Color-fool: Inspired Pink

PINK

Pink, it's my new obsession, yeah 

Pink, it's not even a question Pink, on the lips of your lover 'Cause pink is the love you discover Pink, as the bing on your cherry Pink, 'cause you are so very Pink, it's the color of passion 

'Cause today it just goes with the fashion Pink, it was love at first sight Yeah pink, when I turn out the light And pink gets me high as a kite And I think everything is going to be alright No matter what we do tonight 

by Aerosmith

Pink is the inspired color of the month of February, and just like the very sexy Steven Tyler serenades, "Pink, it's the color of passion" and "red but not quite".  The rock band Aerosmith, whose song "Pink" won the Grammy Award in 1999, where the first to make the color an attitude sensation.  I personally love the color just as much as the song and music video.  Aerosmith made pink very rock 'n roll.  The compiled photos illustrate a "lingo" of all sorts of ways to wear, flaunt, design, illuminate, and rock the color pink.

Not only the soft pink color, but an interesting and unexpected shape like these hearts can provide a romantic atmosphere.

A piece of colorful artwork can help make your look cohesive.

us trendy

Design is Mine

If the shoe fits

The Decorista 

Scrapbook 

Elements of Style

ZsaZsa Bellagio

ZsaZsa Bellagio

ZsaZsa Bellagio

PINK OUT!   ;)

Parisian Pastimes

"Palais de Glace"

The French language sounds so elegant and yet whimsical at the same time.  These 19th century posters can be defined in the same fashion.  Jules Cheret and George Goursat were French artists who captured the Parisian atmosphere of ice skating during the 1900's, a popular pastime attributed to King Louis XVI.  Posters were a way of advertising iceskating venues, such as Champs-Elysee, with fashionable high society women in the spotlight.  Was this a device for merely rendering Parisian leisurely activities, or the dawn of high fashion advertisements?  

(Jules Cheret)

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) was a master of using the lithograph technique in his posters as a way of showing sheer happiness and flighty movement of these women; characteristics that synchronize the vivacity of iceskating. These lively women iceskaters, however, are not only showing off their best sit spins and backwards crossovers, but also doing them dressed to the nines!  The images are a clear illustration of 19th century's exquisite female performing everyday life with grace and beauty; a comparable image to today's fashionista's balletic walk down the high fashion streets of modern day Paris.  

(Georges Goursat)

Georges Goursat (1863-1934) used a technique called pochoir, french for stencil, which is a labor intensive way of using cutouts to apply color by hand during the print making process. Instead of using warm colors like Cheret above to indicate a sense of warmth and happiness, Goursat creates a chilling atmosphere with cool grays and negative space to represent icey-whites.  The joyfulness is still created by the S-curve of the woman skater facing away from the viewer as if she is finishing a swirly spin that we can follow by the carving of the ice below her. I think one of the main objectives of these posters is to entice the public into the spirited life of Parisians, especially during a time of female entertainers of Montmarte cabaret!

Fashion: Michael Kors Fall 2012

Fall Catalog 2012 via Michael Kors!

MK's twitter question...

Are you more on-the-go movie star or relaxed, rugged rocker?

Why not be both?   I think every fashionista has their own need for a new edge whether it be movie star or rock star.  Also check out MK's youtube video here!  Be you, be a star.