Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Louise Roe's Top Trends for Spring

Two things stuck out—color and the 70s! Check out the top picks to keep you styling all season!

One-Shouldered Jumpsuit
Bright Colors

Laidback Luxe
3/4Lenght Skirt1970s Glamour

Elie Saab Does Studio 45

Oscar Red Carpet Styles


Everyone's buzzing about what celebrities were wearing at the83rd Academy Awards last night! Now it's your turn to chime in on the conversation. Whose look were you loving most at the Oscars last night?


Nicole Kidman in Dior Couture

Mellisa Leo in Marc Bouwer
Halle Berry in Marchesa


Michelle Williams in Chanel

Mandy Moore in Monique Lhuillier

Celine Dion in Armani Prive

Jennifer Hudson in Versace

Hailee Steinfeld in Marchesa

Mila Kunis in Elie Saab

Oscar Red Carpet Styles

Everyone's buzzing about what celebrities were wearing at the83rd Academy Awards last night! Now it's your turn to chime in on the conversation. Whose look were you loving most at the Oscars last night?

How To Wear Doc Martens

What goes around comes around...and the combat boots of the 90s are back again! And today, Doc Martens can style both your glam and grunge looks. Don't want to make a huge investment? What do you think about the Doc Martens comeback?

Monday, February 28, 2011

New Generation of Dr. Martens


Born out of an unlikely marriage between a German inventor and an English family from Northamptonshire, Dr. Martens – at first a working class symbol and then one of revolution – is without doubt one of the world’s most iconic brands.

Meeting through an advert in the classified pages of a magazine, Dr. Klaus Maertens, with his shoe sole made of air, and the Griggs family, with their long history of quality footwear production, put their skills together and created a boot that at once defined comfort, was practical, hard wearing and had all the hallmarks of a design classic.

Embraced first of all by the working classes, a quiet revolution was already underway… Skinheads, fanatical about their fashion became the first subculture to adopt the boot in the early 1960s, with punks, rebelling against everything and taking just Dr. Martens with them, joining shortly after. Before long, almost every other subculture – mods, glam, ska, Goths, grunge, psychobillies, nu-metal, straight-edge, Britpop and more – adopted Dr. Martens as their symbol of empowerment, individuality and freedom; not only does this speak of Dr Martens’ incredibly strong identity – achieved without a single penny spent on marketing – but also the cultural significance of a brand that shouldn’t really be thought of as a brand at all.

And while the world may have changed beyond recognition since Dr. Marten’s early days, some things remain the same: Dr. Martens are still a design classic, they still stand for quality and they still represent empowerment, individuality and freedom to countless people across the world.

Years ago when I was a young girl, I owned my first pair. They were black, it was love at first sight. One day I’m surfing sites looking for cute seasonal trends and see that Dr. Martens were coming back! I was so excited and then, this new generation of Dr. Martens are bright, colourful, happy-looking.