Snakeskin Accessories

Snakeskin is HUGE.  Snakeskin shoes, bags, and clothing are all the rage.  You can find great shoes for decent prices (not real snakeskin of course). Aldo, Nine West and Bebe have great styles of shoes and bags for affordable prices!

Printed Items

Wearing a print with a basic cardigan or dark opaque tights are a hit for the fall. Mixing prints can be hard, but it can easily be done as long as you don’t overdo it.  Basic way to incorporate prints into your fall wardrobe? Easy. Get a blazer (black, blue etc) and wear it over the most wonderful printed dress, the blazer will make you look polished.

You can find great printed dresses at H&M, Urban Outfitters and Forever 21 for affordable prices. If you are looking for more of a designer edge try Juicy Couture or Alexander McQueen.

Rachel Bilson

Leather

Leather is everywhere (and in all different colors too!). Try a leather skirt with a flowy button down top, leather pants with a feminine top or wear a leather dress! You can find skirts, pants, and dresses made of leather (or pleather) at places like The Gap, H&M, Juicy Couture, Gucci, Danier…

The leather trend has been seen on all sorts of celebrities, so make sure to try it out!

Lace

Lace is so beautiful and elegant. It looks great on everyone too! Lace has met a sexy, rocker vibe this season as well as the beautiful classic lace garments. If you are looking for something lace to try out, start with a lace skirt and pair it with a basic top. Lace dresses are beautiful too, if you feel overdone throw on a nice blazer or cardigan and you will be all set!! You can find a lot of lace for affordable prices at Forever 21, Bebe, and Urban Outfitters.

Lace isn’t only for clothing though. Grab a pair of lace heels and you are all set to master this trend! My wishlist for lace is the Valentino lace booties…they are beautiful.

“H&M is proud to announce that its autumn 2011 designer collaboration will be with one of the world’s most legendary fashion brands, Versace,” the Swedish company said in a statement.

Donatella Versace announced in a video the new exciting collaboration with H&M. See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGdJgKJB8qc

“For me this is an opportunity to show to a very very big audience what Versace has been and is now” Donatella said during the video.

There is a lot to look forward to… this collection will have a huge impact on the fashion world. Affordable pieces made by designer royalty available to the average Jane. Donatella had said that she wore a piece of the H&M collection on the runway show for the men’s collection on June 20th in Milan, Italy. The piece was gorgeous black leather mini dress with lovely gold studs. This collection will no doubt be a masterpiece.

The collection is going to hit approximately 300 H&M stores on November 19, 2011.
-Hillary Gail Stewart

*Photos courtesy of H&M, found on the New York Times.