Au Revoir London!

Yesterday marked the last day of London Fashion Week (tear, tear) so here are the last few (worthy) photos from this glorious event.

Someone asked me where I got my yellow ring today. It was quite the compliment :)

Ringing out,
Donia

Fellas

The best in Men's fashion from London Fashion Week:

Long Live Hardware

After perhaps the LONGEST day of this academic year so far, I am finding perpetual bliss in looking through hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of pictures of GORGEOUS platform heels while simultaneously trying to plan my 6 day retreat to California. Life looks pretty good right about now.

I am pretty much obsessing over this one:

Aldo:





For those of you awaiting London Fashion Week updates, I will disappoint you tonight but surely compensate for it tomorrow. Today (Wednesday) was Men's Wear day and from the two collections that I glanced at during class today, we should have some pretty well dressed fellas next Spring/Summer.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the weekend for us Columbia kids so expect some major blogging then.

Ringing Out,
Donia

Update from the Catwalk

Here are a few of my favorite pieces from London Fashion Week thus far:

Paul Smith:


Betty Jackson:


Jenny Packham:


Matthew Williamson (Brilliant!!!)





Ringing out,
Donia

'Tis the season of the catwalk: Zac Posen

With New York Fashion Week just wrapping up and London Fashion Week currently underway, keeping up with all the shows and school work is practically impossible but passion is passion and somehow I make it work. As promised in the last post, we will take a trip down memory lane to last Monday September 14, 2009 when Zac Posen debuted his Spring/Summer 2010 collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.
His collection this season was quite a jump from his Fall/Winter collection. We see lots of yellows, pinks, greens, and blacks this season as opposed to the metallic pieces of the Fall. Short dresses are contrasted with conservative tops, which gives a much more polished and sophisticated look. In comparison to last year's Spring/Summer collection, we see a lot more floor length pieces and the departure of the "under-the-knee-but-above-the-ankle" dress.

My personal favorites from this collection were the Harem-meets-Wall-street-business-woman pants:


The black and green off-the-shoulder mini-dress with the thin green belt:


and the tied clutch (which seems eerily similar to the head piece Madonna has on in her new Louis Vuitton Ad):

*All pictures taken from the New York Magazine Website.

Overall, I was a little disappointed with this collection because I didn't get a WOW factor from any of the clothes but I'm going to blame it on the recession and pray for the best for next season. Don't worry Zac, you're still amazing in my eyes.
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I will keep you updated on all things London Fashion Week (and maybe a few more of my favorites from NY fashion week) starting tomorrow, but for now I must go labor through my reading.

Ringing out,
Donia

Zacy, Zacy, Zacy...

Considering I am a sick duckling tucked in between my Egyptian cotton sheets and pink Ikea duvet (which by the way, matches the color of my nail polish), I thought this would be a great time to start talking about the one, the only, the brilliant Zac Posen..
On Fashions Night Out, which was a worldwide event hosted by Vogue on September 10, 2009 in celebration of fashion, I was waiting in the long line outside of Bergdorf Goodman hoping to catch a glimpse of former child stars/fashion icons Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe. All of a sudden, I see a man pop out of the sunroof of a stopping Escalade and a multitude of flashing lights directed towards him. When I realized who it was, I almost hyperventilated. It was my idol, fashion designer Zac Posen. He proceeded to jump out of the car and strategically give a speech in front of a window display of his dresses, thanking everyone for supporting him and telling everyone to have a jolly ol' time for the rest of the night. In my state of complete ecstasy, I managed to take a few pictures of him that I will cherish forever. Here are a few:




Notice his amazingly painted hands. What an artiste!

I'll be back with a few comments on his Spring 2010 collection in a bit but for now I will leave you to marvel at his beauty.

Ringing out,
Donia

ITS SHOWTIME!

For all of you joining me from outside the confinement of my 120 square foot dorm room,

Welcome to the Yellow Ring!

I'm Donia, your faithful blogger and future BFF.
What I'm here to do is highlight the ups and downs, highs and lows, craziness and boredom of all things fashion and entertainment. A lot to take on? I think not. Along with mainstream media, I'll try to focus on more "real" news, catching instances of fashion and divaliciousness on the streets of New York and bringing them to you.

What else will I be featuring? YOU! So if you can shake it like a Polaroid picture, walk around town on your hands, think you should be featured on the Sartorialist (but haven't found him yet) or are magnificent at anything minutely fascinating LET ME KNOW! I want to support your talent and bring it out into the insanity that is the internet.

So feel free to check this as often or as scarcely as you'd like. I'll be here waiting (and not doing my problem sets).

Ringing out,
Donia.