The Style: Summer Work Wear

 Milou Van Groesen by Richard Bush, for i-D Magazine Summer 2011, courtesy of TFS

The temperature has been rising slowly but surely in the last few weeks, signalling the long-awaited arrival of summer! This can be a difficult season to dress for professional environments, as your typical suits are probably not very temperature appropriate. Therefore, we asked our favourite image consultant, Erin Miller (click here for her website) to give us some tips on how to jazz up your wardrobe.

The Collaboration: Prabal Gurung & J.Crew

As this years sponsor for th CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, J.Crew collaborated on a capsule collection with the three prize winners, Billy Reid for menswear, Prabal Gurung for womenswear, and Eddie Bargo for accessories. Prabal Gurung's collection is now up for sale both online and in select stores. Our favourite piece is the off white denim blazer with the large bow on the lapel, incredibly chic. A list of the items and prices are under the cut.

The Trend: Neon

from left to right, Cacharal, Rachel Roy, Hair at Altuzarra, Christopher Kane, Jil Sander, Versace, Prada, Prabal Gurung, Jonathan Saunders, Jil Sander, Loewe, Burberry Cluth, Aquilano.Rimondi, Giambasttista Valli (all images, style.com)

We're halfway through Spring and slowly transitioning into Summer, but do our fashion choices need to change?  Perhaps, but one thing that can remain the same is our color choices.  This Spring/Summer season has been all about bold color choices, especially the most eye-catching: Neon.  After the cut we explore our favorite choices and tips.

The Collaboration: Missoni for Target (updated)

Missoni for Target is coming to a Target store near you (or online) on September 13!  The press release is as follows:


Target® Announces Missoni® Fashion and Home Collection MINNEAPOLIS (May 2011) - Target® (NYSE:TGT) is partnering with Italian luxury brand Missoni to introduce an affordable, limited-edition collection for fashion and home. Missoni for Target features apparel and accessories for women, men, girls and baby, as well as home goods including bedding, dinnerware, stationery and décor items. Ranging in price from $2.99 to $599.99, with most items less than $40, Missoni for Target will be available Sept. 13 through Oct. 22, 2011 at all Target stores and Target.com. "Our collection for Target embodies Missoni's values of family, color and quality," said creative director Angela Missoni. "It has been a fantastic experience translating our aesthetic into an affordable line, one we are eager to share with families across the United States." "The Missoni family has established one of the world's most creative brands, and together we've created a collection that will have guests lining up outside their local Target in anticipation," said Kathee Tesija, executive vice president of merchandising, Target. "Our collection with Missoni offers more than 400 compelling products for every aspect of guests' busy lives, all at incredible prices, and provides Target with a unique point of differentiation for the fall season."

Additional information, images and product for the Missoni for Target collection will be available for Sept. and Oct. 2011 issues.

Source: Racked.com

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The Trend: Varsity Team

From left to right, Alexander Wang, Givenchy, Viktor & Rolf, Tommy Hilfiger, Rag & Bone, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga (all photos style.com)

Wearing a Varsity jacket may make us feel like having a kegger and watching some Sunday night football, but Alexander Wang has been sporting one around town for a few years, which automatically makes it cool. These jackets are now making its way into the hearts of a few other designer seeing as we saw it all over the Men's runways in January. Designers showed tons of variations in terms of fabric combinations, colors and proportions, but they are casual enough to go with most of your wardrobe. Our advice, buy one now this Spring by being ahead of the pack and when Fall rolls around you will still be on trend.  Click through for some of our favorites!

The Trend: Sunglasses

The weather is warming up and finally the sun has begun to come out from its long arduous hibernation.  This only means one thing: break out your sunglasses!  It doesn't matter what shape they may be, whether they're oversized, cat-eyed, square, round, etc...you get the idea.  Just make sure you look good in them - that's all that matters.  Behind the cut you'll find some of A+P Daily's favorites that are ready to go for the sunny Spring weather.

The Trend: Midnight Train

from left to right, Pedro Lourenço, Stella McCartney, Thakoon, Balenciaga, Acne, Thierry Mugler, Yves Saint Laurent, Gareth Pugh, Derek Lam, Versace, Oscar De La Renta, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs
(all photos Style.com)

There is no doubt that the color of the season is blue, we saw it literally everywhere, with textures ranging from rubber at Marc Jacobs, to suede and Versace, to leather at Acne, pleated chiffon at Stella McCartney, and angora at Pedro Lourenço - there are tonnes of options come Fall for how you want to wear it. The standout, Gareth Pugh's first foray into color with an electric blue mini dress with wings - amazing!

The Item: Celine Bags FW11/12

Ever since Phoebe Philo joined Celine back in 2008, the Celine line of bags has dominated the "It" status, with the Classic Box, the Luggage, and the Envelope Clutch. For next fall, Phoebe showed the structured bags that she does best. Distilled to the pure essence of Celine, there will be no doubt that these bags will be on everyone's arms come September. Our favorite, the zippered portfolio clutch, is perfect for the iPad 2 due to come out very soon. For the entire collection, head over to Style.com for the clothes, and the shoes.

The Last Ever Dior Collection by John Galliano

John Galliano's last collection for Christian Dior premiered during Paris Fashion Week March 4, 2011.  Below, we have included select images of the collection. To view the full collection, Style.com has the entire collection up for your viewing pleasure. 

Images courtesy of Racked.com.

Who will Replace Galliano?

As you have probably heard by now, the House of Dior's famed head designer, John Galliano experienced a dramatic fall from grace this past week.   Dior fired him as of Tuesday, and it has been as scandalous as ever.  Everyone has already got an opinion on the matter and we feel like it is more fashionable to not talk about it at this point. However, the House of Dior is one of the biggest brands in the worlds, what is going to happen? Who will replace Galliano? Will it still be ferosh?  How does this impact Dior's upcoming March 4th fashion show during Paris Fashion Week?  LVMH owns a majority stake in Dior, and Bernard Arnault has said that Dior is his favourite label, so chances are that he is going to tap one of the LVMH designers to be the head. But an outsider could just as well be chosen, which would definitely be more exciting. Venture behind the cut as we have summed up what we thought.