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Alina Ismailova

Harper is wearing,a hooded one piece bathingsuit from American Apperal, pocketed skirt by Corporative, and vintage thigh highs from The Red Cross in Switzerland! Jewelry all antiques, smile authentic from a wonderful weekend in the sun!

Style Editor at US ELLE

I work for Balmain
I wear a jacket vintage & Customised
T-Shirt TOPSHOP by Christopher Kane
Pants by APRIL77 customised
Shoes by JEREMY SCOTT
Cap by FIFTY-FIFTY
If I had 1 000€ I would buy LANVIN Sneakers
My look is londoner
I love outstanding people
I don’t like boring people

You know how people are always trumpeting the fact that particular bags are “versatile” or perfect for “day to night?” It’s kind of a lazy fashion writer’s fall back – everyone that’s reading this is easily sharp enough to figure out that every bag can be worn with more than one outfit. So I figured, why not put my money where my mouth is? Just in time for summer, here are a few ideas for wearing the Kate Spade Folly Beach Benedicta Straw Satchel for both day and night – after all, who wants to pack a bunch of bags to take to the beach?

Daytime
1. Free People Crinkle Racer Tank Dress: I could see this light little dress thrown over a bathing suit or worn as a regular dress, and versatility is important when packing for a vacation. The pattern is fun and bohemian, plus the material is supposed to be wrinkled, making it very suitcase-friendly. Buy through ShopBop for $128.
2. Kenneth Jay Lane Multi-Layer Necklace: I’m pretty sure it freaks all of us out to travel with expensive jewelry, so now’s the perfect time to show off less pricey pieces. This necklace brings out the green in the dress’s pattern but could also be worn with a variety of other colors so that you don’t have to pack a jewelry look for every outfit. Buy through ShopBop for $80.
3. See by Chloe Flat Criss-Cross Sandals: Don’t make the mistake of being the girl that only brings towering wedges to the beach. Not only does this dress also pick up the blues in the Free People dress, but it lets you do all the walking you need (which can be a lot if you didn’t drive to your vacation spot) without asking for a piggy-back ride at he end of the day. Buy through Bloomingdale’s for $260.

Nighttime
1. Single Silk-Chiffon Leopard Print Dress: If you can’t wear a floaty, asymmetrical, red leopard print dress after dark at the beach, where can you wear one? Tropical locales were made for bright patterns that would be harder to pull off in an urban setting, and this dress is exactly that: wild and a little sexy while still being comfortable and not too skimpy. It’s a graphic statement, but the use of cream instead of graphic white gives it a slightly bohemian note that makes the dress totally work. Buy through Net-a-Porter for $315.
2. Kenneth Jay Lane Gold-Plated Bamboo Hoops: Again, leave the expensive jewelry at home. These earrings are gold-plated for those with sensitive ears and will add a touch of glamour to virtually any outfit in your suitcase. The best part, however, is the price – you don’t have to fret too badly if you lose one in the sand or forget them at the hotel. Buy through Net-a-Porter for $60.
3. Belle by Sigerson Morrison Crisscross Wedge Sandals: You don’t want to be that girl that ONLY wears enormous wedges, but if you’re going to wear a dress like this, you should still bring them. They’re dark and chunky while still being neutral and beachy, which makes them perfect to anchor a dress that has such a loud print. If they were lighter or made a smaller statement, they’d get swallowed up by the outfit. Also, the darker leather ensures that you don’t look like you wandered the mall for hours, holding up your tote bag to every pair of sandals until you found a perfect match. Repeat after me: matchy-matchy is not a good look. Buy through Saks for $240.

Voila! That’s how you get through vacation with just your tote bag. How would you wear it?

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Minni, 22, Student from Taiwan living in London

Vintage coat, bag, and skirt,
Opening Ceremony shoes.

Minni was a bit embarrassed when she told me that she was wearing all vintage, but I can’t imagine why. She obviously has a talent for making a vintage look seem completely new. And the shoes!

It was as if the other photo made the bag look bland and lackluster. Or maybe it was even the color of the bag. But once this bright turquoise Derek Lam Elsa Leather Clutch caught my eye, I felt overcome to share it with you.

Firstly I will admit my love of the color turquoise. It is a genius color, not quite green and not quite blue, but a stunning eye-catching compilation. While I was unsure about the design of this clutch before, I now love it. Why? Because it is different. Many clutches have expectable designs, with little difference setting them apart from the next.

But this design is distinctive and brings us asymmetrical touches and additional design elements. The zipper compartment flap is asymmetric and there is a side tassel. With all the extra looks, we find that each is usable and not just for show. Pockets are ample in this clutch, which is always a plus. And dimensions are spacious yet not overwhelming, 7″W X 11″H X 2″D. A couple months ago I would have passed this clutch by, but not this time. Buy through Saks for $790.

Luckily for us (and unluckily for one of our designers), we actually got an epic hair fail. Did it matter? Well, we’ll talk about that.

Thankfully, the challenge also had another dimension – it had to be based on one of the four…elemental thingamabobs? What do you call them? I mean, I wasn’t really a science wiz in school, but I’m fairly sure that “fire” isn’t on the Periodic Table, so it’s not an element…whatever, they all had to pick cards from the magic Deck o’ Choices and design an outfit based on Earth, Wind and Fire…err, no, it was earth, air, fire or water. There. Challenge explained.

We’re down to what, like, eight or nine designers? And none of them are terrible, thankfully, so the show is starting to get a little interesting. It’s impossible to guess before the show who is most likely to win or lose, and since there are fewer designers, it’s harder to figure it out while watching based on who gets the most face time and/or who cries during the spliced-in interviews. I have to mourn that element of the first half of the season for a moment, because trying to read the subtextual editing clues is my favorite thing to do in the episodes that are there to get rid of dead weight.

Now that the weight is mostly gone, on to the real point of the show – find out which of these formerly nameless people is the best. I was bracing myself for a workroom full of super-literal red “fire” dresses and “airy” frocks of floaty nothingness. Thankfully, most of our designers didn’t take the bait and go literal. If they had, I would have had to track down every last one of them and beat them about the face and head with a copy of Paris Vogue, so their willingness to widely interpret their looks saved me a lot of airline miles.

My personal favorite was Seth Aaron, who turned his air-inspired assignment into a black leather look with a plausible explanation and an incredibly fierce, sculptural jacket of which, dare I say, Alexander McQueen might approve. I was a bit suspect of Seth Aaron’s taste level at the beginning, but between this look and what he did for the kid-and-models challenge, he’s got something great going on if he can just distill his point of view down into its very best elements. Seth Aaron didn’t win, but if it would make him feel better, I would like to contact him and order one of those fabulous leather coats.

Also among the elite this week was Maya, whose inspiration was also air and who made a structured dress with a few floaty elements that really reminded me a LOT of springtime version of this. To Maya’s credit, however, Lanvin Fall/Winter 2010 just debuted last week, while this portion of the season was shot months ago. That didn’t stop Nina Garcia from wrinkling her nose and tut-tutting to Maya that it reminded her too much of Nina Ricci, however, which was pretty accurate. Maya didn’t win either.

Finally, FINALLY Jonathan won something. His inspiration was also, you guessed it, AIR. He made a dress out of laughter and bubbles and happiness, and he somehow managed to accent it with a material that almost perfectly matched his model’s porcelain skin. During judging, he explained that his own pale existence made him particularly fond of playing up her complexion, and as someone that often finds herself buying the lightest color of foundation in any given makeup line, YAY FOR PALE PEOPLE.

His dress was beautiful and light, and guest judge Roland Mouret thought that it was brilliant in a way that only a French person could. I liked the dress and I love Jonathan whenever they show a portion of his interviews (he’s the one that’s scared of children, remember), but I would have still preferred it if they had given the win to Seth Aaron. I’m happy to accept a win for Team Pale, however.

Now, to the unpleasant task of talking about those that weren’t quite so full of win on Thursday. First, Mila. We saw the Bob Twins staring longingly into each others’ eyes, talking about how similar their souls are early in the show, which piqued my interest. Then Mila said that she’d be happy for Maya if she herself was to be eliminated in her place, and we had to know that Mila was skating on thin ice. She was – the judges finally called her out on being a one-trick colorblocking pony, since her assigned “earth” inspiration stopped her from reverting back to black and white and caused her to instead make a boring outfit with a slightly-less-boring asymmetrical vestjacket. She was safe, however, because at least the outfit’s three pieces were competent as clothing.

Not quite as competent was Amy, who made a stab at conceptualism by creating an enormous hair bowl at the top of her garment. I don’t remember what the rest of it looked like, because all I could think the entire time that it was present on my screen was that I didn’t understand how someone could make such beautiful dresses in almost every challenge and then look at a hair bowl and think, YES, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO WIN ME THIS CHALLENGE. It’s just…I can’t even.

Amy was lucky, however, since in the great hierarchy of Project Runway sins, doing something conceptual and doing it badly is not quite so heinous as doing something basic and screwing it up. Ben. Poor, dear, gay-husband-missing Ben. His inspiration was water and he decided to make a suit inspired by sharks, which maybe would have been okay if he had any earthly idea of how to make a suit. He didn’t.

That’s why almost everyone makes a dress for every challenge – pants are hard. Jackets are even harder. Doing both in a day is nearly impossible, particularly if you’ve never done it before, which poor Ben hadn’t. Apparently, he had also never taken a gander at how pants are constructed, because the weird seaming around the crotch made his model look like she was wearing a jock strap over her pants, but probably a jock strap that came with the suit because it was made of the same material.

It was bad in a basic, head-scratching way, and for that indiscretion, he was sent packing. He seemed like a nice guy, but I was never all that excited about anything that he designed, even the look that nearly won him the Marie Claire cover challenge. It was time for him to shuffle on, out of the way of the other designers and back to his adorable husband, who probably misses him dearly.