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Trend Alert: Lucite Accessories



At shows like prada, Louis Vuitton, and Burberry, have set the pace when it comes to this current trend Lucite jewelry, making it the choice accessory for the upcoming season. As a nice accent  the use of fashion forward colorful  lucite bangles,  to mix with  regular jewels can add  dimension and depth to any ensemble creating a beautiful statement. The great thing about Lucite pieces they come in a multitude of  styles and colors. Here are some options with a variety of pice points







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PARDON


PARDON OUR APPEARANCE WE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION,

ASOS CURVE


The Day is finally here, ASOS CURVE has officially launch, a lot of buzz has been circulating the blogs lately about this new line, I love ASOS clothing their dresses and items that I have bought are the best. This new collection consists of key pieces, Jersey, knitwear, and much more for a curvier figure (18- 26). Here are a couple of my faves from the site.

Hopefully I can get some pieces in time for fashion week :)




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Get Your Pumps Ready, NY Fashion Week Is Coming


Eff a Valentine's Day, we all know what Febuary actually means.......FASHION! This year (for Fall/Winter) NY Fashion Week will start on February 11 and will end the 18th. This will be the last fashion week at Bryant Park. (Tear, tear) On to the next one, after February's fashion week, shows are going to take place at the Lincoln Center. Should be interesting come September how everything will be organized.

Here's the Mercedes-Benz's schedule......

Thursday, February 11
9 am - Mackage (Salon)
10 am - BCBG Max Azria (Tent)
11 am - Richard Chai (Promenade)
1 pm - Duckie Brown (Salon)
2 pm - Toni Maticevski (Altman Building)
3 pm - Ports 1961 (Promenade)
4 pm - Anne Bowen (25 W 39th)
5:30 - 7 pm - La Perla (540 W 26th)
6 pm - Farah Angsana (Salon)
7 pm - The Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2010 (Tent)
8 pm - Mik Cire by Eric Kim (Promenade)

Friday, February 12
9 am - Cynthia Steffe (Salon)
10 am - Project Runway
11 am - Yigal Azrouel (Promenade)
12 pm - Michael Angel (Salon)
3 pm - Christian Siriano (Promenade)
6 pm - Nicole Miller
8 pm - Charlotte Ronson
9 pm - Venexiana (Salon)

Saturday, February 13
10 am - Lacoste (Tent)
11 am - Georges Chakra (Promenade)
1 pm - Andy & Debb (Salon)
2 pm - Adam (Promenade)
3 pm - Academy of Art University (Tent)
4 pm - Prabal Gurung (Salon)
6 pm - Twinkle by Wenlan (Promenade)
8 pm - Arise Magazine African Collective - Part III (Tent)

Sunday, February 14
10 am - Lela Rose (Salon)
11 am - Luca Luca (Promenade)
12 pm - Malandrino (TBA)
1 pm - DKNY (711 Greenwich St.)
2 pm - Rebecca Taylor (Salon)
- Calvin Klein Collection Men's (205 W 39th)
3 pm - Herve Leger by Max Azria (Promenade)
4 pm - Diane Von Furstenberg (Tent)
5 pm - Tony Cohen (Salon)
- Y-3 (643 Park Ave.)
8 pm - Custo Barcelona (Tent)
9 pm - Vassilios Kostetsos (Salon)

Monday, February 15
9 am - Zac Posen (Altman Building)
10 am - Carolina Herrera (Tent)
11 am - Carlos Miele (Promenade)
12 pm - Jill Stuart (NY Public Library, Astor Hall)
1 pm - Tracy Reese (Salon)
2 pm - Donna Karan Collection (711 Greenwich St.)
3 pm - Monique Lhuillier (Promenade)
4 pm - Yeohlee (TBA)
5 pm - Tadashi Shoji (Salon)
6 pm - Ecco Domani Fashion Foundation (Tent)
7 pm - Perry Ellis (Promenade)

Tuesday, February 16
9 am - Elie Tahari (Salon)
10 am - Badgley Mischka (Tent)
11 am - Vera Wang (Promenade)
12 pm - Mimkho (450 W 31)
1 pm - Pamella Roland (Salon)
2 pm - Max Azria (Tent)
3 pm - Dennis Basso (Promenade)
5 pm - Diesel Black Gold (TBA)
6 pm - Thuy (Salon)
7 pm - Tibi (Promenade)
8 pm - Narciso Rodriguez (Tent)

Wednesday, February 17
9 am - Tory Burch (Salon)
10 am - Michael Kors (Tent)
11 am - Nanette Lepore (Promenade)
2 pm - 3.1 Phillip Lim (Tent)
3 pm - Milly by Michelle Smith (Promenade)
4 pm - Reed Krakoff (TBA)
5 pm - Alexandre Herchcovitch (Salon)
6 pm - Anna Sui (Tent)
7 pm - Brian Reyes (Promenade)

Thursday, February 18
9 -11 am - Ralph Lauren (275 Hudson St.)
12 pm - Isaac Mizrahi (Tent)
1 pm - Trias (Promenade)
2 pm - David Elfin (Salon)
3 - 4 pm - Calvin Klein Collection Women's (205 W 39)
4:30 - 6:30 pm - Leifsdottir (15 E 27)
5 pm - J.Mendel (Salon)

And here is the schedule for NYC's The Green Shows (Eco-Friendly Fashion Shows).......

&& unlike the Mercedes-Benz's shows, you actually have a chance to go to these. Eco-Fashion Week kicks off on Valentine's Day and ends Wednesday, Feb. 17.

Sunday, February 14
7 pm - Gary Harvey
8 pm - Opening Night Runway Show & Event

Monday, February 15
1 pm - Vaute Couture
3 pm - Thieves by Sonja den Elzen
5 pm - Joann Berman

Tuesday, February 16
1 pm - Willian by Keia Bounds
3 pm - Popomomo
5 pm - Samantha Pleet

Wednesday, February 17
3 pm - Deux Fm
5 pm - Ekovaruhuset
7 pm - C. Marchuska
8 pm - Closing Night Cocktail Reception

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Kompa x Zouk x Hot 97

I am pretty sure you know what is going in Haiti right now. If not, well there was an earthquake and several aftershocks that have been hitting and testing Haiti's strength. So as support, on Jan. 14, Mr. Cee along with Brooklyn's own DJ Stakz played one full hour of Kompa and Zouk music. Mind you, this has never been done, like ever. For any of you who did get a chance to hear, it was truly an amazing and uplifting experience for Haitians all over the world (like me). Hopefully, the world can now listen and appreciate our beautiful music and hopefully Hot 97 will do this more often and not only play Haitian music but music from all over the world from the Middle East to Europe to Asia. So, if any of you guys didn't get a chance to, or just simply want to relive the moment, you can find the tribute on Hot 97 and download it there or you can click the below links and download it from usershare.


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Le Sange des Betes

A ceramic statue of a cow stands tall. The shot is black and white, and the music is reminiscent of a Gone With the Wind soundtrack. The slaughterhouse film is "thematically dark, [but] is aesthetically and cinematically poetic and beautiful." A perfect way to describe Trang Chau's design aesthetic. As a result, Chau chose to name her California based clothing line after the George Franju film, Le Sang Des Betes.

Chau had a love for fashion and design from an early age, "I remember when I was 12, tracing and cutting images of models out of fashion magazines and making paper dresses for them. I didn't professionally begin designing until college."

Her first line was a collaboration with a friend friend four years ago. We are Lucid Dreams was purely couture, but ended when she began the ready-to-wear line she has today. Trang says none of the pieces created for Le Sang des Betes, which translates to 'blood of the beasts', are her favorites; and anyone could tell.

While clicking through the catalog for the Spring 2009 collection, Swarm, I was astonished by the amount of detail and obvious thought put into the design. Filled with pale peach, grey, navy and royal blue, the line is cohesive and plays well into its title. The classic silhouettes are made modern with small construction changes, such as the addition of butter-knife pleats to bubble skirts. The ruffled sleeves added to the shift dress gives a sense of freedom and originality to a shape that has been used time and time again. What would have been a buttoned cap sleeved tee is now

a vest due to the drop of the sleeves to the underarm position, bringing uniqueness to a normal summer outfit. In all honesty, an onlooker would have a hard time picking a favorite as well.

"My interests in different visual media act only as starting points of inspiration in my design process. I rarely incorporate ideas from these genres directly as I'd rather reinterpret them from my own perspective." she explains.

Citing 19th century Gothic literature and filmmakers, including Rainer Fassbinder and David Cronenberg as inspiration on her site, Chau is skilled in recreating the aesthetics found within visual mediums. This is a skill I'm sure will continue to be her best asset as a young designer.

Chau hopes her line can be successful in the years to come, possibly adding menswear and a future plan for expanding to furniture design. At the moment, her dreams are coming true. Having publications such as W

WD and Nylon frequently feature the designer and her collections have helped to spread her line, which she explains is very important to her as a designer.

"[My day] is extremely busy! When you are still a young designer you have to balance the creativity with the business and that's a lot of work for anyone."

Though she considers herself an up and coming designer, she does give one piece of advice, to follow your gut instinct. A piece of advice I believe has helped her to become the lucid dream some are just beginning to believe in.

Winter Relief for dry skin

Hi Dolls, I know I've been on a bit of a blogging hiatus, but I've been hella busy of course with good things. So winter skin can sometimes be a b*tch. Here are some tips to hydrate your skin getting and ridding your self of dry, chapped skin for the rest of the winter months


1. Mix in a body oil with you moisturizer -
Double the moisture, oils rapidly hydrate the skin try Mango Melange Bath and Body Oil. This duo will leave your skin feeling sliky smooth and less like Tyrone Bigums in minutes.
2. Exfoliate skin and face every 2 weeks--
The harsh winter weather dulls your complexion completely depleting that summer glow. A good exfoliator rejuvenates
the skin bringing back a bright and radiant complexion. For your body try Aromatherapy- Sugar Body Scrub in Tranquil Mint. Also a good way to end the night. For your face try Korres- Thyme Honey Scrub I love this soft creamy scrub its gentle with aloe and wheat germ oil it soothes the skin while protecting it.

3. Mother Knows best --
When all else fails two things my mother always has handy is Aquaphor and Vaseline slather either over your knees, elbows, heels, and hand even you face my mother uses vaseline and places a hot towel over her face to remove all the dirt and make up from her face and she has the best skin and complexion.


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Movie Soundtracks

Of course everyone has their own opinion of what the greatest movie soundtracks are. It all depends on what kind of music you like really. You're probably wondering why all the posts about soundtracks (more coming)? Well, first off, I love movies. Second, a movie is nada without the soundtrack. The soundtrack is the emotion, the feeling, the meaning behind the words and scenes. The soundtrack tells you what to feel. And third, soundtracks are just effing great. So here's some of my favorite movie soundtracks. Make sure to comment and let me know if you feel like I left out any, which I probably am going to, I haven't seen every freaking movie, even though I would like to.

Greatest Movie Soundtracks (Not in any particular order)

Juno
Paper Heart
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
A Clockwork Orange
500 Days of Summer
Breathless (A Bout de Souffle)
The Notebook
Dazed and Confused
Sex and the City
Garden State
Titanic
Beauty and the Beast (YUP)
Grease
Almost Famous
Soul Food
Where the Wild Things Are
Love Actually
Waiting to Exhale
August Rush
Bad Boys 2

What do ya think?
(This is just part 1, when my brain decides to function again, I'll post part 2.)

Soundtrack of My Life...Very Long Soundtrack



Have you ever took the time to wonder what songs describe your life? Like a soundtrack to your life? Well I have. And it has to be the most freaking, hardest thing, like ever. Like what the freak? First off my soundtrack would have like 5,645 discs. And that describes one part of me: my indecisiveness. So here's a glimpse of a couple songs that I think would make my soundtrack. And let's just say this is my first draft, mostly consisting of songs I just love, and songs that when you hear them, hopefully remind you of me! Yay! Now, I have a challenge for you, how about you create your own soundtrack and see how freaking hard it is!


Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
Anna Molly - Incubus
Last Resort - Papa Roach
I Hate Everything About You - Three Days Grace
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Miss Murder - AFI
Monster - Meg & Dia
All I Want - Offspring
The Pretender - Foo Fighters
Holiday - Green Day
In Bloom - Nirvana
Darling Nikki (Cover) - Foo Fighters
Zombie - Cranberries
Here In My Room - Incubus
Love Like Winter - AFI
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) - Marilyn Manson
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
Candy - Mandy Moore
Genie in a Bottle - Christina Aguilera
Liquid Dreams - O-Town (Oh yeahhh!)
Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet
Slam Dunk Da Funk - 5ive
When the Lights Go Out - 5ive
I Want You Back - N'sync
Gotta Tell You - Samantha Mumba
Stop - Spice Girls
Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls
Stuck - Stacie Orrico
Tearin Up My Heart - N'sync
Born To Make You Happy - Britney Spears
Too Much - Spice Girls


Whatcha Think About That - Pussycat Dolls
Love Game - Lady Gaga
Get Naked - Britney Spears
For Your Entertainment - Adam Lambert
Party in the USA - Miley Cyrus
Womanizer - Britney Spears
Sexy Back - Justin Timberlake
Summer Love - Justin Timberlake
Lovestoned/I Think She Knows - Justin Timberlake
Gimme More - Britney Spears
Maneater - Nelly Furtado
If U Seek Amy - Britney Spears
Crash - Gwen Stefani
Bad Romance - Lady Gaga
Just A Girl - No Doubt
Bathwater - No Doubt
The Girl and The Robot - Royksopp
C'mon (On My Own) - Chester French
So Happy I Could Die - Lady Gaga
La La La - LMFAO
Bebe Buell - Chester French
Whataya Want From Me - Adam Lambert
Cry Me a River - Justin Timberlake
Circus - Britney Spears


Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
Into the Groove - Madonna
I Saw the Sign - Ace of Base
Time of the Season - Zombies
A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
Pork and Beans - Weezer
I Believe In a Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Take On Me - A-Ha
Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
Cherry Pie - Warrant
This Is How You Remind Me - Nickelback
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Darling Nikki - Prince
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Crazy - Aerosmith
Dream On - Aerosmith

First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
Basket Case - Pete du Pon
Lost? - Coldplay
Wonderwall - Oasis
Today - Smashing Pumpkins
Don't Panic - Coldplay
Let Go - Frou Frou
Popular Mechanics for Lovers - Beulah
Distant Dreamer - Duffy
Don't Speak - No Doubt
Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
Everlong - Foo Fighters
(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer
Starting a Band - Two Mans - Chester French
Smiley Faces - Gnarls Barkley
Fidelty - Regina Spektor
Anyone Else But You - Moldy Peaches
I Miss You - Blink 182
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Green Day
In a Manner of Speaking - Nouvelle Vague
Ride Bikes With You - Moldy Peaches
Daniel - Bat for Lashes

Good Morning - Kanye West
Dat New New - KiD CuDi
Lust for Life - Drake
American Dreamin - Jay-Z
Flashing Lights - Kanye West
I Know - Jay-Z
Homecoming - Kanye West
Stronger - Kanye West
Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G.
I'm Going In - Lil Wayne
Turnin' Me On - Keri Hilson
Can't Tell Me Nothing - Kanye West
Always Strapped - Birdman
Party and Bullshit - Notorious B.I.G.
Superman - Eminem
The Way I Am - Eminem
Hailie's Song - Eminem
Excuse Me Miss - Jay-Z
You - Lloyd ft. Lil Wayne
Party Life - Jay-Z
Welcome To Heartbreak - Kanye West
I Love You (Smif-N-Wessun Remix) - Mary J. Blige

That's the Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
Someone - SWV
Loungin - LL Cool J
Right Here (Human Nature Mix) - SWV
G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T - Changing Faces
I Can Love You - Mary J. Blige
If You Love Me - Brownstone
I'm Going Down - Mary J. Blige
Don't Let Go (What's It Gonna Be) - En Vogue
Creep - TLC
Tyrone - Erykah Badu
Not Gon' Cry - Mary J. Blige
Use Your Heart - SWV
Hey Lover - LL Cool J
Tell Me - Groove Theory
Doin It - LL Cool J
Do You Want To - Xscape
Tonight - Xscape

Motown Philly - Boyz II Men
What About Us - Total
Steelo - 702
No Diggity - Blackstreet
Can't You See - Total ft. Notorious B.I.G.
I Can't Stand the Rain - Missy Elliott
If I Ruled the World - Nas
Crush On You - Lil Kim
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See - Busta Rhymes
Scenario - A Tribe Called Quest
Buddy - De La Soul
Dead Presidents - Jay-Z
Renee - Lost Boyz
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio
Runnin - The Pharcyde
Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde
Once Again - Handsome Boy Modeling School
Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest
They Reminisce Over You (TROY) - Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth
Flava In Ya Ear Remix - Craig Mack
La Di Da Di - Slick Rick

Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Beat It - Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson
In The Closet - Michael Jackson
They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Can You Feel It - The Jacksons
Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
Torture - The Jacksons
As - Stevie Wonder
Who's Loving You - The Jackson 5

Say You Will -Kanye West
Soldier of Love - Sade
On and On - Erykah Badu
Other Side of the Game - Erykah Badu
Bad Habits - Maxwell
Dreamworld - Robin Thicke
He Loves Me - Jill Scott
Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) - Janet Jackson
Lady in My Life - Michael Jackson
Jezebel - Sade
My All - Mariah Carey
Hometown Glory - Adele
My Immortal - Evanescence
Blue - LeAnn Rimes
Butterflies - Michael Jackson
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely - Backstreet Boys
Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt
Ready For Love - India.Arie
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Take a Bow - Madonna
Kiss From a Rose - Seal
I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer - Stevie Wonder


(Just a glimpse into my Itunes, hehehe)
(Left out my swing, big band, blues, techno, house, most of my soul and ne-soul, classical, world music, etc--it would've gone on for forever and ever.)
So what's your soundtrack?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Femme Royale would like to wish everyone a belated but Happy New Year! Yay! Don't fear, we have not abandoned you. We have been hard at work preparing for what will be a very successful year, as you should to! Don't let the "mistakes" from 2009 hinder your growth in 2010. If anything those "mistakes" should encourage and promote your growth. I put "mistakes" in quotations only because I believe you should not see them as mistakes but as lessons. So get ready ladies and gentlemen, Femme Royale is going to take you on a journey. And trust me, you won't want to look back.

Bag a Hipster!



So as I'm doing my bi-weekly (yep, it went from daily to bi-weekly, sometimes monthly. sad eh?) reading of blogs and what not, I come across a guide on how "to bag a hipster." I just wanted to share it with my FemmeRoyale gals and guys, cause you know, we just can't get enough of hipsters, the real ones though. Not the ones who only know of Urban Outfitters, buy a button down and some skinny jeans, and go to Moomia and think that all of a sudden they're a "hipster". Haha. No subliminals. Now let's make a deal. Obey the guide. Follow the steps and let us know it worked or not or if it made you look like a bafoon. Doesn't really matter what the result was, all that matters is that you actually tried right? Right. So pleasee try it! I will personally send you a gift in the mail, you little bafoon you :)






"It can happen to you: you’re out, drinking a PBR, minding your own… then you see that dirty and doe-eyed darling across the room, judging the party-thrower’s record collection. And you. Want. Them. Bad. Read on! To turn that lust in your heart into action in your pants.




STEP 1: Picking Your Prey.
If you’re into dudes, check for flannel, traditional wool ponchos from South America, and bike chains worn like a beauty pageant sash. That guy’s sensitive, and he lives close enough to bike.
Dig the ladies? Look for a bit of vanity among the Snoopy sweaters and grandma pants– a bustier or crop top means the apple of your eye embraces the ugly-is-hot ethos, but still wants to maintain the hot.




STEP 2: Dancing.
Kick Gloria Estefan to the curb. The rhythm can’t get you! Jerk your head like you’re getting whiplash, over and over. Stomp one bent foot, and let your middle try and figure out the rest. If your parter mirrors your moves, congratulations: you’re doing the hipster mating dance.




STEP 3: Let’s-Get-A-Drink-Conversation.
Order the worst whiskey. Then talk about your “passion,” like group sound massage, or found art sculpture. Ask if they’ve ever seen Bertrando: Story of An Algae Born Whistler. This film does not exist. If they say they’ve seen it, they want to bone you. If they say no, shame them. Shame = hipster pheromones.




STEP 4: Neuroses.
Share one. For example: “Sometimes I am so porous I feel all of the emotions of the room at once.” “I am incredibly rich, but will never do anything about it except feel guilty and wear dirty clothes.” “Sex makes me cry, because I hate intimacy, yet all I want is love.”
They’ll tell you one of theirs. Nice bonding!




STEP 5: Going home.
At this point, you should be primed for the kill. Here is your weapon: “Parties just make me feel so empty; it was amazing to have a real conversation with you. I think we’re heading out in the same direction– would you mind stopping at my place quickly? I’d really love to lend you, “How to Keep Your Dog A Liberal Vegan In A Conservative, Carnivorous World.”
Get ready for a night of almost-dextrous, totally self-conscious lovemaking!




P.S. Feel like you want some hipster camo before you go on the prowl? Throw on the Matty Top, to look fly and well-flanneled while stalking your desired."



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