GUESS & Marciano Fall 2013

GUESS & Marciano Fall 2013 has the street style you're looking for, from Madison Avenue and Central Park to Spring Street. This season you'll find abstract, animal paisley and leopard prints and pops of jade, red and blue amongst classic colors of black and grey.  A lot of the mix and match lace, tweed, brocade and denim separates are already on sale to add to your city chic wardrobe.

- Kim Weling

GUESS Eyewear Collection Benefiting Susan G. Komen

Show your support for Breast Cancer Awareness with GUESS Eyewear's limited edition collection of women's frames benefitting Susan G. Komen. Through July 31, 2014, $5.00 will be donated by Viva International Group to Komen in connection with the sale of each specially marked GUESS sunglasses or optical frame, with a collective guaranteed minimum donation of $25,000 to support innovative breast cancer research and global programs. Each pair will also come with a custom collaboration case, box, lens, cloth and pamphlet detailing the partnership.

The limited edition sunglasses offer a playful mix of classic glamour and luxurious femininity. Featuring oversized cat eye and modified square shaped acetate frames, the GU 7276 and GU 7277 are available in black over pink in honor of the signature breast cancer awareness color. Details include pink rhinestones in a metal triangle plaque, a capped GUESS logo, and the breast cancer awareness ribbon on the outside temple tips. The frames are out of stock on GUESS.com but are also available at GUESS retail stores.

Each frame in the women's optical collection benefiting Susan G. Komen features handmade acetate temples in black over pink in honor of the signature breast cancer awareness color. These limited edition styles such as GU 2396 shown above feature the collection's signature pink rhinestones on the temples and the breast cancer awareness ribbon on the temple tips.

Summer 2013 Eyewear Trends from William Rast, Marciano, Guess, Candie's, Gant and Harley-Davidson

With fall season a few weeks away, it's a great time hit up those summer sales and stock up on accessories such as eyeglasses and sunglasses. William Rast, Marciano, Guess, Candie's, Gant and Harley-Davidson are some of the diverse fashion eyewear brands developed by Viva International Group develops. Here's a look at some of this summer's eyewear trends, including animal prints, color blocking, rhinestone accents and retro styles. William Rast is one of my favorite brands, especially when it comes to eyeglasses. My summer pick is WR 1069 in a two tone plum color, with an oval, cat-eye shape. This is more like a bordeaux/wine color to me, which is a popular color for fall. The WR 1069 is a classic style that can be worn all year round.

- Kim Weling

GUESS & Marciano Spring 2013

GUESS & Marciano Spring 2013 feature pastels, florals and stripes. The Marciano collection also includes a nautical theme with a mix of red, white and navy. It's easy to dress up your look with an embellished piece, like the beaded collar blouse or beaded skirt. For GUESS, you'll also see abstract dye dresses, bleached denim shorts and floral printed denim. Check out some of the spring sales going on at guess.com!

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- Kim Weling

GUESS Eyewear's First Shades of Summer Playlist

GUESS Eyewear presents their first ever Shades of Summer Playlist! This Summer, jam out to 5 favorite artists of the moment, hand-picked by GUESS Eyewear just for you! These tracks by The Hood Internet, The Knocks, Vacationer, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, and Penguin Prison are perfect for Summer listening while traveling, lounging by the pool, or dancing out on those hot nights! The playlist will launch Friday, July 20th and will be able to be downloaded with any purchase of GUESS eyewear on www.guess.com through the end of August.

TRACKS:

The Hood Internet – One for the Record Books

The Knocks – Dancing With The DJ

Vacationer – Good As New

Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Garden

Penguin Prison – Multi Millionaire

If you're in the area, check out these GUESS store events coming up in Miami and Chicago:

MIAMI EVENT DETAILS

Event: GUESS Eyewear Shades of Summer Playlist In-Store Debut

Date: July 20, 2012

Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location: GUESS Store @ 736 Collins Avenue

Musical Guest: The Hood Internet

About the event: The first event of the day is an in-store celebration of the debut of GUESS Eyewear’s Shades of Summer Playlist in Miami’s GUESS store. There, The Hood Internet will be DJing and attendees can get a card with a free code to download the playlist with any purchase of GUESS Eyewear.

CHICAGO EVENT DETAILS

Event: GUESS Eyewear Shades of Summer Playlist Celebration and Kick Off to Lollapalooza Weekend

Date: August 2, 2012

Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location: GUESS Store @ 605 N. Michigan Avenue

Musical Guest: The Knocks About the event: To kick off the Lollapalooza weekend, GUESS Eyewear hosts an in-store celebration of the debut of GUESS Eyewear’s first Shades of Summer Playlist in Chicago’s GUESS store. There, The Knocks will be DJing and attendees can get a card with a free code to download the playlist with any purchase of GUESS Eyewear.

GUESS Fifth Avenue Store Opening

On February 17th, I ended my fashion week festivities by stopping by the GUESS flagship store opening preview at 575 Fifth Avenue at 47th Street.

The 13,000 square foot, two story location includes the women's collection on the first floor and an elevated runway showcasing an expanded assortment of all GUESS accessories, including the European jewelry collection, sold exclusively at the Fifth Avenue flagship location and GUESS Accessories stores. Dresses, additional women's apparel and the full men's collection are located on the second floor.

Guests enjoyed great hors d'oeuvres, champagne, candy station, music and a $100 gift card to get them started with their GUESS shopping!

- Kim Weling

Guess Soho Boutique Re-Launch Party

Lydia Hearst on the scene with a BYSOG clutch


Michelle Trachtenberg

Lydia Hearst and Michelle Trachtenberg

Amber Rose

Kelly Bensimon

Selita Banks

Phillip Bloch

On July 22nd, Marie Claire and Michelle Trachtenberg hosted the re-launch of the Guess flagship store on Broadway between Prince and Spring. A portion of the evening’s proceeds benefited Trachtenberg’s charity, Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and injustice.

With a $5 donation to Oxfam America, guests were entitled to 20% off their purchases. Even if guests didn’t make a purchase that evening, they received a gift bag with a $5 donation to Oxfam America. The gift bags were so worth it, containing Bumble and Bumble grooming crème, Buxom mascara, Demeter Fragrance Library bath and shower gel, Decleor moisturizer, philosophy cleanser, ESSIE nail polish, Marie Claire magazine, $20 Guess gift card, magnets, perfume samples, wristband and Loyalty Program card, Godiva chocoiste and completely bare gift card. Bare Escentuals was also supposed to be included but they must have run out since I didn’t get my bag until the end of the night.

Celebrity attendees included model-actress-socialite Lydia Hearst, models Amber Rose and Selita Ebanks, Real Housewives of New York's Kelly Bensimon and celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch. DJ Harley Viera-Newton was spinning the beats.

As I wandered around the store, I did see a charcoal heather cardigan that I liked with stud details at the wrist, and two pairs of jeans in particular, one with studded leather cross back pockets ($158) and the other with rhinestone cross back pockets ($108). Cute selection of shoes too! It’s been a long time since I’ve shopped anything by Guess. I think Phillip Bloch said it best when he said people should ‘stay true to their own style’. Guess may not be for everyone but I was able to find a few pieces there to add to my shopping list.

- Kim Weling