Think with your head...

You all know my absolute favorite accessory is a headband. It all probably stems from my obsession with Gossip Girl and Blair Waldorf. However, even as a 5 year old I always wore headbands. Around the UConn campus may sorority women walk around with headbands and it's somewhat become a norm. Bows and flower headbands are the most popular. With fashion always evolving and changing these are statement pieces I absolutely adore v>

Karl Lagerfeld recently displayed his pre-Fall 2011 show in Paris. I basically want the filigree headbands he put on his models ontop of their messy beehive bun. It dresses up a casual wardrobe.

Another statement headpiece is the Prada turban headband. This Boho-Chic accessory

is hard to pull off and needs certain styling. (AKA Kourtney Kardashian fail) Here MK/A (Idk who this one is haha) wears it very simple. I can see Nicole Richie wearing this as well. This headband is perfect for those days you wear your hair au naturale without straightening it and leaving it a bit wavey or when you don't have enough time to take a quick shower and need to pull your hair out of of your face.

What do you all think?

XoKA <3>

College for fashionistas

Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile. It's hard to keep up with two blogs. I hope you all are having a fantastic holiday season so far! This coming January I will be going back to school as a post-bac student for pre-medical studies so I might not be able to blog as frequently. To get in the college spirit, I have chosen the topic of college for this blog.

So what schools did some designers go to??

1. Parsons, The New School For Design in NY

Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Narciso Rodriguez, Alexander Wang, Anna Sui, Jason Wu, Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock (Vena Cava), Thakoon

2. Central Saint Martins in London

Stella McCartney, John Galliano, Alexander McQueen, Zac Posen, Paul Smith, Giles Deacon,

3. Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in NY

Nina Carcia, Carolina Herrera, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Nanette Lepore, Ralph Rucci

4. Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale in Paris

Andre Courreges, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Nicole Miller

5. Istituto Marangoni in Milan also London and Paris campuses

Domenico Dolce, Franco Moschino

6. University of Westminister in London

Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Bailey, Michael Herz (Bally)

7 Royal College of Art (Post Graduate program) in London

Philip Teacy, Christopher Bailey

8. London College of Fashion

Jimmy Choo

Networking and workshops with these alumns can be found with these schools. Just imagine someone in your lecture can be someone famous in the future...

On a side note, have you all heard that Blake Lively is the new face of Chanel?! Being Anna Wintour's new obsession definitely has it's perks! Not only does Anna fly Blake out to fashion shows to sit front row with her at Dior, Chanel, and wherever she wants but she has been on the cover of Vogue 3 times. She was in attendance at the reopening of Chanel in SOHO. Lively also has an obsession with Louboutins and Louboutin named a shoe after her after meeting her. Wow isn't she such a luck girl? She also claims she doesn't use a stylist...

Fashionably yours,

Karen xoxo