Happy Birthday Janet!!!

Janet Jackson turns a beautiful, healthy, and sexy 45 today!

And still performing her ass off!!! I think I may go to her concert in August in Cincinnati, OH (one of my hometowns) with my Mommy! Yeyy!

NOEMIE LENOIR... NEED I SAY MORE...

GQ SPAIN

MAY 2011

PHOTOGRAPHER: SERGI PONS

MODEL: NOEMIE LENOIR

LOVE HER... LOVE THIS SPREAD... MADAME NOIR.

DOESN'T GET MUCH HOTTER THAN THIS! WHEW!

THE HEAD WRAP... SPRING'S MOST COVETED FASHION ACCESSORY

Turban style...

In a bow...

With a Silk Scarf or Cotton Fabric...

In a bright solid color or bold pattern...

To the side, front, or back...

Casual or Cocktail...

Good Hair Day or Bad Hair Day....

The Head Wrap is chic, interesting, and a total DAME accessory.

Be on the look out for celebrity stylist, June Ambrose's line of turbans w/ names like Sassy, Empress, Decadent - the same descriptions of a DAME chic... coincidence??? I think NOT! Ha! Prices ranging from $125 to $150 coming to a store near you... Check 'em out!

June Ambrose is such a DAME chic! Keep doin ya thang Ms. Ambrose cuz we love it!



ANOTHER GREAT PAIR TO ADD TO YOUR SHOE COLLECTION!

Melissa Shoes - Plastic Dreams
"Patchuli (Rubber) Wedge" in Beige (also available in Black, Blue, and Red)

How cute and fun are these!? Time to get your summer shoe game up my lovely Dames!

Love the red stripe going down the back of the heel and the versatility to wear these w/ a dress, jeans, or shorts! This is the same designer who teamed up with Vivienne Westwood to do a line of cute rubber sandles (which you saw first, in a post here at http://www.fashionfordames.blogspot.com/).

And... They're only $140!!!! These are as good as bought in my mind... and wallet! Hahaha! I must own a pair.

*Hats are a MUST!*

When you’re at the Kentucky Derby that is!

I have personally always wondered what the story behind the hats is, and I have to admit it is the ONLY thing that lures me into even taking notice of the derby.  There is quite a bit of history behind the Kentucky derby hats for women and at one time it was considered proper etiquette to wear a hat outside the home. If you did not it was thought to lower your social standing all the way to a homeless beggar. Many women used to change their hat many times throughout the day as well.

The founding father of the Kentucky Derby Colonel M. Lewis Clark Jr., envisioned a racing environment that would feel comfortable and luxurious, an event that would remind people of European horse racing so he modeled the derby after the Royal Ascot when there was a strict dress code that included wearing a hat and a full morning dress. This dress code caught on very quickly and spread across to the major racetracks in the United States. Hats have been worn at the Kentucky Derby since 1875 and now it is a tradition that might as well be written in stone.  Not to mention wearing a hat to the Kentucky Derby is believed to bear good luck! 

So there you have it.  What was once a strict and mandatory dress code has transformed into a spring fashion show to show off an accessory that has long been forgotten by the modern woman.  Some of the hats are sexy and others are completely OUTRAGEOUS but all of them pay homage to times long gone where a woman wasn’t judged by her purse but by her hat!

The Kentucky Derby is considered one of the MOST fashionable sporting events in the world and it’s no wonder why.  A hat can cost anywhere you anywhere from 200 dollar up to 2,000. 

my fav!

Since I loathe most sporting events I am certifying the Kentucky Derby as a DAME worthy event.  Any place I can get dress up drink mint juleps (they're delish and a favorite drink of my favorite era the 50's!) and hang out around other fashionable people sounds like a great sporting event to me!

Xoxo Pelar

The Power of Glamour: Vogue Italia January 2011

*DAME Fashion Spread Spotlight*

Check out this fabulous spread featured in the January issue of Vogue Italia. It's Vintage, glamourous appeal is what instantly drew me to this editorial. Take a gander, let me know what you think...