Ashley Greene's New Dark Love

The New York fashion Week, branded as the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in 2009, occurs in February and September of each year and is one of the major fashion weeks held around the world along with those in Paris, London and Milan.

This September, the lean, mean modeling machines stomped it out to strut their stuff, courtesy Chanel, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein who were a few of the ‘Goliaths’ against some fresh ‘Davids’ such as newcomers, Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzzara, Prabul Gurung and Jason Wu (whom we all know is a fashion favorite of First Lady, Michelle Obama).

While all eyes were on the supermodels who were busy setting the fashion trends for the coming season, my irises were zoomed in on the red-hot (or black-hot, rather) Twilight starlet, Ashley Greene who killed it in a jade-toned strapless satin dress for the Donna Karan Collection show. She paired her frock with multicolored satin pumps that would surely make any girl go green along with a sleek-side pony tail.

Now the reason why I said black-hot, was purely due to her dangling black pearl earrings which gave her satin dream dress, a subtle touch of vintage chic. It’s no secret that black clothes are the most slimming but black jewelry, my sweets, is the most daring. Ask Ashley who seems to be on a black bling spree. Last week, during the 2010 MTV VMAs, she had donned a white and black lacy strapless mini with intricate lace bodice from Giambattista Valli along with Jimmy Choo heels.

But what amped the romantic look were her jeweled cuff and drop-dead gorgeous platinum drop earrings from Lorraine Schwartz’s Ofira collection which were made of, wait for it - BLACK sapphires and diamonds! Now that punches STATEMENT in your face baby!

You need not go for the costly sparklers to rock the sexy black look in jewelry though. Black onyx, bohemian glass beads and jet-colored cubic zirconia, which looks like black diamonds, can bring you the same ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ at a fraction of the cost and also define unorthodox urban glamour.

You can choose to go pure raven or merge black stones with other colors such as red, blue, pink and brown. Mix up many black bangles along with a silver bracelet or you can even steal Ashley’s New York Fashion Week look and wear pearl earrings that feature black as well as brown (or white) pearls.

Ashley isn’t the only one who’s going black. Heidi Klum wore a black diamond necklace mixed with rubies at the 2010 Emmy Awards while Lea Michelle accented her navy dress with a dark mesh diamond necklace at the same event. And one can’t ignore the darkened metallic look that’s all the rage amongst the fashion divas. With the stars emerging in dark and mysterious black bling, I think it’s pretty safe or rather dangerous to say that BLACK is definitely the new black this season!

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Star Wars: Gwen Stefani vs. Miley Cyrus

Gwen Stefani sang to us in ‘Sweet Escape’ that she had been a real bad girl & Miley Cyrus struck her own bad girl chord by singing that she couldn’t be tamed. We totally understand their brutally honest musings after seeing their identical dress-up drama of Shredded t-shirts from Obesity and Speed which could have landed them in jail (in the land of high-fashion of course).

The front of the tee can be excused but turn the crooners around and you would find yourself gasping for oxygen and asking – Is it a cobweb? Is it a sweater attacked by a cat’s nails? Is it a bird’s nest? Well I can tell you it certainly isn’t Superman! I can hear the car siren of the fashion police already.

Miley chose to complete her so-called rock star look with a blue cropped camisole, paint-splattered skinny jeans and Frye boots, back in January whereas Gwen opted for a more casual style and wore her striped version of the *ahem* t-shirt along with baggy harem pants and a bright blue bra a few days ago.

Yes, we understand your need to bare your emotions ladies but not all this skin for the love of Gucci! But let’s move on to safer waters, ignoring the backside of the tops now, shall we? Jewelry. Gwen went all white with a neat stack of numerous bangles on each wrist but Miley drove the opposite way with a few goth-black chunky bangles and rings en suite.

Vital jewelry fact: When thou art going for the rebellious raggedy look thou should combine thy rags with less raggedy looking bling. Therefore the Sweet Escape singer and mother of two surpassed the 17 year old face of Hannah Montana. But who do YOU think pulled off this style better? You, the jury will decide. For now, case dismissed!

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