Pantone colors for Fall 2011...

The Fall fashion season is well under way and, while it's still blazing hot in some areas of the country, style waits for no woman!  I love to reference the Pantone Color Trend Report for Fashion each season as it helps me to determine my own personal palette and gets me excited about what's to come.  This report was issued months ago (in conjunction with the Fall 2011 fashion week, last February) but since I'm in the thick of planning my fall wardrobe I wanted a refresher on their picks.  I figured you might want it too...

Check out the Pantone report as well as insights from featured designers here.

ps - the names are kind of ridiculous but at the same time...I adore them.  Emberglow...lovely.

treasured quotes on style...

I have a list of treasured quotes and like to refer to it for inspiration (or reassurance, as the case may be) from time to time...below are some favorites regarding style...

"You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap!" - Dolly Parton (she has a surprising number of funny quotes throughout her career)

"Style is primarily a matter of instinct." - Bill Blass, Ft. Wayne native

"Fashions fade, style is eternal." - Yves Saint Laurent

"Fashion can be bought.  Style one must possess." - Edna W. Chase

I can't close this out without including multiple quotes from Chanel...she has so many gems, I can't choose just one:

"How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but someone." - Coco Chanel

"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury." - Coco Chanel

"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty." - Coco Chanel

"Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty.  It is not.  It is the opposite of vulgarity." - Coco Chanel