Red Carpet: Miss Universe Pageant

Miss China, Miss Korea, Miss Japan

Ok, so if you’ve been following my blog, you know I love pageants.  The glitz, the glamour, the eye candy and imagined cat fights backstage are all tantalizingly alluring to the girly girl in me.  I remember pageant nights were one of the only nights I, as a kid growing up in a small town in MI was able to stay up past bedtime.  My mom, dad and I would watch together and all debate on who should make the final round and of course later be crowned.

Those were the days when weight stats appeared alongside height and age.  Now the weight portion is omitted and replaced with silly random facts.  Miss Brazil I learned yesterday, “kisses her shoulders when nervous” and Miss Russia  “has a teddy bear collection”.   It was hard for me to fathom that any contestant would willingly want to be forever remembered by her famous teddy bear collection but to each her own.

This year’s contestants were gorgeous as expected but what I didn’t expect to see were so many lookalikes.  Was it just me or did Miss Hungary Agnes Konkoly resemble Rachel Bilson?

And what about Olivia Palermo resembling Olivia Culpo (Miss USA now crowned Miss Universe 2012)?

And did anyone else think Miss Venezuela 2012 Irene Sofia Esser Quintero reminded them of   Sofia Vergara?

Style Diary: 1 Zara Blazer, 5Ways

I fell in love with this Zara blazer at first sight so much so that I actually stopped a fellow New Yorker on the street just to ask her where she bought her blazer. I didn’t care that she must have thought I was crazy. I just needed to have that blazer!

It’s the perfect work piece because it’s cool yet a professional topper over dresses and slacks.  And it makes for a chic casual topper on the weekends as well!  Which outfit is your favorite?

Here, I’m wearing the blazer with my new summer-weight, black slacks from BCBG, and a tote bag that is inspired from Olivia Palermo’s tote bag featured here.   The bow-tie blouse, is stolen from my mom’s closet.

In the next post, I paired the same blazer with cream pants, tank blouse, Chanel purse, and BCBG shoes.

The below is a mish mash of brands ranging from Prada to Ann Taylor and Chanel to H&M.  For the full outfit details, click here.

The below outfit consists of a Zara blouse, Express necklace, leather skirt, Chanel shoes and 9west heels.

Lastly, here’s a casual outfit worn with my AG fuschia jeans, Forever 21 tee and JCrew necklace.

Have you guys been to Zara lately?  I am loving their latest collection in stores now.  I wanted to wear everything!!  Here are some of my favorites, pinned onto my pinterest account!

 

 

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