Ready to wear a faux fur teddy bear coat this season? Here's why you should consider. Furs once dominated the fashion scene. As tastes evolved and fashionistas craved a more humanitarian source of styling, vegan leathers, and faux furs took their place. This winter, the faux trend takes a nostalgic turn and gets it coziness from an unexpected source: your favorite childhood … [Read more...]
The Peculiar and Creative Junya Watanabe Collection
Let's talk the latest Junya Watanabe collection and creations! Some designers cater to the modern sophisticate: think Prada and Chanel. Others look to dress the disrupters of the fashion industry, like Alexander McQueen. Still, others look at clothing as a way to express a distinctive and innovative spirit, especially when it extends beyond the mainstream of modern … [Read more...]
Seriously Sacai Whats Up with This Combo Look?
Seriously Sacai what's up with the combo look? You continue to push the envelope every season in a way that I love and have become accustomed. You usually have my approval and credit card. Eighty percent of my wardrobe is/was Sacai. However, I can't wrap myself around this ridiculous combo look. So you're trying to show two looks in one?? Am I supposedly wearing my blazer and … [Read more...]
Catch a Leopard by Its Toe
Leopard is my favorite color! Summer has begun its lazy descent into fall, which means seeing warmer textures, colors, and prints on the horizon. Like so many other seasons, fall seems poised to be filled with leopard prints galore. Leopard is no longer considered a wild card or garish animal print; it’s more like an enticing neutral that belongs in any closet. It's become a … [Read more...]
You’ll Flip for This Season’s Kenzo Collection!
The Kenzo Collection manages to effortlessly straddle the line between high fashion and affordability. A person dedicated to couture labels expects to spend significant cash picking up some of the season’s most coveted pieces. High fashion means paying for quality and styling; however, sometimes it means paying for a name on the label as well. It’s simply part of the cost of … [Read more...]
Plaid Fashion: What We’re Made for This Fall
Are we ready for plaid this fall? It's not like the plaid fashion is anything new in the design world. What's new is it's back this season and we're loving it. We may be in the thick of the summer swelter, but that doesn’t stop us from stocking our closets in anticipation for the new season. Fall is one of those special times where we get to embrace chunkier knits, heavier … [Read more...]
Go Art Deco Modern with Your Sofa and Home Accents
Here at A Few Goody Gumdrops, we love to dish fashion – what we're loving, what we're not, and how fashion houses rise and fall in public opinion like a fickle tide. For all our talk of purses and footwear and what's latest on the horizon, we realized we're missing an important aspect of fashion: our homes. Our living spaces, of course, can be as hot (or not) as what we put … [Read more...]
It’s a Dior Bag, Darling: How to Become a Fashion Icon
Make a Statement with a Dior Bag It's all about Dior! Fashion icons generally stand out for one of two reasons: because they push the boundaries of the avant-garde or because they evoke a timeless classicism that people want to emulate for decades to come. The former – the Lady Gaga's and Grace Jones’ of the world – may attract a lot of attention, but few try to copy … [Read more...]
Make Your Mark with the New Fendi Collection This Season
The upcoming Fendi collection makes its mark even in 90-degree weather. The first of many summer heat waves are just beginning to settle over the country, but we all know the fashion world works on a different timetable. While we’re just starting to break out the first of the summer season’s bamboo bags and airy dresses, fashion houses look forward to fall and winter. Don’t be … [Read more...]
Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Early Access Starts TOMORROW!
NORDSTROM ANNIVERSARY SALE 2018 It's finally here! The biggest sale of the year that you've all been waiting for! Early access to Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale is beginning tomorrow, Thursday, July 12th and going through Thursday, July 19th! So what's the big deal? Well, I'm glad you asked! Every July, Nordstrom has their biggest sale of the year with amazing sale … [Read more...]
