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Milan Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2011 was a mix of strong styles, from rich jewel tones vs fur on clothing to menswear-inspired suits vs boudoir-style LBDs and more:

Jewel Tones
Alberta Ferretti, Emilio Pucci, Dolce & Gabbana

Retro
Aquilano Rimondi, Bottega Veneta, Prada

Thigh-high Slits
Gucci, Salvatore Ferrangamo, Versace

Fur on Clothing
Just Cavalli, Aquilano Rimondi, Prada

Lingerie-sheer LBDs

Fashion Week in London was once again a visual smorgasbord of psychedelic prints and rich intense colours.  We're seeing plenty of trends carry forward from past years-- with a few fun twists:

Fur & Hair Accents

Most designers had plenty of fur, shearling and leather in their outerwear, but some labels tried it on regular attire too, such as Giles, Burberry Prorsum, and Holly Fulton.

Our Style Collective gave us an eyeful this week:

A rustic breakfast table comme les Françaises is easier to recreate than you might think, thanks to these helpful tips from At Home With Kim Vallee.

Sweet Potato Chronicles offers up this healthy and scrumptious Apple Oat Bar recipe!

I'm A Beauty Geek gets in deep with Melissa Leo's 'The Fighter' hairdo and makeup looks.  The...

Disney unveiled this year's addition to their 'Dream Portraits' series by world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz.  Since no further introduction is necessary, let's go straight to the eye candy.

"Queen Latifah Comes Ashore As Ursula" from The Little Mermaid...

"Famed Is Thy Beauty": Olivia Wilde and Alec Baldwin as The Evil Queen and Magic Mirror from Snow White...
"A Tale...

Britney Spears' new music video "Hold It Against Me" is here.  And it's... somethin'.



Director Jonas Åkerlund has also worked with Lady Gaga, and so it's not surprising that this video shows a much darker side to Brit than we've seen before.

It's hypnotically mesmerizing but I'll stop short of saying that I actually like it.  Maybe it's because I find the...

Our Style Collective pals have the goods on fresh style and fresh food.

But first, a word on shoes (gotta have our priorities straight, no?):

I Want-I Got is talking up the Charlotte Olympia Spring/Summer 2011 collection and particularly likes the wedges.  We couldn't agree more - the sequin and fishnet patterns are eyecatching!

I'm The It Girl is all about colour blocking done right,...

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Grammys bring out the weird in people, so it sometimes can be hard to know who's serious and who's pulling our leg.

There was big hair...
Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spalding, Bruno Mars

...and outfits that bored.
Leann Rimes, Natasha Bedingfield, and Katy Perry (plus PDA-playing hubby)

The flops (both intentional and not?)...
Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Willow Smith (cool purse, hon, but the rest is...

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