Cinco de Mayo!

Happy Hump Day, and Happy Cinco De Mayo?  Is anyone heading out to a Mexican restaurant tonight for some chips, salsa, guac and margs?  If you do, dress yourself in style!  Be colorful and spice up an outfit with pops of color.  Just because it is Cinco De Mayo, doesn't mean you need to don a sombrero and a burlap sack.  You can be just as festive with pops of color and a skinny girl margarita in your hand!  Laugh, have fun, say hola and muchas gracias, and look good while doing it!

Today, on Luckybreaksonline.com, you can find our La Jolla Dress (black with a gorge side ruffle).  Perfect for tonight and for those nights you spend dancing til 2am!  Originally, the dress retails for $115, but with a little luck, and the promo code "lucky4", you can have the La Jolla dress for 40% off the retail price.  Gotta love a Lucky Deal!

Costume Institute Gala 2010

Last night the star's graced the red carpet in New York, while coming out to celebrate the 2010 Costume Institute Gala.  There was plenty of leg (we're looking at you Gisele and Blake), and plenty of neutral tones dresses along the lines of gold and creams (Biel, Parker and Hudson).  As always, there were hits, misses and oy vey's.  Here are our highlights, from our favorites to our least favorites.  And here we go....

Best Dressed Nominee: Sarah Jessica Parker in Halston Heritage

Parker looks stunning and fashionable (per usual) in her Halston gown.  Her bronze tan offsets the champagne color of the dress, and the pleating is gorgeous.  The flower is a nice added accent to the entire ensemble.  She looked ethereal and similar to a mermaid washed up on shore.  Kudos, SJP.

Best Dressed Nominee: Blake Lively in Marchesa

The leggy 20-something blonde is one of the only stars who can pull of this micro-minidress.  Lively does it, and does it well.  She has perfected the slicked back, just-came-out-of-the-pool look, and honestly, she looks sexy and classy.  Quite a feat.  Although her dress is short, her gams are toned and tanned, and the girl looks hot.  The ruffles on the dress remind me of coral reef, which goes well with her hair.  Lively continues to turn heads and make fashion statements on ever red carpet she appears.  Fashionable, indeed.

Best Dressed Nominee: Gisele Bundchen in Alexander Wang

Another leggy blonde, but this time, an actual supermodel.  Gisele can literally wear a paper bag and people would ask where she got it.  Her body is banging, and this fashion risk turns out to be a fashion hit.  The black leather and the fringe are edgy, and when she is paired with her hunk of a hubby, Tom Brady, the two look so perfect together, its magical.

Best Dressed Nominee: Emma Watson in Burberry

This fresh-faced star looks peaceful in her white one-shouldered Burberry gown.  She certainly has made a name for herself, not only in the Harry Potter films, but also as the face of the new Burberry campaigns.  Yes, the same ones I fawn over for their gorgeous grecian-inspired pieces and the puff-sleeved lavender trench.  Watson is someone to be watched in the future, as she shows her fashionable self at launches, premieres and events.

Best Dressed Nominee: Sienna Miller in Emilio Pucci

 At first I wasn't sure how I felt about this dress, but it's her sparkly eyes and adorable look that make me love it.  Sienna is always pushing buttons and making people wonder what she's thinking with her off-beat fashion style.  I love the plunging neckline, probably because I can never pull it off, and how her hair is a little messy and a little styled.  The entire look works, and to top it off, she's back on the arm of Jude Law!

Honorable Mentions:

A little off, but I weirdly like Chloe Sevigny's Proezna Schouler modest dress.

Kerry Washington looking absolutely flawless in a red Thakoon for Gap asymmetrical gown.

Hudson revealing plenty of leg and (new boobs?) in a Blush colored Stella McCartney gown.

Not quite right...

Looking more light a highlighter than a fashion statement, Katy Perry doesn't quite hit it as she shows up in a CuteCircuit gown.

She could have done better than this!  Carey Mulligan goes for a too-casual look in Miu Miu.

Ruffles and the bow...not the best.  Rosario Dawson fails in Giambattista Valli.

What does January Jones think she is?  Part super hero (gloves and heavy eye make-up) and half iron gate, this look was not the talk of the carpet.

Weekend Recap & Intermezzo

If you're in the New York area, stop by the Intermezzo trade show!  JLee Silver will be there under the Susan Greenstadt Showroom.  May 3rd-May 5th...come see us!

StyleChicago.com's FashionChicago 2010 event was a huge success.  Thanks to everyone who came out to support JLee Silver.  We had three racks of clothing from Spring 2010 and Fall 2009, and we found some new loyal customers.  We munched on sushi appetizers, sipped SmartWater and Fuze drinks, and danced to the Dj's tunes.  It was a great spring night, and fashion was in the air.

If you're looking for a place to purchase your next JLee Silver pieces, look no further than the Gold Coast.  Head to Sofia Vintage on 72 East Oak Street for JLee and an eclectic mix of vintage finds from the girls at Sofia.

Check out this great article write-up about JLee Silver on Lady and the Blog.
http://www.ladyandtheblog.com/index.php/2010/04/26/jlee-silver-offers-chic-comfort-and-ease/