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Sight Seeing: KLASSIQ Style that is!

Monday's are always so drab. While doing my usual cyber window shopping, I discovered Klassiq, an online women's apparel shop that also sells vintage pieces from time to time based in New York. Ethereal models, great looks, recession friendly pricing, I definitely plan on referring this site to a few of my clients, and of course I had to share with you my fabulous MidWeekMakeover suscribers. Here's some items that caught my eye!

Blue Color-block Dress $30.00

Vegan Leather 12AM Dress $52.00

Zipper Cuff Bracelet $14.00

Pyramid Stud Cuff $28.00 

 

Jeweled 3/4 Sleeve Top $32.00 

 

 Sheer Yoke Peplum Top $33.00 

  

Leopard Cardi $30.00 

Hooded Knit Jacket $38.00 

Take It Higher: Over the Knee Boots

When worn in the right way, over-the-knee boots are fab! However, something this cool can turn very bad, like the dumpy hooker look, if you make the wrong fashion choice. Simply stated, keep the stiletto glitter or clear heel over-the-knee boots for your personal frisky business or the next time you take on a side gig as a back-up dancer on the Vegas Strip.

On a less than provocative note, there is a tendency to get a stumpy, dumpy look as if you are standing in a hole if you layer your body up into too many visual breaks. What you want to do is to create a long a lean silhouette with the over-the-knee boots acting as beam to position you taller instead of cut you down.

The way to chicify over-the-knee boots and give them some edge is too wear them in a way that extends the length of your leg. Match your tights to the boots or tuck in skinny pants that compliment the color to guarantee a built in leggier feel. Keep to a modern casual aesthetic with flats, stacked heels, wedges, or any other type of heel that has more substance than a very thin high stiletto to avoid the tacky feel. You can mimic the feel of over-the-knee boots by wearing chunking, knee-topping socks with regular boots and layer over dark tights.

Continue to maintain a longer and lean silhouette by wearing tunic or longer boyfriend jackets that covers your tush and spotlights your legs to create length. Once you cinch in your waist or wear a fluffy skirt, your figure is instantly dissected and the higher boot will further break the line.
Keep your clothing and tights tonal and create interest by adding texture, like suede or chunky knit, rather than with contrasting color.
Now Rock on with ya Bad Self!
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Top Spot: DVF @ SSENSE

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG, ONE OF THE TOP NAMES IN AMERICAN FASHION, FOUNDED HER LABEL IN 1972 WITH THE ICONIC WRAP DRESS AND SIGNATURE PRINTS. SINCE, DVF HAS GROWN INTO THE GLOBAL LUXURY LIFESTYLE BRAND IT IS TODAY. THE COMPANY, HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK CITY, HAS EXPANDED TO A FULL COMPREHENSIVE LINE OF READY-TO-WEAR, SWIMWEAR, HANDBAGS, FOOTWEAR, LUGGAGE, ACCESSORIES, FINE JEWELRY, WATCHES, FRAGRANCE, EYEWEAR AND RUGS.
SHOP DVF @ SSENSE 

Dub Deals: You got $20

Shop These Looks for $20

Frugalistic Finds are only a point and click away. Just like a well decorated home, your wardrobe needs accents and eye popping extras to keep you looking ever so fashion forward and stylized. Pink Ice (one of my favorite online retailers) has a $20 section on their site which highlights regular stock item priced at or below and dub! Check it out!

 

Her Mind Is Made Up: MUA Alex Box

The rather efficiently titled “The Make-Up Artist“ exhibition, which ends December 22nd, marks make-up artist Alex Box’s first exhibition in London. The show presents an elaborate photo collection which was inspired in collaboration with photographer John Rankin Waddell. The works, which have been published in a book, completely redefine the conventional image of beauty in fashion.

With inspirations ranging from graphics, to old movie posters, calligraphy, tribal masks, tattoos and materials such as pigments and post-its, these images open new, exciting, imaginative doors for beauty photography. The book and exhibition also include photos of models without make-up, before being treated to Alex’s artwork.

She already explored the unconventional use of her skill through experimentation in sculpture and performance during her studies at Chelsea Art School. Her work combines fantasy, fashion, science and illustration. Each creation is an instinctive answer to a moment in which the model and mood become an expression of the many facets of beauty.

Alex is the Art Director of the Illamasqua make-up brand and collaborates with designers including Gareth Pugh and Karl Lagerfeld. Her eye-catching applications regularly feature in Vogue, Numero, i-D, Dazed & Confused, Another Magazine and V.

Alex Box - The Make-up Artist
23 October until 22 December
Annroy Gallery
110-114 Grafton Road, London NW5 4BA
United Kingdom

Rankin’s accompanying book will be published by Turnaround on 22 October (£50, ISBN-13: 9780956315502).

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