Margot Tenenbaum post featured in IFB's Links à la Mode

My Fictional Fashion Icon post about Margot Tenenbaum was featured in Independent Fashion Bloggers' Links à la Mode feature this week. Thanks so much, IFB.

Here's what the feature looks like.

No matter how many trends sweep through the fashion world, the timeless looks of fashion's most beloved icons are always in style. This week's Links a la mode gives a nod to iconic visionaries and brands--both old, new and on the rise. Can you think of anyone else you'd rather hang out with... or have in your Google+ circle?

LINKS À LA MODE: AUGUST 4TH

A Prettier Place: Jean Paul Gaultier • Retrospective

An Old Story: The 90's Are All That

Best of Bklyn: Giving Back Fashionably

Castle Fashion: Shoe profile for All Saints Heels

Cosmolawlitan: The Kate Effect? Fashion Icons and Their Influence on Consumer Behavior

DignityZine: Iconoclass: Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. Get the modern day look for under $100!

Dress Code: High Fashion: Inspiring fashion since over 50 years: Alfred Hitchcock`s blondes

Dressful: It's not WHAT you wear, it's HOW you wear it

Fashables: So... I think She's a Model

Fashion is Evolution: This new installment of my favorite feature (Fictional Fashion Icon) is all about Margot Tenenbaum.

Fashioned by Love: Fashion legend: Jeanne Lanvin

Fumiko Kawa: [inspiration] Alexander Wang F/W 2011 shoe

Heather Fonseca: Balenciaga and Spain

Her Majestys Glam: How to: Make-Up Like Marilyn

IFB: Google+ for Fashion Bloggers

Kyoto Maiko: The Absence of Ivy

Lady In Lycra: Everybody Talks About My Blog. A tribute to my new fave t-shirt

Simplyfrabulous: Shoes and art, when a heel become a "chef d'oeuvre"

Sometimes Almost Always: LA DJ Fashion

Style Ceviche: The beautiful Sasha Pivovarova

SPONSOR:

Shop Style at Shopbop: Lyn Devon, Olcay Gulsen, Zac Posen, DKNY, Velvet, MK Totem, Adam Lippes, Oliver Theyskens, & Alexander McQueen.

PLEASE READ IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE

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Sexy side slits: sexy or skanky?

First things first: this is my 100th blog post. I started the blog in July and since then it's been visited by over a thousand people from all over the world (just this week, I've had visitors from Bahrain, Croatia, and Finland, among other countries). I have to say I've been amazed at the following I've gained so far and I want to thanks all of you for reading. I hope you will continue to read and comment with your thoughts and suggestions. Now, onto discussing this latest controversial trend.

Sexy side slits (alliteration much?) have been cropping up on the red carpet lately, and not to my delight. I'm all for thigh-high slits in skirt. I think it's super sexy. For example, Angelina Jolie looked incredible in this Versace number she wore last week at a Tourist premiere.

However, when a slit slides down a woman's entire side, including her hip (showing explicitly her missing undergarments), the whole effect is just a little to obvious for me. Rather than looking sexy and confident, the woman in question just looks like a porn star.

Exhibit A: Jessica Stroup

Exhibit B: Gwyneth Paltro

And Gwyneth of all people usually looks so elegant and classy. What on earth convinced her that that dress would be a good idea?

Compare if you will Gwyneth's dress and Angelina's. Both are a lovely winter white, both sport seasonally-appropriate long sleeves, both have a sexy slit, but only one looks elegant and classy.