Fashion Fades, Style is Eternal: A Look Back at L'Wren Scott's Iconic Dress

This week iconic fashion designer, L'Wren Scott passed away. Such a tragic death from such a talented designer.

Let's take a moment to look back on the talented designers best work worn by the stars that adored her...

Penelope Cruz shows off Scott's signature style on the 2011 Oscars red carpet. Scott dressed Cruz in her famous form fit and sequence dress. The red, black, pink, and gold iridescent sequence makes Cruz stand out of the red carpet. 

Nicole Kidman is a longtime friend of the designer. Regularly wearing Scotts dressed on the red carpet. She flaunted this black and gold sequence gown at the 2013 Oscars. 

Krya Sedgwick from The Closer, was a fan of Scott's form fitting and sequence gowns. She wore Scott at the 2008 and 2008 Emmy's. 

When Oprah wears your dress, you know you've gone to the big league. Oprah wow'd her fans at her last episode of The Oprah Show wearing Scott's beautiful blush dress. 

Scott can desing anything from a form fitting sequence gown for the A- list stars, to a conservative yet classy dress for first lady Michelle Obama. This dress is from Obama's closet, she wore it during a photo shoot for Harpers Bazaar in 2010. 

All pictures from eonline.com

As Yves Saint Laurent once said, "Fashion fades, style is eternal." Scott's creations will never fade away in the fashion world. She was such a talent, she will be missed. 

R.I.P L'Wren Scott. 

-K

A Little Oscars Never Hurt No'Body

Hello,

So since I haven't had time to blog about the Oscars, I thought today would be the perfect opportunity to talk fashion, awards, and my favorite movie.

This year The Great Gatsby won two Oscars for best costumes and best production design.

Not only is The Great Gatsby an amazing love story its a great inspiration for a closet make-over.

I have a few 20's looking party dresses that are just so fun to go out in.

So grab your
fringe and sparkle dress, get those dancing shoes on, and fill your champagne glasses up. These outfits will inspire you to party like only Gatsby can.

Cheers!

-K

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Sargent & Victor & Me: One women making one hell of a difference

This week I attended a one women play, Sargent & Victor & Me presented by Theatre Projects Manitoba, at the Asper Centre for Theatre and Film. The play was about a woman with multiple sclerosis who volunteers her time at a church food bank and meets different characters in the West End area. 

Debbie Patterson, writer and performer, has multiple sclerosis. She played eight characters in an hour and a half span. Each character had different voices, actions, movements, and lighting.  The execution of each character was my favorite part of the play. The performance of character Theresa, a 15 year-old gang member, was so well done through out the entire play. Theresa’s story was so powerful, but without the posture, voice, and minor details like the sniffles, the story wouldn’t have been that strong.

Another aspect of the experience that I enjoyed was the meet and greet, where after the show members of the crew answered questions from the audience. During this time Patterson explained her experience with the play. She talked about why she decided to write this play, her interviews with the characters, and the problems the crew encountered during production. 

The stage setup was small so Patterson could easily move around. A negative about having a smaller stage was that Patterson sometimes had her back to the audience. This made it hard to hear and connect with the character she was playing.

I also didn’t like the dance movements Patterson did during the new clips. I thought the clips were powerful and added more depth to the story, but the music, lighting, and movements, took away from the clips.

The last play that I attended was Les Misérables last summer at the Centennial Concert Hall.  Les Mis was very different then Sargent & Victor & Me for many reasons. The sets, costumes, characters, and mood was very different during Sargent & Victor & Me. Being a one women play Patterson didn’t have time to switch costumes, or change make up. I thought Patterson did a great job with using the small stage. In class we read a preview from The Winnipeg Free Press, in the article it explains that Patterson didn’t want every character to be affected by her MS. I thought that she hid her MS very well by the use of wheeling around in the chair, walking in fort of the chair and using it as a chart, or just sitting down. I also felt that the smaller stage made for a very intimate mood, which was powerful during character Gillian’s monologue. During Les Mis they had a larger stage and set but didn’t use it to its full advantage. During Sargent & Victor & Me it was a small stage, with very little set design, but it was used with it’s full advantage.

This past Christmas I helped organized hampers at Transcona Memorial United Church. We organized the hampers in the church, which looked a lot like the set in the play. While I was packing up and delivering the baskets I met a lot of people from the area, which isn’t the best area in the city. This play made me think about the people that I met, and what their stories are. Next year when I’m packing and delivering hampers, I will think about their stories, and hope that I am making their day a little better.

 Writer and performer, Debbie Patterson

A Thousand Farewells: A Thousand Inspirations

A Thousand Farewells written by Nahlah Ayed has nothing to do with fashion, or the latest trends, in-fact the only thing about it that relates to this blog is inspiration. Throughout the book that is the one theme that continued to amaze me.

Nahlah Ayed's journey was fuelled by her inspiration and love for story telling. As a reader of fairy tales, happy endings, and fiction novels, this novel would not be my first choice to read.

If someone where to ask me what my favorite part of the book was, I would say the personal stories of Ayed, and the people that she meets. Particularly when Ayed meets Ahmad, the driver. When Ahamd finally opens up about his feelings and his story and says "Yes Nahlah. We want the war to come." this really hit me.

Ahmad was strong for telling Ayed his story, it inspired Ayed and myself. Reading about someone who was affected by such a confusing conflict, and yet they have such a clear vision of what they want is amazing to me.

What really took me out of the story was the history and the facts. I understand that a non-fiction needs to have evidence. But I feel that the facts took me out of the story. For example, after Ayed tells the reader about her experience in a Maronite church service, and the people that she met, she skips to the fortieth anniversary of the 1967 war. This threw me off as a reader. I was so invested in the story she was telling, then all of a sudden I was taken out of it.

The one thing that I think is missing from A Thousand Farewells is stories from her family. It would have been interesting to read a first person chapter from her parents on why they moved their children to a refugee camp, and how they felt about the change. It would have added another layer of emotion to the novel.

I think the main thing journalists can learn from this book is to be fearless and follow your heart. If Ayed would have listened to her brain she wouldn't have quit her job and moved. Being fearless and following her heart allowed her to met so many amazing people that changed her life and her career.

While I was reading A Thousand Farewells and the protests came up, I thought of Tiananmen Square. I recently watched a clip from BBC News in 1989 that was live from the protest. The reporter was a women, during the clip she was explaining what she was seeing and the students emotion during the protest. This made me think about the protests in the book, and how Ayed would have covered them, and how her connection to the place or people would come across, if at all. It also made me think if that reporter traveled to different places around the world, and saw what Ayed saw.

This book effected me in a different way than what I would have thought. I didn't know what to expect when I first started. When Ayed was explaining her life in Winnipeg I was thinking to myself, 'Oh yeah, I've been there before.' Then suddenly her life changed so dramatically. It was jolting reading something that was so familiar to suddenly having no idea what she was talking about or feeling. It's hard for me to think that someone that grew up like I did had such a change in their way of life.

This book really opened my eyes to the world. I didn't know much about the war in Iraq, or the protest in the Middle East, but reading this book has made me curious to know more.

Everybody's Talkin' Olympics

Today I decided to give in and discuss my favorite part of the Olympics, the fashion.

I'm not big into sports, but I did watch the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. I couldn't help to notice the fashion this year. 

The Olympics are a great opportunity for people to come together and watch the world's best athletes   compete. It is also a great opportunity to see what are the popular styles around the world. 

I have chosen 4 of the best/ interesting outfits seen on this years Sochi Olympics. 

1. The outfits worn by the German Olympic team were designed by German designer, Willy Bogner. People can't help but to assume this fashion statement is a stab at Russia. Personally, I love the vibrant colors, it helps the athletes stand out, and possibly stand up for their beliefs. 

2. The chic Lacoste is at it again. They designed a ultra glamours outfit for the France team. I love the grey tie-up coat and the accents of the red. Very stylish, and fashion forward, just like France. 

3. I'm a little biased with this choice, the Roots coats worn by the Canadian's is one of my favorites. I love the Roots collect to begin with, but this outfit has won me over again. I love the red coat with the black accent and the buttons along with the Canada pom-pom hat, and mittens. It just screams 'we are Canadian'. Well done Roots. 

4. Ugly Christmas sweater or your grandma's knit? Those are some comments I have heard about the U.S outfits designed by American designer, Ralph Lauren. I love these knitted sweaters, they look so cozy and fit into the 'winter Olympic' theme. Though they are Canada's competitor, they'll be very cozy getting their butt kicks. 

Enjoy the games! Keep your eyes open for more fashion statements. 

-K 

Suit Up Fashion Show

This Thursday I was invited to the Asper School of Business Suit Up Fashion Show sponsored by EPH Apparel. 

It was the sixth annual Suit Up show at The Park Theatre. The overall theme of the show was Great Gatsby which was executed perfectly from everything to the decorations, food, to the music the models walked to. 

The outfits were shown in different catorgies. Business causal, business formal, Asper wear, and  casual Friday. 

Outfits were donated from different stores around the city. The men wore mainly EPH suits. 

I was a huge fan of the EPH suits. They had a variety of colours and patterns, suits aren't my area of expertise, but they were very gorgeous. 

The girls who organized the event did a great job, the show really made me want to go shopping, which was the purpose of the event.  

Pictures haven't been posted yet, but as soon as they are I'll post them here! 

Have a great weekend, I hope you all go shopping!

“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.”
~Scott Fitzgerald

-K

Grammy Glam

Hey everyone,

So this blog post is going to be short and sweet since I'm not feeling that well.

This last Sunday was the Grammy's. These are my favorite outfits.

So many amazing outfits and everyone looked so glam!

Picture from eonline.com

Have a good week!
-K