Trend Report: White

White has been my favorite color for awhile but lately I've been getting much more into it. My entire room is white but now I'm working towards obtaining more white clothes and hoping to be able to easily make an outfit any day I want completely based on white. It's quite a goal but I think I can do it. 

But besides my neurotic white clothing craving, white has been showing up on runways in the form of clothing and makeup. I put together this blog post to show off the trend of white and to give inspiration for outfits anybody can assemble. This trend could easily have been foreseen from the monochrome trend that's still happening but it's taken on a life of its own. 

(as always, the pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them)

Givenchy FW2013

Givenchy was quite masculine this season; taking cues from sports and the use of black leather, Riccardo Tisci delivered a manly collection for F/W 2013. 

The whole collection was quite dark but not in a depressing sense, more in an mysterious, intimidating feel.

There were several trends throughout the show starting with leather! Leather was seen throughout the show but most predominately in these outfits...

NEXT, the leather continued but it was used a bit differently. The coat wasn't used as a singular piece in the show, it was more of a styling choice that required the leather coats. You can see the coats tied around the models' waist here...

Here was a big hint at the sporting inspirations

(it even started getting into the infamous prints but more on these later)

The coats weren't only in leather but they were also woven as well. I think the weave of the coat gives it a more approachable kind of look for a more daily style.

AND NOW HERE ARE THE PRINTED TEES! Everyone loves these tees so much, Givenchy is known for this. The prints are visually pleasing from far away but when you get closer, you can see what the print actually is. It's still a very striking image but Tisci went for a provocative vibe this season.

Riccardo Tisci was quoted as saying, "It's an obsession of sports, sexuality, hard sex, and ... everything that relates to America in a very dark way" about this season's collection. You can certainly see all of those themes in Givenchy's Fall/Winter Menswear 2013 collection. 

While I loved this collection, I am a big fan of Riccardo Tisci's work for Givenchy so I am a little biased… What did you think about this collection? I'd love to hear.

images via style.com

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H&M Opening and Margiela Collab

So I live in Austin, Texas and we recently got an H&M (November 17th)!

There are a couple in Houston and Dallas but, believe it or not, there has never been one in Austin!

I was so pumped for its opening that I got there at 10 p.m. The store didn't open until noon the next day....that was 14 hours of waiting (and 2 attempted hours of sleeping in 39 degree weather). I thought I would be fine wearing tights underneath my jeans and a fur coat but BOY WAS I WRONG. It was so cold.

Here are some photos I took from my spot in line...

As always, click on the photos to enlarge them

The first people had been waiting since 5:30 p.m.

We got a red carpet! oooh la la

panorama of the store

me sitting on the carpet pretending to be happy while I was freezing cold

My friend, Juliana, has the hologram circle bag, it's hella cute in person

one of the mannequins from the other side of the store

wooooooo here was the line just on my side of the building (yes, it wrapped all the way around and sorry for the break in the middle my bad)

patiently waiting, survived 39 degree weather

this was to insure that I got a gift card...

Margiela for H&M window!

H&M was being generous and bussing people from the University of Texas campus to the store ALL DAY

LOOK! I got $50 to use on my purchases!

Speaking of purchases, check out what I got down below

Margiela for H&M 'Invisible Belt'

Margiela for H&M 'Candy Clutch'

Margiela for H&M 'Oversized Keychain Necklace'

Margiela for H&M 'Disco Pants' (I love these leggings so much, they complete me)

If you can't tell, I only went for the Margiela collection which was the reason why I waited outside for so long. I was terrified of things selling out but apparently nobody in Texas knows what Margiela is. Both people on the sides of me in line were confused when I mentioned the line and asked me to explain (I'm sorry what!!) I couldn't understand why people would wait at a store overnight just for the gift card. The first 500 people in line were given scratch offs that ranged from $10 - $500 and the first 100 people, which included me, were given goodie bags with things like a shirt and a toiletry bag. Thanks H&M! :*

Have you ever been to an H&M launch? What did you think about the Margiela collection?? Leave a comment below 

OH, and one last thing.

I joined Bloglovin' so now you can follow my blog on there, the link is in the sidebar

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