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Hey Afaconados!

I was so happy to find out yesterday that Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen received the coveted and honorable award for Womenswear Designer of the Year at this year’s Council of the Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Awards. The award was won for their luxury label The Row, which is cleverly named after London’s Savile Row, a shopping street in Mayfair (Central) London which is famous for it’s finely tailored and traditional men’s “bespoke tailoring”. The name of this line is clever, as you’ll see in pictures below, because their collection tends to have a masculine flair to it. Cool huh?!

Mary Kate (Left) wearing a long sleeved black silk dress from The Row's 2013 Resort Collection and Ashley (Right) wearing a plum colored silk V-neck dress from The Row's 2013 Resort Collection

For those of you who don’t know, the CFDA awards is like the Oscars of Fashion, and the Womenswear Designer of the Year Award, with past winners like Proenza Schouler (2011) and Marc Jacobs (2010), is said to be the biggest award of the night. These talented, ever-chic and business savvy twin tycoons have definitely sealed their place in the fashion industry. Check out some pieces I selected from their 2012 Resort Collection:

These girls have clearly shown the Fashion Industry that they should be taken seriously. Until next time!

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Hey Afaconados!

As my Innovators of Timeless Style series continues, today’s entry is dedicated to Marlene Dietrich.

Marlene Dietrich on Fashion: “I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.”

If ever a man would like to know how a well tailored suit should hang on a body, he need only look to Marlene Dietrich as an example. At a quick first glance at Marlene from across the room, you would think your eyes were playing tricks on you, causing you to believe you’ve just seen the most graceful man alive. But take a closer look, and her high cheekbones, wavy blonde hair and signature cigarette perfectly placed at the side of ruby red, pouted lips would set in stone that she was ALL woman.

As one of the highest paid actresses in the 1930s and 40s, Marlene Dietrich was not a Hollywood starlet that had to show skin to get paid well. Her tomboy style has undoubtedly transcended time. Just this year at New York Fashion Week, she served as the inspiration for several fashion houses including Jason Wu, Peter Som and Tadashi Shoji. Entertainers like Madonna, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Janelle Monae have all followed suit (pun intended), paying homage to Marlene’s androgynous fashion choices.

Some of Marlene’s favorites included top hats, tuxedos and tails along with full men’s suits (with tie). Achieving her look is easy, especially when her style is still on trend. If you attempt to mimic it, own it!

Here’s a flashback:

In the words of Ru Paul, “You betta work!”