Blake Lively chose a very fitted sheath pale orange leather dress from the House of Gucci and their Resort 2012 collection (yes, kids, we are still in 2011!). I think she looks great. Nice accessories, nice pointy-toe pumps. Very 1950s fashion chic. A Tippi Hedren up-do would have taken it from “Nice” to FAB-u-Lous!

1. Femme Fashionista Weekend Wrap Up:
Leather & Gold Trend
Several gals wore leather on the Teen Choice 2011 red carpet (OK, it was BLUE!). It
was a nice and balmy 70-something degrees in Universal City Sunday but that didn’t
stop the “Leather Fashion Brigade”. Let’s take a look:
Blake Lively chose a very fitted sheath pale orange leather dress from the House of
Gucci and their Resort 2012 collection (yes, kids, we are still in 2011!). I think she
looks great. Nice accessories, nice pointy-toe pumps. Very 1950s fashion chic. A
Tippi Hedren up-do would have taken it from “Nice” to FAB-u-Lous!

2. Actress Elizabeth Banks also wore leather–and very nicely. Gilles Mendel is one of
our favorite designers and of course we love his J Mendel line. The dress is edgy and
fun at the same time. The tangerine color is perfect for the BLUE Carpet and I’m also
a fan of the asymmetrical leather panel “cascades”. It just turned this otherwise “basic”
leather dress into something far more interesting.

3. It’s Miss Tyra giving us her best “Wonder Woman/Super Hero” moment in this yellow-
and-black zip-front leather jumpsuit, even down to the BIG OL’ gold cuff! Only she
could pull off a look like this.
Now let’s get into the gold looks trending this season.

4. Dolce & Gabbana’s autumn/winter 2011 collection sparkled with gold sequins and star
motifs.

5. Beyonce Knowles shimmered on stage when she headlined at Glastonbury this year
wearing an Alexandre Vauthier Couture blazer and a pair of skimpy black hot-pants.

6. TV presented Cat Deeley attended the FOX All Star Summer Party in black skinny
jeans and a gold cropped jacket.

7. The Miu Miu collection featured both gold leather jackets and gold shift dresses, as
worn by actress Emma Roberts to the Miu Miu Presents Lucrecia Martel’s “Muta”
event.

8. Tween star Selena Gomez sported this super-short Erin Fetherstone dress to collect
5 awards at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards.

9. The palest of gold Calvin Klein dresses complimented Naomi Watt’s skintone at the
2011 CFDA Fashion Awards.

10. Alexander Wang’s autumn/winter collection was filled with rich gold satins, which gave
the impact of liquid metal.
Gwyneth Paltrow was perhaps one of the first to adopt the gold trend with her Calvin
Klein dress which she wore to the Oscars earlier in the year.

11. The only way was gold for Anne Hathaway at the New York premiere of her latest
film One Day. The actress chose a strapless Alexander McQueen dress embellished
with a smattering of gold sequins, complimented with Christian Louboutin heels and
clutch.