empire of style

Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2012

2011-11-29T03:33:00.000-08:00

The latest collection of Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen is something he will be very proud of, a jaw dropping collection just like the ones he used to create that made us hold our breath.

The collection starts with nude pencil skirts and cropped jackets, and it goes through gold, lavender and pale pink to black lace, and leather treated perfectly and beautifully. Masks that absorbed the pretty faces of the models, giving them an "out of this world" look.

Under the sea was the inspiration and she surely succeed by giving the garments all the exact treatments, macramé lace bodies fell to train of mother of pearl, dresses with beads and shell growing up the body, skirts and dresses with ruffles that emerge like beautiful corals,...

No more words to say, have a look at the full collection in vogue.com and get ready to get the goosebumps.

Pure art!

oh lala curves!

2011-05-16T03:33:00.000-07:00

Lets face it, bloggers all over the globe make us think the skinny type of girl is what is

fashionable, cool and trendy.... I´m quite fed up of the slender look, so so so tall and so so so skinny with oversized jumpers long skirts, long hair, massive sky high hells... So glad watching Star Style in Mtv today, proclaiming new America glamour style in the type of Eva Mendes or Kim Kardasian, curves, full figure, natural beauty... I´m not a big fan of the Kardashians, but I have to say see rock her curves, and thanks to her fame lots of girls are realising how much fun is having curves and a natural beauty.

Eva Mendes has this old glamour style, with fitted dresses, big hair, big smile that I totally adore. She is totally fashion forward without going to any extreme, she knows herself and her body, and she definitely knows what is best for her body type.

Flowery dresses, lots of colour, accentuated waist, retro sunglasses. Think of Marilyn Monroe and Sofia Loren.

Don`t do what is trendy or what looks cool on others, do what feels right for your body, what makes you feel sexy and what accentuate your qualities.

Work it girl!

500 days of summer

2011-03-28T03:57:00.000-07:00

love love love this movie, not just because is the best anti romcom I have ever seen or because Joseph Gordon Levitt is so yummy. I also love the fact that it pays so much attention to the detail. If you notice, Summer (Zoey Deschannel) always wears something blue, a little bow in her hair, a top, a dress, ... The rest of the characters wear quite simple and plain clothes, except for her.

For a wardrobe stylist you have to understand the character and create outfits that portray his personality. Summer is a sweet and charming girl, and with the detail of blue matching her eyes, the viewer gets connected to the charm of the character, and understands why Tom is so obsessed with Summer. At least that is what happened to me!.

If you haven´t seen the movie yet, what are u waiting for?!

Boho chic is back everybody!!!

2011-03-25T04:11:00.001-07:00

Yaaay!! Maybe we got a bit sick of the soo recalled boho-chic. Celebrities all over the planet portrayed this style, Nicole Richie with her maxi dresses and bandanas, Sienna Miller and Kate Moss, rocking the boho with leather boots and fringes... The truth is that fashion goes around and comes around, so for this Spring/Summer, 70´s is the rule!.

I love this trend, but its a tricky one, the key is to look like you haven't been bother at all.

Think of Zoey Deschannel, the new boho-vintage queen, or Juliette Lewis for some old school boho-rock chick.

Get a liberty print shirt, but buttoned up to give a more interesting look, denim hot pants, and wedges and you have one of the spring outfits sorted! Now is your turn to think about how to make the boho trend your own!.

beauty and the beast

2011-03-24T08:52:00.000-07:00

So my friend Mel has decided that for her last project at uni she is going to do a book of pictures inspired in Disney princesses. Im helping her with the styling. Yesterday we did the first shoot, Beauty and the beast, with Luisa as the beauty and my friend Tobi as the beast, a very hot beast, but oh well, all my friends are cute so very hard to find a real beast!.

Here are some pictures. Hope you like them!!!

Tonight we are doing little mermaid, cant wait!!!

Photographers: Melanie Pineta, Grant Poole-adams

Models: Luisa Kalhfeldt, Tobi Walker

Make up artist: Serena Lombardo

Fashion stylist: Noelia Santana (me)

Hair: Serena Lombardo, Noelia Santana

spring is nearly here!!!

2011-03-10T04:06:00.000-08:00

Do you have your spring wardrobe ready?

Tips as seen on the runway

-Color, color, color! Yes, green, purple, pink, all of this in their brightest version of course!

If you dare, mix them, purple and green are my fav combination. If you accesorise them with a gold belt, and massive jewelry ur definetly going to b the center of attention!

-Bananas, yes, bananas, and pineapples, and every fruit you can imagine. Designers have gone tropical and designed dress, shirts and every kind of accessories with all kind of fruits. Check out prada!.

-Big massive stripes of all colours, blue, green, .. in dresses, tops, everything! Be careful where you were them, top half for those lacking of boobies, and top bottom for those skinny with no much bootie.

- White lace as seen in D&G. Feel like a virgin. White pure lace dresses are the perfect attire for a summer night!. Mix it up with big flowers in your hair and gold bangles for an ibicenco(from Ibiza) look.

- Patterns, big and bold! in maxi dresses, mix them with others...

- Flares!70´s are back! Yes...again! Floppy hats is a must have!, flares and wedges, or hot pants and boho shirts,...

Ready to show some skin at least?!

Amy winehouse for fred perry

2010-12-13T04:15:00.000-08:00

We have a saying in Spain, "zapatero a tus zapatos", the translation would be something like shoe maker, make your shoes, meaning go and do your own thing!.

Celebrities are not bother about this, they thing they can do anything, lots of them start doing what they are good at, followed by another silly atempts of acting, music, or design.... This is the case of Amy winehouse, amazing musician, project of fashion designer for Fred Perry. We can say she introduce to the world the Amy style, big hair, feline eyeliner, broke t-shirts, and leggings... Even the Kaiser of fashion Karl Lagerfeld focus one of the chanel house collection in her, but as we know he has kind of an obsesion with the british messy style of some celebrities, aka Lilly Allen.

Anyway, the Amy Winehouse collection is not to "shoot rockets" (another spanish saying) but its not bad at all, lots of black and pink, polo shirts, pencil skirts,.. quite tidy for my view of Amy, but maybe the girl is changing after all...

bold and beautiful

2010-11-04T13:00:00.001-07:00

Despite we are getting in the most depressing months of the year, fashion should give us a reason to be happy!.

This autumn winter is about colour, mix of prints and just be crazy!

Don´t be scared of mixing your two favourite colours, a trick is mixing two complementary colours, two opposite colours that would look good for the eye. For example, green and purple. Have a look at this two looks for day and night....ready to get some attention this winter?

5 must have of the season

2010-10-05T13:07:00.000-07:00

1. Aviator jacket, last winter was balmain, this season burberry prorsum has made the statement jacket that every fashionista need to have in their wardrobe. Black leather, fur, and heavy. Look for topshop or h&m for a high street version of it.

2. Hiker boots, This season is all about toughness and being warm and cosy, so get yourself some hiker boots, my favourite ones are this wedges from asos, the best thing for the rainy london.

3. fifties curves diva, think of Scarlett Johansson in the red carpet. Find your waist, show your breast but not your legs. Your best friends would be the pencil skirt and the push up bra.

4. Man trousers, in any possible way, boot cut, wide leg, chinos, etc.

5. The Red dress, change the LBD for a red one, suitable for blondes, brunettes, black, mix raced, chinese, etc, it looks absolutely stunning in everyone, you just need to find your red.

summer summary part 1

2010-09-14T09:44:00.000-07:00

This has been so far my best summer ever. Going thought Europe and Usa with little time for Internet in some points and barely signal in the phone... Visiting new places and cultures, meeting new people and having the time of my life!

In this trips, I have been able to see different styles of people and ways of dressing.

My first stop was in Galicia (north of Spain), the look of people there is a mix between hippie and rock school. I love the food, the landscape and the people. I lived in summer dresses and bikinis as it was hot and I felt so relax I didn´t even want to make an effort.

In our way to Italy, we stopped in the blue coast, in Cannes where the smell of sea is mix the scene of chanel Nº5 and louis vuitton leather. I enjoyed having a swim in a warm sea, with the picture of sharks coming to eat me at all time tho!.

Monaco is most of the same, old school classic style, louis vuitton best friends of all these lucky enough of living in this little principality.

And late very late we made it to Tuscany! I felt in love since the very beginning, don´t know if is the sun flowers fields, the different colours in the mountains or the beautiful streets and houses...but I totally felt in love with the Tuscany vibe. We visit Arezzo, where one of the best hairdresser in the world style my hair. We went around the beautiful city where The life is beautiful took place and enjoyed coffee and italian pastries.

I bought the italian vogue to gaze at all the luxury trends that these italians love so much.

Back to London to change my suitcase and relax for 2 days before heading to America!!!

Breton top and hot pants: past and present.

2010-07-27T02:43:00.000-07:00

Who doesn’t got a Breton top and called themselves

fashionista?

This trend it´s something that would never be out of fashion. Since Coco Chanel in the 20´s took the stripes out of the nautical contest, every woman has follow the lead.

Alexa Chung is another trendsetter as Coco was, she wears the Breton top with big necklaces with a touch of untidiness, messy hair and skinny deep blue jeans. She reminds me to Coco Chanel, the “I can be bother of doing my hair today” look. The boyish look that the women from the 20´s look for. Being skinny and comfortable in their own skin is what it really matters. No need of uncomfortable and ridiculous amount of makeup and complicated hair. They left the Belle époque behind and step forward to a new era of freedom and self consciousness of who they were and who they wanted to be. What a perfect way of starting this new point of view than changing the way they dress!.

This philosophy is mostly the philosophy of every woman today, that is why I think the most important changes in fashion were due to the war, the necessity of the woman to become useful. There is such a big change from the 19^th century to the 20^th , from that era the mentality and the way of viewing the women changed for good. So I want to think that Chanel is the big heroin in fashion and having a Breton top in every women wardrobe is a way of reminding how grateful we are for this big change in fashion history..

Hot pants! From the summer of love in 1967, the hot pants have been the substituted of the mini skirt, paired with cropped t shirts and knee high boots. Who hasn’t cut a paired of levis to show some skin?

New trends keeps coming in the 70´s to make women start creating a new fashion, no old granny clothes, no expensive vintage stores, the creativity was a must, and new materials, new cuts and new patterns make the women look sexier.

“Free your mind and your clothes will follow”. The world was going fast and fashion was changing so quickly that the high street clothes gain a lot more of importance. The designers recognized this importance of change and the ready-to-wear became a must in every runway.

Also the music was a very important influence for fashion, people wanted to look like their favorite artists. Singers as Jimmy Hendrix or Sex Pistols made a huge impact in fashion.

I have never seen anyone looks so good in hot pants as Cloe Sevingny. For this spring-summer as in the 70´s hot pants is a must, better a pair of “homemade cut” levis. The trend keep the same, high waisted , very very short and mostly denim.

The temper trap

2010-07-23T08:41:00.000-07:00

Though this blog is mainly about fashion, I have to share my love with the band The temper trap!. They are from Australia and they have this chill and cool vibe that most of the aussies have. I´m madly in love with the singer Dougy Mandagi, he has this mix raced look with such a good taste of clothes!. Hats, geeky glasses, roll up trousers, cool t-shirts, shorts very shorts!.

It definitely worth it seeing them in live, they have very powerful songs, and he has a great weird voice and a sexy way of moving! Are you going to miss that?!

Breakfast at tiffany´s in 2010

2010-07-21T14:28:00.000-07:00

The other day I was watching one of my favourite movies (and one of the favourite of almost every girl in this world), and I kept thinking, why anyone has done a new version of Breakfast at Tiffany´s? a 2010 version, in a busier New York, and with an amazing actress as Audrey Tautou and a hottie like Gerald Butler? It´ll be the romcom of the year. How a potential actress survive in the big apple with the mercy of rich men who buys her presents: jimmy choo shoes, chanel bags, diamonds and pearls... Meanwhile some clever producer reads my blog and steal my idea, I have put together some outfits for this new version of Holly Golightly.

how to rock out the havaianas!

2010-07-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

Today I got my new havaianas for this summer. I have always love this flip flops, they last forever, and they look great with so many outfits for the day. I have to admit I wear them too much, its my safe item in summer, so I put some potentials outfits together to wear with my new pair of mint green havaianas. They look great with skinny denim jeans and a stripy top, but also with flowery dresses and maxi accessories. Now you just have to pick your colour, and seriously that´s the hardest part!

Vampires

2010-07-21T06:43:00.000-07:00

I have to admit, I hate twilight!, I seriously dont know what is all the fuss about this movie. Ok, I know what is all about, the actors are hot!, and honestly they are, the guy with the big hair, Robert Pattinson, has that grunge look that every girl likes, and well the other, the wolf, he is just fit.

Well... maybe those are reason enough to watch the movie?. I have always been quite curious about vampires movies, but I got so bored when I watch twilight

that I just dont see the point of

this movie.

Basically this two hotties fight for this girl, boring as hell as she is!.

Anyway, one of my first attempts to fashion stylism was in a photo shoot about vampires, in an amazing location where I come from (Gran Canaria, Spain), an old therm bath facilities, we took some great pictures with a improvised wardrobe made of old dresses, pieces of fabrics and the most random accessories (lights of a Christmas tree included as a necklace!!), good make up and a great photographer with very good editing skills, and here is the result. Hope you like it!

Photographer: Peter Baran

Make up artist: Elena Garcia Santana

Models: David Alvarez, Fernando Moreno, Ylenia Gonzalez, Laura Sebastian.

Wardrobe stylist: Noelia Santana

Sienna Miller

2010-07-20T14:16:00.000-07:00

Sienna Miller is my style icon, because of that and a weird lack of inspiration to start my blog, I decided to write about her in my first post.

Bohemian and hippie in a nice way. She has this 70´s look that mixes with nowadays trends.

What I love about her, is her effortlessly look and sense of style, without the help of a stylist (at least that´s what she claims!).

She rocks the best hats, flowery dresses, biker boots, and leather bags like no one does. In the red carpet she knows how to give those amazing dresses her touch of style, and she pairs mini dresses with black tights and botties, messy hair and big earrings.

If you want to give her style a go, and you thing you could rock it as well as she does, just invest in empire line dresses, patterns as stripes and flowers, sequences, flat edgy boots and hippie leather bags; use statement necklaces with tank tops and wayfarer sunglasses. At night think about sequence dresses, black blazers and ankle boots, but never look polished, a bit of messy hair gives that Californian girl look that Sienna, Clhoe Sevigny or Kate Moss make their own.