pure style...

Next week purebeauty will launch pure style, a weekly column devoted to keeping you updated on the latest, greatest trends in fashion and style. Our new fashion editor Ellen will bring you the best looks for Spring along with funky, fresh, unique fashions from up-and-coming designer/artisans from across the country.

Stay tuned!

-Nasirah

Top Ten Fashion Trends for Spring 2008

According to Elle magazine this spring's top ten trends are:

1) Geometry Lesson-

Brightly colored geometric prints and linear forms created interest on runways from Fendi to Ferregamo

2)Boys' Club-

The Classic tailored blazer is always in style although this spring it appears in a more luxurios incarnation of lush fabrics and rich colors instead of standard black

3)Color Revival-

Color makes a bold statement in time for spring

4)So Transparent-

Up and down the runways of fashion week transparent fabrics left little to the imagination

5)Brocade Brigade-

This spring will see rich fabrics ripe with luxury and bold patterns

6)Fringe Benefits-

Fringe isn't just for hippies anymore; this spring's fringe is full of glamour

7)Summer of Love-

Hippie chic isn't just for hippies anymore, it's all grown up with sexy sophistication

8)Artists' Touch-

Pollock-like splashes of color emblazon dresses from Gucci to Misoni

9)Melting Pot-

One world, global fashion combines cultural influences

10)It's a Cinch-

Well-dressed Women wear waspish waists...

-Nasirah

photo source: elle.com

Beautiful Girl

Each week, starting this week, purebeauty will feature a beautiful woman who embodies confidence, style and heart. This week's beauty is none other than the talented, fresh faced and ultra-stylish Rihanna. Just when it seemed like every young R&B singer was starting to look like Beyonce, Rihanna dared to be different. She chopped off her hair and took it up a notch. Her bob haircut was chic, fresh and unexpected. And now, she has switched it up again. Her new, supershort, edgy haircut is a little round-the-way girl and a little punk. It is a perfect marriage and the perfect style for Rihanna's pixie-like face. Her beautiful blue Zac Posen Grammy dress was the perfect compliment to her new haircut. The gorgeous jewel tone was vibrant and exuberant.

So, Why do we love Rihanna? Three simple reasons; she is talented; she dares to be different, which in a world of cookie-cutter beauties, is very refreshing; she is fabulously confident, and that is beautiful.

-Nasirah

Bitten...

It is every woman's inalienable right to

have a pulled-together stylish, confident

wardrobe with money left over to live.

GET BITTEN

This is the manifesto for the new clothing line Bitten by Sarah Jessica Parker. SJP's new line of clothing, shoes and accessories debuted at stores around the country this year. The launch of the former Sex and the City star's line is something we at purebeauty are very excited about.
The clothes are very smart, relaxed and contemporary cute.

My favorites for this winter are the basic pea coat in white, the twill trenchcoat in desert sand, the striped mittens and the suspender wide leg trouser in classic black. The line also features a delicious selection of intimate apparel which include a pair of boxer briefs very similar to those we've seen on SJP's Sex and the City alter-ego, Carrie Bradshaw. And amazingly, every piece in the collection, which is available online at http://bittensjp.com/index.php and nationwide at Steve & Barry's stores, is priced at $19.98 or less. Yes, everything is $19.98 or less including the cashmere sweaters. We love this.

We love that women can get quality clothing that they will want to wear and feel confident and stylish in without breaking the bank. This line of clothes is not about trying to project a false image of wealth or status by spending all of your money or spending money you don't have. Bitten takes the pretense out of looking good and that is beautiful.

Here at purebeauty we love Bitten and we love Sarah Jessica Parker even more. SJP is undoubtedly talented, smart and beautiful even if some publications aren't bright enough to see it.

Nasirah