by Michal Weinstein

So I know I am not a fashion blogger and my blogs focus more on things related to MLWDESIGN or my day to day experiences…but this morning when reading the Post, I came across an article in the style section that caught my eye.

Titled Red Carpet Rebel this article glorifies this woman Jenna Lyons (whom I personally never heard of before) fashion sense and claims all the ladies will be copying her come Fashion Week.

Jenna Lyons, to those as unfamiliar as I was, is the creative director of J. Crew…not exactly a brand I consider so fashion forward. Supposedly Jenna did a few creative things with J. Crew that made her into a fashion personality. So kudos to her on that.

However, the Post than shows several pictures of Jenna touting her incredible style and when I saw them, frankly I was shocked. It reminded me of this cartoon:

Here’s a few of the looks the Post admires.

Can you say…I just rolled out of bed and threw on top of my boyfriends button down my grandmas old shirt from the 80’s….

Now I cut up grandmas shirt and threw on a pair of my boyfriends army pants he wore when he was 9 years old for halloween.

My perfectly sexy outfit was too boring so I threw on a few jackets on top and found a florescent bag to make myself seem cool.

No I’m not a dork…I wear orange lipstick to offset these glasses.

Check me out…if Sharon Stone can wear a GAP turtleneck to the oscars than I can throw on a denim jacket over my satin skirt and look hot. And don’t you just love the white trim I added making this even more modest….

Look how versatile my denim jacket is girls? From oscar to the streets! And don’t I look cool wearing an overcoat over my denim over my unticked t-shirt with a red coming from nowhere belt? (don’t forget to clip on your keys…very ghetto)

Finally…it’s ok to wear lots of leopard! The more the better! And even though you may never think of putting gray with it, trust me…gray is fabulous with leopard simply because it does not match so it’s unexpected. The best thing about leopard print is you can find amazing pieces at really low prices. Using a target coupon, I managed to get an amazing leopard print dress for next to nothing!

Now tell me the truth….if anyone, and I mean anyone else were caught with some of these looks they’s make it into “What were they thinking” section in People Magazine yet somehow Jenna has managed to not only pull these off, but get socialites to copy her. Amazing!
This brings to mind the famous story “The Emperors new clothes” where everyone had to oooh and ahhh over something completely non-existant. I do wonder if Jenna is secretly chuckling at everyone.

Anyway, that’s my take on Jenna’s fashion sense. If you like it and want to dress like her …just close your eyes and grab 8 things from your closet. Put them together and there you go…a perfectly Jenna inspired look..

Sep 4, 2012 / Blog / Musings