This Year’s Model Uniform Gets a Chic Update:

New York Fashion Week kicked into high gear with a flurry of back to back castings for the world’s busiest models running here and there trying to fit it all in.  Gorgeous models were bombarded by paparazzi as they paraded into the Victoria’s Secret casting, long legs with long strides, confident smiles, and looking every bit like VS stars.  Even models who have booked the show in the past have to do the casting each year to prove they are still in peak condition and able to bring their A game.  Newbies have to beam star power if they want to stand out and be noticed.  Props to these models for going for it and putting their best foot forward when they are up against supermodels, all vying for a spot on the VS runway.  

Fashion week castings are an endurance test but that doesn’t mean the models can scrimp on personal style.  This year’s trend is much more dressed up than in years past with the models wearing chic blouses, shorts, mini skirts and off the shoulder looks.  Strappy high heels and booties are a model-must-have for castings and show off the legs.  Most models stick to black and white styles, denim, and leather.  Adding a bold color guarantees she won’t go unnoticed. This year’s purses tend to be small with a shoulder strap.  The model uniform this season is classic and strong with an emphasis on a more sophisticated look than we have seen in the past, as the models up their game, proving they are the right choice for designers to represent their brands.  

New faces and model hopefuls can learn a lot from these pros on how to dress to approach agencies, to go on castings, and to present their own “brand’ in the best possible light.  Great hair and very light makeup are all you need to finish off the look.  Look like a pro and they will know you are treating your modeling aspirations as the business that it is.  Fake it until you make it.  Show you belong in the business and have respect for the professionals with whom you wish to work.  

 Good luck girls! We hope to see you on the runaway! 

                 

                                                            XOXO Shelley

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Fall Shopping: The New Trends You Will Love

And just like that Fall has arrived and it’s goodbye bare shoulders and hello layers.  Even though I love the summer heat and sunshine, wearing light-weight clothes, and going a bit easer on the makeup, I am a North Dakota girl at heart and fall shopping was always  BIG DEAL when I was growing up.  I loved pouring over all the fall fashion issues and picking out the trends that I could emulate, shopping locally and with a student’s budget.  Lux animal prints, plaids, wools, blazers, chunky-knit sweaters, boots, and jeans - the fashion world is having an eighties and nineties flashback and this northern girl couldn’t be happier!

The best part about these style updates is that they are all in their own way classics and pieces that are so comfortable to wear that you will happily live in them all fall and winter.  I’ve done the research to get you started, so here is my Top Trends Shopping List for Fall 2018:

Oversized sweaters, both marled and with graphic designs (also know as intarsia).  Nothing is as cozy as a big pullover worn in the fall as an outer layer both with jeans or menswear pants, and under this year’s extra large quilted down parka when the weather turns frostier:

Shop the look: Markus Lupfer "Erin Lip" Sweater 

One of the biggest jean trends this season are looser and higher-waisted styles with embellishments, printed designs, and cuffed.  Think of these jeans as your go-to brunch jeans -  eat all the French toast you want without even a hint of muffin top:

Shop the look: Tommy Hilfiger "Critter" Print Jeans

The western style trend has been around for a while now and cowboy boots are one of the quintessential American styles that gives the ubiquitous ankle boots a leg up (pun intended): 

Shop the look:  Freepeople Vegan "Ranch" Boots

Menswear style suits never are no on trend, and even the girliest of girls can benefit from having a great blazer and matching trouser, to dress up for evenings with a silk tank top a la Yves Saint Laurent or Tom Ford, or to channel your inner Annie Hall with a slouchy fit and men’s classic dress shirt and boots.  And these pieces do double-duty: wear your trousers with your chunky sweater one day and your blazer with your jeans the next:

Shop the look: Massimo Dutti Textured Weave Wool Trousers and Blazer

Animal prints can add a little, or a lot, of glam to your look and this season’s options run from shoes to bags, to silks,  fake furs, to bags, coats, to belts, and this list goes on.  Leopard prints have always had a bit of a sex kitten vibe, and who doesn’t need a bit of that when we are under all these cozy winter layers? 

Shop the look: Zara Leopard Print Jacquard Coat

Checks, plaids, wools and tweeds transition perfectly through the fall and winter and are as classic as it gets.  Look for pieces that aren’t too bulky in the fit so that you still have a waist and hips, or try adding a belt:

Shop the look:  Banana Republic Houndstooth Blazer

So while I love summer and hate to see it go, I still feel that fall shopping excitement, and this year’s trends have something for everyone.  Bring on the pumpkin spice lattes!

                                                              XOXO Shelley

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“Glass Hair” - Get the Hottest Celeb Hair Style

“Glass Hair”:  It’s all over our instagram feeds and one of the standout beauty trends of late summer, and is surprisingly flattering for most women. Celebs and their hair stylists are cutting, straightening and flat ironing to achieve hair that shines, literally, like glass.  The style is not simply a bob that has choppy ends softly framing the face and sitting right above the shoulders like seasons past.  The new bob is cut to be blunt with sharp edges that are straight across without an angle, falling between the jawline and collarbone and parted in the center.   

“Glass hair” works for all hair types and the level of effort needed depends on whether you have curly or straight hair since flat ironing in small sections creates the most smooth and shiny surface of the hair that reflects the light.  Straight-haired beauties are the lucky ones who can usually skip the flat iron and get a shiny look using a brush and blow dryer. 

Hair stylist to the stars Justine Marjan -  @justinemarjan - has created some of the best versions of glass hair on her star clients such as Khloe Kardashian, Olivia Culpo, Ashley Graham, and Brittany Xavier, proving that this style works for so many hair types and face shapes.  It’s an updated classic that channels the early 90’s while being completely 2018. 

Choosing the right products to get the ultimate shiny surface to your hair is key.  Apply Kerastase Discipline Anti-Frizz Smoothing Spray section by section to towel-dried hair before blow drying to add shine and fight frizz.  It protects the hair shafts from damage from heat appliances like driers and flat irons while creating a smooth finish.  Ouidad Shine Glaze Serum can also be applied before drying or to finish the look by applying it to the bottom half of the hair to avoid weighing the hair down while eliminating frizz.  It’s reflective properties add luminosity and shine.  

*** Kerastase and Ouidad products available at Sephora.com.  

For those who don’t want to commit to either the effort or the actual cut, hair extensions can give you the same look and add a bit of volume and weight for maximum hair swing-ability, which is so gram-worthy.   If you have ruled out a blunt bob for yourself or your hair is too fine or short, try a topper to add volume to fine hair, or crown clip in extensions for length.  Either way it skips a haircut and flat ironing, and is an easy way to play with the look without committing to scissors or upkeep.  Try Hidden Crown Hair Extensions to find the exact color and type of extension to suit you.  

*** Hidden Crown Hair Extensions available at HiddenCrown.com

                                                             XOXO Shelley

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