Herve Leger by Max Azaria

The only words you need to know in order to understand Hervé Léger by Max Azria? Bandage dress. It's the staple garment of the brand popularized by celebs like Victoria Beckham, Kate Bosworth and Keira Knightly.

At the Spring 2009 show on Sunday, Sept. 7, more than a few PYT’s sat front row wearing Hervé Léger, including Kate Mara, Joy Bryant, Lou Dollion, Maria Sharapova, Zoe Saldana, Michelle Trachtenberg, Leonor Verela, and Melissa George.

Though the BCBG Max Azria Group acquired Hervé Léger in 1998, it wasn't until 2007 that Azria fully realized the label with his own designs. Even so, Azria continues to observe the legacy of the fashion house with those sexy, curve-hugging dresses.

So there were no surprises at this season for Spring 2009; instead, Azria subtly tweaked the dresses with geometric appliqués and a jolt here and there with neon inserts against neutral color, a trend emerging this elsewhere this week in New York. Azria also created an ombre effect with bands of color on some of the dresses, and a steel foil bandage dress looked like armor for a future robot princess. Trim tailored leather jackets had their own version of ombre with the addition of "airbrush" inserts. The finale included a parade of bandage swimsuits that looked like cut-out versions of the dresses, except even more alluring.

Overall, the collection was consistent with the Hervé Léger image, but once the fad wears off for the bandage dress, it will be interesting to see where Azria takes the label.

You can see the entire collection at Style.com.
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Fashion Week!

Fashion Week Officially Begins September 5, 2008!

Stay tuned as The F*Word brings you coverage of this years events!

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Favorites Of The Day

Let me show you 3 of my absolute favorites things of the day.

I have been eyeing this bag for a while now. I probably took a liking to it because it has bows and ribbons! At any rate I think Juicy Couture got a little winner here.Velour DayDreamer Tote

Stella McCartney
Tab Belt Top

Available @ Net-A-Porter

Miu Miu Cross Belted Knee Boot

Available at Barney's

Just 3 of my f-a-v-o-r-i-t-e things, for today, of course. Tomorrow it will be something else. Fall has got to be the one season when there is just so much to choose from! Enjoy!


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Happy Labor Day!!!

Gotta Tip 4 U!

Now I'm the first one to scrutinize these different products that are sold on TV or through a website. I mean I felt that most of those TV products were junk anyway. But when I ran across a way to wash your clothes without landry soap I was like, YEAH RIGHT!!! So I went ahead and ordered them thinking I'll just get my money back after the 90 days. I'll be ***@@@!!!, they really work. So you can see for yourself at http://mypowerfulmanets.com I just thought I'd pass the tip along!

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Mobile Ads Will Be Worth $12 Billion By 2011

Ok, here we go. I mentioned this in an earlier post. Now just wait, our cell phones and PDA's will be crammed with advertising, (Just what we need!) I know, I know I want it both ways, I want the ability to purchase using my PDA but I do not necessarily want to be bothered with advertisements! What's a girl to do?

The worldwide mobile advertising market will be worth more than $12 billion by 2011, Gartner forecasts, but cautions that carriers must be careful if they want to get a piece of the pie, especially since well-established players such as Nokia, Google, Yahoo, MySpace and Microsoft ) are all pursuing the mobile revenue opportunity as well. King-Yew Foong, a Gartner research director, said operators should take advantage of their position, and use SMS and MMS, email, mobile search, location-based services to deliver targeted advertising messages, while at the same time regulating spam and a user’s privacy. The report also found that they have to convince advertisers and marketers of how they are different from the internet search giants such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, and other traditional advertising mediums, such as newspapers and TV. The report concludes that right now, carriers are not credible players, but they can successfully leverage their relationships with customers, knowledge of local markets, extensive customer databases, network control and multiple channel access.

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Miguel Ases

It's rare that I find jewelry that I am crazy about. Miguel Ases (no teasing about the name!) really caught my attention with some of his pieces. His painstaking attention to detail and his superb craftsmanship is bound to keep him busy for years to come.







Their are other pieces on the site that are just as intricate as these are. I don't know what goes on inside his head but I hope it continues! Check him out at his ws, this link, Miguel Ases.

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Farewell To The Olympics

David Beckham kicking the soccer ball into the crowd

London Mayor, Boris Johnson receives Flag From Jacques Rogge

Girls Performing And Cyclist

Acrobats Perform On Memory Tower

The games really worth watching, gone once again. Let's hope the world learned something.

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Uggs

I remember when I wouldn't get dressed without considering my Uggs. They still have some pretty neat styles and new twists on old styles too. Not only are they still comfortable but if you are concerned about aesthetics the Uggs company has got that covered too.

Upside

Sandra

Suburb Crochet

Uggs, still going strong! And this all leads me to consider that maybe what's old is perpetually being made new in the world of fashion! Duhhh!

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Japanese Fashion in New York Fashion Week

New York Japan Fashion Week’s Spring 2009 season of collections commences on Sept. 1, but for those who are unable to make the journey to Tokyo, Japan Fashion Week (JFW) organized a showcase of some of Japan’s most promising emerging designers—Ato, Mikio Sakabe, Somarta, Ylang-Ylang, G.V.G.V., Mercibeaucoup and Ne-Net—at the newly opened Japanese-owned boutique Aloha Rag on Tuesday, Aug. 19 in New York.

The designs on view offered a distinct sampling of the range of styles that will be present at Japan Fashion Week. From the humor and whimsy of Ne-Net (a printed sweatshirt dress had a hood that resembled bunny ears) to the bold, almost cartoonish work of Mercibeaucoup, to the couture finishing of Somarta modern elegance of Ato, JFW hoped that with the impressive selection they would bolster the visibility of Japanese fashion design in the U.S., and perhaps encourage more foreign press and buyers to travel to Tokyo for the collections in the future. Last season, JFW reported a 25% increase in the number of foreign media in attendance.

Another case in point of the increased awareness of emerging Japanese talent: Alongside the JFW mannequins and models at Aloha Rag, the store’s own rack of pieces by Ylang-Ylang were on sale, an indication of the increasing availability of some of these Japanese designers stateside.

Thankyou to Renata Espinosa for this story

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