Fashionize Your Mobile Accessories this Summer

(Bliss Case courtesy of LuxeMobile, $24.99)

LuxMobile Group, widely known for their celebrity and brand collaborations and fashionable product innovations has launched mobilexpressions, a custom mobile brand exclusively designed for Target.  With LuxMobile's award winning design team and almost a decade in the mobile fashion category, mobilexpressions provides a fresh, new flavor for your mobile necessity that you can’t live without. 

Available exclusively at Target stores nationwide and Target.com, Co-Founder of LuxMobile, Wasim Khaled notes, "We are all about creating mobile fashion that resonates with customers and are very happy to be launching the first mobile fashion collection of its kind with Target."

 LuxMobile draws inspirations from current trends, and runway fashion to foray a collection that is not only innovative and colorful, but combines the very best of form and function to accessorize any outfit.  Having worked with celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, and Alicia Keys, both Co-Founders understand the prevalence of one’s mobile accessory in each of their consumers’ daily lives, stressing the importance on the individual design of each.
This season the collection includes new trend pieces as well as fashion staples. The ever-popular polka-dots and always in style black and white trend is found in the new Target rollout. Bright hues in summer colors to coordinate with your beach bag and sunglasses adorn the new styles as well as crisp ocean blues. You can change up your accessories one at a time or in a phone/iPad set to coordinate with shoes, bags, and even summer flirty dresses!

The mobilexpressions collection consists of 18 new accessories across the iPhone 4, iPad and Kindle Fire that provide stylish protection for your favorite mobile devices.  Ranging from $24.99 for iPhone cases, $39.99 for new iPad Cases and $29.99 for Kindle Fire Cases, the line is an affordable luxury.  “We were thrilled to be able to style a line of products for one of my favorite retailers taking into account affordability and good taste" says Gina D'Ambra co-Founder of LuxMobile Group. 

Click here to purchase my case!

HOW TO: Neon & Neutral with Leoluca

With neon making quite the appearance this spring, designers are finding fresh ways to integrate the bright flashes of color into your everyday look. Mixing neon colors with neutral hues is a fabulous way to add some excitement to your wardrobe.
This season, the trending colors are simple – neons and neutrals.  Here are a few great looks to follow that will make you feel confident from head-to-toe. 

How to wear it
Neon accessories are the best way to add a pop of color to any outfit. Mix a neutral-colored dress with Leoluca Handbag’s Spring/Summer 2012 cross-body bag that can also be worn as a clutch.

(Lotee, $378)                                                                                                                  (Madrid, $288)

Or, try a striped knit sweater, neon colored jeans and pairit with Leoluca’s Madrid-Metallic Hair-on-Hide bag – the perfect match made infashion heaven.

(Madrid-Metallic Hair-on-Hide, $318)

Follow these simple neon + neutral looks and you will look great all summer long!

Olivia Wilde + Alternativ​e Apparel

Alternative Apparel, the industry-leading fashion basics company known for its unparalleled comfort and quality craftsmanship, today announced the launch of the limited-edition ―Message Bag, a creative collaboration with stylish leading actress and activist Olivia Wilde and her friend/partner-in-good Barbara Burchfield. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Academy for Peace and Justice, a secondary school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti funded by Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis’s charity, Artists for Peace and Justice. "This is not just a bag, it’s an opportunity for an education."

"I’ve been trying to figure out how to combine conscious commerce with my love for fashion," explains Wilde, who chose to work with Alternative Apparel, the label committed to ethically and environmentally responsible production practices, because ―"I wear their sweatshirts every day and live in their maxi dresses. And they’re good people!."

After frequent visits to Haiti, Wilde worked closely with Mollie Culligan, Alternative’s Accessories Director, and Burchfield to design a trusty and rugged-chic army canvas messenger bag. The convertible backpack/cross-body style is unisex, features pebbled leather trim, antique brass hardware and every purchase of the bag is an opportunity for an underprivileged child’s education. Alternative seeks to empower positive change in the community and provides products that are hand-crafted, with signature vintage softness and authenticity. Additionally, Alternative is committed to donate more bags, backpacks and supplies to the Academy for Peace and Justice throughout the year.

Olivia’s latest film “People Like Us” opens in theaters this Friday, June 29th.  She also has 9 other film projects coming out in the next year – she’s best known for starring on the hit TV show “House” and in movie roles such as In Time, The Change-Up, Tron, Alpha Dog, etc. 

To purchase the bag, click here.

Steal Her Look!

Reality star, singer, and LGBT Rights Advocate Aubrey O'Day looks chic and stylish at the San Francisco Pride Festival while on the "Ride with Pride" float on Sunday. The former Danity Kane member and Celebrity Apprentice star paired her rainbow striped fishnets with a chic, loose-knit Margaret O'Leary sweater, sequin gold shorts from Gypsy Junkies, bold blue S.K.O.W. pumps, and a statement ring from Charles Albert. Aubrey O'Day is a gay rights advocate and chose the "Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)" as her charity while she was on Celebrity Apprentice.

(Margaret O'Leary Wrap Sweater, $172 | Gypsy Junkies Shorts, $52)

Blue Stripes

(Alimonada Glass Bead Bracelet, $29.90 | Shashi Suede 1 Row Bracelet, $88 | Alimonada Nautical Bracelet, $19.90)

Noteworthy : JADEtribe

(Elizabeth Pom Pom, $264 | Nicole Messenger, $189 | Seminyak Leather Shoulder Bag, $168 | Panada Fringe Clutch, $103 | Samui Stripe Beach Tote, $143)

Kimberly Hartman is the brainchild behind JADEtribe. It’s about nature. It’s about a return to love. It’s about giving back.

A little bit beach-y, a little bit bohemian jet set, and 100 percent natural and ethical, JADEtribe is the true embodiment of fashion with a conscience. Whether it’s the handbag repurposed from hand embroidered baby carrier cloths, or the hand braided jewelry that jingles, or the organically dyed and hand loomed traditional textiles, each element of JADEtribe carries in it a piece of Kimberly’s heart and a piece of the hearts of the women in South East Asia whose lives have been improved by making it.

Textural Refinement with 'Of Two Minds' Clothing Line

Get the look for LESS!

Dancing with the stars pro Cheryl Burke captivated onlookers recently while wearing Luichiny pumps (a spot-on-ringer 'look for less' of the Christian Louboutin version) at the 2012 NHL Awards.

(Luichiny 'Sure Thing' Heels, $69)

These Luichiny "Sure Thing" heels are also a dead ringer of the equally popular Christian Louboutin Knot heels shown below...proving that Cheryl is not just a glamorous fashionista, but also a discerning and SAVVY one! Cheryl saved over $805 and you can too with the look for less!

(Christian Louboutin "Greissimo Knot Pump", $875)

Lighten Up Your Look

The pop singer and star of the hit show Victorious pulls off natural, laid-back beauty effortlessly. Recently being featured in Self Magazine Victoria Justice gives LPM a few beauty secrets to borrow.

"Don’t be afraid to play up your natural beauty. Natural is always such a chic look. Plus, it is so great to let your skin breathe.”

“It’s best to look like yourself. Play up your best features. If you have great eyes, then accentuate those. Or if you like your lips most, then use a great, bold lip color.”

“When I don’t look my best, I detox with raw foods and lots of water. It makes me feel better.”

“If I have no time to touch up, I get a natural glow by pinching my cheeks 10 times really hard. Well, not so hard that I bruise.”

“I don’t want to have to change my nailcolor whenever I put on a new outfit. I usually choose nude, because it matches whatever I wear.”

“I wash off my makeup every night before bed. It’s my number-one rule for good skin.”

“Guys like natural beauty. I get it. So find ways to make them think you are! My thing is lip stain. It stays put so you don’t have to constantly reapply.”

“I swirl a wet eyeliner brush in brown shadow, then swipe it along my lash line and a little past the corner for an easy cat eye.”

“I’m only 19, so I’m not super concerned about aging. But my mom didn’t drink, smoke or tan while growing up, and she looks great. I’m following her plan.”

Revisiting : Whetherly

Remember when I featured this post back in January? I decided to do a quick revisit on the dreamy clothing line above.

Father's Day Gift Idea: Tanks & Tee's or some SWAG

(Altru Apparel,$36 |  Neff Headwear, $26-$28 | Lifetime Collective $30-$50)

For a quick and easy summer father's day gift (also great gear for your guy friends), try buying some simple tshirts and tanks like those pictured above.
OR... if you're not sure what to choose, a new service launched this week that offers name brand tees delivered direct to your door each month. Swag of the Month is essentially an online personal shopping service for cool tees that was created so all men would have the opportunity to a styled lifestyle with ease. All it takes is a 60-second style quiz to determine your taste and you're done. The only remaining effort is to open the package when it arrives each month.

For $16.95, members receive a handpicked, name brand shirt from one of over 120 designers around the globe - and shipping is always free.

Here's the direct link to the "how it works" video: http://www.swagofthemonth.com/how-it-works.html

Introducing: Gypsy Junkies

Gypsy Junkies is a contemporary women's line that embodies youth, freedom and boho style with the ingenuity and design perspective of creative directors Marcus Paglialonga, of Ron Herman’s Fred Segal fame, and Cynthia Crighton, a retail veteran. After successfully combining their talents on a variety of projects, Marcus and Cynthia took the next step into apparel and accessories, but first they traveled to all corners of the world to find inspiration and the best materials available.
Inspired by their international travels, as well as the street style of Los Angeles, Gypsy Junkies is a sartorial embodiment of bohemian youth…with just a hint of rebellion.  Worldwide inspiration blends with impeccable style and perfectly executed fit to encompass a line of apparel that transcends from day to night, and from casual to dressy. Combining boho sensibility with quintessential So-Cal edge, the Gypsy Junkies girl is always contemporary and never contrived.

On June 8, 2012 country singer and CMT award-winning star Carrie Underwood delivered an awe-inspiring performance at the 2012 CMA Music Festival with her heart-stopping vocals. The country sweetheart and Video of the Year winner glows while rocking out in her patriotic ensemble, including Gypsy Junkies silver sequin jean shorts. The stylish star with gorgeous gams also takes home the award for collaboration of the year; marking her ninth CMT Music Award win since 2006.

(Photo: ApparelAddiction.com)

(Liberty Cutoff Jean Shorts, $79.00)