HEIGHTS of FASHION

Gisela's Giambattista's!

Ever since I saw Mary Kate wear these killer "Victoria" Giambattista Valli platforms (named after Victoria Beckham) to the designer's party in 2008 I immediately needed them in my life! Thank god for Century 21!

 

I have no idea when I will wear these or even how but dam they look good! So I figured let me have a lil' fun trying to build an outfit around these at home where it's safe, these shoes are a definite hazard..lol.

As seen on the Spring 08 runway

and again in Fall 08!

 

Here's MK wearing the heck out of them!

This is a snapshot from youtube of supermodel Iman on the set of Project Runway Canada. I styled her for the show last summer and when this famous Giambattista dress (previously worn by Charlize Theron) and Victoria shoes came in the mail I was overwhelmed by the beauty of both!

 

Blurry pic but I love the side view of the shoes :-)

 

With my Valli's I wore a Valentino feathered top and H&M skirt, studded collars from Loehmans Dept. store.

 

Btw, major YSL sample sale in Chelsea last week and I scored these!I purchased extras to sell on ebay too.

YSL Stretch silk panel corset belt: buy it here

 

Leather hat from Fall 07: buy it here

YSL iPod case. I don't own an iPod but I thought it'd make a cute lil' purse..maybe?? lol

Hope you enjoyed this posting! I haven't posted in a while but I hope to do more updates more often. Thank you all for reading us and we'd love for you to join our contest!! see previous posting :-)

xoxo!

Gisela & Maury

Images: style.com, youtube, myfashionlife.com

Who's Your Girl Crush Contest!!!

Finally, we are hosting our very first Heightsoffashion Contest!

Kate Lamphear, Emmanuelle Alt, Carine Roitfeld, and Kate Moss have always been personal IT FASHION ICONS for Gisela and I, and a million other people. But today, we decided to show you guys which IT girls are revving our engines today! Their style speaks to us and inspires our daily lives.  

My number one girl crush has to go to the petite Russian Harper's Bazaar Editor, Miroslava Duma. She is only 24 yrs old and already taking over the helm at Harper's Bazaar Russia. I've been admiring her for quite some time, and although her style most of the time is clean, feminine  and polished,  she has a quirky urban and adventurous side to the way she dresses. She has the greatest Hermes bags at all times! Kimora watch out, this girl is about to have more bags than you, LOL. We love the way she dresses because you can easily see that she dresses based on how she feels that particular day. She can go from a Chanel Jacket, Hermes bag, YSL trousers, and Valentino blouse to a NYC Hoody with Denim shorts and tons of jewelry. I mean who would've thought of pairing that NYC hoody with some luscious mink, only Miroslava!

Next up is Gisela's fave, Fashion Stylist Catherine Baba! She is absolutely eccentric and has such a great personal style that we love. I love how unexpected and non-driscriminating she is when it comes to her attire. For her, anything goes and she has no rules to follow. I love her accessories, from the head wrap turbans, to her vintage belts, to her fabulous statement shoes. What we love about Catherine is her use of juxtaposing different textures, fabrics, vintage and designers together to create a look that is her own. Gisela is in on the hunt to find a similar silk robe like the way she has in the pics below and I think she's found it on ebay!

 

 

Not only is Vanessa Trania rich, famous and daughter of Romance Novelist Danielle Steele, but the girl has style! We love the Givenchy's muse raw edge rock and roll urbanite style. From her Balenciaga and Rick Owens leather jackets to the Proenza Schouler corset tops, and Givenchy Hardknock open toe booties. She is a a'u naturel when it comes to dressing up. She reminds us of Kate Moss but a little bit more urban and raw.

 

 

Parisian model Leonor Scherrer takes the icing of the cake! She is absolutely unapologetic with her style and is going to show you Masculine/ Dominiatrix/Edgy Glamazon Style!As soon as you see this woman you already know that SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS! She would be the muse for my defunct lingerie line, VAGIN POUVOIR which stands for VAGINA POWER in french! This woman has all the pussy control anyone can ask for! Her style is very strong and powerful and there is no turning back when it comes to dressing up, she is going to give u a statement and will be absolutely bold! We love her use of black, leathers, fur, and statement shoes!She is also one of Ricardo Tisci's muses at Givenchy!

 

Please let us know who is your "Girl Crush" of the moment!These are the rules:

-Send us a picture of your girl crush to heightsoffashion@gmail.com
-Tell us why she inspires you
-And lastly we ask that you be innovative with your choice. We all love Lamphear, Alt, Moss and Roitfield but we'd love for you to introduce us to somone new!

The contest will end 10 days from now. Gisela and I will choose the winner based on the submission that bowls us over! The prize will be this lovely silk Versace neckerchief!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.

Please enjoy and be safe trick o' treating!

 

XOXOXO

Maury and Gisela

Images: cyanatrendland.com, hapsical.blogspot, citizencouture.com, tfs, sartorialist,jakandjil, sweatybettypr.com, tinypic.com

Gisela's Cleaning Out Closet..Again!

Hi Everyone! Sorry I've been MIA lately, so swamped with baby duty but since Maury's super busy this weekend, I figured I'd make a little time to post. I've been selling like crazy on ebay! Since I'm a stay-at-home-mom, this helps me feel like I'm somewhat working, lol. Below are some amazing shoes I have for sale.

This is what I  wore yesterday. Just took a quick pic and I turned out looking like La Loca Lindsey, lol! Sporting a Charlotte Russe tweed, biker jacket, F21 fringed pants and Marni booties.

EBAY ITEMS FOR SALE!

Azzedine Alaia size 9.5

Christian Louboutin "Helmut" Sequine Pumps size 9

 

Chloe size 8.5

Marc Jacobs size 9

D&G Dolce &Gabbana size 9

Juicy Couture size 8

 

Michelle K size 9

 

Zara size 9

I came across this scintillating spread of Ana Beatriz Barros in a recent GQ issue and I loved it! I truly love the styling! The leather, lace and plaid is so unexpected.

Painting The Town Black!

Last weekend Gisela and I had a full weekend of activities. Gisela attended a wedding and my sisters and I decided to spend some quality time together at one of our fave restaurants Pio Pio. After the wedding and dinner Gisela, along with her wonderful sister-in-law Yumna, and I met with our dear friend Mohammed. He invited us over to the Bowery Hotel in the Lower East Side. We had a blast!

I don't know what we were pointing at, but we were having a great time walking around Soho, wearing all black as usual.

Here we are outside the Bowery. He knew the secret password to get in, lol!

 

Having fun talking about everything and everyone.

 

Gisela is wearing her Amazing Rachel Roy Goddess Draped Dress with Givenchy Knocks and thrifted Belt. Her body looks amazing, doesn't even look like she just had a baby.

 

Check out the Cuffs, the white beaded one Gisela brought it back as a gift from Bali and the pointy one I got it in Costa Rica. I love how they look paired together. I am wearing vintage silver rings bought in antique shops.

 

Gisela was trying to get me drunk! She treated us to Patron shot, hard core tequila, her fave. 

The girls! My super cool sis-in-law on the right :-) Which happens to be the biggest fan of our blog! Shout out to you Yums!


I am wearing my Banana Republic Balenciaga-esque Jacket with Jbrand Jeans, Vintage Sparkly boots, and vintage studded top.

The dress looks amazing from the back, looks like a paparazi shot!

I wanted to leave you with some yummy eye candy of Lil Jake. He is getting ready for Halloween...isn't him the cutest thing ever?

Have a great weekend everyone.

XOXOXOXO

Love Maury and Gisela

What We Wore This Weekend

Gisela and I met on Saturday to take in Isabel Toledo's "Fashion Inside Out Exhibit" at the Museum at FIT but much to our chagrin it had been replaced by the "Fashion and Politics" exhibit. Nevertheless it was a pleasant exhibit. It's "a chronological exploration of over 200 years of politics as expressed through fashion." We finally got to see Catherine Malandrino's iconic flag dress, which was worn by Halle Berry and a few other celebs in commemoration of 9/11. I must say I was hugely disappointed because Isabel is one of my true idols but Gisela had a nice surprise for me to make up for missing the exhibit. She bought me Isabel Toledo's new book as a belated birthday gift! I was on cloud 9!

Earlier that day, we had just finished viewing some of the new collections at home and after viewing Balenciaga's I was inspired to wear my Rachel Roy rain coat because it reminded me of Nicholas' new hooded vests. I paired it with my new PHI motorcycle boots purchased last week at their sample sale.

Gisela loved the Isabel Marant collection and she wanted to put a little something together to pay tribute to the reigning queen of cool by donning an old Just Cavalli mini along with her trustee Zara blazer and her mom's old vintage slouchy boots.











Hope you all had a great weekend! We are working on our "give-away" contest so stay tuned!
xoxo!
Maury & Gisela

Images: style.com

PHI we love you!

This past Friday, Gisela and I went to Soho on a mission to find a sofa for my livingroom. I had a couple requirements: sofa had to be extra comfort, elegant, have nailheads, and if I am lucky some tufting. We went to numerous stores in Soho and many designer shops. I wanted something by the end of October too, but it was hard finding a couch that met all my requirements! How demanding I was that day, but this was a big investment and I wanted to be really happy about it.  I didn't find anything that would me all my requirements and delivered by the en of October...so I was a little unhappy about that. Gisela made it all up by taking me to the PHI Private sample sale that Friday.

At the PHI Sale,  we found some amazing stuff but only came out with accessories. I bought some motorcycle boots and Gisela bought some amazing boots for $50!  She also got an awesome pink/nude corset belt for $25. Here's a pic of what Gisela wore that day. I was under the weather so I will not include pics of me on this posting, but you can see the cute boots I bought, they are very simple but so comfy. 

Gisela wore a Martin Margiela white leather vest,F21  tank, sequined scarf (which was a piece of fabric left over from a dress she had tailored), BEBE Sport Sweatpants and her new Phi Boots.

I love the details on these boots! You can wear them numerous ways! U ROCK Gisela! I can't wait to see what else she wears with them :)

Here is a pic of the boots I purchased that day for a steal! 

We personally always been a fan of PHI and this collection suits our style to a T! Below are some of our favorite looks from Spring 2010. We can't wait to get our hands on those bandage pants, embroidered and studded jeans, knit ethereal tops, corseted bra tops, boyish jackets, and corseted dresses. Great job Andreas Melbostad we also love your color palette of White, Black and soft Tans! 

We are still lusting over the Creepers from Fall 09! Funny thing was that we went to one of our favorite consignment stores in NYC,  Ina Consignment store in Soho. Just two minutes before we got there,  some girl snatch a pair of the Creepers for a mere $500! They were in Gisela's size too, oh bummer! Pic below is from Jak and Jil. 

Its officia! I finally moved in to my apartment after gutting most of it and revamping it. I am still working on  my walk-in closet. Still have to redo the walls and eliminating a putting all the shelving. . It's all a work in a progress...here you can see a mini pic of my shoe and boots collection. This is not the way I will organize them as this is not the room they will be in. Most of my shoe and boots collection are still in boxes.  Sorry about the lighting...I shot this around 1AM.

Here is a sneak peak :)

BTW, Saturday I decided on a sofa and ordered this one from Zgallerie. Can't wait for Ms. Comfy Pauline to enter my home.

 

Next week we will have our first ever Contest! This is our way of making up for the fact that we haven't been as active on the blog scene as we'd like too. We are so excited and can't wait to have the first Heights of Fashion contest for all our lovely readers! Stay Tuned !!!!!

XOXOXOXO

Maury & Gisela

PHI Runway pics from Style.com

We're Still Here, LOL!

Sorry for the lack of postings and commenting guys. We've been super busy and overwhelmed. Maury with two jobs and me with a growing baby that needs constant attention. Here are some quick pics on our last day of fashion week.

Maury's wearing a vintage chiffon top, Brave corset belt, mesh leggings over AA snakeskin leggings and JC Campbell boots. Gisela wears Dolce & Gabbana long sweater, f21 tank, Balmain motorcross jeans, Sam Edelman platforms and fedora from Urban outfitters.

We ran into our favorite stylish boys: fashion stylist Rogelio Burgos a.k.a Fernando, and menswear designer David Puerta.

Maury and I goofing off in the Heights!

We will try our best to post new stuff soon! Maury's taking over the blog and she will showcase her new apt. along with her amazing new closet and incredible vintage pieces she owns!
xoxo!
Gisela & Maury

More NYC Fashion Week Pics!

We loved the Gottex show! We posted some of our fave looks here.

Maury seated at the show wearing her self-designed peplum, studded, silk-lined vest! There's quite a lil' story behind this piece but I will let her tell you.

Gisela making her way to her seat wearing an ebay purchased studded, denim shirt with Manolo Blahnik for Rachel Roy heels.

We loved the crystal embellishment on the headband!

  
Loved this sequined parka! The reflection reminds me of NYC skyscrapers at night.

Fellow Dominican model Sesilee Lopez in this gorgeous gem encrusted one-piece.

The new face of Estee Lauder and Dominican model Arlenis Sosa. The coral detail is so luxe!

Black tulle, jersey and sequins all rolled into one make this a lil' hot "Jessica Rabbit" number!

This is one I would describe as "Sci-fi Prada."

Kane Manera of recently defunct soap "Guidling Light." Yummy!

We then headed to the Blogger's Party, which we were late for, therefore couldn't see the  panel discussion but we finally got to meet Nini and Hahn, who are super cool :-)

We also got to meet Lynn of All Things NYC, Thumbelina Fashionista and accessories designer Wendy Brandes. Aren't these ladies super chic and gorgeous?1 Lynn's wearing Lanvin, Thumbelina's wearing Miu Miu and Wendy's wearing a vintage, 1980's Patrick Kelly design!


Wendy's self-made rings!

Enrique & Charles of Fine and Dandy Shop.They look so polished!

Gilda of Queen Gilda. Love the shirt!! LOL

Here' we spotted blogger Style and Beyond in a gorgeous green dress!

Dream Sequins was there too (far right) and you guessed it, she was wearing sequins!

We arrived super late at the Avril Lavigne - Abbey Dawn party but managed to chat with Andrew from THINK PR who cordially invited us to the soiree.

Here's a close-up of Maury's wicked vest.



We have one more post about NYC crazy fashion week, after that, it's back to us sharing our fun outfits and interesting tidbits with you!
xoxo!
Gisela & Maury

Nicholas Kirkwood Party & More NYC Fashion Week!

We were invited to a party for Nicholas Kirkwood at the Tribeca Grand Hotel and it was the perfect opportunity for me to wear my brand new pair of Kirkwoods that have been sitting in my closet for over a year!

I raided my mom's closet and found this mesh bodysuit  which I wore under a fishnet top she had stored in her closet. I paired it with an F21 skirt and my Kirkwoods. Maury's wearing her mom's vintage Alexander Wang look-a-like dress from Sp09 and F21 fringe booties.

  
Maury and I having some fun!
 
 

 
 

My gorgeous younger sister joined us!
 
 
So many cool revelers like this girl wearing Issey Miyake.
 
 
 
  
Kirkwood close-up.
 
The next day, while Maury finished up working on her fabulous apartment, I hit the tents in a Bebe Balmain knock-off number and Carvela Wedges, which the iconic Bill Cunningham took pics of.
 
Taking in a show.
 
Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe.
 
Wall Street Journal writer Terry Agins.
 
Mariece Claire Fashion Editor Nina Garcia. My bro took a picture of us together but it didn't come out, argh! I was soo disappointed :-(
 
Designer LaQuon Smith! He made this incredible cut-out bodysuit himself and check out how he paired them with Prada heels! love it..btw, I lost his info, yikes! If anyone knows his blog address, please let me know.
 
 
LaQuon's crew!
 
 
Love this look!
 
My brother Joel. I'll be taking him to some modeling agencies soon, I think he's got potential. What do you guys think?
 
No-holds-barred fashion!
 
Me exiting the tents, so tired!
 
PS: Yours truly was shot for Marie Claire UK's "Street Style" section. Weird quality but I was still flattered :-)
 
Fashion week's almsot over, we're super tired but can't wait to post tons more pics and get back to all your lovely logs!

xoxo!
Gisela & Maury

Meeting Ms. Kate Lanphear!

Finally! We get to meet the woman's whose personal  style has inpsired thousands of fashionistas worldwide, including Maury and I! And to our surprise, she was super down to earth and incredibly humble.

Here we are at the Erin Wasson for xRVCA show.
 
 
A photo op with Mr. Joe Zee of Elle US was also amazing. We met last summer in Toronto when he was a guest for Project Runway Canada and he was still very down to earth and sweet.
 
Sport Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker and wife of famed tennis star Andy Roddick. I had styled her very first test in 2002 and I decked her out in Maury's designs. I still have the polaroids, maybe I will post them :-)
 
 
The super stylish Rumi of Fashion Toast was also on hand, her handsome bf photog took our pic.
 
xRVCA grand finale! We want every piece of this collection!
 
Ms. Wasson!

Before the xRVCA show, we took in the Costello Tagliapietra show at Milk Studios. Here I am front row.
 
Bruna Tenorio
 
Gisela wears Zara sharp-shouldered top, F21 latex leggings and MaxMara gladiators.
 
Maury wears Banana Republic housecoat, Marni top, J Brand jeans and DIY studded boots.
 
Stay tuned for more pics! Hope you guys are enjoying our coverage. Its fast and furious, lol!

Enjoy your weekend! We'll comment on all your blogs very soon!