Dare to Design Part II

So they didn't put a limit on how many entries so I might as well throw this one in, right?

Dress Design for Shabby Apple Dresses

This dress is all about spring! And my scanner isn't that great, so bear with the picture and pay attention to the description!

This knee length dress with boat neck and tulip short sleeves will come in shades of purple.
Chiffon flowing in ruffled layers start from the left shoulder and cascade down.
Layers, adding height to any pair of legs, will repeat the cascading ruffle look at the bottom of the dress.

Inspiration for this dress? RUFFLES, of course!
And my LOVE for spring (why is already so cold?!?)!!!!

Dare to Design

Dress Design for Shabby Apple Dresses

Welcome to my entry for the Shabby Apple Dare to Design Contest! After much urging from several friends, I decided I should thrown in my ideas!

The inspiration for this idea came from layers and layers of clothing that I love - without the hassle. It has a two-piece look of gray skirt, gray sweater (attached to dress) with peach accents, and a peach chiffon shirt with a mock neck collar and ruffles coming out (I LOVE ruffles). Obviously, the color palette is gray and peach - perfect for spring! Skirt would be a nice lightweight silk. "Sweater" would have a textured gray fabric with peach silk for the accents, against a peach chiffon ruffled shirt.

Upcoming Trends

Trends for this fall!

Ruffles on shoes, shirts, and bags, galore!

Texture everywhere from suede shoes (my personal favorite) to velvet jacket.

Colored tights and leggings are still in, thanks to those short hemlines.

Leggings by ImageEnvy featuring Monsoon

What's your favorite trend this fall?

My New Favorite Book

I'm a strong believer in getting ready for the day (thanks to my mom) but sometimes find that I'm rushing with so many other things I don't have all the time I need to make myself look my best.

Carmindy (from TLC's What Not To Wear) wrote "5 Minute Face". I love it and highly recommend it to anyone. It teaches you all about the basics, that still highlight your best features, make you look beautiful, and can be done in under 5 minutes! Perfect!

Plus size

Forever 21 and Nordstroms have now launched plus sizes - and Nordstroms magazine's ads for it are incredible. The women are gorgeous and dressed perfectly for their figures.

The above is from Nordstroms for $189.00, also comes in black

Forever 21's line is called faith 21. It's in select stores and online. Great for your money!!

The above shirt is from Forever 21 for $19.80.