The Best of LFW (London Fashion Week)

Street style, runway shows, backstage peeks, and style from models off duty have been on overload this past week in London. Mulberry, Burberry Prorsum, and Peter Pilotto's shows highlighted the runway while more shots of models off duty have shown they absolute style. Here are some photos of my favorite aspects of this past week in London for Fashion Week.

Detailing on peplum skirt on the streets of London

Front-row seats to the Burberry Prorsum show.

Olivia Palermo at Topshop Unique show

OP shirt and jacket paired with mod color block pants and gold shoes- street style

Model off duty wearing Doc. Matins and graphic tee

Gabriella Wilde at Burberry Prorsum

Tartan-plaid skirt and femé patterned shirt spotted on the streets of LFW

Highlights of New York Fashion Week

Between the 2013 fall trends laid out this week on the runway and the fantastic style thats appearing just outside the haute couture shows, its hard to dig up the best of the recurring trends. Just this week theres been countless new styles of shoes, prints, patterns, and garments with aspects borrowed from 1920's and even 1990's trends. As Fashion Week is now on it's way to Paris, it's time for an overview on the highlights of New York:

1- Runway Shoes!
Mod block booties and reinvented clogs from the 90's, loafer-styled heals and flats from the 20's, and shoes with a shorter, chunkier heal have made their appearance on the runway. This year's vast shoe style diversity has lead to some really different looks. These vogue new shoes have been frequently presented with velvet, jeweled/metal detailing, animal print (largely cheetah), and shiny/metallic scales. (Photo courtesy of Style Caster)

Scaley loafers with low-heal: Tory Burch 

Aligator chunk-heal booties: Kenneth Cole

Aligator low, leprechaun pump: Christian Siriano

Snake-skin lace-up booties: Christian Siriano

Open-toe, lace-up, velvet boot: Kenneth Cole

Low velvet pump with metal detailing: Christian Siriano

Block-heal velvet pump: Oscar de la Renta

Textured velvet lace up boot with mod, chunky heal: Christian Siriano

2- Calvin Klein's Fall 2013 Collection
Based largely on the colored fax fur coats and fur detailing designs, I found that Calvin Klein's Fall Collection was a prime baseline for the most recent runway shows and street styles. Why? With the excessively large fur details as well as a modern shape of the clothes and the use of velvet, it tied 2013's street style and runway fashion all together.
(Photo courtesy of Vogue)

3- New York Street Style
This week has offered some of the brightest (and furriest) looks of street style. With chilly New York wether, street-walkers had to bundle up while still staying stylish. Lots of fax fur coats, two-toned leather jackets and patterned layers were sighted. Contrasting prints were often paired within the many layers of the outfit.
(Photo Courtesy of Style Caster)

Intro to Fashion Week 2013

Fashion week is nearby and I'm so exited for this years shows and street style in New York, London, Milan, and Paris! I will be covering each place's highlights during each separate week according to the city. First up New York: February 7th through February 14th. The following video is a preview into what will be coming in the next couple weeks; a showcase of one of my favorite 2013 lines, Oscar de la Renta's current Spring/Summer line. Enjoy!

The New Girl

Tavi Gevinson Closet Interview for Stylelikeu.com from StyleLikeU on Vimeo.

Photo courtesy of StyleLikeU

A fashion icon becomes just that- an icon, because they do something different. They dress differently, look differently, and have an aura; a presents that speaks differently. To say the least, Tavi Geveinson is a very different girl. As a 16 year old blogger and stylist, she has paved the way for a whole new generation in fashion. Her look doesn't represent the mainstream look of beauty, it's about personal expression. I love her character that bleeds through her clothes and her fearless style that incorporates a vintage and futuristic attitude. Each item that she owns is symbolic to her, bringing out a whole nether element to her styling. Watch the video above to see footage of Tavi, her clothes, room, and her views of style. 

• (P.S. I do not agree with her comments on Fashion Week.)

With the new year of 2013 green, Tavi Gevinson has made her stylist appearance more than ever. Discovered by her blog, The Style Rookie, at the young age of 13, Tavi has never failed to show us the cutting-edge of fashion with her very much personal and quirky style. At age 15, she founded the "Rookie Magazine" and before that was featured in not only Teen Vogue, but an issue of French Vogue. Now 16, her opportunities and spotlight have only increased as well as her style compass.

Tavi's institution of an completely new and inexplainable fashion has been made tangible to the day-to-day girl reading and observing "the Rookie" magazine and blog. Although difficult to emulate Gevinson's precise style, aspects are frequently borrowed by teenage girls, and grown women alike with the message of bringing out your own quirky differences within your clothes. As eminent designer Coco Chanel once said, “Fashion fades, only style remains the same.” Tavi Gevinson is a prime example, never losing her style and taste with the ever-changing fashions surrounding us. I for one, have been utterly inspired by Tavi Gevinsons stylist choices and message. What she wears breaths; leaks the upmost elements of her personality with color, pattern, and shape. Here are some pictures of Tavi and her clothes (photo courtesy of StyleLikeU):