KAREN MILLEN

About two weeks ago, my daughter and I went to the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall in Paramus, NJ and I ran across a designer/store that I've never heard of; Karen Millen. Per the sales associate, the company is based out of London and are known all over the world for their iconic dresses.  I can't lie, I only went in this store bcuz it had my first name. But when I went in, I was pleasantly surprised.

The dressing room was spectacular.

The dresses were well crafted and structured. Rather pricey though.

I particularly like the mixture of  texture on this dress. It's so versatile. You can throw on a blazer for work and then after 5:00 put on some strappy heels and head out for the night.

Doesn't this coat remind of something Kanye West would wear walking around with Kim Kardashian in the streets of London? 

LEATHER IS TRENDING PART 2

Leather is still trending. Three of the biggest names in music are seen here rocking leather shirts.

Justin Bieber                                                         Kendrick Lamar                                                            Kanye

You already know what I'm thinking. That's right Imma make my own "leather"shirt. While in Unique, I found a faux leather skirt, size 2X and I had a black shirt that I purchased from A.C. Moore for $3.33.

I'm going to replace the front panel of the shirt with the faux leather, so I cut along the seams and removed it, but I left the collar of the T-shirt and the sleeves.

First I cut one side of the skirt and then cut it in half. Then I used the front panel that I cut from the T-shirt as my pattern to cut the skirt and pinned the pattern to the faux leather skirt.

After I cut it, I pinned it inside out on the T-shirt, taking special care while pinning on the collar.

Guess what happened? Since I cut the skirt in half, it wasn't long enough, so I took the bottom half of the front panel to put at the bottom of the faux leather. I had to sew that together before I could sew the side seams.

After about an hour or so, I am happy with the finished product.

Here's how the collar turned out.

It was a little snug on me. I'll give it to my son, it'll hug his muscles.