Nothing Bad could Happen to you There

Tiffany Blue Box

If anyone knows me, one could probably guess my signature color that I use on anything, for everything. Formally known as PMS 1837, this signature color Tiffany and Co. uses to brand themselves since they were founded in 1837, and a color I use for everything. I’ve always found Tiffany & Co. to be classic and timeless brand, feeling more attached to the Tiffany Blue color than the brand itself. For every gift I have received from Tiffany’s, I keep my ‘little blue box’. Even for gifts my mother or friends receive I ask for their box, thinking I could create a “memorabilia” of my own one day.

Recently, Tiffany & Co and their signature color have popped back into the limelight due to recent press coverage from events and television references. During a recent episode of Gossip Girl, the soon-to-be Princess of Monaco Blair Waldorf mentions the Tiffany Suite at the St. Regis Hotel for her bridal shower. Now when I heard Tiffany Suite, I automatically pressed pause on the television (rarely do I ever do that), and googled Tiffany Suite St. Regis into the search bar. There pops up a beautiful, one-of-a-kind St. Regis suite decked out in everything Tiffany Blue from pearls hanging from the chandelier of the Tiffany Blue dining room, to coloured walls adorning the foyer painted in their signature color. Mind you the room rents for about $9,500 a night, and the fact I have never heard about since now, it’s already written down on my bucket list to stay in one day (whether it be for a Bridal shower or not).

Even this past week, Rachel Zoe revamped the Tiffany & Co. windows on 5th Ave in honor of the Academy Awards this coming weekend. Even though the windows brought attention to her own personal brand, it gave every consumer another reason to venture to Tiffany’s windows on the corner of 57th and 5th. These windows designs will travel to various flagship stores in New York, Beverly Hills, Hong Kong, and London featuring the Fleur de Mer broach given to the late Elizabeth Taylor. In the words of Holly Golightly regarding Tiffany’s, “The quietness, the proud look. Nothing bad could happen to you there”, a quote that reminds me time and time again why I enjoy creating anything in the color Tiffany Blue,, “it calms me down right away.

Ciao,

Julia Mickus

There's No Stopping Her...Rachel Zoe Reveals New Fashion Line

On days when I am feeling overwhelmed with my hectic and somewhat crazy schedule, I think to myself "WWZD?" In other words, What Would Zoe Do?

As one of the most famous American celebrity stylists, star of the reality show The Rachel Zoe Project, author of Style: A to Zoe, and so much more, Rachel Zoe is one busy woman. Even at 7 months pregnant, Zoe manages to put most of us to shame with her heavy workload. To add insult to injury, she looks fabulous while doing it.

Not one to be slowed down by pregnancy, the superstar stylist has been busy working on her first line, The Rachel Zoe Collection. According to WWD, the collection is "pure Zoe-tailored: dramatic with a 70s flare." However Zoe says "I'd imagine everybody is expecting something from me that's kind of a 70s, uberboho-glam kind of thing and very accessorized. And it's not." So what can we expect then?

The collection reportedly includes a lot of suiting, a le smoking-esque tuxedo jumpsuit, capes for outerwear, and four inch high stilettos with massive platforms. Unlike her affordable collection for QVC, prices for The Rachel Zoe Collection will range from $250 for a day dress to $700 for a full tuxedo look.

The collection will hit stores in the fall, although no retailers have been secured as of yet. What can we expect in the meantime from this busy mother-to-be? Plenty it seems, despite being told to slow down by doctors. Her Bravo series will capture the development of the collection from start to finish and she will be seen by Anne Hathaway's side at the Oscars to help with outfit changes, eight months pregnant and in four inch heels undoubtedly.

Talk about an inspiration to get moving...or a way to make me feel bad about my apparent laziness! Check out her upcoming collection below