Stella McCartney Fall 2011-Inspired Nails

Stella McCartney's quirky, sexy Fall 2011 collection had several standout elements, but her surprising use of peekaboo polka dots outshone all the rest (even those amazing structured gold lame pieces). I love how she avoided the trap of overly sheer runway shows and found an inventive way to show off and enhance the female form. I knew the mix of nude and black would translate well to nails and that the extreme curves dots would add another element of fun.

For the base I picked my favorite nude, OPI Tickle My France, because it most closely matches my skin color. I used my trusty black with the most narrow brush for the curves and dots and threw in a white nail look for a little variety. I think these are my most favorite nails I've done yet!

All photos by Mark Iantosca and Vogue.com

Stella McCartney Resort Nails

As I mentioned before, I am completely in awe of Stella McCartney's Hawaiian print collection for Resort 2012. I thought this might be the perfect opportunity to try out the marble nail techniques I've been dying to experiment with for a while now. After all, if there's any way to capture kitschy-cool waves on your nails, it's going to be with marble swirls of color.

I will spare you the messy how-to's, but it basically included a lot of water, nail polish, lotion to protect my fingers from the polish, trial, and error. The marble looks is pretty awesome when you get it right, but if you are going to try it out, I do not recommend using white as it goes on too sheer. Add a few flowers and you're Stella-approved.

Photos by Mark Iantosca and Vogue.com

Stella McCartney Resort 2012

I know these photos are old news in blog terms (they came out last week), but I can't help but post. I'm completely in love with Stella McCartney's Resort 2012 collection. The bold prints, the Hawaiian shirts, the stripes, the '50s shapes are all things that would make a collection for me on their own. Together with Stella's fun, low key attitude about fashion, they are completely irresistible.

Via Mr. Newton

Hey Brah

 1. Athletic: T by Alexander Wang V-Cut Bra Top, $65, at Ronherman.com

 2. Retro: Stella McCartney Tilda Playing Underwire Bra, $88, at Net-a-porter.com

3. Bright: Passionata Oh La La Demi Bra, $66, at Journelle.com

I have always loved lingerie of all kinds, but that doesn't mean I'm good at picking it out for myself. I could ogle fancy, frilly, or dramatic bras all day long, but despite what I lead myself to believe, I have big boobs and cute bras don't work on big boobs. I'm in the market for some new lacey bits and these three actually look like they could provide some support in addition to looking cute. The Alexander Wang one is just for me, though. No guy wants to see that.