Victoria's Secret site and here are some of the must-haves swimwear that every fashionista should grab:

Influences: Bohemian, retro, glamorous, sexy, one-shoulder, cut-outs



Accents: Ring hardware, buckles, belts, ruffles, chains and beads.


Prints: Geometrics, stripes, clashing, florals, animals, polka dots


Colors: Purples, metallics, brights, greens, solids

LG-KF900: A Prada Cell Phone On Your Wrist

Before 2008 has ended, one of the most leading brands in technology collaborated with one of the most famous fashion house to present to us a magnificent piece of gadget-accessory, the latest edition of the PRADA Phone by LG (Model: LG-KF900). LG and Prada must have impressed the eyes of every fashionista with this most-talked about innovation.

Let’s check out why.


Video via 611 Connect

1. It’s simple yet elegant. LG-KF900 presents a fashionable cell phone with an uncompromising design. LG and Prada opted to retain its predecessor’s minimalist look with a set of sliding keys that adds up sophistication and elegance.

2. It’s a highly efficient communication tool. The handset enhances a user’s mobile experience with active flash UI technology and haptic technology that interfaces to the user via the sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations and/or motions to the user. It also include 3G capability with HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps, Wi-Fi, full HTML browser, video calling and 5 megapixel camera that features slow motion video recording and DivX playback.

3. It’s every fashionista’s gadget. This new phone comes with exclusive PRADA freebies such as ring tones, wallpapers that illustrates principal themes from PRADA’s annual design collections since 2001, Fall/Winter 2008 Lookbook and animation films.

4. It’s a revolutionized fashion accessory. The phone was reinvented along with the “PRADA Link” (Model: LG-LBA-T950), a digital timepiece with a Bluetooth device. With it, every user can remotely monitor phone calls as well as read full SMS text messages by just glancing on their risk, without fishing the phone from a bag or pocket. It’s like a cell phone on your wrist!

P.S. Happy New Year! you can check out more exciting phones in 611connect.com site.

Fishy Fashion Handbags

Since 2006, Unnurwear, has been making fashion forward handbags for fashionistas all over the world. One of the company's specialty are handbags made from sea-leather. They use farm grown Icelandic Salmon and farm grown African Perch.

Checkout these fish-leather bags and be fashionable without being smelly.










I wonder what PETA may say about these bags.

Michelle Obama's Inaugural Ceremony Gowns

Every fashionista must be jealous to Michelle Obama. After his husband was elected as the President of USA, she's becoming a bolder fashion icon every single day. For the upcoming inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2009, fashion designers created amazing skecthes of a gown for Michelle Obama. Check out the gowns designed by Betsey Johnson, Badgley Mischka, Monique Lhuillier, Isaac Mizrahi, Carolina Herrera, Karl Lagerfeld (for Chanel), Diane Von Furstenberg, Christian Lacroix, Peter Som and a lot more. So step aside and give it up for Michelle Obama.

Oscar de la Renta


Isaac Mizrahi


Monique Lhuillier



Badgley Mischka


Betsey Johnson


Karl Lagerfeld (for Chanel)

Diane Von Furstenberg


Marc Jacobs


Christian Lacroix


Michael Kors

Peter Som

Reem Acra


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