A New Way to Check a Pair of New Jeans Out BEFORE Buying Them

How many times have you brought a new pair of jeans to the dressing room and had to bend back around just to see how your butt looked in those jeans? Probably far too many times. And it is so funny because you never seem to get an accurate view. In the long run, you tend to rely on what you can see and decide to buy those jeans --- or not.

But lately, a few stores have started to include a monitor (ass-cam) on their mirrors in the dressing room. These monitors allow you to get an accurate view of how the new jeans fit on your butt. Thus, you are spared the agony of deciding whether or not to buy the new jeans. If the new jeans don't look right to you in that area, you just don't buy them! With the money that jeans cost nowadays, you want to make sure that you're getting a product that you know that you will wear and be worth their price.

I also think that it would be a great idea to extend this to other clothing items, such as coats and jackets and even bathing suits! There would be no need to crain yourself around like a giraffe trying to see how everything looks from the back.

This is a guest post by the lovely Dorothy from http://coolfastfashion.blogspot.com

Sex and the City fashion: Miranda Hobbes

The second Sex and the City girl that I’ve decided to write about is Miranda Hobbes. Miranda is the most career-minded of the 4 girls, and you mostly see her in typical work outfits such as shirts, suit jackets and dressy tops. In the beginning of the series Miranda wears a more masculine style of clothes, but throughout the years her style becomes more and more feminine. In the second Sex and the City movie she dresses a bit hippyish (but in a stylish way) with long flowing patterned maxi dresses, paired with big, chunky jewellery.

Outside of work Miranda likes to dress in colourful outfits, with very earthy hues. I must say that I admire her for her outfits – it can’t be easy to match them with such red hair! But she does it brilliantly. She always looks very sophisticated and stylish.

With her slim figure she suits most styles, but the style I like the best is probable the hippie-inspired look. I think she looks absolutely stunning in colours like olive green.

Casual: You don’t see Miranda in casual outfits very often. Her everyday outfits are always very dressy. This flowing, orange dress is a perfect example of a dressy-casual outfit.
Party: When out partying with the girls Miranda prefers to go for really glamorous outfits with daring cuts, which suits her slim figure perfectly.
Work: Since Miranda has to go for a very professional look for work, a typical office shirt is what she normally wears to work. She prefers dressy suit trousers to match with it over skirts.
Special occasion: Miranda prefers to dress in classic and sophisticated dresses for special occasions. You would probably say that she dresses more “grown-up” for these types of occasions than the other girls do. They would go for a more glamorous style.

Read about the other Sex and the City girls:
Charlotte York
Carrie Bradshaw
Samantha Jones

Sex and the City fashion: Charlotte York

As the true Sex and the City fan that I am I have decided to do a post for each of my 4 favourite New York girls (their characters that is, not their 'real' selves).
They are 4 best friends who knows pretty much everything about each other, but they are still 4 completely different personalities, with their own personal styles.
First up is Charlotte York. Charlotte is the most emotional, naive and traditional of the SATC girls, and people often see her as quite prude and conservative.She prefers a look that is very natural and classic, and she often wears pencil skirts and dresses that does not reveal much flesh. At the same time she has got a thing for very girly garments, with bright colours and flowery patterns that reflect her constant optimism.
Charlotte would never take a fashion risk like Carrie would, and she has got enough self control not to end up buying items on an impuls. Some would call her style a bit boring. I would simply call it classic, elegant and sophisticated.Party: Charlotte would normally go for something simple and colourful when out for some cocktails with the other girls.
Casual: Casual for Charlotte means cute, and that's when she likes to wear really girly colours and patterns.
Work: A typical work outfit for Charlotte would be a pencil dress in a neutral colour.
Special occasion: When it's a special occasion Charlotte dresses up as a real fashion queen with ruffles, glitz and glam. Often in very dramatic colours.

Read about the other Sex and the City girls:
Miranda Hobbes
Carrie Bradshaw
Samantha Jones

The unforgettable style of Marilyn Monroe

One of the greatest fashion icons of the 20th century is the legendary Marilyn Monroe who taught us that diamonds are a girl's best friend. She had a lasting effect on Hollywood, and there has been many stars who have copied her style, such as Madonna, Anna Nicole Smith, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera and Michelle Williams. But all of these women don't even have half the beauty, class, grace and sophistication that Marilyn had.

The famous actress Megan Fox has a tribute tattoo of the late Marilyn on her right arm, as a reminder never to let the film industry treat her so badly that it breaks her down.
The white flowing halter-neck dress and the blood red lips are the attributes that characterise Marilyn Monroe, and this combination is a style that will forever be a classic look, and that will never go out of style.

The Herald Sun from last week wrote an article on this particular dress from the 1955 film "Seven Year Itch". On the 18th on June this year Marilyn's white dress is being auctioned by an iconic film costumes collector in Beverly Hills, and is expected to be sold for $2.000.000

Marilyn Monroe should have had her 85th birthday yesterday, on the 1st on June.

-"I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful."

Luxury custom made bridal shoes

Don’t get me wrong here… I don’t have any plans to get married in the near future (not for many years!), I just happened to come across these beautiful bridal shoes while browsing around the internet the other day, and I just needed to share them here on Fashion Infatuation. And no, I was NOT daydreaming about weddings, or anything like that. It was all random. Promise!

Anyway, don’t you agree with me that these shoes are something special? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pair of bridal shoes this gorgeous! (Not that I’ve seen many…)

They are designed by Harriet Wilde, who is known for her absolutely stunning bridal shoes and handbags. Harriet has now created an exclusive bridal footwear collection for Harrods. The idea is that you can have the shoes of your dreams by choosing exactly what design you want, and Harriet will then custom make the shoes for you with genuine satin and real Swarowski crystals. The satin can be dyed into the shade you want to match your dress perfectly. Have a look at the Harrods Shoe Budoir for more designs.

If I ever get married (that’s IF) I would definitely want a pair of shoes like these. With the decorative details on the heel they are definitely something different from the classic bridal shoes (and probably a lot more expensive!)

Better start saving up, and practising my sky scraper heel-walking if I want to be able to wear shoes like these…

Green Dream - Christina's dress in Burlesque

Yesterday I had one of those lazy days in, just watching film all day. It was Sunday after all, so I was allowed. Anyway, I ended up watching the film Burlesque, starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. I don’t know what I expected of it really, but I was positively surprised. I guess I thought it would be a bit cheesy with the whole “small town girl goes to LA and becomes a star overnight”, but it was actually really good. Great film debut from Christina. And OMG, has she got a great voice or what?! Impressive!

Now, I am not writing this post to talk about the film itself or Christina’s voice, but I am writing it to tell you about a fashion piece that made a short appearance in the film. It’s not a typical burlesque outfit with corsets, fishnet tights and skyscraper heels that I want to highlight (even though there were plenty of them in the film). Nor is it Christina’s teeny, tiny, very revealing outfit made entirely of pearls (and not very many of them), but something more elegant.

I completely fell in love with this beautiful green satin dress from designer Michael Kaplan, that Christina wears in one of the scenes while singing the song “Bound to You”. The whole look with the soft, curly hairstyle and the dramatic makeup is absolutely gorgeous.

Green is the colour of envy, right? Well, Christina Aguilera is making every girl out there (especially me) envious for looking so stunning in this dress. This is definitely the dress of my dreams!

Christina Aguilera wearing a green satin dress from designer Michael Kaplan in the film Burlesque

O'hoy! Lovely nautical, sailor inspired fashion

So the summer is right around the corner, finally! It’s almost here, I can feel it! And with summer comes my favourite kind of fashion - a trend that comes back every summer, and that never goes out of style; the nautical, sailor inspired style.

This look, with its blue and white stripes (and perhaps a little bit of red thrown in there), is the ultimate summer look. The world will just never get tired of it (I know I definitely won’t).

It’s such a fresh looking style, and it’s almost as if you can feel the ocean breeze when you see these sailor garments, don’t you think? ;) I especially like the striped Tommy Hilfiger denim ballerinas, and the Stella striped bikini.

For this summer, I have invested in a really cute blue and white striped nautical halter neck bikini (not the one in the picture though) and I am almost certain that it will be joined by a few other sailor inspired items in a very near future.