Fashion Quiz: Punk bike oi!

I went for a casual summer bike ride in Long Beach, and to my amazement look what I found! A bad-ass 10 speed road bike with some punk accessories!

Fashion Quiz:

Which famous female British designer uses punk motifs on most of her collections? The bike above seems like something she would totally ride :)

Click here for the answer.

Happy 4th of July!

Have a fun, festive and safe holiday. Today we celebrate "independence" and everything American!  Happy Birthday U.S.A.! 

As much as I hate Bruce Springsteen, there's no better day than today to listen to this song!

Be safe guys :)

Red, White & Chic

 So the world cup didn't turn out quite the way U.S.A. wanted it to be... But hey! We're the United States of America, and tomorrow we celebrate the birth of our nation! Woot-Woot! Which means, bbq parties, friends/family, and fireworks to celebrate the fact that we are that powerful to not care about the world cup. 

Now your mind still might not be thinking what you will be wearing tomorrow, but here @ Rose Bow we have a couple of suggestions to make you look "Patriotic Chic" without looking like Tommy Hilfiger ad circa 1995.

Simple ideas to make yourself look a little more patriotic:

Baseball Cap:

What’s more American than allowing corporate conglomerates destroy 3rd word nation's economy Baseball? The baseball cap is an informal patriotic accessory and great for the weather :)

Plain White Tee:

Crisp, clean and white, the plain white Tee is an American fashion staple. Pair this tee with any jeans and you're as American as Apple pie. 

Bald Eagle:

What's more American than an actual endangered Bald Eagle? This is the accessory du jour! Bring this baby to a 4th of July BBQ, and you will most deffo be the most American bad-ass in the nation. You will bleed America, if not from Patriotism but caused by the eagle's claws. 

Check out this article from Fashionista.com to give you more suggestions on how you can add an extra U.S.A. flair to your 4th of July outfit.

What are you wearing for the 4th?

Ponte-Ponte-Ponte bomb!

Summer is here and I'm so excited. Finally I can let the sun kiss my skin and enjoy all the fashion summer has to offer. This is a quick little photo essay of things that I want this summer. Which include bikes, skull rings, Indian headbands, and a call for people to use more public transportation! I feel like bright colors are so passe this summer. Instead i'm trying to opt out for a more classic approach with color schemes. Putting color in small details of your outfit (like floral print docs or a glitter eye-liner) are some ideas to add some Summer flair to your outfit with out looking like a Pollock! 

The song I decided to put up is a cover of "Pump the Jam" by the always body groovin' Colombian band "Bomba Estereo".  I still haven't decided what this summer 's anthem is going to be but this is most deffo on this summer's playlist. Some of the pictures above are from random adventures i've taken in the past days and pictures I've picked from random websites. 

What's on your mind this summer?

(Images via: Khristian Diane Berrio, Urban Outfitters, Sephora, fashiontoast.com, The satorialist)

Be. My. Boy.

Whether they would like to admit or not, men think about fashion just as much as women. And why shouldn’t they? Fashion does not have a preference for a specific gender. Fashion is UNISEX. Hell, I’ve even seen animals rock fashion better than humans!

Wayne Gross styled an incredible editorial for GQ Australia, to visually entertain us with outfits for each part of the fashionable man's quotidian routine. Whether it's taking his morning coffee, impressing clients, or attending a black tie-affair, these outfits are made up of key wardrobe pieces that most men might have in their closet-Making the outfits that much more easier to mimic and easier to be a fashion success.  

Personal favorite times: 8:06 a.m, 19:08 and the time he comes home to me ;)

(Images via: www.thefashionisto.com//Gq Australia)

Ode to le Faux Pas

The weekend was super exciting for me! I got to volunteer at the 2nd annual Green Long Beach Festival, and while the the whole festival was informative, interesting and totally fun-their volunteer shirts were...well-interesting to say the least. The shirts were Rasta/Cheetah print/deep V-neck shirts. Mind you, those three adjectives should NEVER be in the same sentence, let alone on any article of clothing. Regardless of the lack of taste, the shirts did bring humor to my day and was the perfect example of what fashion faux pas' look like. Here is a mini-ode to fashion faux pas:

faux pas

noun

excuse my faux pas mistake, blunder, gaffe, indiscretion, impropriety, solecism, barbarism; informal boo-boo, blooper. See note at mistake .

Plastic, Paisley/Cow Print Cowboy Rain Boots. 

Ed Hardy inspired/Virgen De Guadalupe Hats.

 Bedazzled Angel wing ass print leggings.  

Skechers.

Why don't you love me?

"Why Don't You Love Me" - Beyoncé from Beyoncé on Vimeo.

Remember the days when MTV and VH1 would actually play music videos? Yeah me neither-luckily for us we have outlets like Vimeo and Youtube to bring those glory days back. Case and point, all the Lady Gaga's music videos. Beyonce's new video for her latest single, "Why don't you love me?", is a great music video, even cooler song, but her wardrobe in the video is KILLING IT SON! 

She channels  a 60's desperate house wife, with outfits inspired by the biggest icons of the decade including Betty Page, Marilyn and Jackie O. Now why can't  more pop stars would be more fashion savvy like Queen B?!