2010 Party Trend

December is the month to party, to celebrate the festive season, the year gone by and the new year that will start soon.

For this party season, look from within this season's trends: colour tones from black tones to bright pinks to metallic greys, shine and bling, short and mini dresses, classic sheath, metallics, one-shouldered dresses and tops, super high platform heels (Victoria Beckham's style), animal prints, sequins and a key accessory piece.

No matter what you wear, make sure to use your girl power: frills, ruffles (Moschino), sheer fabrics (Givenchy), high neckline and beautifully draped sleeves. And emphasise the hourglass shape, i.e. focus on the waist while making your shoulders and hips look wider.


What to wear winter 2009-2010 party season?

Black

Balck is the party colour this season (has always been though) but this season it is the top colour in colour palette of every designer - they have used at least one outfit in black.

Little black dresses are the best bet, but not only staples they have a trendy twist. Pick one with one-shoulder or go strapless with embellishments or some bling.

We like Demi Moore's classic single-shoulder RM by Roland Mouret dress that she wore with peep-toe pumps at the L.A. launch of Roland Mouret's exclusive Rainbow Collection for Net-a-Porter.
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Demi Moore

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Don't want to go all black?
This season, dresses in two or more colours are hot, the combined look of two colurs looks fresh and stylish. This colour blocking trend has been with us for two seasons and hasn't lost its popularity.

Colour block black with the shades of red, white, metallics or even pastels. Natalia Vodianova wore a satin peach and black colour blocked dress during the Louis Vuitton Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010. This style would make heads turn to you, feminine, sophisticatd and sexy, it certainly is the way to party.
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Natalia Vodianova at Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010

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Bright Pink

One of the hottest colours and must have of this Fall and Winter 2009/2010 is Bright Pink. The various shades of pink were everywhere in the winter 2009/2010 and is a great pick for your party wear.
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Party in pink, the colour is feminine, sexy and fun and would create a bold and fashionable you. Choose from brights to deep pinks, close to fuchsia tone.

How to wear?
Pink can always be combined with other colors, like black, gray, and cream and also with neon palette.

A bright pink shift dress is a smart pick, you can wear it with a jacket in the day and for the night, just take off the jacket, and some accessories and you are ready to party.

We like the way Hilary Duff paired her Bright Pink sheath dress with a black jacket, look great on her. Paired with the nude shoes, she looks taller and sexier.
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Hilary Duff on the set of The Business of Falling in Love

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You can also accessorise with the bright pink colour to glam up your look this party season. Turn heads with a scarf, handbag, shoes or another accessory. Team your LBD with a pair of hot pink heels - grey is another glam colour for this party season and goes well with pink.


One Shouldered or Asymmetric Necklines

From single-shouldered dresses to tops and bikinis, asymmetric shoulder-lines have been one of the most raved about trends for the 2009 and are popular this party season too.

Showing off one-shoulder in a dress can be subtly sexy and interesting on the eye, and the possibilities for how to wear it are numerous. You can pick a sexy one-shouldered dress, or choose a smart one-shouldered top and pair it with slim fit jeans, high heeled shoes and chunky earrings.

For a dress, you can choose from a simple and even have a casual look or can go for a feminine and sophisticated style, or something more flirty and sexy, a style perfect for party wear.


High on the thigh

This season, the emphasis is all on your toned legs, not the cleavage. Super short dresses are THE THING to wear this party season. From Gwen Stefani, Naomi Campbell to Heidi Klum, all are sporting this trend. There are lots of girls who love short skirts. So cheers ladies and get excited, this is your time to wear those sexy skirts (see Jessica Stroup below) and hit the party circuit flaunting those gorgeous short pieces!

You can go short with high hemline, like Gwen Stefani in the black number, or can choose to show your neck like Sarah Jessica Parker in her L'Wren Scott jacquard minidress.
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Gwen Stefani at Sherlock Holmes World Premiere (left) and
Sarah Jesica Parker at Meet the Morgans Premiere (right)

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Jessica Stroup at Golden Globes Awards (left) and with AnnaLynne McCord at GQ Bash

And the best way to wear them? With thigh high or over-the-knee boots.


2. Makeup trend for this party season

A good make-up can really turn heads, so make sure to pay special attention to you makeup this party season. From the make-up trends, matt skin is really popular this winter. Shiny is out, go for pale skin with natural tints, rosy cheeks (pink, pink-blue, peach to natural-tan hues). Make sure you match your blush with either your eyes or your lips.

Your lips should look tender and innocent. Winter 2009-2010 lip color palette range from slightly pink, violet, fuchsia to extremely pale, almost skin-fitting-hue.

Steer away from lip glosses or shiny lips. If you choose to go red on lips, keep the rest of the look simple and team it with colourless eyes. Go red in Gwen Stefani way.

Eyes are the most important part of this season make up trend. There’ll be two extremes for the eyes: smoky-smoky and almost naked ones. Bright colors fit paleness. And this season, keep aside your fake lashes, emphasis is more on the eye shadows then the long lashes. Compensate the lashes with shaded dark pencil at the out corner of the eye line. Thick black and brown eyebrows are in this winter 2009-2010, as they brightly contour the eye shadow.

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Related Posts:
NEW YEAR PARTY STYLE GUIDE - must haves
BEAUTY REGIME FOR WINTER
Nail Trend Fall and Winter 2009/2010
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2010 Party Trend

December is the month to party, to celebrate the festive season, the year gone by and the new year that will start soon.

For this party season, look from within this season's trends: colour tones from black tones to bright pinks to metallic greys, shine and bling, short and mini dresses, classic sheath, metallics, one-shouldered dresses and tops, super high platform heels (Victoria Beckham's style), animal prints, sequins and a key accessory piece.

No matter what you wear, make sure to use your girl power: frills, ruffles (Moschino), sheer fabrics (Givenchy), high neckline and beautifully draped sleeves. And emphasise the hourglass shape, i.e. focus on the waist while making your shoulders and hips look wider.


What to wear winter 2009-2010 party season?

Black

Balck is the party colour this season (has always been though) but this season it is the top colour in colour palette of every designer - they have used at least one outfit in black.

Little black dresses are the best bet, but not only staples they have a trendy twist. Pick one with one-shoulder or go strapless with embellishments or some bling.

We like Demi Moore's classic single-shoulder RM by Roland Mouret dress that she wore with peep-toe pumps at the L.A. launch of Roland Mouret's exclusive Rainbow Collection for Net-a-Porter.
.

Demi Moore

.
Don't want to go all black?
This season, dresses in two or more colours are hot, the combined look of two colurs looks fresh and stylish. This colour blocking trend has been with us for two seasons and hasn't lost its popularity.

Colour block black with the shades of red, white, metallics or even pastels. Natalia Vodianova wore a satin peach and black colour blocked dress during the Louis Vuitton Pret a Porter show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010. This style would make heads turn to you, feminine, sophisticatd and sexy, it certainly is the way to party.
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Natalia Vodianova at Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010

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Bright Pink

One of the hottest colours and must have of this Fall and Winter 2009/2010 is Bright Pink. The various shades of pink were everywhere in the winter 2009/2010 and is a great pick for your party wear.
.
Party in pink, the colour is feminine, sexy and fun and would create a bold and fashionable you. Choose from brights to deep pinks, close to fuchsia tone.

How to wear?
Pink can always be combined with other colors, like black, gray, and cream and also with neon palette.

A bright pink shift dress is a smart pick, you can wear it with a jacket in the day and for the night, just take off the jacket, and some accessories and you are ready to party.

We like the way Hilary Duff paired her Bright Pink sheath dress with a black jacket, look great on her. Paired with the nude shoes, she looks taller and sexier.
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Hilary Duff on the set of The Business of Falling in Love

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You can also accessorise with the bright pink colour to glam up your look this party season. Turn heads with a scarf, handbag, shoes or another accessory. Team your LBD with a pair of hot pink heels - grey is another glam colour for this party season and goes well with pink.


One Shouldered or Asymmetric Necklines

From single-shouldered dresses to tops and bikinis, asymmetric shoulder-lines have been one of the most raved about trends for the 2009 and are popular this party season too.

Showing off one-shoulder in a dress can be subtly sexy and interesting on the eye, and the possibilities for how to wear it are numerous. You can pick a sexy one-shouldered dress, or choose a smart one-shouldered top and pair it with slim fit jeans, high heeled shoes and chunky earrings.

For a dress, you can choose from a simple and even have a casual look or can go for a feminine and sophisticated style, or something more flirty and sexy, a style perfect for party wear.


High on the thigh

This season, the emphasis is all on your toned legs, not the cleavage. Super short dresses are THE THING to wear this party season. From Gwen Stefani, Naomi Campbell to Heidi Klum, all are sporting this trend. There are lots of girls who love short skirts. So cheers ladies and get excited, this is your time to wear those sexy skirts (see Jessica Stroup below) and hit the party circuit flaunting those gorgeous short pieces!

You can go short with high hemline, like Gwen Stefani in the black number, or can choose to show your neck like Sarah Jessica Parker in her L'Wren Scott jacquard minidress.
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Gwen Stefani at Sherlock Holmes World Premiere (left) and
Sarah Jesica Parker at Meet the Morgans Premiere (right)

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Jessica Stroup at Golden Globes Awards (left) and with AnnaLynne McCord at GQ Bash

And the best way to wear them? With thigh high or over-the-knee boots.


2. Makeup trend for this party season

A good make-up can really turn heads, so make sure to pay special attention to you makeup this party season. From the make-up trends, matt skin is really popular this winter. Shiny is out, go for pale skin with natural tints, rosy cheeks (pink, pink-blue, peach to natural-tan hues). Make sure you match your blush with either your eyes or your lips.

Your lips should look tender and innocent. Winter 2009-2010 lip color palette range from slightly pink, violet, fuchsia to extremely pale, almost skin-fitting-hue.

Steer away from lip glosses or shiny lips. If you choose to go red on lips, keep the rest of the look simple and team it with colourless eyes. Go red in Gwen Stefani way.

Eyes are the most important part of this season make up trend. There’ll be two extremes for the eyes: smoky-smoky and almost naked ones. Bright colors fit paleness. And this season, keep aside your fake lashes, emphasis is more on the eye shadows then the long lashes. Compensate the lashes with shaded dark pencil at the out corner of the eye line. Thick black and brown eyebrows are in this winter 2009-2010, as they brightly contour the eye shadow.

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Related Posts:
NEW YEAR PARTY STYLE GUIDE - must haves
BEAUTY REGIME FOR WINTER
Nail Trend Fall and Winter 2009/2010
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Cartier 100th Anniversary in USA - CELEB PEEK

When its the celebration of the French Jeweler Cartier's 100th Anniversary in America you sure would find A-List guests dressed at their best. And they sure did. Let's look at who wore what, and who outshined at the Celebration.
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Eva Mendes

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Eva Mendes looked chic in a pearl coloured Azzaro dress, which she paired with the simply delightful Giuseppe Zanotti Special editon crystal strap sandals. I think I am already in love with those shoes.
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Kate Hudson

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Kate Hudson attented the Cartier 100th Anniversary in America Celebration at Cartier Fifth Avenue Mansion in a long black Rachel Roy Dress from their Fall 2009 collection. She finished off her look with eye-catching Cartier jewelry necklace and ring and bright red nails. I am not a big fan of the side-cut gowns or dresses, but the lady really pulled it well.

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Jessica Biel

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Jessica Biel wore a floor length taupe gown which she toughened with her black biker jacket and accessorised with a plum clutch. Not liking the look. What say??
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Demi Moore

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Demi Moore wore a gorgeous black asymmetric cinche Prabal Gurung Silk Dress which she accessorised with Cartier Jewelry (bracelet and ring) andscarlet nails. Love the Cartier bracelet she is wearing and the dress is wonderful.
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Anne Hathaway
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Anne Hathaway kept it short and simple with her Jill Sander's Fall 2009 lacy mini-dress which she paired with black sheer tights and black peep-toed shoes (which appears same as those Demi Moore is wearing). She's looking stunning. You like?

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Who do you like best?
My vote goes to Demi Moore (liked Eva Mendes demure chic look too, but I am black biased).

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Source

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Related Posts:
Beyonce's Fab Look - Shopping at Soho
Snow White

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Cartier 100th Anniversary in USA - CELEB PEEK

When its the celebration of the French Jeweler Cartier's 100th Anniversary in America you sure would find A-List guests dressed at their best. And they sure did. Let's look at who wore what, and who outshined at the Celebration.
.

Eva Mendes

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Eva Mendes looked chic in a pearl coloured Azzaro dress, which she paired with the simply delightful Giuseppe Zanotti Special editon crystal strap sandals. I think I am already in love with those shoes.
.

Kate Hudson

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Kate Hudson attented the Cartier 100th Anniversary in America Celebration at Cartier Fifth Avenue Mansion in a long black Rachel Roy Dress from their Fall 2009 collection. She finished off her look with eye-catching Cartier jewelry necklace and ring and bright red nails. I am not a big fan of the side-cut gowns or dresses, but the lady really pulled it well.

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Jessica Biel

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Jessica Biel wore a floor length taupe gown which she toughened with her black biker jacket and accessorised with a plum clutch. Not liking the look. What say??
.

Demi Moore

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Demi Moore wore a gorgeous black asymmetric cinche Prabal Gurung Silk Dress which she accessorised with Cartier Jewelry (bracelet and ring) andscarlet nails. Love the Cartier bracelet she is wearing and the dress is wonderful.
.

Anne Hathaway
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Anne Hathaway kept it short and simple with her Jill Sander's Fall 2009 lacy mini-dress which she paired with black sheer tights and black peep-toed shoes (which appears same as those Demi Moore is wearing). She's looking stunning. You like?

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Who do you like best?
My vote goes to Demi Moore (liked Eva Mendes demure chic look too, but I am black biased).

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Source

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Related Posts:
Beyonce's Fab Look - Shopping at Soho
Snow White

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Get Dotty - Dots are Hot this Season

DOTS and spots are a BIG TREND for Spring 2009.

A flurry of dots would be seen in stores come spring.

Polka dots are classic, but this season's dots have been given a fresh twist and this modern interpretation is very stylish and chic. This Spring, you would see varied twisted versions of polka dots for a fresh and trendy look.
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House of Holland Spring 2009 Collection - presenting bold dots

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In their Spring 2009 Collections designers added their artistic hues to the spots in their runway collections. The traditional black and white spots were mixed with multi-colored dots - there were cheery retro circles of all sizes at Michael Kors, floaty colourful psychedelic patterns at Jaeger, Marni’s Consuelo Castiglioni turned the pattern into lace skirts, House of Holland gave an interesting twist with large, gaping polka dots in rank and file printed on or cut out on the entire jean, and Giles Deacon offered smudged spots on shift dresses.

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Get a dotted dress (they look delicious), cardigan, skirt or a blouse. For a simpler version, a dotted vest (in polka dot) can also make a style statement. Click here to buy polka dot dresses (USA).

Not to forget, polka dot lingerie. They would be fun and sexy.

And hey, all the fun is not just for the girls.

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Spring 2009 has brought polka dots for men too.

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A classic short sleeve shirt is freshened up with polka dot print in the Michael Kors Spring 2009 Collection (left).

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So guys, match your dotted shirt with your girl's dress, or just wear one to find a match!!!!

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Polka dress too loud for you? Try Accessories

Keep things cool with simple accessories. You could also slip into some polka dotted accessories to give a neutral outfit a pop.

- A polka-dotted scarf is a timeless way to work this trend into your ensemble.
- Polka Dot Bag can cheer up your dull outfit or add a zing to your look.
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1. Philip Lim Bag, $895 - click here to buy
2. Nine West Polka Slingback Shoes, £59 - click here to buy
3. John Lewis Scarf in Aqua, £10 - click here to buy
4. Miss Selfridge Polka Dot Rose Headband, £8 - click here to buy

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Update: 13th Feb 2009

Thanks Katherine for reminding. I had been thinking of adding some celebrity pictures wearing dots.

Demi Moore at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival

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Demi Moore wore a strapless navy and white polka dot Micheal Kors Spring 2009 dress with red pumps at the Berlin International Film Festival. Because polka dots are bold and already make a statement, you should be careful in your accessory choice. Demi looks stylish with simple and minimal accessory. This classic and clean look suits her completely.

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Update: 26th March 2009

We knew that dots would be a big trend in Spring/Summer, but looks like this trend would be popular even after Summer 2009. Dots were seen in the Gucci Fall 2009 and Valentin Yudashkin Winter 2009/2010 Collection. Love Black Dots on a Blue dress from the Gucci Collection below.

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So girls what you are waiting for? Get Dotty Dress, top or accessory. Your dots will be popular in summers as well as coming Winter.

Related Posts:
Trend Watch - Oversized Clutches
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Get Dotty - Dots are Hot this Season

DOTS and spots are a BIG TREND for Spring 2009.

A flurry of dots would be seen in stores come spring.

Polka dots are classic, but this season's dots have been given a fresh twist and this modern interpretation is very stylish and chic. This Spring, you would see varied twisted versions of polka dots for a fresh and trendy look.
.

House of Holland Spring 2009 Collection - presenting bold dots

.
In their Spring 2009 Collections designers added their artistic hues to the spots in their runway collections. The traditional black and white spots were mixed with multi-colored dots - there were cheery retro circles of all sizes at Michael Kors, floaty colourful psychedelic patterns at Jaeger, Marni’s Consuelo Castiglioni turned the pattern into lace skirts, House of Holland gave an interesting twist with large, gaping polka dots in rank and file printed on or cut out on the entire jean, and Giles Deacon offered smudged spots on shift dresses.

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Get a dotted dress (they look delicious), cardigan, skirt or a blouse. For a simpler version, a dotted vest (in polka dot) can also make a style statement. Click here to buy polka dot dresses (USA).

Not to forget, polka dot lingerie. They would be fun and sexy.

And hey, all the fun is not just for the girls.

.

Spring 2009 has brought polka dots for men too.

.

A classic short sleeve shirt is freshened up with polka dot print in the Michael Kors Spring 2009 Collection (left).

.

So guys, match your dotted shirt with your girl's dress, or just wear one to find a match!!!!

.

Polka dress too loud for you? Try Accessories

Keep things cool with simple accessories. You could also slip into some polka dotted accessories to give a neutral outfit a pop.

- A polka-dotted scarf is a timeless way to work this trend into your ensemble.
- Polka Dot Bag can cheer up your dull outfit or add a zing to your look.
.

.
1. Philip Lim Bag, $895 - click here to buy
2. Nine West Polka Slingback Shoes, £59 - click here to buy
3. John Lewis Scarf in Aqua, £10 - click here to buy
4. Miss Selfridge Polka Dot Rose Headband, £8 - click here to buy

.

Update: 13th Feb 2009

Thanks Katherine for reminding. I had been thinking of adding some celebrity pictures wearing dots.

Demi Moore at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival

Source

Demi Moore wore a strapless navy and white polka dot Micheal Kors Spring 2009 dress with red pumps at the Berlin International Film Festival. Because polka dots are bold and already make a statement, you should be careful in your accessory choice. Demi looks stylish with simple and minimal accessory. This classic and clean look suits her completely.

.

Update: 26th March 2009

We knew that dots would be a big trend in Spring/Summer, but looks like this trend would be popular even after Summer 2009. Dots were seen in the Gucci Fall 2009 and Valentin Yudashkin Winter 2009/2010 Collection. Love Black Dots on a Blue dress from the Gucci Collection below.

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So girls what you are waiting for? Get Dotty Dress, top or accessory. Your dots will be popular in summers as well as coming Winter.

Related Posts:
Trend Watch - Oversized Clutches
.