The Met 2013 Gala has been the swankiest of affairs to date. The annual fête, which formally kicks off the Metropolitan Museum of Art's yearly Costume Institute exhibit, always brings in a bevy of style stars, from models to designers to Hollywood's A-list. Last year, celebs shined in metallic ensembles, each giving a unique nod to Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. This year, we expect things to be totally different -- with a theme like "Punk: Chaos to Couture," we're bound to see plenty of studding, black leather and perhaps a few mohawks. Here's our favorite pick hot off the red carpet!

This lace dress by Vionnet keeps the label's 20s inspired drape in mind. I think this is a great party piece! Quite a number of consumers I talk with and they consider $2K dress expensive, this little number's original price tag was $6K+ USD.

Hitting The New Yorker is our IX Professional Fashion Design and Manufacturing Services ad in the famous September fashion issue!

Oh so lovely, Resort 2013 Preview.

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Alexis Bittar

His Lucite jewelry excites me! It's like a painting by Modigliani or sculpture by Anselm Keifer, you cannot mistaken that for another artist's work.

Shailene Woodley's Vanity Fair Party Dress

The Oscars 2012 is now over. Vanity Fair's Party coverage showing Shailene Woodley (nominated for The Descendents) in a pretty dress and look at her shoes too! I have been thrilled to see how much she knows what looks good on her, I am assuming at this point in her career she's not dressed by some high paying stylist. Designers should find their muse and know their market. Are you dressing someone like Shailene Woodley or Meryl Streep, know your target market. BTW, don't say 18 to 55, the age range crosses 3 generations of life styles and body types!

La Perla Sexy

Women don't wear lingerie for their men or partner. You have to feel good for yourself, I mean, me as a woman and be confident of who I am/you are. La Perla offers luxurious designs that make me scream! We need more genuinely pretty and sexy lingerie. What so cool is that you know you have something so beautiful on, underneath, quite an imagination.

Fergie in JPG, Just Perfect!

Fergie, good job picking this dress! It's the Grammy, you got to look like a Rock Star! I vote thumbs up for you.

Hand Work on Silk

I am back! I took a hiatus from blogging to concentrate in putting business operational changes in place. For those who want to launch a line, it's never too late to start. We have successfully helped 6 indie labels to launch in the last 6 to 8 months! Quality is always a question: silk items are soft and it's always going to a little bit of puckering on the hem. Look at the Hermes Square Pocket shown.

Happy Saturday :: Gossip in Style

I was at a fashion event, not the Met gala, unfortunately. Aging beautifully came up as a topic, I think someone needs to feed Vera Wang, when one is over 50, a little more body fat keeps one young. Fat is natural collagen, get it? Please send her a Wagyu burger.

Jenna's Office at J. Crew's Design Room

Gold Standard

Gold is great if used sparingly, to me, it's never the choice for accessories. This Linda Johnson band, however, is amazingly beautiful, my pick for the month.

Flame Bracelet by House of Waris

Its unique design with black diamonds deserve a mentioning here. I simply think of this bracelet one masterpiece.

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Sarah Burton

Sarah Burton Presents Awards :: "Burton, the creative director of the eponymous Alexander McQueen label - himself a legendary CSM alumni - presented the award for first runner-up, which this year went to womenswear designer Nicholas Aburn. The designer presented a collection of voluptuous and padded silhouettes with stripes and huge hats thrown into the mix." by Jessica Bumpus for Vogue UK

Coach Luxe Bags Making a Comeback

The sales of luxury goods are up 11% this first quarter and Coach is planning to bring back their high end bags.

Glamour Give Back Totes

Great natural canvas tote with a message, dig!

Hot News :: Gap's CEO Replaced

I just received the news flash from fashionmag.com that the head of GAP Inc. has been replaced. Gap, Target, Forever 21, Kohl's ... and many more retailers have made trendy designs available to everybody especially those on limited income (shall we say poor?). I shopped at these stores for disposable wear, wash twice, toss out into the donation bin. I don't like to live that way, I simply just don't have time to take care of quality clothing items. It's a bad thing I am doing to the environment and global economy. Next generation designers, listen to me, you need to change that! Bring back the quality of life.

Footwear. Artwear. Brian Atwood's Fantasy.

I want to call this the Lobster shoes, the design reminds me of lobsters. Perhaps the inspirations did come from Brian Atwood's own experience with cooking up some fresh and yummy lobsters while vacationing at Saint Barts. Few have the lean and long legs for them but I could see these pumps on Naomi Campbell or Maggie Q (Nikita), the design is demi fantasy.

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