Winter Inspiration (Personal Faves!)

[Black on Black] 
Black Leather Skirt + Black Tights

Velour Tanks

Edged-Out Booties

Leather Jackets

Festive Feathers

Style Notes! Some of my favorite items for winter includes the following: 

1) Leather - leather skirts, leather shorts, leather gloves. 2) Slinky Tanks; currently I am obsessing over velour because it's a thicker fabric, and excellent for layering during the chilly winter season. 3) Booties! Gosh, I love a pair of sexy booties with lots of heel-height, and certainly favoring bold colors. 4) Tailored Leather Jackets; the look is stylish and makes an impressive fashion statement. 5) "Festive" Feathery (Flirty Mini) Skirts.

My picks are on-trend as well as transitional. Meaning, I can transition many (if not all) of these pieces from winter to spring, such as the velour tank, booties, and leather jacket.

What are YOUR faves for winter? 

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Trend Watch: Would You Wear This Trend? Bold-Patterned Tights

Trend Watch! Would I wear bold-patterned tights? Short answer: it depends.

Let me explain. Patterned-Tights are super stylish and upgrades a blahzay outfit, for sure. However, it's really challenging to pull off this trend and make it work.

Example, Kourtney Kardashian (middle) struggled with the trend. The nude shoes, burgundy  suspender skirt, and white long sleeve blouse is already  too busy—adding the sparkly tights pushed the entire outfit over the edge.

Jennifer Hudson (left) might have had a shot at pulling off the polka-dot tights if only her black dress were a bit longer. And the same goes for Khloé Kardashian (right) I suppose. 

The Poll Results Are In: According to StyleWatch readers, 69% would not wear the trend, and 31% would. I hesitated but eventually voted Yes.

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I do own a few bold-patterned tights, and featured a pair on Tumblr (seen on the right). Though I have to tell ya, I was a bit nervous about the fashion critics ... but actually I didn't get slammed. Phew!

In any event, I wore my bold-patterned tights with a cute, simple denim dress (and without over-accessorizing; I just wore studs in my ears).  

So, would you wear bold-patterned tights like Kourtney, or J-Hud? Tell me on Twitter.

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NEW! Black Mesh Pierced Leggings

Fashion Find! A great pair of leggings can really make the outfit; it adds a special spruce-up ingredient. I just love this featured item, though I wouldn't call them leggings — they look more like tights, no? In any event, shop the look at OAK ($138).

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GET READY FOR FALL! YES, FALL! Purchase a Pair of Stormy Plaid Tights

Style Notes | These stormy plaid tights ($18) are calling my name—to wear this fall that is. Us fashion fanatics are already talking about compiling our must-have lists for fall, as we’re always a season ahead. I could get savvy styling these tights by creating an array of fashionable looks ... from preppy to casual to sexy-sophistication.

Style Tip: Do you dread wearing blazay shapewear to help suck you in? Eliminate that feeling! In addition to being the perfect spruce-up accessory, most tights will do the trick and hold everything in—that you don’t want left hanging out. Most good-quality tights are now designed to give you more tummy, waist and hip suction.

Shop the look at Anthropologie.

I Spy: Hot Tights on Linda Fargo

Style Watch! Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo is seated in the front row at Rag & Bone. (NY Fashion Week, Feb. 2010)

Check out Fargo's tights...sexy! Meow ;)

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