Show Some Pride For The Lake Show!

Forever 21 Banded Bank Tank - $13.80

At last! Some official licensed Laker apparel, exclusive to Forever 21! I'm 50/50 on the whole thing. I'm excited about the official licensed products to be ticketed at forever 21 prices but now I gotta swallow the fact that I'll be seeing a nice group of wanna basketball fanatics rocking Laker tanks! Grrr. You won't see too many of them now, but come the time Lakers make it to the NBA Finals, these girls will be at a local, trendy bar near you. This, I promise. I'll get over it though. This is nothing new. Anyway, back to the reasonably priced, fitted Laker tanks!! Forever 21 made it happen and I couldn't be happier with the end results! If your a true NBA glam gal, you'll know that most officially licensed sports apparel for womenwill always come short and wide. Nothing that could possibly flatter any body type. Fear the short and wide Laker tanks no more ladies! Forever 21 is to the rescue! Ahhh, time to show my Lake Show pride!! But the choices!! They had 3 different tanks to choose from and 2 caught my eye! The yellow one (pictured above), and the purple one below. I'm leaning towards the purple one! Agreed? With both tankls priced at under $20 bucks each, I might as well take both! Problem solved, I'm closing the book on this one!

Forever 21 Lakers Nation Tank - $14.80

Nicole Richie Engagement Ring!!

With my nice and busy schedule the past 3 weeks, I've had little time to devote to Dulce Luxe. It's my baby, and if I'm going to do it right, it's gotta be perfect! No half-done blog posts here my dears! I have so much catching up to do and I wanted to do it big!! Like I've famously and repeatedly told my fabulous grandma (think, a MUCH younger Elizabeth Taylor in her golden prime) "Go big or Go Home!". She lives by that quote 'till this day and make's sure everyone knows who she got it from....mwaaahh!

Anyway, back to doing it big. Shall we start with Nicole Richie's engagement ring? Another style icon of mine, Nicole never fails when it comes to her timeless style! Whether she's dressed up or down, it always leaves me in awe and shop ready! So how about this ring ladies? FABULOUS! Just days after the news of Nicole Richie's engagement to Joel Madden broke, details have been flying around on the much anticipated wedding. Word on the street is she's shopping for her wedding dress at Fashion Week and Marchesa wants first dibs! It's only fitting! I'd LOOOOVE to see Marchesa design her dress! You can do no wrong with Marchesa! Well, you can also do no wrong with a 4-carat, handmade, round cut diamond ring, crafted by celebrity jeweler Neil Lane. I like to call myself a "Wedding Ring Enthusiast"! I'll school you on the size, cut, shape, color and clarity of your ring, any day. You can only imagine the standards I've set for my own. It's no wonder it has yet to grace my hand! No worries, the bf is on it. Wheew! That said, this 'Wedding Ring Enthusiast' gives a BIG two thumbs and stamp of approval on this celebrity engagement ring! Nicole, you did good!! As always.....

xoxo,

M.

Victoria Beckham on the March Cover of Glamour Magazine!

One of my favorite style icons, Victoria Beckham graces the cover of Glamour's March issue and I couldn't be more excited! This is by far, one of my favorite editorial shoots of Victoria B. In Glamour's March issue she takes it down a couple of notches and makes the whole 'relaxed and casual' look very posh! Looking through all the photos from the shoot, she made me want to clean my apartment with heels on and rollers in my hair. She just made it look soo dammn good! Only Victoria....

           

                   

            

                          

                                                                       xoxo,

                                                                         M.

Rachel Bilson in Elizabeth and James Black Sendi Wedges

I have a feeling that if I hung out with celebs....she would be one of my besties! Along with Rachel Zoe, Nicole Richie and Victoria Beckham of course. Then I'd merge my celeb friends with my real ones and it would be just fantastic!! Imagine the damage we'd do?!

Anyway, I just had to post this pic of Rachel, rocking Elizabeth and James wedges (extra points for that my friend!). So casual, yet fierce! Love.

Elizabeth and James 'Sendi' Wedges

$375

xoxo,

Monica

It's a business doing pleasure

I made it a movie night on Sunday and picked up Ashton Kutchers flick, 'Spread'. It's a sex comedy centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover. It's set in L.A. with an iconic look at the lure of sex, money, and access that Hollywood offers. I was shockingly surprised on how intriguing I found it to be. I'm an L.A. kid at heart, grew up in the city and worked the doors of Hollywood's elite scene before I was 21, so I've been around long enough to know a good L.A. kind of film when I see one. People usually go a little over board when trying to perfect the whole L.A. and Hollywood scene in a film. I'm no film major, but Spread was just right! I had been holding out on renting it for a while too. But with a 'Free Rental' promo code from the $1 'RedBox' (don't you love those?), I drove to my nearest rental station, picked up the flick and what a suprise! I ended up actually loving it. Even my movie critic (or so he thinks!) boyfriend was happy with the end result of the film. Anyway, I didn't even come here to ramble on about the movie. After watching the movie, I coincidently came across a photo of Demi Moore dressed strikingly similar to her boy toy husband, Ashton Kutcher in Spread. Hmm...maybe she was just as intrigued as I was?

Quote of the Day

Happy Sunday!

xoxo,

Monica

Dulce Luxe.

Fashion is a battlefield.

Photo Credit: Japanator.com

Who knew going against my enemy could be as fashionable as this? The iconic double-c logo just got a little more sassy. Japanese artist, Tetsuya Noguchi created concept samurai armors in honor of french couture house, Chanel and it's vivacious! Fashion week and sample sales could use some of this armor. We all know hitting the runways of fashion week, behind and on the scene can get a little crazy. Don't even get me started on sample sales! I say we all invest in one of these, dont you think?

Photo Credit: theworldsbestever.com