Pink Rock Candy – Top fashion trends, news and shopping of 2010

As the fashion industry moves more toward sharp lines and strong shoulders, all I want is a soft dress that will make me feel pretty.

Clockwise from left to right: dress by 3.1 Phillip Lim, $315  •  dress by Forever 21, $23  •  dress by Purple Label, $39  •  dress by Sarah Seven •  dress by See by Chloe, $277

I found the most amazing acid wash denim skirt at this vintage store near my old house last week. When I saw it I knew it needed to be part of my wardrobe. What girl doesn’t want a high-waist acid wash denim skirt?

I think it will be my answer to the ever-present cut-off shorts— I’m so tired of that trend. If acid wash denim is a summer must, then this is the best way to rock it.

Excuse the cruddy mirror shot inside a store. Apparently, my entire family has shaky hand syndrome because every picture they took of me was blurry.

p.s. Happy Memorial Day!

I know it’s not even summer, but Fall/Winter ’09 collection hoopla will be upon us before we now it, yikes! Get ready for the madness. I preparing by lusting over this amazing studded Marc Jacobs bag aptly named the ‘Wrath Bag’.

I recently bought my first tube of red lipstick— “first” meaning not borrowed from my mom— and, I really think I’m falling for the look. I know makeup is supposed to lighten up with the summer, but I’m never one to do what I’m supposed to do. I think I’ll stick with this shade for awhile because it makes me feel saucy.

Tank, Necklace, Jeans – Forever21  •  Vest – H&M  •  Bracelets – Various, Lipstick – Rimmel “Temptation”

It is no secret that weight is an ever present issue in the fashion industry not to mention life. For years, the industry has been criticized for promoting and/or ignoring the issue of the ever-diminishing waistline on the runways and between magazine covers, but it seems the Voguettes are fighting back with vengeance.

Not only can Vogue editrix Anna Wintour be seen, in an outtake from her 60 Minutes interview, likening people she saw in Minnesota to “little houses” while referencing the stereotypical obesity said to be an epidemic in middle America— sort of cliché Winnie— but Teen Vogue’s Editor-In-Chief, Amy Astley also comments on the skewed commentary on weight issues in the June 2009 Editor’s Letter:

“Teen Vogue, like many fashion magazines, takes heat for photographing thin models. Guilty as charged— professional models are nothing if not tall and absurdly lanky… I am not the only person in the fashion industry who thinks these girls would be even more beautiful with a few additional pounds on their bodies. But outrage over even the boniest of celebrities and mannequins seems to obfuscate the more urgent and widespread story about Americans and weight. Only 1 percent of women in this country are anorexic…[while] one in three U.S. children and adolescents are either overweight or obese.”

Am I saying that Wintour and Astley are right and we’re concentrating on the wrong issue? Absolutely not. We’re complex beings, and I’m sure we can take down two issues at the same time. Furthermore, I question the credibility of the info given by Astley. The statistics may be correct, but you have to look at exactly what she’s comparing. She says, “only 1 percent of women in this country are anorexic.” What about other eating disorders, and what about men and children. Also, she says, “one in three U.S. children and adolescents are either overweight or obese,” but what about the obesity rate in adults?

I’m not trying to under mind her initiative, but I’d simply like all the information because I personally go back and forth with the weight issue. On one hand I can see how lithe models can give us normal folk a skewed perception of what a “normal” body looks like and what is beauty, but at the same time I can’t help but wonder if pandering to the anti-size-zero-models crowd is taking the focus off the fact that we live in a would-you-like-fries-with-that world and nine times out of ten the answer is, “Hell yes! But, give me a diet soda, I’m watching my weight.”