Posted by roxybina on Jan 20, 2010 in
awesome,
chanel,
cool,
cute,
moschino 
I was so inspired by this post I wrote not too long ago that I had to make it myself. Also, I wasn’t going to pay $300 for a shirt ( that’s so 90’s). So, I whipped out my Simply Spray fabric paint and went to town on a couple of Old Navy cotton shirts I bought for like $3 each. And so if I effed up, I wouldn’t feel too bad because the shirts are a price of a cup of tea. And so I was ready to go NUTS! I sprayed the paint onto a paper plate and brush the paint on to the shirt as if I was an artiste. My cats were sniffing around the paint area intrigued by my spontaneous paint-a-thon. Then they ran around crazy for an hour. Hmmmm. Anyway, they dried pretty fast when I set them out in the sun (about 30 minutes). My fave out of the bunch is the white cardigan with the Chanel-style camellia and pearls. Alas, now I can look like a cartoon and I can still go to the spa!
photos: Moi
Tags: cardigan, chanel, fabric paint, moschino, old navy, roxanna bina, shirts, simply spray, Trompe l'oeil
Posted by roxybina on Dec 22, 2009 in
awesome,
cool,
handbags,
moschino 
London boutique Antoni & Alison has some killer trompe l’oeil gear that would make Moschino proud. Their sweaters are all cashmere and run about $300-$350. I love trompe l’oeil because it looks like you have a real outfit on when really it’s just a shirt or sweater. I guess I could have been a mime in another lifetime …. or just lazy. Anyway, I may save my pennies for one of these, particularly the first photo of a Frenchy poster child. I’d wear that while buying a baguette. Check out their website for more cool stuff including some fupe art (my favorite!)
photos: Antoni & Alison
Tags: Antoni & Alison, cashmere sweater, french, mime, moschino, purse, roxanna bina, Trompe l'oeil
Posted by roxybina on Nov 5, 2009 in
Say it ain't so!,
Whhaaaaat?,
awesome,
cool,
moschino 
I am charmed to see that Moschino has come back from the routine and dreadful with more designs that are more, well, Moschino-like. Moschino is famous for the whimsical and tongue and cheek designs that make it distinct to a trained eye (I learned it from Miss Fine from the The Nanny!) Anyway, I fondly remember the magnificent boutique on Madison Ave in NYC. It was 3 floors of Moschino fantasy that involved oversized doors, twisting stairwells and colorful murals reminiscent of an upscale dollhouse. It closed over 15 years ago and I still remember the tears I shed after I trekked from Providence, RI on a hot, humid day on the Greyhound bus (I traveled in style, I know) to shop, learning they had up and disappeared. Pouf. And just like that- I went next door to Fauchon ( also closed now) and downed a pound of macaroons to silence my sorrows and whimpering. I was 18. Lucky for us, Moschino recently opened in the Meat Packing District of NYC- yay! But it’s decor is not what it was before- it’s much more conservative now.
* my eyes are welling up right now… Why? Because I missed the sale of the century when they closed. Damn you , Moschino!
photos: Style
Tags: cheap and chic, fauchon, madison ave, miss fine, moschino, NYC, roxanna bina, spring 2010, the nanny
I came across this phenomenal photo shoot as I was perusing the internet. See what you can make from a bag? A damn outfit! That is genius! I used to collect shopping bags when I was a teenager and I used to tape it to my bedroom walls. Others taped up New Kids on the Block posters and I would tape up Moschino shopping bags. Others would hang Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam ( don’t hate! you know every word to ‘Lost in Emotion’) posters in their lockers, I would hang a poster of Linda Evangelista in Chanel. Anyway, this gives me an idea to round up all the homeless and see who makes the best dress out of shopping bags! Project Homeless - I think I just gave Bravo an idea.
photos: Models
Tags: armani, bravo, chanel, christian dior, dress, heidi klum, karl lagerfeld, linda evangelista, lisa lisa and the cult jame, lost in emotion, moschino, new kids on the block, prada, project runway, roxanna bina, shopping bags, tim gunn
Posted by roxybina on Sep 30, 2009 in
cool,
marc jacobs,
moschino 
Dame Elizabeth Taylor
Sharon Stone
Every year for the past 27 years, the generosity of Macy’s and American Express show through in an event called Macy’s Passport –Fashion and Compassion Come Together. More than $28 million has been raised over the years for HIV/AIDS services, prevention and research and have recently added Feeding America to its organizations allowing impoverished families eat during these difficult economic times.
This year’s show brought back Founding Chair, Dame Elizabeth Taylor. Although the legend’s speech was short, it most certainly was sweet. Dripping in jewels and a powder blue and silver silk embroidered long tunic dress, Dame Taylor looked her usual glamorous self and still passionate about the cause.Another Macy’s Passport veteran, Sharon Stone returned with her usual femme-fatale style wearing a sexy, black knee-length dress and a chic, tight chignon. Stone skipped the usual auctions this year, and instead got hefty donations from the charitable audience.
Standout segments in the show included a live dance performance by the Harajuku Girls (Love, Angel, Music, Baby) accompanied by local elementary and junior high students. With costumes in the Japanese ‘kawaii’ (‘cute’ for Japanese) fashion, the young dancers took us to Harajuku without leaving our seat! It was fantastic! Think pretty, pink, punk meets Hello Kitty, which is the Harajuku style.
A segment called Casanova, evoked a Venetian experience with the beautiful operatic voice of Melody Moore and daring aerial acrobatics. The stage was transformed to a Canal in Venice complete with masked masquerade dancers and lots of velvet, brocade, and candelabras. This show belonged to menswear designer, Tallia Orange, with lush, velvet, smoking jackets and suits in deep jewel tones of plum and sapphire.
With vampire-mania everywhere today, it was impossible not to get bitten eventually. Glampire, a segment featuring Marc by Marc Jacobs, Moschino, Nanette Lepore and others, was a coed fashion show with the most vampy of the Goth trends this season. With bustled dresses in taffeta, frilly Elizabethan collars and cuffs, more velvet than Velvet Jones, the season’s trends translated into a Transylvanian dream.
Far from Transylvania, lingerie and underwear company, b.tempt’d by Wacoal and Papi journeyed us through an exotic tropical forest with a shower rain on the stage. The drenched female models dressed in delicate lingerie and alluring, tropical flowers sprouted from their backs like wings, was reminiscent of a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. As for the men, they, too, were drenched, and in underwear. That’s all I have to say!
The three tremendous designers of the night were Calvin Klein (who was in the audience), Hugo Boss and special guest Rachel Roy, whose collection debuted this summer at all Macy’s stores. Each had their own segment of fashion shows showcasing their season’s bests. Other’s participating in the show were American classic, Levi’s, and American Rag.
An Outdoor Market Place was the theme of the before and after party featuring a plethora of local foods and spirits, including Sprinkles cupcakes, Chaya and Don Francisco coffee. The focus was on organic, local foods and environmentally safe products for a sustainable future.
After taking a visual fashion trip around the world, you realize the world is actually small and people are connected in some way. That night, Fashion and Compassion came together again and made a difference in people’s lives for the needy, hungry and ill, thanks to the altruism of Macy’s and American Express.
CLICK HERE for TWOLIA-TV FOR CLIPS FROM MACY’S PASSPORT 2009 shot by me!
me with my arm candy.
photos: Babak Bina (my big bro!)
Tags: calvin klein, Elizabeth Taylor, fashion and compassion, Feeding America, harajuku girls, HIV/AIDS, hugo boss, Macy’s, macy’s passport, rachel roy, roxanna bina, Sharon Stone
Posted by roxybina on Oct 2, 2008 in
moschino 
At the Spring 2009 Moschino show, bows were ubiquitous, big ones, little ones, black ones and white ones. The show started with a monochromatic tone , but then quickly went into jewel tones of rose, emerald and topaz. My take on this collection was okay, nothing special, but not hideous. I miss the days of the over the top, at times campy, whimsical Moschino of the late 1990s; when pasta trimmed the edges of skirts and blouses, when milk cartons and boxing gloves were inspiration for a handbag, when the union jack was the theme of an entire show and yes, when the nanny named Fran wore Moschino every week on a show called ‘The Nanny’. I think it’s time Moschino went back to its roots when Franco was alive. A more fun, quirky and tongue and cheek Moschino. I just hope Franco Moschino isn’t rolling in his grave.
photo: style
Tags: cheap & chic, fran drescher, franco moschino, moschino, spring 2009, the nanny
