2014 VMA Fashion

Ahhh, award season is upon us and I love when it starts with some of the more fun awards ceremonies - where stars are more apt to take some fashion risks. At this year's VMAs, there were three looks that I think were the best out of all, though there were some interesting ones that I think are better left to Perez Hilton to comment on.... As an overall comment though, silver seemed to be very in this season, as well as simple, slicked-back hair.

So here they are, in no particular order:

1. JLo in Charbel Zoe - She can still outdo girls half her age and look twice as good. Do you see her obliques in that dress! I mean damn! Not to mention it looks like it's painted on her.

2. Iggy Azalea in Versace - Now usually I don't particularly like Iggy's style because it's too young and trendy for my taste, but I think she did this right. She knows she has curves and her stylist knocked it out of the park with this dress. It fit her to a T!

3. Rita Ora in Karen Atlier - Same comment as Iggy. She dresses way too young most of the time, but this is a sexy red dress that could arguably go down as a classic...(ok, maybe a sexy classic, but you can't tell me that Marilyn Monroe wouldn't have worn this dress).

Mixing Metallics

Think you can’t wear silver and gold together? Wrong! Take a look at this cover of JLo, who makes it look flawless. Now, granted, a stylist put this together, but let’s break down the look for a minute. First of all, you notice the pants – high-waisted with brownish/gold buttons. Now, you’d think only gold jewelry would go good with this. But, notice she is wearing a bold colored corset. This top ends up taking most of the attention away from the focus of anything else. Therefore, she has the freedom to wear more pieces of jewelry, as well as multi-metallic jewelry because both silver and gold go with this bright coral top.

Another option you have is to wear a lighter (or more subdued, darker color) on the top, so that you can play around with your jewelry options.  In that case, I would suggest having one bold statement piece, since the rest of your outfit would be rather tame. For example, you can wear the JLo sailor pants, a white button shirt, with minimal gold bracelets and a bold, turquoise and gold necklace, as shown below. (I found this on http://cayetanolegacy.com/index.php for $129). Statement necklaces are all the rage right now, so whether you mix your metallics or if you go for one bright color, you can play around with what makes you feel sassy.

The other great thing about mixing metallics is that a silver and gold mix goes with all skin tones. You may want to wear more of one over the other based on your liking, but again, that’s up to you. The point is to make your fashion choices your own!! Work, work it girl!