WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND LUXE ALL OVER?

 BLACK is dark and strong, represents power and evil.  WHITE is light and innocent, symbolizing peace and goodness. Black traps space, while white opens it up.

It’s clear: black and white are opposites!  Which is exactly why they work so beautifully together and why we can't get enough of the duo!

ROUND-UP OF OUR FAVORITE USES OF BLACK & WHITE

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B&W Harlequin

Not enough interiors use this mesmerizing floor pattern. Use it in yours!

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B&W Chanel

Need we say more. Save every box and stack them in your dressing room. You'll look organized and chic!

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B&W Photographs

They are like reading a book vs. watching the movie. Always read the book and always convert your images from color

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B&W Books

Nothing beats a curated collection of art, fashion, and design books stacked atop a great cocktail table. Reference them for a little inspiration pick me up!

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B&W Interiors

All WHITE rooms with black decor throughout adds high drama. Black evokes sophistication; white communicates pureness. There's a sexiness to it unsurpassed

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B&W Sleeping Chambers

Bedrooms scream for B&W--it's the perfect juxtaposition of Morning and Night

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B&W Attire

It's impossible to wear B&W stripes without feeling energized--they just feel and look so good

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UMBRELLAS

Used to shade oneself from rain or sunshine nothing looks more welcoming, on the beach or skipping through puddles, then stripes!

XO Mol

The Rouged

Colored lips--we can't get enough of them and don't want to!  If you're anything like us you're torn between trading our poppy pinks for a deep berry hued Autumn lip.  It just feels like the right thing to do.  

Don't fret--we tracked down what our favorite editors in the fashion world are saying!  See if you can guess which hue Amal Clooney "walked" down the aisle wearing! 

Tom Ford Opulent Lip Texture in "Bruised Plum"

Rodin Luxury Lipstick "So Mod"

Nars Semi Matte Lipstick in "Jungle Red"

Chanel Rouge Coco Ultra Hydrating Lip in 438 Suzanne

Bobbi Brown Luminous Shine in "Rosebery"

Giorgio Armani Ecstasy Lipstick in "509 Boudoir"

Laura Mercier Smooth Lip in "Plum Orchid"

Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lip in "Walk of Shame"

Yves Saint Laurent "13 Pink in Paris"

AUTUMN LUST LIST

It's inevitable every year--temps drop, we trade our swimsuits for layers, and order up Chai at our local coffee shops!  True HauteShotCool girls really shine at this time of year as layering can be quite the challenge!  

Below is a roundup of a few of our favorite coveted Autumn looks!  A bold lip, Acne Studio Jeans, catlike eyes, Leopard print always, and more!  

XO Mol

LADY GAGA Concert & Why You Should Be a Concert Goer

CONCERT

I'm going to LADY GAGA tonight at Wrigley Field in Chicago this evening.  I'm excited.  I've been excited for the last 6 months.  It was one of those concerts that I heard about after her Super Bowl Half-time Show and immediately said "I'm getting tickets and actually going".  Not saying I'm going to--but actually doing it.  I want this concert that badly, because for me, I always have intentions of going but never follow through or never really care enough to want to spend money or figure out the logistics of getting there, beat crowds, surviving standing in the sea of people, paying for overpriced drinks, using gross bathrooms or worse, port-a-pots.  However, this concerts I'll do all that for.  GaGa is that good to me.  

Which made me realize that all the concerts I've actually gone to have all been burned into my memory.  I can remember specific details like what I wore, who I was with, how I felt, what the weather was like--it's all put into a little concert capsule waiting for me to revisit anytime I want.  Which makes me very happy that I didn't pass on that concert and makes me want to not on any going forward.  Will we really remember that other thing we did instead of going to a concert? Probably not.   

Everyone at some point is asked what their very first concert was.  Usually it's the most special and had I'd know it at the time I would have made it a really big concert but for me it was THE WALLFLOWERS not Bob Dylan but his son's band.  It was epic!  I was 14 and was with my three siblings and two cousins in Des Moines.  I remember how beautiful the sky was and how wonderful Jacob Dylan's voice was as it boomed through the speakers all around us.  I felt like I was on top of the world--all grownup with my siblings by my side!   

Book those tickets.  Go to the concert.  Buy that damned concert T-shirt!  Pass it down to your teenager someday and tell them the story that will be so vividly etched in your mind.  Then take them to their first concert or at least make sure they make their first one epic!

XO Mol

MET GALA 2017: People, Fashion, and Decor

We were already big fans of the 1st of May.  All childhood we celebrated with pretty paper handmade baskets filled with flowers and smiled offering up a "Happy May Day" to everyone we crossed paths with.  In our adult lives knowing that The MET GALA falls every year on the 1st of May is just another annual event to look forward to with anticipation--even if we are just watching via television.  Although, we're pretty sure we'll be receiving our invitation from Dame Anna Winter for next year's.

This year, they honored Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo with an exhibition entitled “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between.”  We've curated a few of our favorite Red Carpet looks below.  

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Met Gala Entry Hall