Jewelry Trend: Watch Necklaces

There's an interesting trend in jewelry right now: safety pins in brass, silver, gold, embellished with funky, retro charms or incrusted with precious diamonds like this safety pin ring from the Vivienne Westwood Hardcore Diamonds

This is not about the recent flick from Walt Disney (though I must admit I was thinking a bit at McDreamy) but about these lovely illustrations and jewelry I found at etsy.com. I've always been a sucker for fairy tales and for...

Marc Jacobs is one of my favorite designers, not necessarily for his designs, which aren’t that brilliant, but for the impeccable styling of his shows and for the straightforward American spirit he sends forth.

Marc is a great stylist and I always...

Most companies have a casual friday dress code, but what would you say about a chic friday code? You could choose your favorite trends of the season and create your own fashionable smart look. My favorite styles: the 3/4 quarter sleeve...

Spring 2008 runways have shown a lot of women's hats. Does this mean we're going back to 'can't get out of the house without a hat' times? Could the hat be as essential as a handbag these days? Well I think the answer...

My favorite trend for shoes and bags- metallics -is here to stay. Hurray!!

In fact metallics will be huge this fall. Darker shades take the lead: gunmetal grey, platinum and bronze for shoes, handbags and other fashion accessories like cuff...

Fashion rocks! This fall rough chick look reaches heavy metal level. Silver, gold and pewter chains are used as statement necklaces and as handbag handles.

Were you thinking that multi chains necklaces are out of fashion?...

A big trend in jewelry right now is animal themed jewelry, especialy wildlife. Snake jewels have big impact due to their rich symbolism. - Rattler Ring in sterling silver, $99, Dallas Pridgen Jewelry.

Rattler...

New Year's Eve Party is nearly here and that means you need a showstopper outfit. Look for guiding within this season's trends: high-waist and bejeweled dresses, sequins, metallic accessories, clutch purses, patent leather shoes and bold colored...

Peter Lippmann is a still life photographer (capturing impressive  images of food and plants), born in USA, but working for the past 15 years in Paris. He captures the wild, sometimes dark, side of glamour in fashion...

These past seasons I witnessed how punk-rock influences reach the mainstream with leather jackets and pants, skulls and chains detailing.

The rock chic look came up in hundreds of collections and the skull print...

These past few seasons I hardly saw any camouflage prints like this coat from Undercover Fall 2007 collection. But for spring 2008 camouflage prints are used for all types of clothes and fabrics from sheer dresses to blazers and whole...

Choon Fai Yip, a talented artist from Singapore, scooped the "Iconique Societás Award 2008" for the 'Illustration' category with the Awakening of the puppresses set of drawings. ...

From 6 to 10 February, 2008, Copenhagen was the host of Northern Europe's largest fashion event: Copenhagen Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2008/09. Organized by the Danish Fashion Institute, CFW housed more than forty Danish and...