Summer Brings The Soft Touch
Summer always brings the delicate wardrope to the surface. Runways and designers are capturing pastels and silks. With peaches, pinks, blues, and soft greens. Designers such as Versace, J.Mendal and Stella McCartney. Have captured the delicate softness and undeniable femininity to the womens closet.
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Blumarine’s brings soft pinks and lace to the runways
Blumarine’s captures lace and silk together in this captivating pastel pink dress. Worn with an off the shoulder wool faux fur. Delicate and sexy, this little number is perfect as a summer cocktail dress or for that special garden party. For the confident women indeed.
Ancient design is paired with soft rose at J.Mendel
Have I just died and gone to heaven?
This dress to me embodies everything elegant. Superb craftsmanship and design is combined with ruffles of color in subdued dusky rose. This dress is powerful, and to say the least if not…perfect. Why is it perfect? Look at the angular design matched with the ruffles and silk. Which in return creates softness with a solid shape to the garment. If one were not careful, you would think a statue of the roman goddess Athena just came to life and walked herself onto the runway! This is one of the best garments I have seen in many years. Just superb.
Versace dominates the runway
Since Donatella became the house hold name of Versace. She hasn’t done that bad a job with her collections. This dress is beautiful. Has clean lines with a peachy color. More structured than we’ve seen before, but most certainly beautiful enough to mention!
Stella casts a hue of blue
Oh Stella you are a clever designer. We love you for your natural usage of form, flower blues, and dreamy materials one can just melt into. I love this piece.
Marchesa turns on the soft green
Marchesa meets Jane Austin?. A little too ‘Pride & Prejudice’ for you? Well this dress is very gregorian in nature, with a modern touch. We can’t help but search to the past to describe some of these designs. But hence here we are quoting Jane herself. Long and beautiful with encrusted gems of gold inlaid to the sholders, belt, and hem. You can’t go wrong with this dress. I’m quite sure Jane Austin would of loved it too.
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Today’s Couture - Burberry
Continuing in the vein of our Brit week, aka our Jeeves of London giveaway and Look like a Brit. I thought it would be fun to do a review on punk brit brand Burberry. I say that because have you seen the opening to their web site? We are immediately blown away with teeny bopping models, dressed in some of the best couture, bouncing to punk rock music. I must admit, I wasn’t too keen on the opening. But once we get past the gaunt models, and ear piercing music. Wow, what great fashion we are looking at here…
Burberry hot off the runway
Great colors, and cuts invite us. As well as beautiful dresses and patterns in silver and gold.
The Burberry Prorsum collection
The Burberry Prorsum collection just makes me weak at the knees with envy. I just love this collection. Everything is delightful to look at. And the coats and dresses are just darling. I just love this outfit in colbalt blue.
Maxi frill trench at Burberry Prorsum collection
This dark grey double breasted trench, with silk gauze ruching all over. Is one of my favorites. Just look at the elegant design. The shoulders are softly rounded with the collar. The self fabric belt and belted cuffs with patent leather buckles. Are just pure sublime.
Burberry chic Voile frill edged dress
Pure Burberry chic. This silk fitted 43″ dress is made of two layers of transparent silk. The softly v-shaped scooped neckline, is accented with a hand-sewn frilled edging.
But one cannot be without the classic Burberry bag and scarf.
Check bowling bag
Burberry Scarf
The black, white, and red pattern is known as the “haymarket check” or the “Burberry classic check”. Classic and fitting, Burberry has sent us through an array of modern with classic pieces to choose from. With heritage and tradition, Burberry can continue to rock on.
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Jewelry You Can Feel Rich In!
At Couture we like to outdo ourselves…
To top Monday’s jewelry article, we thought we would bring our readers some real class. Today, at Couture we are featuring sterling silver with pearls, alongside gold watches. Some extra ’special’ rings to wear on your right hand. And some designer jewerly from John Hardy.
You would think with all this jewerly available that we would be on a treasure hunt off the coast of Florida, excavating from a sunken spanish armarda! Well get on your scuba diving gear and goggles…
were treasure hunting!
Majorica line goes ‘Nuage’ with their Pearl Jewelry
For over a hundred years, Majorica has nurtured nature to perfect the pearl! In a process much like the oyster’s, the Barcelona-based company creates great-looking gems that will last for generations. These beauties are large, classy, and real. Pearls are some of the best and most classic jewerly pieces you can add to your collection. (A personal favorite of mine). This set includes baroque necklaces, braclets, and earrings. Indulge…
Stay fresh with Freshwater Pearls
Get a fresh start with these water pearls and silver toggle bracelet. Fresh water pearls are a great alternative to sea pearls. Plus they look great!
Victoria Wieck Pavé Crystal Link Charm Bracelet Watch
This little treasure is a real charm. If you don’t wish to wear a watch, but prefer to wear jewelry. This number is just perfect. Glamorous and functional, this Victoria Wieck pavé bracelet watch sparkles from end to end. The watch case hangs from an enhancer bail that is pavé-set with round, clear Swarovski crystals.
You can’t get more appropriate than this 14K tri-color gold diamond ring from Sea of Diamonds.
John Hardy brings us great temptations with these jewelry lines. Try these on for size…
Exotic meets clean. In John Hardy’s latest Batu Kali collection two fabulous designs merge to become one.
In Bali, ‘Batu’ means ’stone’ and Kali ‘river’. Inspired by the stones and pebbles of a fluent river, the Batu Kali collection features stunning, radiant gemstones centered within amazing Kali influenced silver. The smooth rocks and bends of Bali’s flowing rivers certainly makes this jewelry soft, with a sensuous organic shape.
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JEEVES London’s Finest Dry Cleaners Giveaway!
Can you think of a great way to start May? I can! Let’s do another giveaway! Yes Couture in the City is once again proud to anouce Jeeves of London and New York. Want to know where the Queen of England gets her designer clothes pressed, steamed, and cleaned? Jeeves of London of course! Jeeves is one of the world’s finest dry cleaners. They are the official dry cleaners of the British Royal Family. Good goly! Now we can all feel like royalty!
Couture with Jeeves is offering our readers a 30% off gift certificate. Ah, this is fantastic. Let’s find out what makes Jeeves so special.
Jeeves is famous for offering a seven stage cleaning service. From the top; detailing and preparing the garments for cleaning is done. Secondly stain removal is performed by professionals using both soaking and individual stain removal techniques. Dry-cleaning includes wet cleaning and hand cleaning procedures using extensive classification and only the purest of solvents. Hand finishing the garments with pressers of the highest standard, to individually finish your garment to your specific requirements.
Minor repairs are done to each garment. As well as being formally inspected at the individual item level. Phew are we done yet? Nope! And last but not least packaging your garments individually, just like a present from Jeeves to you! Tissue, custom hangers and specially designed bags and boxes are used to protect all your garments during storage. Fantastic! Love it! Thank you! See you next week! Phew, I could really use some fish and chips…
Anyhow, you know what to do! Enter our giveaway to be the lucky winner to win! Check out Jeeves to find out more about this prestigious service. Cheerio!
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Congrats to Our Frownies Winner!
Congrats to Rebecca Kennedy from Los Angeles, California! Rebecca is the winner of our Frownies giveaway!
Keep a lookout for more great giveaways like this one from Couture in the City! You can win at Couture In The City too…just keep looking for more great giveaways like these! Good luck!
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Fashion Blog Love of the Day: Chic Stories
My favorite must read of the day fashion blog Chic Stories wrote a great post: Heidi Klum and Jordache Jeans - Bloomingdales
On the 1th of May Heidi Klum tried her best to made the headlines and she succeeded))) Just a couple of days ago she launched her new collection for Jordache jeans. The event took part at Bloomingdale’s at the Beverly Center (L.A.)
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