Eva Mendes is seen here in a Christian Dior dress from the Spring/Summer 2008 collection. The actress wore this sumptuous, luxurious asymmetric dress with burn-out OR devore fabric and embellishment to Cartier’s Third Annual Loveday Celebration and Cartier Love Charity Bracelet launch, in Los Angeles, June 18. Recently, I wrote a post on devoré fabric or burn-out technique for adding texture to clothing.

Eva Mendes in a dress from the Dior Spring 2008 RTW Runway

John Galliano used this technique in his design for Dior and added to the sense of luxury with embellishment radiating on folds of fabric from a gathered “bud” of fabric building upon the floral design in the fabric. This also multiplies the dimensions of texture and adds another level of asymmetry. Continue the article below to see a gallery pictures of Eva Mendes in this Dior dress and pictures of this look from the Christian Dior Spring 2008 ready-to-wear fashion show.

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Hollyscoop forecasts floor length dresses as the next summer trend.

FashionInc reports on drawstring dresses by Matthew Williamson.

Style.com  notes the prevalence of  moiré , an old-fashioned watermarked fabric made by pressing engraved rollers on the cloth is in the collections of many emerging designers.

Cameron Diaz at the Shrek premier chose this pink Chanel mini dress and trendy silver metallic pumps. You can look pretty in pink, rose or fuchsia. Pair the summery color with the current trend of metallic shoes to add glitz to any semi-formal or dressy event.

Salon Dress from twospaceStudio.com  

Alisha Levine Zee Dress from shopbop.com 

The dresses and shoes below are all from shopbop.com

Julie Haus Luau Dress

Alisha Levine Lulabell Dress

Dolce Vita Metallic Open Toe Pump with Lucite Heel 

Dolce Vita Metallic Open Toe Buckle Flat 

Pedro Garcia Fredie Pump 

Dolce Vita Metallic Flat Sandal with Lucite Wedge 

Cameron picture: superiorpics.com 

The website, UnsungDesigners.com is one of many sites that showcases the talent of emerging designers. In a fashion forward mode I always like to promote the talented and yet to be discovered by the world at large. Maybe you, like I was, are just perusing the internet looking for a particular style of dress and come across a design that catches your attention. So for your viewing pleasure, some styles I liked.  Of, course they offer more. UnsunDesigners.com is an online boutique that offers for sale designer women's and men's clothes and accessories. Descriptions of the clothes are from their website. (click on thumbs for larger picture)

Organza A-Line Dress by Verrieres & Sako in grey, ivory (shown), black. 

Signature quality tailoring pays homage to the 1940's adding mystery behind every seam. Light fabrics and metallic taffetas establish an unmistakable feeling of luxury and attractiveness. Knee length silk organza a-line dress with 100% cotton lining.

$315.00

 Empire Gown by AngelRox, plum, black, or cinnamon

Full length v-neck gown with empire waistline and gently puckered half sleeves. Feels cozy, timeless & elegant. Bamboo spandex jersey. Organic, renewable & anti-bacterial.

 $228.00

T his is posted much after the Oscars, but I have been familiarizing myself with the most efficient ways to post pictures. Afterall, on a fashion blog, images are a very important factor! I intended to do a post on the Oscars shortly after the awards show aired, but got distracted by administrative tasks having to do with this blog and other projects. The Oscar-related posts have been saved as drafts and sitting around for a while but I am posting these anyway, though late. ( Click on the thumnails for a bigger picture.

Reese Witherspoon Nina Ricci	Cate Blanchett Armani Privé
Rachel Weisz Vera Wang	Jennifer Lopez  Marchesa
Nicole Kidman Balenciaga	Portia DiRossi Zac Posen
Maggie Gyllenhaal  Proenza Schouler	Elizabeth Nesbit

Maggie Gyllenhaal, in these poses, has a look that evokes a bit of Elizabeth Nesbit’s look, a ‘Gibson girl’ from the turn of the 20th century. Albeit Maggie Gyllenhaal has a more innocent quality.

Maggie Gyllenhaal closeup

A là Nesbit