Style Nostalgia: Lauryn Hill + Italian Vogue

For this week's Style File, I decided to do a bit of a throwback on one of the decade's most beautiful women...
...Lauryn Hill.
She might be a little sad today...
...but don't front, in 1998, she was the hottest for her talent, beauty, and cool neo soul style that's still relevant today.
For red carpets she wore signature jackets in bold colors and prints:
...balanced out by tops and bottoms in solid standard colors.
She kept it casual in very subtle long dresses in neutral colors:
...worn with or without glasses.
For photo shoots, she stayed polished in one shoulder tops or halters worn with bold jewelry:
See, one shoulder tops are timeless!
Want to replicate her throwback look?
Start with some cool jackets:
1.Fashionista Brown Cropped Jacket, $180. 2. Soia & Kyo Cotton Belle Empire Jacket, $235.
Throw in a few maxi dresses:
1. Day Birger et Mikkelsen Maxi Dress, $240. 2. Alice + Olivia Double Strap Maxi Dress, $276.50. 3. Armani Exchange Dip Dyed Max Dress, $98.
And don't forget accessories:
1. Les Prairies de Paris L'impromptu Choker, $210. 2. Argento Vivo 6 Hammered Sterling Bangles, $72. 3. ASOS Sterling Silver Diamond Cut Hoops, $25.
Smootches!

Fashion, News, and What Nots

*Ever wonder what happened to her? This article seems to have all the details. [Let's Talk]
Just for fun, some throw back viddys:
Ready or Not:

Doo Wop:

Everything is Everything:

And for my old heads, the beginning of it all:

*In this week's Thursday Styles, Cathy Horyn talks about the all black issue of Italian Vogue, photographed by Steven Meisel...
She says, "In a reverse of the general pattern of fashion magazines, all the faces are black, and all the feature topics are related to black women in the arts and entertainment. Mr. Meisel was given roughly 100 pages for his pictures. The issue will be on European newsstands next Thursday and in the United States soon after." And it will be in the Fashion Bomb Shop soon after ($20 + s&h Paypal Only). Get ready!
Oh and a few scoops: Toccara (from ANTM) will grace a few pages. And Liya Kebede, Naomi Campbell, Sessilee Lopez, and Jourdan Dunn have been pegged for the cover.
Mr. Meisel is quoted in the conclusion of the piece saying, "Here’s this exquisite girl...What don’t you get? She’s a beautiful woman. There was no trick to it.” EXACTLY! We get it, don't we??
Read the rest of the article here. [NYTimes]
*Fashion Week Daily says that Michelle Obama is now in fashion.
She's been in fashion at the Fashion Bomb for quite some time! Check her Style File from January '08. Yes we can!!!