Fall Fashion Favorites

Looking for some inspiration for your fall fashion choices..check out these picks from Ralph Lauren's Rugby line.
The look says I'm the hippest chick at boarding school.




While there's no Rugby store here in the Capital City you can buy the items
here

BTW..did you know Ralph Lauren owns 5 homes, one of which is in Jamaica? I'm jealous.
The Rugby line is just one of his many lines which includes Polo, Lauren, his home collection..etc. His success has touched nearly every American home or wardrobe.

Great Smoky Eye Tutorial

This young lady from California does makeup tutorials on you tube.
This one is one of the best..Try it and see!


BTW..she also has a blog on makeup..
click here

Denim Trends For Fall

Are Miss Me jeans THE denim line for fall '09?
They're selling fast at Macy's Tuttle Crossing.
Are you feeling the embellished pockets? What will you wear them with?

Obsessed w/looking celebrity slim? A Blog For You

If you, like me, envy celebs for being able to stay skinny despite having access to all the free food and booze you could imagine and their uncanny ability to pop out a kid and walk the runway days later..then check out
THE SKINNY WEBSITE

Another Athlete Wife Starts A Fashion Line

If you can't wait to get some She by Sheree..then you might want to hook it up with your Cookie Johnson Jeans..
Mrs. Magic's new line is available exclusively at Nordstrom.


Got an extra $141-$198 for some jeans? Check out the selection here

On another note..just wanted to give it up to British designer, Jenny Packham, for creating one of the most show-stopping frocks of 2009.



Worn by Carrie Underwood at the People's Choice Awards a while ago, but I still see this dress in my dreams.
In fact, I think a white version would look good going down the aisle? Agree?

Michelle Obama exits Air Force One in a dress by Target's Merona line.
That's why I love the 1st lady!

Funny Graphic Seen on a T-Shirt

Because you need a laugh in the middle of the week.

In or Out For Fall?

What's Up For This Fall? Ugg Boots Still In Sooo OVER! view results

Fall Fashion Continued.. True Religion Jeans Still In Sooo Over! view results

Fall Fashion Ed Hardy Still In So Over! view results

ESCADA files for Bankruptcy

Well, it looks like the recession is hitting the luxury fashion houses..
Bye Bye Escada.

I liked their sweet-smelling limited edition summer fragrances, didn't you?

R.I.P.

Associated Press
FRANKFURT -- German fashion company Escada AG filed for bankruptcy after being unable to obtain sufficient financing, a Munich district court said Thursday.

The Munich-based luxury label, famous for women's fashion and accessories, was expected to make the filing this week after it failed to get the necessary support for a bond swap.

Escada, once one of the biggest fashion brands in the world, has seen its sales and earnings decline in recent years.

Best Closet In Columbus

Do you have a closet that would give Kimora or Mariah a run for their money?
I'm looking for the best closet in Columbus..
send pics to alona@columbusfashionista.com

BTW..another great closet..or CLOSETS..
Paris Hilton..

She's Got the Look Winner Has Roots In Columbus

Cindy Cohen, 40, winner of TV Land's over 35 year-old modeling contest, "She's Got The Look" has roots in Columbus. Not sure to what extent, but on her myspace profile she lists Columbus, OH as one of her hometowns.
click here
Anyway, the story on this lovely lady is that she pulled herself up from single motherhood and homelessness to be a successful real estate agent and the wife of a wealthy magazine publisher, Simon Cohen.
For pics of the wedding seehere

Fashion Loses An Icon

Cosmopolitan--August 1973

NEW YORK — Naomi Sims, whose 1968 Ladies' Home Journal cover shot was a breakthrough for black fashion models, has died. She was 61.

Sims, said by some to be the first black supermodel, died Saturday of breast cancer in Newark, N.J., said her brother-in-law Alexander Erwiah, the president of Naomi Sims Beauty Products. It had been decades since she left the runway to become an author and launch her own beauty empire.

Sims attained success at the same time that the "Black is Beautiful" movement was taking hold, and her accomplishments as a barrier-breaking African-American model helped pave the way for the black runway stars of the 1970s, including Pat Cleveland, Alva Chinn and Beverly Johnson.