Trending Next Spring: Peek-A-Boo

You may remember this cut-out shirt that I wore that day after I cut my hair short (!!). Little did I know that cut-outs on clothing was soon to be a big trend. We all recognize this shirt from Urban Outfitters because everyone seems to have it, so if you've not jumped on the bandwagon yet, here's your chance! Spring 2012: the season of opportunity.

The thing about cut-out garments is that they can be provocative depending on where these holes are placed, or they can just be straight up cool. Peek-a-boos are the equivalent of sheers, sex appeal-wise, in my opinion. That means that the trend can go a few separate ways, which seems to be a recurring theme here. FASHION IS ALL ABOUT CHOICE, PEOPLE. You gotta "make it work" for you (credz to Tim Gunn for the quote).

A variety of designers have joined the cut-out craze, so take a sneak peak(-a-boo) at how they rocked it on the runway.

All photos courtesy of style.com.

Be a sexy chick: 


                          Alexander McQueen                                                                       D&G
          

                             Haider Ackermann                                                                Vera Wang
          

                              Tommy Hilfiger                                                                      Versace
          

                                  Vera Wang                                                                       Dolce & Gabbana
          

Be a kool kat:


                                     Carven                                                                         Alexander McQueen

              

                                     Lanvin                                                                             Rebecca Minkoff

      

                                     Carven                                                                                  Fendi

         

                                     Carven                                                                                  Jen Kao

      

See how many possibilities there are here? I'm thinking of DIY-ing a few old things, perhaps, to replicate some of that Carven goodness that you witnessed up above. Mmm.

Just a few quick updates: 
Yesterday my mom and I had a bit of girls' night out (GNO, if you will). This entailed eating frozen yogurt (Red Mango, my faves) getting manicures, and then heading to Macy's for the Veteran's Day sale. I now have bordeaux-colored fingernails, 3 new pairs of tights (one of which is wine-colored as well, one of which is ribbed and white and one of which is black with a cool squiggle design) and an owl ring to match my Italian owl necklace (which I wore here). The only thing left to get are some new jeans, which I will buy today at Buffalo Exchange, hopefully. That place is totally rad. Thanks to my friend Ben for introducing it to me. (They had a pair of Doc Martens for $28 there earlier this week--it doesn't get any better than that.)

There are some nice sales this weekend, buy new goodies while they're cheap!

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