Best Dressed: Claire Danes, Rita Ora & Beyonce

Actress, Claire Danes is wearing a sleeveless Valentino gown covered in multicolor macramé flowers. 

Wear: Valentino

Collection: Resort 2014

Where: Oslo

Photo Via: People Style Watch / RCFA

Rita Ora is wearing head-to-toe Vivienne Westwood. i can't get my eyes off of that shimmering green lurex jacket!

but i'm not feeling the VW Blue Label platform boots or Fendi ‘Selleria Anna 1322′ bag.

Wear: Vivienne Westwood

Where: London

Photo Via: RCFA

Beyoncé is wearing a paisley print silk oversize top and jogging pants ensemble. now, that i am on my way to 90F weather and my perfect holiday resort lifestyle - Nicaragua. i can't wait to leave the sweaters behind, go back to color and work this destination look with my multicolor silk pijama trousers i have waiting for me.

Wear: Gucci

Collection: Resort 2014

Where: Out & About

Photo Via: I AM BEYONCE tumblr / RCFA

Trending Again: White Nail Polish

and it's back! ... white nail polish. as seen at the Rag & Bone, Vivienne Westwood Gold Label and Moschino SS13 runway shows. Beauty expert, Jenny Longworth describes this trend as "cooler, graphic take on a fresh summer colour".

i remember the first time i saw a friend wearing white nail polish back in 2006 and i just thought it was the best idea ever! futuristic, clean, and unique.

this weekend, instead of going for a white out white or neon pink, i went for a pale white but the girls around me at the salon were going for the white out white. damn. too trendy already?

what's your current nail polish trend?

Places: MET Museum: Punk: Chaos to Couture

Sunday Funday at the MET with Shantall and Nazira. Although we got there at 4:30 (MET closes at 5:30 on Sundays) we were able to enjoy the short exhibition. Compared to the Prada / Schararelli and McQueen exhibit this one had few captions, therefore we were able to enjoy it at a faster pace and in 45 minutes. The Prada / Schararelli and McQueen exhibits took me 2 hours to complete. Punk: Chaos to Couture boasted Vivienne Westwood, McQueen, Givenchy, Gianni Versace, Yohi Yamamoto and Maison Martin Margiela to name a few. My favorite hallway was definitely the 'Hardware' hall featuring Dolce and Gabbana and Gianni Versace.

Photo Via: Olivia Palermo blog

The Met's spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk's visual symbols. (information via www.metmuseum.org)

Photos Below via my secret iphone because 'no photos are allowed' ugh. however, i used no flash, so calm down.

In My Closet: Skull Inspired

this girl just keeps getting better and better! accessories designer/dentist (yes! dentist!), Karla Castillo is my favorite Nicaraguan accessories designer. in the last month, she presented a trunk show along with Nicaraguan RTW designer, Marynes Arguello in Miami and is hoping to follow up with a trunk show in late April in Nicaragua. every time we meet she reminds on how tough it is for the Nicaraguan market to accept skulls into their wardrobe and constantly receives special requests to remove them for stones or flowers. however, Castillo does not back down and continues to promote calaverismo (spanish for "skull-ism") along with stylist, Mariu Lacayo. 

you might believe, skull inspired fashion became trendy once you started watching Keeping Up with the Kardashian's and noticed mama Kris wear a different colored Alexander McQueen skull scarf in every episode but if we trace skull use, it can go back to the 16th century; artists like Albrecht Dürer used skulls to remind people of their mortality. however it was the Mexican art of smiling, dancing skulls, used to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (spanish for "Day of the Dead"), which helped skulls become more widely accepted. Eventually, the skull became an icon in 1970s London counterculture, where Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood launched a series of skull-inspired punk gear.

so get over it, it's a skull. it doesn't mean you're a pirate, witch, tarot card reader or a character from a Tim Burton movie. it's merely a symbol that represents to most mortality and music.

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Karla Castillo - Nicaragua

Vivienne Westwood - London

Alexander McQueen - London

Horiyoshi the Third - Japan

Delfina Delettrez - Italy

Delfina Delettrez Tormentator necklace