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11.06.2011

Sartorial Compass: Leighton Meester Black & White

Our November Sartorial Compass is here, and in contrast to Kirsten Dunst, Leighton is quite new on the scene, yet she's had quite the introduction to the fashion world while playing socialite  Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl.  G.G. is on its 5th season, and I couldn't be more thankful that it came along to introduce me to such a fashion risk taker (and um the Blair & Chuck saga). Today take a look at Leighton's affinity for crisp and clean white ensembles as well as her love for looks on the darker side...


When she wears white she tends to let the looks do the talking. Just recently she was in Toronto debuting a film in the crocheted dress, it's an outfit that definitely showcases her mature fashion sense with its mid-length hem. And of course there's the white Bottega Veneta dress she wore SO WELL to the Golden Globes accessorized with a lovely red lip.


She also leans toward all black quite often, but tends to play up her darker looks with heavier makeup and accessories. The first is a dress from Christopher Kane's first collection for resurrected line Versus, I was enamored with the flounce and pleats on the dresses.  She definitely doesn't do boring black!


This is one of my favorite Leighton fashion moments, she wore this leather Chanel dress to a Chanel show and dared to be different by adding a chunky necklace to an already amazing dress.

She knows how to keep her look classic in black and white but never shies away from adding big time accessories or bold makeup.

6.07.2011

Residents of the Runway

Today I decided to spend my afternoon walking around this beautiful city to find some awesome homes that embody some Spring/Summer 2011 trends. As it turns out Charleston has been wayyy ahead of the SS '11 trends, and there were a bunch of cool photos to snap. When I was looking through my SS 2011 lookbook on style.com for a trend refresher, the first edition of Residents of the Runway came to me in a second, so let's get to it.

Today's trend: Monochromatic BRIGHTS!

In Charleston there is a section of houses that are nicknamed "Rainbow Row." For about two blocks there are these pastel colored stucco homes and they go PERFECTLY with the runway pieces that I was reminded of today...
The runway looks that inspired this post are from Christopher Kane's SS '11 ready-to-wear collection. He did these unreal monochromatic lace number's in which the colors came out like muted neons, and were such standouts...

So what do you all think about the looks?