Style Icon - Jennifer Garner

This week’s Chic Girl Style Icon is Jennifer Garner! Jennifer got her fast A-list status on the hit show Alias, winning a Best Actress Emmy for the show. Since then she has been in countless movies such as Juno, Pearl Harbor, 13 Going on 30, Catch Me if You Can, and The Kingdom just to name a few. We all know her as loving wife to Ben Affleck and mother to the adorable Violet and now Seraphina. Looking gorgeous on the red carpet or casually sporting North Face, Jennifer always looks put together and cheery. Look for her in the upcoming movies Ghosts of Girlfriends Past with Matthew McConaughey and The Invention of Lying with fellow Juno alum Jason Bateman. She also graces the cover of May’s InStyle magazine. So here is our tribute to Jennifer Garner!

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The Ugg Boots

THE UGG AUSTRALIA BOOTS:
Born in Australian surf culture, the UGG boot has become popular throughout North America and Europe. Known for a fashionable take on an uber-warm comfortable boot, the UGG boots are merino lined sheepskin boots. During the cold months, the UGG boots act as an insulator for your feet by trapping the heat to keep you cozy and warm through the coldest of temperatures. During the summer, your UGG boots will remain at the perfect temperature by wicking away the heat and any perspiration.

Know you have the overview, I wondered what you think of Uggs. I have been reading many blogs where people have slated them, stating that they are a serious fashion disaster!!! personally I think they are great. I mean they go with any thing, come in variety of colours and OMG are they some comfortable but yet still trendy. Well that's what I think!!!

There are a wide range of colours and styles of Ugg Boots, as mentioned, including Classic Tall, Classic Short, Ultra Short, Sienna Miller and Lace Up boots as well as the enormously popular Moonlight collection.

Goddess Dresses

The Toga Dress:

Not only Alberta Ferretti was inspired by Ancient Rome for her spring collection. Many other designers sent on the runway their own versions over the classics. The last season's one-shoulder dress became lovely draped toga-like tunics, mini dresses or maxi gowns. At Lanvin and Hermès those one-shoulder dresses with a cinched waist and a just below the knee hemline take you back to the Hollywood's golden age glamour. Other designers teamed up this trend with metallic fabrics or bold color. Marchesa kept its signature style: a dramatic floor sweeping one-shoulder gown.

Left to right: Lanvin, Alberta Ferretti, Danielle Scutt, Erin Fetherston.
Down: Hermès, Haider Ackermann, Paul & Joe and Marchesa.

Long, draped goddesses gowns were seen on the runways in New York and Milan. This wouldn't be such a novelty if it weren't for the new approach: soft, sheer, fluid fabrics and a studied simplicity. A bejeweled belt or shoulder details are the only embellishments.

Left to right: Phillip Lim, Alberta Ferretti, Fendi, Vera Wang.
Down: Gianfranco Ferré, Nicole Miller and J. Mendel.

This romantic approach on the esthetics of the Ancient World evokes the 50s and 60s Hollywood flicks. Curvy divas in draped, sensual dresses stirred up minds and hearts back then. It's off with the curves now, only beautiful dresses that arouse our fashion addict minds.

Hollywood movies and their romantic vision

Harem Pants – Spring 2009 Trends

The trend has now hit the High Street with great options available for under £50. It’s best to choose a slightly cropped pair as they will be more flattering and team with a tight fitting top or crop top if you’re feeling brave. This exaggerates the volume and balances the shape slightly. See below for some examples available now.

Luxe Sportswear Trend

Forget trainers and tracksuits. This season it's glamorous fashion-forward sportswear, with luxe fabrics and quilting in Puffa jackets, Parka coats and pencil skirts.Read more: "Luxe Sportswear Trend for Fall 2008: Sporty Designs from Fendi, Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Diesel & Bluemarine"

Sexy styling has made sportswear a glamorous option, with soft slinky fabrics such as satin and silk and quilted jackets that have been puffed-up for the season.

This sought after high-fashion look has been glamorized into both day and eveningwear. Extremes range from Marc Jacobs’ slouchy casual styles to Miu Miu scuba-esque and equestrian designs, to Bluemarine’s satin quilted Puffa jackets, toughening up cocktail gowns. Gone are bright colors, in favor of understated blues, grays and flesh tones, with an occasional flash of purple and pink.

The Puffa Jacket & Parka
The quilted Puffa jacket has had a major makeover for fall from the glamorous to show-stopping short and fitted statement styles, with ultra-volume at the shoulders and hips. These designs follow this season’s trend in architectural shapes, with sculpted collars and sleeves, or military-esque epaulettes.

Some of this season’s hottest Puffas come from the runway of Giles, including a hooded Parka design and a sleeveless vest with volumned-up shoulders and hip detailing. High-fashion labels Fendi, Lanvin and Jean Paul Gaultier give a nod to the trend. Leopard prints find themselves decorating sporty, high shine fabrics and Fendi edges an elegant, almost military-style Puffa with fur trim, stand-up collar and epaulettes. Look to Iceberg for its show-stopping Puffas and Parkas, with their structured shapes, fur trim and huge collars.

Wear quilted jackets with figure-hugging pencil skirts or minis. Keep trousers and pants sleek and skinny, to balance out the voluminous tops

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Mix and Match Tips

Have you encountered being told that your top dosnt match with your pants? Or that your clothes don't fit well with your skin tone?

Here are some tips on how to mix and match colors in clothing fashion:

COOL AND WARM COLORS.
The use of cool and warm colors in your clothing fashion is a way of emphasizing your skin tone that can add glow to your physical beauty. Cool colors are soothing in nature that gives an impression of calm while warm colors are vivid in nature that is bold and energetic. Based on color wheel, from red clockwise to green are warm colors and that includes violet and blue. The rest of the colors from the wheel like yellow-green, yellow and orange are the cool colors. To determine on what category you belong, use the gold and silver colors as your basis. If your skin looks good with gold, then you are well affiliated with cool colors and if it matches with silver, then warm colors are best for you.

MONOCHROMATIC COMBINATION.
Using single color of different hues or shades as your fashion color mix is termed as monochromatic style. This kind of color matching emphasizes simplicity for it is more subtle and peaceful due to its lack of color contrast. Mostly, it is combined with accessories like pins, scarf and choker for added design.

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS MATCHING.
In the color wheel, complementary colors are those that are opposite each other like red and green, yellow and violet, orange and blue, etc. These color combination contrast, enhance and intensify each other. It is advisable to be used by those with light skin complexion and should be used with caution because its tone and hue can be eye catching that too much
usage can be an eyesore. If this will be used for your clothing, use neutral color like white and black for your bag, shoes and hat.

ANALOGOUS COLORS.
If you want to have that certain kind of fashion look that showcases harmony, analogous colors are best fitted for you. For these are the colors that are neighbors on the color wheel that blend well together like purple and blue or yellow, gold and orange. They are less vivid, bright and saturated and can be best worn both during daytime and nighttime

TRIAD COLOR MATCHING.
Three colors that are found 120 degrees separated on the color wheel are what we call triadic colors. They are considered high-energy colors like primary (red, blue and yellow) and secondary (purple, orange and green). This kind of color combination is best suited for casual and sporty attire that is associated to some activities that requires energy and lively mood. But because these are high-intense color, it is advisable to tint or use different shade for one or two colors to avoid color vibration. Examples of these are the combination of bright red, pastel blue and baby yellow or purple, light orange and apple green.

NEUTRAL COLORS.
Brown, gray, black and white are the neutral or safe colors that can be matched with any color or multiple colors. These colors usually spell simplicity and blankness giving more emphasis to the other color.

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