Dress of the Week: by Ramona La Rue

Here at TheStylist we get very excited when we find pieces that we love from relatively unknown designers. We can't get enough of designers that work just under the radar. We typically find that our favorites are from designers that we have never heard of.

This week's favorite dress is no different. We had never heard of Ramona La Rue until we found this amazing dress. We love the vibrant print of this dress and the adjustable tie straps. We think this dress would be perfect for numerous occasions; a night out, an evening wedding, or even with a bandeau underneath for a daytime brunch. This dress could be paired with dressy heels or simple flats depending on the occasion.

Borrow this dress for $50.

Visit Ramona La Rue's site to see the rest of her collection.

Don't Forget we can Ship to you!

We have seen that we have alot of readers across the US, from LA to Boston and we want to make sure you know that you can all enjoy our dresses.

If you don't live in LA, we can ship any of our dresses to you. You have 24 hours to try the dress on and make sure it fits. If you ship it back within 24 hours (if it doesn't fit) then all you pay for is the shipping.

If you want a dress shipped to you just email us at info@thesylistla.com

A Quick Note on Inspiration

While writing about Michael Jackson's influence on fashion yesterday and our favorite blogs this morning we can't help but think about what inspires people (especially artists of every form). People draw inspiration from art, photography, music, fashion and various places around the world, but for each person it is different. We find that very interesting.

The idea behind TheStylist is to allow young women to dress in new, fun items that they may be too conservative to buy or may not be able to afford. We want the dresses that we include in our collection to be inspiring, and we want our customers to be inspired by wearing pieces from our collection.

So what inspires us?

The list is too long to write here, but we will say that in our office we are always playing music, from various genres and different artists. We are always taking pictures and looking at photography and we are very interested in different aspects of the art scene.

We feel like being involved in all of these artistic genres is important. If we weren't inspired, what would be the point? So we have included in this post one of our most recent inspiration boards for summer. Hopefully it gives you an insight into the direction of TheStylist.

More importantly, what inspires you?

Vogue UK jumps on the blog wagon

We were very excited this morning to learn that British Vogue will now have a blog. We spend a good portion of our days here at TheStylist perusing numerous different fashion blogs for inspiration, ideas and just to keep up in the fashion world.

With this new blog coming out we got to thinking, on this lovely Wednesday morning, about what blogs we don't think we could live without. Okay, that's a bit dramatic, but we would be very, very sad without this list of blogs that keep us up to date, entertained and endlessly inspired.

Here's our list, enjoy:

1. Fashionista: Absolute best blog for day to day fashion news.

2. Modelinia: Okay we know it isn't a blog, but we visit this site at least once a day to stalk all of our favorite models (ahem Coco, Chanel, Erin...)

3. Sartorialist: We know this one is very popular, but we just cannot get enough of Scott Schuman's pictures. Whenever we are in a bit of a slump we always visit this one.

4. Inside Am-lul's closet: This is probably one of our favorites. This girl lives in London and embodies most of the style that we always aim to have.

5. Oh So Coco: Coco Rocha's blog. enough said.

Check these out and let us know your favorite fashion/art/style blogs!

Michael Jackson's Influence on Style

We have tried to stay away from writing about Michael Jackson over the past week. Don't get us wrong, we did dance to many MJ songs this past weekend, and we do really respect the King of Pop. We just didn't want to contribute to the media hoopla.

However, we cannot help but comment on MJ's influence on style. He was the first one to rock the sequined glove, he made the black fedora popular, and the man's style was so eccentric and interesting it launched a great deal of trends.

For example, take a look at the Balmain jacket that was so infamously worn by Rhianna. It is obviously influenced by Jackson's typical sequined military inspired jackets.

The fashion world relies heavily on musicians (like MJ and Madonna) to push the envelope and create new cutting edge trends. That way when celebrities wear these looks, they aren't quite as "weird".

So on the day that Jackson lovers fill downtown LA to say goodbye to a pop legend, we salute MJ for everything that he has contributed not only to the music world, but to the fashion world as well.

Dress of the Week: Cooper by Courtney Warren

We can't decide what our favorite part about this dress from Cooper by Courtney Warren is; the bright blue color or the incredible fit. This dress is definitely eye catching and the color is anything but boring. We love that it the fit is effortless and we think it is perfect with a great summer tan.

We also must point out that we love Courtney Warren in general. She grew up in Tyler, Texas and is really a true southern girl. She now designs incredible dresses in Dallas.

View her site to see the rest of her collection.

Borrow this dress for $50.

We love Style.com for many reasons...

We love Style.com because we think it gives us the best overview of every show, every single season, with pictures and reviews. We love that you can make your own lookbooks with your favorite styles. We are obsessed with the features they run with candid pics of fashionable people at different events and we love that you can search by model, celebrity, socialite and designer

Now we have something else to love. They just posted a quiz that tests your knowledge of Haute couture. We love putting this knowledge to the test, since it isn't every day that we get to brag about our knowledge of Galliano's past couture costume choices.

Take the quiz and see how you do.
We scored a 9 out of 10, not to brag or anything.

Thanks to Fashion, Art and Beyond blog for the Galliano pictures

Shopbop extra 25% off sale!

Hurry....we just got word that Shopbop is giving an extra 25% off of sale items for the next 2 days (ends the 2nd at midnight). We know we shouldn't be shopping, but it is just too tempting!

Enter Extra25 at checkout.

Shopbop Helps your Summer Wardrobe

With the 4th of July weekend so close, we can't help but procrastinate a little bit. We just got very excited/inspired after looking at Shopbop's ultimate summer closet. Although these looks don't really consist of dresses, we are in love with the bohemian styling. We think many of these looks would be perfect to wear to the beach or to a lazy Saturday lunch.

Check them out and get inspired for what to wear on the 4th. Speaking of, what are you wearing on the 4th?

Forbes posts world's most stylish cities. LA makes the cut.

At TheStylist we are constantly reading up on anything and everything fashion or business related. We have long been avid fans of Forbes, especially the Forbes style section. So when ForbesLife comes out with an exceptionally good (or interesting article) we get even more excited. This article on the most stylish cities in the world is definitely up to par. We were quite excited to see that LA made the list at number 6. New York beat us, coming in at number 3. We were pleasantly surprised that the gap was as small as it was. We really love and treasure the style that is LA and we fully support our city competing healthily with NY. The article gives LA credit for recently producing some very succesful designers; The Rodarte girls and Scott Sternberg of Band of Outsiders.


Read the whole article to see what other cities were listed in the top 10.

One Day Only: Rare Chic Summer Sale

For only one day get %35 off of everything at rarechic by entering the code SUMMER.

They have a few great sale items that would be absolute steals with the extra 35% off.
We know we will be buying dresses to add to the collection.

Check it out and happy Tuesday!

Dress of the Week: Karina Grimaldi

This week we are dying over our newest dress by Karina Grimaldi. Grimaldi, originally from Buenos Aires, started designing in 2001 when she moved to Miami. All of her designs are made in the USA, with the highest quality of silks.

This dress is the perfect bright color for summer and the cut is flattering on many different body types. We really wish that we could wear this dress every day. And no, we are not joking.

Borrow this dress for $50 and we promise you will get compliments all night long.

Visit Karina's site to view the rest of her collection.

The September Issue

Here at TheStylist we are anxiously awaiting August 28th when we can finally see the full version of The September Issue. Sadly, we weren't at Sundance to view its debut and we haven't been invited to any pre screenings (yet!).

For those of you who haven't heard of it, it is supposed to be the real "Devil Wears Prada", an inside look into the process of creating The 2007 September Issue of Vogue. It gives an exclusive look into the life of editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour and an insiders view of the behind-the scenes action at the Vogue office.

The documentary, directed by R.J. Cutler won the Grand Jury Prize for excellence in Cinematography at The 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

View the Trailor at the film's official website

Dress of the Week

As seen on Stephanie Pratt on The Hills

We are in love with many different aspects of this Cynthia Vincent Dress. We love the print, we love the style, and we love the little bit extra that the belt adds.

This dress is perfect for a summer wedding or a fancy brunch with friends.

Borrow this dress for $50.

It Girl of the Month (June Edition)

Currently we cannot get enough of Russian IT girl, Miroslava Mikheeva-Duma. We understand that saying her name alone is a mouth full, but google image this girl and you will not be disappointed. She has some of the best style we have seen in a long time and to be honest, she's pretty adorable to begin with. We have watched her for months and just can't help but share some of our favorite pictures of her with all of you. (Also we must admit we are a tiny bit jealous of her fabulous life and collections of Birkins.)

Who she is: Miroslava Mikheeva-Duma, 24 year old Russian.

What she does: Miroslava is an Events Correspondent for Harper's Bazaar Russia. Rumor has it she is also currently studying economy at The University of Moscow.

Why we love her: She has such a compelling style, we don't ever get bored looking at pictures of her. She is a part of the jetsetting crowd and always is wearing or doing something that we find interesting. We love to live vicariously through her. We also think she would be pretty fun to hang out with.

On her Style: This girl accesorizes everything. She piles on the jewelery, grabs the biggest bag and highest heels she can find and waltzes out the door. She always looks dressed up and she isn't afraid to try new trends. We would absolutely die to see the inside of her closet.

pictures: 1,2,4 tfs. picture 2 sartorialist.

For more pictures and info on Miroslava visit the fashionspot's thread on her.

Dress of the Week

Tricky Thread dresses always put us in a good mood, since they are usually bright, fun and flirty.

We just got this gorgeous yellow dress by Tricky Threads and it is no different. We have already had many people tell us how much they love it.

We love that it could be dressed up with heels for a night out or dressed down with gold flats for a daytime party.

We also think it would go perfectly well with a nice summer tan.

Borrow this dress for $30.