Coco Wore Black: Pamela Love

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Into the great wide open

I saw these pictures on Pamela Love's blog and it brought back memories of all the road trips my parents and I used to take around Arizona. When I went back to visit a few weeks ago, we were driving up to Glove to pick up some vintage jewelry from my mom's friend's shop and it finally hit me how beautiful the desert scenery is. Having lived in Arizona my whole life, I never appreciated the desert landscape because I didn't know anything else but that. Now that I live in New York, I finally get to see greenery. Walking through Central Park when the leaves are changing is the experience I always wanted, but there are times where I really miss the familiarity and landscape of home.

You can see the influence of Pamela Love's Fall 2010 collection from her trip to the Southwest. She is growing more and more with each collection and she has become one of my favorite designers for the moment. This collection reminds me of going shopping with my grandmother and mother when I was little to all the antique stores collection gigantic pieces of southwestern influenced jewelry. I now wear the pieces that my grandmother so lovingly wore to remind me of where I came from and no matter how many miles away I am from them, there's always a piece of them with me.

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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Jewelry completes the collection

Accessories make the clothes and finish the look. When our economy hit rock bottom and the fashion industry was struggling, accessory designers were doing the best out of any fashion category. It's that one statement necklace, chunky bracelet or pair of earrings that makes the outfit yours and show off your unique individual style.

I am a complete sucker for black clothes. I can't even remember the last time I went shopping and bought something with color. With a black outfit on, I can wear the boldest, biggest piece of jewelry and have it stand out in the crowd. Plus due to my limited amount of clothing allowance I tend to get my fashion fix at Topshop and H&M where many New Yorker's shop. If I'm going to be caught dead wearing the same dress or top as someone else walking down the street, I'm going to make sure my style will blow her out of the water.

Designers always need to accessorize their garments on the runway to complete their design concept and sell the look. I love the fact that some of the big name designers are teaming up with jewelery designers and putting their concepts together on the runway. Unfortunately, unless you really follow fashion, you assume the garment designer designed the jewelry and I feel like the jewelry designer doesn't get enough credit.

Below are some of my favorite garment/jewelery designer collaborations:

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