Red Carpet Designs

Confidence, elegance, and sophistication describe the chic and successful, contemporary-woman. As always, genuine beauty shines from within, and, with the appropriate attire for the respective season, one’s inner beauty can be manifested into an outer beauty.  And just what group of individuals is perhaps most well versed in said idiom? Celebrities.

     With awards season already underway, the glamour attendant such a period is bound to inspire any woman to explore her beauty profile. On this season’s red carpet, we have viewed styles dating mostly from the 1930’s and 1940’s of Old Hollywood with soft silks, and clean-cut designs. Many inspired glamour pieces taken from Hollywood’s Golden Age have been resurrected for Spring 2015.

            There are invariably numerous cuts and styles that can reveal that which is hidden below a dress, however, the manner of its revealing is another question: sultry as opposed to overtly sexy; modest as opposed to immodest; chicly decent as opposed to, well, indecent. The velour of velvet is just as adept at hugging the body, in all the right places, as are the clean, flat lines of silk at draping luxuriously over one’s figure. And, of course, chiffon styles tend to leave a willowy, soft look coursing over any body shape and flows elegantly with each step—regardless of the occasion.

Unexpected, but gladly welcomed: the veil re-debuted not only on celebrities during the 2014 and ongoing 2015 red carpet events, but also on 2015 runways. Perhaps the most notable ‘veiled event’ was Beyoncé at the 2014 Met Gala, where she wore, ever-so-beautifully, a black, beaded A-line veil. If Bey endorses, we should all endorse the beauty piece and its rich history in the fashion world. Veils were glamourized in the 1940s, as they added—and still do, of course—style, grace, and subtle mystery to any woman wearing the statement piece. And, best of all, there’s no sizing required.

Next week we prepare for Valentine’s Day with lovely boudoir designs for those intimate moments with your cherished partner, so stay tuned.