You'll Get a Kick out of This-

 International Style Icon, Iris Apfel is getting her own Barbie.
She's dressed in the green Gucci pantsuit Apfel wears on the
cover of her memoir, Iris Apfel, Accidental Icon. She joins 
other current celebrity Barbies like models Ashley Graham
and Gigi Hadid, singer Faith Hill and hubbyTimMcGraw(Ken)
 Dancing with the Stars Samba Barbie, Olympic gymnist Gabby Douglas and many movie legends, Hollywood stars and more
 from the past and action heroes from the present. She's come a long way from the teen-age model- then ballerina,teacher, doctor, nurse and astronaut Barbie of my day.

Barbie has a Twitter and Instagram account which will 
give you a smile and a chuckle-
Barbie (@Barbie) · Twitter

https://twitter.com/Barbie

People have jobs writing her daily tweets and posting
photos and captions :) She also has her own shows and 
videos on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/barbie

and of course, she's onFacebook 
https://www.facebook.com/barbie/

This doll sure knows how to stay current with social media 
and her personifications in the 21St Century. She's the poster
girl for "you can be anything you set your mind to".
              ( with a little help from Mattel)

Spring Tips

Getting Ready for Spring

While Spring always brings back pastels, this year they
 are bigger than recent years past-
 ( remember all the neutrals?)
Find some lavender, mint powder blue, pink and yellow
to update your look.


Etcetera jacket, Nordstrom MaxMara dress, Dillard's Vince Camuto top and
Sam Edelman shoe
For more great pastel inspiration, check out SHOPBOP-
www.shopbop.com/trend-edit-pretty-pastels/br/v=1/13876.htm?baseIndex=100

Bucket bags are back and circle bags,too


                                 Trademark , Mansur Gavriel and Staud bags


                                         Chloe, Madewell and Cult Gaia

Just in time for Spring and Summer travel-
belt bags are the new and stylish Fanny packs
 Gucci GG Marmont
Molly Shaheen Circle belt bag
Kate Spade Greenwood Place Rita


Take a cute cross body bag and double the straps around your waist to make your own.

Oscars!

 Sharing my favorite looks ( in case you missed it)
loving the glamorous and not-black looks

  Gal Godot in Givenchy
  Jennifer Lawrence in Dior
  Lupita Nuong'o in Versace
  Laura Dern in Calvin Klein
  Leslie Bibb in JMendel


   Zendaya in Jean Batista Valli     



Allison Williams in Armani Prive

 Jennifer Gardner in Versace
  Octavia Spenser in
                                                                                            Brandon Maxwell

There were many more excellent and elegant choices,
but those above were dresses that I think my friends and 
I could really wear to a black tie event ( especially if
 Magali made us a copy!)

My not so favorites-
  Emily Blunt in Schiaparelli - too sweet
 Maya Rudolph in a big smock
  Alison Janney in Reem Acra
                                                                          love the dress-
                                                                            but the sleeves are too much
  Tiffany Haddish- going to the
                                                                                             Renaissance Faire?

 Salma Hayek ( or is it Frida Kahlo?)
                                                                                           in Gucci
 Whoopie Goldberg in upholstery?


And I liked -
  Rita Moreno recycling her gown from
                                                                 the 1962 Oscars when she won for Anita
                                                                 in West Side Story- still fitting 50 years later!

  Jane Fonda looking more like a
                                                    a glamorous icon than the Barbie doll she looked
                                                                                    like last year
  Viola Davis in Michael Kors
                                                              She looks great, just too neon bright for me


What did you think? I feel like the gowns brought
the excitement to a show that was otherwise rather
slow tonight. Post your favs below :)