SPECIAL FEATURES

SPECIAL FEATURES: KISS ME KATE

by snapped4style March 8, 2013
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Rihanna is one of my favorite celebrities of the moment.  There’s so much I like about her. For starters, she’s actually talented. Her voice is like a songbird. When she sings live the hair on my skin stands up and tears swell up in my eyes.  Men love her, women love her, and every time [...]

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NYC FW 2013 STREET STYLE TREND ALERT! SPORTS ENDORSEMENTS

by snapped4style February 20, 2013
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This was a fun trend popping up throughout fashion week.  There was a mix of 90s grunge, tomboy, and collegiate looks. The main trend being baseball caps and skullies as the finishing accessory. Sports Endorsements Many of the women were channeling Kurt Cobain.  I also love the girl on the top left.  Her outfit says grunge [...]

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NYC FW 2013 TREND ALERT! COMING TO AMERICA

by snapped4style February 20, 2013
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I was blown away by this girl because I love how she took the initiative to go against the norm and make her own statement by wearing African garb. My favorite piece was her oversized bow in a contrasting vibrant color.  By adding the bow and rising the hemline on her dress, she made this [...]

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FW NYC 2013 STREET TREND REPORT: HUNTING SEASON

by snapped4style February 20, 2013
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Who knew hunting gear would have it’s fashion moment.  This was a huge street trend during NY Fashion Week.  Girls paired parka or military inspired coats with high end designer pieces and layered it over fur or leather.  Others literally looked like like they were off to the hunting lodge, and some women went for [...]

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FW 2013 STREET TREND REPORT: CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET TO SESAME STREET..

by snapped4style February 18, 2013
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2012 proved to be the year of color, there was color denim, neon everywhere, black was replaced by pinks, greens, & blues, and even duct tape has been having a fashionable moment. So now that it’s established that neon is no longer an 80′s comeback and a color that’s here to stay, for 2013 we [...]

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FW 2013 STREET TREND REPORT: WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD…

by snapped4style February 14, 2013
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Surprising colors have replaced black in the last couple years such as hot pink, cobalt, orange, and green. It all started with Lucky Green, a vibrant pop shade that is associated with the colors of St. Patty’s. Suddenly, a burst of green was everywhere for 2011. As spring 2012 approached, the lucky lad had softened [...]

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TREND ALERT! OOMPA LOOMPA DO ba dee DO!

by snapped4style February 12, 2013
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I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw girls at fashion week wearing green and orange.  These are the last color combinations that I’d expect to look good together, but it did and it’s exactly what grabbed my attention! It instantly brought me back to Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and a fashion forward [...]

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TREND REPORT! HOLLYWOOD HAIR

by snapped4style January 16, 2013
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Hairstyles from this year 70th Annual Golden Globes represent Old Hollywood Hair.  Soft big waves combed to the side.  Very reminiscent of Rita Hayworth in the 1940s. Megan Fox, Jessica Alba Francesca Eastwood, Nicole Richie Jennifer Lopez, Amy Adams

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TREND REPORT: 70th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES 2013

by snapped4style January 14, 2013
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And the nominees in the category for the trends most seen at the Golden Globes Awards are…. Decollage Decollage Decollage for portraying A Peek At Cleavage and Black for Black is Back …and the winner is Black is Back! TREND: Black, sheer overlays, gold embellishment, key holes, slim fit (Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson) Debra Messing [...]

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PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2013 TRENDS PREVIEW

by snapped4style January 10, 2013
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In California it may only be 7ish, but here in NYC it’s time for me to get to bed..ehhnn not really, but I do have a job interview in the morning and the red carpet pics I’d like to blog about aren’t available yet…so here’s a preview of what I loved and saw so far [...]

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SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS: SANTACON 2012 NYC

by snapped4style December 17, 2012
SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS: SANTACON 2012 NYC

If you haven’t experienced Santacon then you haven’t experienced the Christmas spirit..in New York City that is! Thousands and thousands of Santas come out for a day dressing up in Christmas themes, drinking, and lots of donating to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and City Harvest. FYI, you’re never too old for Santacon. I [...]

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RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL 2012, NORTH CAROLINA

by snapped4style November 13, 2012
RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL 2012, NORTH CAROLINA

New York City has the Jazz Age Lawn Festival which transcends beautifully into the 1920s and North Carolina has the Renaissance Festival.  My best friend Cheri, invited me out to see her for the weekend and attend this fun event with her & her family. I was surrounded by costumed characters, old english accents, in [...]

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JAZZ AGE LAWN PARTY 2012 II

by snapped4style August 21, 2012
JAZZ AGE LAWN PARTY 2012 II

Have you been to the Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governor’s Island ?  If you haven’t you should. I’m almost afraid to tell you because the crowds for this event are getting bigger. It’s one of the most fun events in New York during the summer.  Dressing up and pretending to be from a different era, [...]

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SUPER CATWALK HEROES

by snapped4style August 2, 2012
SUPER CATWALK HEROES

A friend sent this my way and as the saying goes “sharing is caring”.  Superheroes always play a huge roll in fashion, but the inspiration is usually taken from their comic costumes and then intertwined with ready-to-wear. However, illustrator John Woo flips the script and puts everyday fashion into the costume, making the superheroes and [...]

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A WORK OF ART

by snapped4style August 2, 2012
A WORK OF ART

I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it, this is what I love about fashion, the art in it.  I wanted to share this photo spread with you from the Summer 2012 issue of PAPER magazine. I love the plays on texture, color, and patterns.  Who’d think all these pieces of clothes could become [...]

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IMACITIGIRL: HANGING OUT BY THE HUDSON

by snapped4style July 26, 2012
IMACITIGIRL: HANGING OUT BY THE HUDSON

I’ve been all about going to outdoor movie screenings this summer and in NYC they’re happening all over the place.  So I scoped out which ones I wanted to see and have it marked in my calendar.  Last night,  RiverFlicks for Grown-Ups was featuring “Bridesmaids” on Pier 63, at the Chelsea Piers on 23rd street [...]

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IMACITIGIRL: IN JERSEY CITY

by snapped4style July 25, 2012
IMACITIGIRL: IN JERSEY CITY

My friends and I were celebrating a birthday at Surf City, a new waterfront bar in Jersey City.  I wish I had gotten pics of everyone, but my blog mode can get annoying sometimes when people just want to engage in conversation and drink Nonetheless, if you’re looking for something to do…even if you live [...]

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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF NYC: “DO US A FLAVOR”

by snapped4style July 23, 2012
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Frito Lays had a promotional event this past Friday, July 20th asking the public to come up with the next great flavor.  The theme of the event is called “Do Us A Flavor.  The idea is anyone can make up a flavor with 3 key ingredients and enter it on Facebook.com/lays.  3 semifinalist will be [...]

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PRETTY LITTLE TRENDS: FLOWER POWER

by snapped4style July 19, 2012
PRETTY LITTLE TRENDS: FLOWER POWER

For my new readers, every now and then I have a segment called “Pretty Little Things” based on the fashion in ABC’s Family “Pretty Little Liars”. This weeks’s epsiode “The Remains of A”, Hannah (the adorable blonde with bobbed hair) was wearing these eye catching water colored floral jeans inspired by Monet. Hannah Also seen [...]

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CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE 2012

by snapped4style June 25, 2012
CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE 2012

The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is one of my favorite NYC in the summer events.  People get so creative and I love to see their take on mermaids and all things ocean.  My plan was just to take pictures, but my friend Vera (that’s her below..Jenny McCarthy’s twin) wanted to channel Under the Sea in [...]

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