Style Spotlight | Met Gala 2014

My favorite fashion event of the year was back this week! I was a little underwhelmed with what I saw though. I feel like the Met Gala is the one place where you should go all out in full couture, but everything seemed a little lack-luster.

Best dressed for me hands down was Karolina Kurkova in Marchesa. My mouth completely dropped at the structure of the gown!

Kim Kardashian, though her dress wasn't very exciting, look gorgeous in the natural make-up look.

 

Trend| Celine Handbags

There is no way that anyone reading this blog (whom i assume to all be avid fashion-atics) have not noticed a particular brand of purses that has exploded in popularity, even over taking the much drooled over Birkin Hermes bag. It has been seen on the arms of every celebrity you can think of and comes at a lower price point than the previous mentioned fad bag with no shortage of color and style options to choose from that still give their signature look. Not to mention wearability, because of the size most can even be used as overnight or carry-on luggage.

The Céline bag.

The most popular and widely recognized is the Celine Luggage Tote (also comes in Mini) or Luggage Phantom:

Then there is the Box Bag. Which is a little more formal and can be worn with essential any outfit:

 

And my personal fav, the Celine Trapeze bag. Which kind of combines the two previously mentioned:

Here is a sneak peak of the Celine Fall 2013 collection instagrammed by fashion journalist Jim Shi.

 Celebs & their Celine's

 

Dakota Fanning| Miley Cyrus| Nicole Richie| Emma Roberts| Oprah| Rihanna| Jennifer Garner| Nicky Hilton| Bar Rafaeli| Kourtney Kardashian| Jessica Simpson| Kim Kardashian| Kanye West

Trend| Metal Belt

The Metal Belt is one of the hottest trends right now. It walks on the boarder of being a belt and a piece of statement jewelery.... but around your waist. And it easily crosses over from adding an edgy pump to a summer dress into adding curves to a winter coat. The biggest stars have been wearing them casually and on the red carpet, showing the belts versatility. If a full metal belt is too much for you ASOS also offers a few more suttle variations with black leather beneath metal pieces, also still very chic!

Below i added where you can get the look for less - I personally have a couple styles of this myself.. One is #7 below, and another from Foreign Exhange (similar to #6) that you can see a peak of here in the curly ombre' hair photo. What do you think of this trend?

  

Get the look for less: 1. Spiked Plate Detail Waist Belt ASOS $19 | 2. Warehouse Chevron Waist Belt ASOS $39 | 3. Pu Skinny Waist Belt CHICNOVA $15 | 4. Clean Metal Bar Belt TOPSHOP $50 | 5. Triangle Metal Plate ASOS $26 | 6. Skinny Clean Metal Belt TOPSHOP $36 | 7. Curve Plate & Spike Detail Waist Belt ASOS $19

Giuliana Rancic| Kim Kardashian| Kelly Rowland| Gweneth Paltrow| Marion Cotillard