Celebrity Vintage Spot - Eva Mendes

Looks smoking in her Roland Mouret dress that she paired with a big dramatic YSL vintage necklace. Rachel Zoe styles Eva - wanna bet this is a loaner - it has that RZ look to me!

Photo: Getty via red carpet fashion awards

Eva is Gorgeous in Dior

Dior is hitting it out of the park lately don;t you agree? Perhaps because the last few collections have a decidedly, vintage feel to them perhaps, hmmmm?

You cannot help but think back to the grand days of Hollywood when you see Eva Mendes in this Dior gown. Well played!

How to do the secretary dress

Eva Mendes can make pretty much anything look good, but I was particularly impressed by her recent appearance in this little blue Azzaro secretary dress. In the vintage world you see a lot of these from those crazy seventies days and sometimes they are good and sometimes they are seriously, terribly, horrendously BAD. Even the good ones can be tough to wear on the best of days and yet there is something rather compelling about them. There are some key elements here that make Eva's work- her hair is pulled up and away so there is not a massive lump created by hair and shoulders and bows, accessories are minimal (non-existent really) and bare legs and nude shoes add the perfect feminine contrast. The length is also SUPER important with a dress like this. Its hits just above her knee, longer and the entire outfit would looks schoolmarmish and shorter would have given her that whole porn star catholic school girl look. Most of the version you will find from the seventies will be longer then this - its important for a stylish girl to find a great tailor at some point. Trust me, having someone that knows how to fit things perfectly to your body and shape will get you MILES more out of your wardrobe then just buying the latest and greatest!

Well played Eva!

PS. The new look for the blog is almost complete - I will be adding some new features over the next few weeks but will be back to regular blogging! xoxoxoxoxoxo

 pic: People.com

Vintage Vs New

I spotted this picture today over at Red Carpet Fashion Awards of the gorgeous Eva Mendes wearing a Chloé by Hannah MacGibbon Resort 2010 dress.

I immediately thought of this dress that is up on my site. Its a immaculate 1950s Mexican Wedding dress that is to die for.

Aren't they amazingly similar?
Except the original has loads more hand finished details.
And I think the sleeves are better and more dramatic
What do you think?
Like the new or the old?