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Joy Han + Celebrities = Yummy

With the new arrivals of Joy Han’s winter and spring collection, it was hard not to give this post an extremely cheesy title. Some runners up: “Han-lelujah!” ”Jump for Joy!” and ”Holy Han!”

For the sake of our readership’s sanity, we chose to stick with a logical formula. What do you get when you cross one of LA’s favorite new designers with Hollywood’s best and brightest (and Paris Hilton)? That’s right: delicious ready-to-wear cocktail dresses in all colors of the rainbow.

There are a ton of options available at bevello (and even more from the Han herself), but here are some of the most popular choices among celebrities. Anyone want to play the “Who Wore It Best?” game?

Kimmy K in The Chic Dress by Voom

Kimmy K in The Chic Dress by Voom

Item A: The Chic Dress by Voom

Who wore it best? Well, she’s the only one we can find in it, other than our gorgeous customers.

Honestly? Kim Kardashian looks good in everything, so I wasn’t surprised she rocked it. What did throw me for a loop was that this dress is just like the jeans in SOTTP, it fits everyone and genuinely looks good on every size. It also pairs well with any color heels (some fun purple ones would be a cool look) and is comfortable enough to dance in.

Worth the $245 bevello price tag? I believe so, madame.

Item B: The Sandra Bubble Dress by Voom

Paris Hilton in the Sandra Bubble Dress
Paris Hilton in the Sandra Bubble Dress
Deja Kreutzberg in The Sandra Bubble Dress
Deja Kreutzberg in The Sandra Bubble Dress

Who wore it best? Ugh. I hate to say it, but Paris was looking tres chic and about 40 feet tall in this number, affectionately dubbed “The Sprite Can Dress” by one observant boyfriend at bevello. Love the tights, P. In case you were curious, Deja Kreutzberg is the other person wearing the dress. In case you have no idea who Deja Kreutzberg is (we didn’t either), she was in Sorority Row… which may be why you have no idea who she is.

My only issue with both of these ladies is that they wore their hair down. With a dress like that (the back laces up like a corset and there’s a killer silver sash), I’d like to see a slick ponytail or a simple updo.

P.S. This dress has pockets. OMG.

Item C: The Most Popular Dress in Hollywood…The Gwen Babydoll Dress

Jennifer Stone in the Gwen Babydoll Dress
Jennifer Stone in the Gwen Babydoll Dress
Stephanie Pratt in The Gwen Babydoll Dress
Stephanie Pratt in The Gwen Babydoll Dress

Lea Michele (Glee) in The Gwen Babydoll Dress

Lea Michele (Glee) in The Gwen Babydoll Dress

Who wore it best?

This is a tough one. Kay Panabaker is eliminated for poor posture in this picture (for shame!) and Jennifer Stone is eliminated for the shoes (too many stripes). Stephanie and Lea are both doing two things right. First, they both have killer, sculpted Michelle Obama arms that are highlighted by the woven rope straps. Second, they both have simple, tall heels. I like Panabaker’s idea of flats with this dress (it feels casual enough), but a babydoll style like this does wonders for lengthening one’s legs when paired with a good heel.

N.B. This dress also comes with bright purple, Cheshire cat-esque stripes which give the dress a whole new, flirtier look. Valentine’s Day, anyone?

TV Junk Food: “Reality” TV

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 Recently, I ve been able to catch up with my DVR addictions:  The Hills, Keeping up the Kardashians and The Fashion Show.

As much as I would love to admit that I sit around and watch insightful documentaries on pressing worldly issues, alas I am sucked into the world of staged reality.   We all know its fake yet the ratings don’t seem to be effected by skepticism.  What is it that draws us in to this TV junk food?

  Just like a delicious yet sinful funnel cake. Our body definitely doesn’t need the extra calories but its so darn good you can’t stop eating it until its gone.

  This is precisely the way I feel about the next season of  ”The Hills.” 

Ok so Lauren’s gone (tear) and now Kristen Cavalari is Back!    WHAT!  I think I am having deja vu here.  Same thing happened 4 years ago when….Lauren left for San Francisco and Kristen took over “Laguna Beach.” 

After Kristen graduated she downed reality TV saying it was fake and desperate! She apparently had better more aspiring hopes of becoming a real actress ( read about her work) .

Well looks like your fake and desperate again Kristen!

But hey, I don’t really blame her. Shes trying to get back up on the radar before her prime is over. 

I’ve obviously always been on team LC since the beginning.  Regardless of being on the reality TV syndicate since 2004.  Lauren stays focused on staying in fashion school and working towards a career in fashion.  She recently launched her own line, Lauren Conrad Collection!  Not bad at age 24! 

http://laurenconrad.seenon.com/    Shop here!

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 As much as I hate to admit it, even with Kristen in LC’s place I will be watching the new season.  Check out the trailer:

 

The fashion show had a REALLY great challenge last week….SHOES !!  Every girl’s temptation!  They had to first design a mock up shoe for an eco-designer. 

The final challenge was for the designers to choose a luxury shoe from Bergdorf Goodman and create an outfit around it.  I loved this challenge because so many of us do this…. Buy an amazing pair of shoes and have absolutely no idea what you’re going to wear with them.  Here’s my favorite Part of the show: (Rate the look)

 FINALLY!  Keep up the Kardashians!  Kourtney finally dumped Scott!  I always thought she was too pretty for him. He looks like such a sleazoid!  And Khloe (My favorite character) found out her brand new boyfriend was cheating on her. Men act like Men even to the Kardashian sisters! 

  Khloe and Kourtney Start a new adventure in Miami for the summer. I will definitely be snagging up these on my DVR…. Check out the preview

  The only thing that rationalizes my TV junk food addiction is that one theme is ever present in all three of these shows:  FASHION!

Do we always have to match?

 Since the beginning of time, a cardinal rule of fashion has been to MATCH!  Match the navy blue striped shirt with the navy blue shorts. Match the pale pink floral dress with a pale pink cardigan and then find some pale pink shoes!     Geez!  matching is a lot of work!  How are we supposed to  match everything we wear down to the very color ?

I get that outfits are good when there is a cohesive statement but WHY ? WHY? must everything be so “Matchy-Matchy!!”  

If you’re a “The Hills” fanactic such as myself, you’ve heard this phrase before, which has been coined in the fashion world… The following are some  quotes from” The Hills”  where the main character LC and friend Whitney are at Teen Vogue  for their first day as interns.

 ”Obviously the Teen Vogue style is all about the mix,” she says. (I mean, obviously.) And poor Whitney, apparently, is less about the mix than Lauren: All Lauren gets is a little jacket to throw over her clothes with little further critique; Whitney’s belt must be removed and replaced on the spot, and Olivia must tell Whitney, while she rejiggers her prairie-skirt ensemble, ”It’s a little too matchy-matchy. We’ve kind of done the Western look.”   (Jennifer Armstrong, Entertainment Weeklyhttp://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1199503,00.html)

   Ahh poor Whitney, she will never be able to live down being called “matchy-matchy” on national television.  Although I must say her style on “The Hills” spin-off  ”The City” is anything but matchy-matchy.  Did anyone see the dress she wore on the finale where she was at the DVF function and Jay came to see her? I mean usually I am awed by her fashion sense. But oh my god- seriously I think she may have been trying to prove something by trying purposely NOT to match…. I just didn ‘t get it Whit…

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Enough on my reality binge.  Although I do love it so.  Matching should be a thing of past! 

Down with the brides who insist their bridesmaids dye their shoes to match the god-awful dress that the bride purposely picked to be the most unflattering dress possible to ensure she will look the best !

Down with matching all our accessories, shoes and handbags with our outfits!

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Or cameron Diez’s over done red

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Now don’t get me wrong.  Playing off different colors in an outfit is a must! I am just saying lets not go overboard!  Get creative when mixing your outfits up.  That’s when you’re a true stylist!  Everyone can put some colors together.  But when you create a look mixing different styles and colors and you still look incredibly put together….that, my friends is a match made in heaven =)

I bet you’re asking how do I do this?  Well, its an aquired talent.  You get better with practice.  However I love looking at Lucky magazine for inspiration. I think their style editors are truly genious and put some amazing looks together that are anything but ordinary!

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Take some risks and see what comes about!  I’d love to see your outfit ensembles ! or hear what you think about the match wars we’ve been seeing!  Please comment this post or email me mgillogly@bevello.com

Talk to you soon!

bve,

mary