Rita Moreno Turns the 90th Oscar’s Red Carpet Green

This past weekend marked the 90th Anniversary of the Oscar’s , a night set aside each year to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements within the American film industry. However, for many fashionistas, designers and viewers worldwide, it is the night of the red carpet fashion parade. For fashion watchers this time, it was the night Rita Moreno turned the Oscar’s red carpet green.

As in years past, there often unfolds a seemingly unintentional color palate or design concept that becomes the fashion theme for the night. Whether it is black and form fitting or low plunging necklines and open backs, which fashion trends take center stage is always an anticipation and highlight.

2018 Winter Olympics Fashion Faux Pas

With the exciting 2018 Winter Olympics coming to a close today, we can all breath a hopeful sigh of relief that the worst of the wardrobe malfunctions is now over. After figure skaters Gabriella Papadakis and Yura Min both braved their worst possible performance nightmares come true with grace and focus (second to a fall) when each of their costumes came undone exposing some or all of their womanly parts to the millions of viewers watching live worldwide,  the only question that remained on the minds of seamstresses and costume designers who viewed this fashion faux pas is ….

Nadeea, Fabric Scraps, and The 2010 Grammy Awards!

For any seamstress, designer or crafter wondering what to do with your fabulous fabric scraps….viola!

What is this, maybe one, one and a half yards of material total including the black satin bow flopping over her sloppily applied glittered right eye?

One look at her ensemble and I can not help but to wonder how much time, thought and energy Nadeea acutally put into throwing herself together for such an auspicious award night affair. A quick grab for a silver bed jacket from her lingerie drawer, a last minute black beaded and laced number from her closet of burlesque costumes, sew some eyelash fringe here, glue some sequined remnants there, and ta-da….