Natalia Vodianova named 'Look of the Moment'

Famous for her lips and eyes, it comes as no surprise that The New York Times just matched Russian model Natalia Vodianova with the latest "Look of the Moment." The look is known as Coquette Visage — a red lip and shoe combination with a solid, full-length dress and very little design aside from a crochet collar and hemline.

Natalia was seen wearing this look as she exited the Ritz Hotel in Paris. She looked flawless in her Ulyana Sergeenko pioneeress dress, Burak Uyan shoes, and a corresponding Chanel handbag. With her hair tied back and her waistline slightly accentuated, you would never assume that this cover girl is a mother of three.

With an ageless complexion and a heart of gold, Natalia is not just a beautiful fashion model — she is also an activist who helps Russian orphans and an actress, having starred in To Russia with Love in 2004. Not bad for an established good girl! The Times' "Look of the Moment" is not only a blessing in the fashion world; it is also for the good of society — and we approve.

Text Brittney Schering
Image courtesy of NY Times

Full Skirted: Maxi Skirts Center Stage

This last week, the New York Times did an almost full two page spread on the trend of the moment: maxi skirts. They covered every different trend from the flowing hippie skirt to the more daring fully sheer option and the different ways the trend has been featured. This past season we saw the skirt on every runway from Marc Jacobs to Charlotte Ronson and back to Fendi and Michael Kors.

As the feature points out, while these silhouettes may be on much more the demure side than some of the looks we've been used to (not a day goes by that some celebrity doesn't have a little mishap with a hoochy-coochy problem if you know what we mean....), that isn't to say that the trend is uptight or prudish by any means.

So here's the real question: with the trend's shooting to the stars popularity, you'd be hard pressed to find much of a selection in any stores...what gives?

Text: Corinna Fabre

Source: New York Times

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