Best Dressed of the Weekend: A lesson in high & low
JustJared

It has been a great weekend for celebrity style both on and off the red carpet!

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley made an appearance at Coachella, for which I am so grateful! Her is the best look I have seen so far this year – until I see pictures of Leandra Medine, that is. I loved Rosie's unbuttoned tux shirt paired with the ultra luxe Christopher Kane SS12 shorts, a powder blue Mulberry bag and chic low boots.

Emma Watson, who had had quite a few misses lately went back to her old cool self in a super rock and roll Miu Miu outfit. The girly mixture of prints is just great and works so well with the leather blazer. There is even a bit of a peplum action going on there. I love!

I have been a fan of Charlize Theron's street style for ages. She can wear anything and make it look like style genius. Proof of that is her checked shirt and khaki trousers combo – how chic is it?!

Scarlett Johansson's style has never been my cup of tea apart from two or three spectacular Dolce moments. But I am loving this Prada look – the colours are elegant yet interesting for evening and the satin peplum does only good things for her like making her waist look tiny. Can we have some more of this?

JustJared, Vogue.com

I remember seeing Bottega Veneta's gowns at the end of their f/w11 show and thinking not a soul would wear them.

Emma Watson was the first to prove me wrong a few days ago at the New York premiere of the last Happy Potter instalment. From the waist up it was a stunning look. The hair was stunning, the earrings a brilliant choice, and I even liked the bold makeup. The bodice fitted her beautifully but as you look down this gold/bronze taffeta starts to spoil the look.

The idea of rags sewn together to create something beautiful with an unfinished touch is great but I don't think it works on the red carpet. The dress does work in editorials, though. Sarah Jessica Parker wears it in her American Vogue cover story shot by Mario Testino. It might be that the angle and the composition  cover some of the dress' flaws but it does look stunning in the cream living room. Even the colour seems different than on Emma's and it has a nicer shape as it falls onto the floor. Some pieces are just meant to be on the pages of a magazine.

[Vogue.com]

If you read Know Wear often you'll be really aware of how I haven't been too happy with the last few American Vogue covers in terms of photography, crops, styling, layout... Well, I can finally say that I love this one!

Emma Watson covers the July issue shot by Mario Testino and styled by Camilla Nickerson. Everything about the cover and the story inside is absolutely spot-on. The burgundy and orange work brilliantly together and feel both summery and sophisticated. The headlines, while still overpowering, have been reduced in number and increased in size, which somehow works quite well. The hair and makeup are stunning and slick. I particularly like the intensity of the lips, which are the centre of attention in the picture, and the very subtle eye shadow.

The editorial inside follows the same line. Very intense colours and quite a lot of metallics. I am in love with the Tom Ford chain-mail top and the brass feather skirt just as much as with the Prada paillette dress. These choices seem quite edgy for the American bible, something that makes me very happy and gives me hope for future issues.
Check out the whole shoot here.

Evidently Burberry, my dear Watson

It's nothing silly when people say your best accessory is a good haircut. I realised how much Rihanna's hair had changed her style (now lost with those dreadful extensions) and it has had a similar effect on Emma Watson. The penultimate Harry Potter film is coming out this week and the cast has started their world tour of red carpets and tv appearances. Emma Watson is the only female protagonist of the saga and she is taking advantage of it. Her recent hair style makeover added the perfect touch of sophistication to the stunning Rafael Lopez dress she wore to the London premiere and the Calvin Klein Collection number she donned in New York. It even looked great in the more unsuccessful Vionnet velvet dress she also wore in London. But my favourite outfits have been the ones she's worn at the airport and on her way to the various American tv talk shows.

We have to remember she's also this season's image for Burberry, which makes the garment guessing even easier. I love the fact that even though she now lives in the States and goes to Brown she's showing the world what people mean by "British cool". She has been carrying Burberry's studded Knight bag (a classic since then) and even paired it with the studded trench coat from SS11 (a great classic meets edgy look for her). But the best look of all, to me, is the one with my favourite trench from the Burberry Prorsum SS11 show —the leather sleeved one. And I also quite like the fact that the "glossy" poppy doubles as an accessory. Are you a fan of Emma's current style?

I'm off.

[Pictures: JustJared.buzznet.com, Celebrity-Gossip.net, Style.com, Net-a-Porter.com]

Met Gala 2010: The great, the bland and the fugly

Last night Anna Wintour, Oprah Winfrey and Patrick Robinson hosted the Costume Institute's Met Gala, "American Woman: Fashioning A National Identity". Celebrities queued to show how they could pull off designer dresses with personality, which seemed very refreshing after last year's blandness. However, I missed the Olsens and the Roitfelds this year.

The great

It just feels natural when you see Jude and Sienna together. The picture looks kind of retro because Sienna has long hair again like she did back then when her and Jude were together for the first time.

Chloe Sevigny in Proenza Schouler, January Jones in Yves Saint-Laurent and Carey Mulligan in Miu Miu prove how short dresses with the right colours and details can be edgy.

Restrained is usually elegant, Diane Kruger proves it in her white Calvin Klein. Less successful at it were Maggie Gyllenhall in Louis Vuitton (could do without the tacky bow and a dash of colour) and Kirsten Dunst in Rodarte for Gap, who could have gone for a different choice in shoes not to be so Rodarte matchy-matchy.

Anna Wintour in Chanel Haute Couture, Margherita Missoni in Missoni and Chanel Iman in Michael Kors.

These all look a lot like Rachel Zoe choices... I doubt she dressed Marion Cottilard, though. Thandie Newton in Vivienne Westwood, Marion Cotillard in Christian Dior and Anne Hathaway in Valentino all look beautifully apt for the gala but there is a bit of a yawn factor in all three. And too many sequins... I guess Rach "died".

The bland

Sarah Jessica Parker in Halston was so disappointment. Pretty, yeah, but we expect much more from a woman with such a fashion-forward education. Rachel Weisz wore a custom made Oscar the la Renta, which colour looked amazing against her skin but which a cut that was borderline tacky. And Eva Mendes just doesn't learn. She wore a Dolce & Gabbana that totally overshadowed her.

Carolyn Murphy (in ?), Eva Longoria in Marchesa (synonym for not trying) and Jessica Stam in Rachel Roy all looked boring and sloppy in every possible way.

The fugly

It is upsetting that Jessica Alba looked that bad in Sophie Theallet for Gap because she had been getting it so right so often lately. I really hate the colour of the satin dress. Malin Akerman looked as if she got ready for another dress and not the Temperly London that she wore. And the dress was a completely wrong choice for this kind of event. Rosario Dawson tried to pull a Saldana and failed tragically. Her Giambattista Valli was as disappointing as the bow on it was ugly.

Kristen Stewart needs to either deal with the fact that people want her picture or find a new career. She wore a more than decent Chanel Haute Couture that, had it been combined with the right hair and make up and a nice smile, would have looked amazing. Vera Farmiga wore a Sophie Theallet for Gap dress that looked like a bad cross between a flamenco dress and a Mexican dancer. Bless Jessica Biel, she never has the slightest idea of what's going on. She wore Ralph Lauren Collection. And Justin looked way better.

And, to top it all off, these three catastrophe's (I bet Anna pursed her lips a couple of times last night). Rachel Roy in her own design, Joy Bryant in Marchesa (if Rachel is still working with her this might be her worst job ever) and orange trannie Lisa Marie Falcone in a God-only-knows-what.

I'm off.

[Pictures: JustJared.buzznet.com, Zimbio.com]

embroidered flowers

I have been blogging a lot about celebrities in the past few days, which is not because I intend to but because I am ever astonished at the amount of FW10 pieces that we have seen at events only a couple of weeks after fashion month came to an end. In any case, this has to be one of my favourite celebrity moments so far (in regards to FW10, that is). Emma Watson has that classic British mixture of neatness, coolness and casualness that works great with any dress. She pretty much rocked this Christopher Kane with embroidered leather and lace (one of my favourite collections of the season). I specially loved how the sides of the slightly A-shape skirt have been tucked in for her to give the dress a more body-con and young silhouette. Do you love Kemma? (Kane/Emma - I know, I am hilarious).

[Pictures: Style.com, JustJared]

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too GaGa and Emma who?

I love Burberry and I love Christopher Bailey even more. Well, this new batch of adverts managed the impossible —to increase that love. It is not because Emma Watson looks beautiful and tremendously hot, which she does (but she already did in the FW09 ones), but because for once there is a little variation and excitement in the menswear shown. How good does it feel to see some denim and clothes you just want to pull out and wear right now, fellas? Oh and Emma in the lilac puffy-shouldered trench...? —sigh.
I am short of words for this lady here. I did think I was going to end up sort of adoring her after all that McQueen on Bad Romance, and now this...
[Pictures credit: JustJared]

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friday salad

After weeks that in fact seemed like years to me I have managed to put together a little post to let you know that soVIPzone is still alive. I have been finishing my course and doing an internship at Luella so I haven't had as much time as I need to update around here. And, quite honestly, I have not been that inspired as of late.

Cruise and I have a love-hate relationship. That pointless mid-season created for rich socialites is very pleasing because it eases the paint of not seeing new fashion for six months but can be highly disappointed, as designers do not actually try to push the boundaries further. However, I utterly loved Yves Saint-Laurent, Yigal Azrouël (which I am worshipping lately) and Christopher Kane, whose short but very imaginative collection has me day-dreaming.

Another something that made me happy this week was seeing Emma Watson looking flabbergasting in the adverts for Burberry A/W09. I mean, Christopher Bailey and Mario Testino? Let me quote the poet: "I die".

[Picture credits: Style.com, JustJared.com]

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a CRUSH on her (or them)

I am yet to find something inspiring to bring more fashion to you. In the meantime, kill some time with this.

Willa Holland is responsible for this post. First it was The O.C. then, it was Gossip Girl. She has the habit of showing up by surprise on my favourite tv shows and I have a big big crush on her. So I started thinking... what were all the cute stylish girls doing when I went to high school? Here is a little list of my latest and not-so-new tv crushes. Have a look.

[Picture credits: JustJared, GossipGirls, Oh-Hilary.com]

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