Claudia Escobar's Salmon-Skin Bikini

We all know that Salmon is a good food but who would have thought that its scaly skin can be of great use in the fashion world? Well, one person definitely thought of it, Claudia Escobar introduced her salmon-skin bikini in Time Magazine's Coolest Inventions of 2003.

Chilean fashion designer observed that masses of salmon skin discarded worldwide every year and she managed to use it into a line of luxury swimsuit.

The sexy swimsuits are cut from a tanned, dyed salmon skin material. The soft, smooth and lightweight "sea leather" has a natural elasticity that won't sag after a dip. The suits are part of a full line of fish-leather apparel (including jackets, skirts and sandals) introduced by a London company, Skini.






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Fashion Trend: Summer Romance

It's back! "Summer Romance" is one of the fashion trend this summer season with its melting softer and more feminine look. From floaty, fairy light, sheer fabrics, feminine ruffles to bows and subtle flesh tones, it will definitely sweep you off your feet.

Celebrities are wearing them and you can wear them too. Check the Net-A-Porter site to get that latest celebrity-style.






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The French do it best... again

If you're anything like me, you spent last night watching the joy that is Eurovision. Let's not go in to the voting, but needless to say France were robbed. Oh well, just enjoy Sebastien Teller rocking a serious beard and sharp white suit.






Almost as good as last year's entry. Who ever thought wearing a cat sewn onto your collar could look so good? (warning: this song is ridiculously catchy)

I'm no where near as big a Eurovision fan as EJ but I watched the contest on Saturday, severely hungover from the previous night's exploits...and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! The acts were in the most parts enjoyable, I was however surprised by the number who sang in English despite their poor grasp of the language...and the judging was as bad as ever. Tellier was suberb even though his delivery borrowed a great deal from Jarvis Cocker...he rocked the white suit and he had the best entrance ever on a golf cart! I'm now a Eurovision convert

Spring Fling: Dress Obsessed

Soooooo many cute spring dresses, so little money. But for those of you who still have yet to receive your Bush bucks, check out these fun frocks you REALLY won't want to get ketchup on this Memorial Day:

($196, Oasis, Asos)

So fun, so flattering, so many footwear options.

($518, Zimmermann, Shopbop)

I blogged about Zimmermann's fantastic bathing suits last month, and it turns out their apparel rules too. Love the grommets on the bust, and the fun '60s print keeps the whole thing from looking ho-ish.

($395, Julie Haus, Activeendeavors.com)

This I wouldn't personally wear, but I know it'd be cute on many of you. I like the fun Neapolitan colors.

($495, Sass & Bide, Net-a-porter)

Refined Neapolitan modness.

($198, Yumi Kim, WinkNYC)

A perfect cute, non-hippie sundress.

($204, Jenny Han, Shopintuition)

Designer Jenny Han created this piece, which has some sweet cutesy French maid action you don't usually associate with spring, but why not? Plus, 20% of the proceeds go to the Young Survival Coalition, a nonprofit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to helping young women diagnosed with breast cancer. (Jenny Han's own VP of Sales was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 30 -- eek -- so go get yourself checked!) It's available at Intuition in July.

($154, Rhys Dwfen, ActiveEndeavors)

Irresistible and elegant.

($1495, Lela Rose, Bergdorf Goodman)

This has a very Hepburn-esque sweetness. Not so sweet? The price. Boo.

($414, Crispin and Basilio, ActiveEndeavors)

Another pretty persimmon, but way cheaper and far sexier.

($99, Karta, Shopintuition)

Speaking of Intuition, I'm pretty sure this would be gorge against darker skin or freckly complexions.

($350, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Net-a-porter)

... And I'm pretty sure this would be cute on me.

($384, Anna Sui, Net-a-porter)

Sweet '70s-ness.

($518, Thread Social, Shopbop)

Not immediately spring-y, but its short silkyness = nice and light.

($94, Grey Ant, RevolveClothing.com)

You can still look hot while drinking ghetto beer-lemonade punch at a sticky rooftop party. (Ahhh memories!)

The Proliferation of Payless Cuteness!

I haven't stepped foot inside of a Payless (get it? GET it?) for quite some time, but I'm definitely seeing cuteness online, both within their designer collections and "pedestrian" stuff (har).

($17.99, Payless)

I know. I can't believe I'm coming close to condoning something that comes close to being gladiator-esque, but I like that these don't overdo it with extraneous strappage. And the single diagonal strap is flattering, expeshully if you gots the wide feets.

($35, alica + olivia, Payless)

I really loathe a square heel, however, (don't you love how everything comes with apprehension?), I applaud the loud, fun colors. Someone out there could rock these. I ain't volunteering though. (Note: that someone also probably wears way more makeup than I do and tucks her penis... but that's cool!)

($21, American Eagle, Payless)

Cute, innocuous boat shoes in a variety of colors. And why spend a lot when you know they're gonna need to be tossed due to rank-ness at the end of the summer, you knows?

($19.99, Payless)

If you're gonna own/ wear all-white shoes, they may as well be fun and slightly slutty! Also cute like so:

Oh, but Payless, you'll giveth and you'll taketh away with that very same hand. Vile.

... But... more cuteness: check out the proposed looks for the Fall '08 alice + olivia for Payless collection (photos via Nitrolicious):

More here at Nitrolicious... And check out their coverage of the Abaete for Payless collection, which I might like even more:

The most fashionable dresses of spring-summer 2008. Origami.

The most fashionable dresses of this season are so called ORIGAMI dresses. The best modellerы the the worls made up such style for women. Eastern tendency which fades away from time to time is coming back to us...
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Sevigny's opening ceremony for both boys and girls

“Not only did I want to do something for the guys in my life, but a lot of my girlfriends prefer to wear men’s stuff,” Sevigny told style file, “I think what they like about men’s clothes is the fit. So I don’t want to change that. It’ll be a new challenge.“

So the news is that Chloe Sevigny is designing a menswear line with women in mind for Opening Ceremony. Most interestingly the girl versions will not have different tailoring, they will just come in smaller sizes. I am intrigued and a little scared by this idea. I'm a fan of Sevigny's but I wasn't impressed with her previous effort for Opening Ceremony but she might have a better eye for menswear (I must admit that I'm far from convinced - I predict punk t shirts, washed out denim and some flannel)...If she does come up with the goods though we might be seeing a few more couples dressing alike and that is no bad thing.

What do you make of this? Do any of you care?