Arden B. in The OC

So our client Arden B. had a fashion show at Fashion Island (how appropriate) in Newport Beach.

The show was actually quite fantastic. There wasn't a central theme to the collection like "Vacation in St. Tropez" or "Sensual School Marm" or anything, but I feel like Arden B. really upped the ante this time around. Cute yet sophisticated plaid short shorts, skinny jeans, open knit tops, blousons, lace footless tights, crocheted shrugs, fantastic cropped jackets (including a doppelganger of this Jak & Rae "Sherlock Holmes" number I've been drooling over at Sugar boutique and I've mentioned at least once already on this blog), cute flats, low-back jersey dresses. Whoever styled the show really knew how to take the sundry pieces and put them together for the perfect spring/summer 2006 outfit.

















Gorgeous evening, gorgeous pieces, and gorgeous people.

But does everyone in the OC have to be so really, really ridiculously good-looking??

I'm Lovin' it: Gwen Stefani Rossdale looking SO FLY for a mother-to-be at the Grammy Awards. She was absolutely radiant. Holla back girl.

I'm Over it: The James Frey book scandal. Aren't there more important things going on in the world than screwing over Oprah Winfrey's Book Club?? Oh, and my TV -- which is only a year old -- busting on me. How am I supposed to watch Beauty and the Geek?!

Track Classic of the Day: "Denial Twist" by The White Stripes. The black and white video with all those kids jammin' to this song is adorable. But something about Jack White being a Pied Piper-type to the l'il chilluns is also vaguely creepy...


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