Say "I Don't" To White

Marchesa 2012 FALL

Almost every woman who has been married when asked will say if they had a chance to do it all again they would change elements of the day and most often change the dress.

I was blessed with the opportunity to marry the love of my life, December 8, 2008 in of course white. I really wanted to do a color but because of the location (beach) I thought white more appropriate.  My husband and I always talk of renewing our vows, he wanted every year but we have decided to try for every 5.  If I had to do it all over again I would want to re-commit myself to my life partner wearing THIS blood RED dress from the Marchesa Fall 2012 collection.

Harper's Bazaar

I Love it in the DARK red (as pictured above)! This is how it looked on the runway.



What is your wedding dream gown? or your re-do gown?

What's my FAV colored wedding gown of all time?

Dita Von Teese wore it in 2005 when she wed Marilyn Manson. She is BEYOND a style icon to me and love how unique this taffeta gown.




 Visit Dita's Dress on Display at the Western Australia Museum  - Perth Cultural Center until APRIL 2, 2013

 Dress: Vivienne Westwood Couture

Hat: Stephen Jones
Corset:  Mr Pearl
Shoes: Christian Louboutin
Peignoir: Nina Ricci

Would you say "I Don't" to White?

Emmy 2012 Red Carpet: My View

 I love watching the red carpet and throwing in my digital two cents into the sea of blogs and websites who are essentially judging the looks. I like to only highlights the looks I love, no need to diss for a difference in personal taste.

Heidi Klum in Sexy Sea Foam (Alexandre Vautheir)

 Jenna Malone in J. Mendel 

 Jessica Pare in Jason Wu ~ Classic Hollywood GLAM

 Leslie Mann in Naeem Kahn ~ LOVE the dress (w pockets) and the choice of turquoise jewelry!

 Hanna Simone in Mary Katrantzou Balalaika

Julie Bowen in Monique Lhullier ~ I loved the gown and colour but the hair was a miss for me.

Julianne Moore in Christian Dior COUTURE. Love the dress & Colour - Needed a Statement Necklace or a GIANT Cocktail Ring! 

 I Loved Julianne Hough's Georges Hobeika gown. I would have loved it more on the Oscar red carpet. The Retro-GLAM hair was a wonderful edition to this look.

Honourable Mentions

Something about this Marchesa  gown I LOVE - the mix of gold and teal is Divine!

We all know Sofia is GORGEOUS and the Zuhair Murad gown was beautiful .. just a little expected.

WHO WERE YOUR FAV'S?

On The Fringe: In White

Model: Constance Jablonski - VOGUE Spain 2011 - Marc Fast Dress

Fringe is ALWAYS FUN but for me it is super chic for SUMMER.  It has many faces from the ultra glam, out of this world editorial and casually chic.

These style Mavens are on the fringe ...

On The Red Carpet

 Rachel Zoe - MET Gala 2012 in white Fringe Rachel Zoe Gown! 

Actress Lea Michelle in Marchesa

On The Street

 Rachel Bilson in 3.1 Phillip Lim (Spring 2009) 

The Runway

 Marc Fast S/S 2011

 Versace S/S 2011

Chado Ralph Rucci SS 2012

The Mannequin

Vintage White Fringe Dress: EVOLUTION VINTAGE ~ $65

Vintage 1960's White Fringe Evening Suit - One Piece Short Jumper ~ $425 via Ana Chronos

Do you LIVE ON THE FRINGE?

Tori STUNNING ... and other Oscar Fashion

All eyes are on the Academy Awards for the celebration of the best in cinema but the red carpet fashion has become as important as the winners of the actual awards! (more important to me personally)

Honestly the Red carpet was to me this year was in a word; UNDERWHELMING. I saw nothing over the top glam, minimal jewels, half done hair and no real sparkle and shine that we all have come to associate with this gala red carpet event.


However; I must give a standing ovation and a round of applauds to Tori Spelling for expressing her signature style in a Vintage GLAM look. The dress coupled with he hair, red lip, cocktail ring, clutch & shoes were that of a PROfashional! It takes a lot of Maven Moxie to wear vintage to a red (or in her case cream) carpet event. Especially because the press is so generic in their reporting when it comes to fashion in my humble opinion. Tori dresses for FASHION not for trends or what a stylist says. I have re-dubbed her Tori STUNNING XO




Was the dress from my eBoutique Evolution Vintage? YES (http://www.evolution-vintage.com/)

Did Tori "knock it out of the park" regardless where the dress was from? YES YES

So all the bias aside her look was my FAV! Tori, you get the LisaG PROFashional Oscar Award this year!

Honorable Mentions Go To:

Jennifer Hudson in VERSACE
*I loved the color and it is an actual modern twist on a GOWN ~ appropriate for an Oscar red carpet*

Natalie Portman in Rodarte*I loved the colour and the draping of this dress ~ a prefect silhouette for a mom-to-be*

Hailee Steinfeld in custom made Marchesa

*Totally age appropriate and what fun to be able to helps design your Oscar dress with the ladies at Marchesa, it's every girls FASHION DREAM at 14 ... and 21 .... and 32. I also loved he Vintage inspired shape and length for her*

A BIG BRAVO to Rachel Zoe (who styled all of Anne Hathaways looks) - Here are my FAV's

Anne Hathaway in Givenchy Couture

Anne Hathaway in Lanvin tuxedo & Brian Atwood jeweled shoes

Anne Hathaway in Oscar de la Renta

After Party Fabulous:

Kate Beckensale in Julian McDonald

Charlize Theron in VERSACE

There is always next year girls. Talk to your stylists about trying something new or old. Give Vintage a try, an unknown designer or something from a high end designers past collections. Be unexpected and BOLD. Who will be sassy enough to snag the LisaG ProFashional award for 2012's red carpet?