Inspiration Board :)

Credits: Sara Remington (2), Love Life Images (2), Dollface Studio, Millie Holloman Photography, Zoeica Images.com, A Bryan Photography, Suthi Picotte

Credits: Suthi Picotte, A Bryan Photography (2), A Bryan Photography, Amanda Kraft Photography, Suthi Picotte, Meg Baisden Photography, Corbin Gurkin, Tanja Lippert

This is a bit of what I have been working on over at Style Circle. The top one is my personal collection of pictures I would love to create off of for my wedding, and the bottom two are just awesome photos I found!

If you haven't noticed, all the boards have sort of the same feel, and more or less, the same color scheme. I guess I am not good at going outside my box!

Velvet Leaf

I love this indie designer! The use of bows is just phenomenal. Her site is just full of items in all different categories from tops, to jumpers to jackets.

Check it out!

Newest designer

We are very happy to welcome the newest designer on aspiringcouture.com!

Mahtab Azimi

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Jewels

This picture was her inspiration for the above earrings. Love that she shares that so you can get a better concept of the jewelry piece!

Each piece is gift wrapped in these cute boxes!

I just love this jewelry designer! I love how she uses the wire to wrap around the jewels, and how she uses inspiration to create each of her pieces. Each piece is gift wrapped in these cute boxes.

Check out her website (which is adorable by the way) and her Etsy Shop to purchase.

Does Size Matter?

I have wanted to touch upon the subject of plus sizes because whether we want to "believe" it or not, it is definitely part of the fashion industry and something that we can't just our backs to. Today we have Karol from Plusologie writing for us! Plusologie is blog discussing plus size fashion and she recently launched her clothing line as well! And now, for her...

SIZE DOES MATTER!

Ask any plus-sizer looking to wow friends at a class reunion or any high school teen looking to simply fit in. The fashion industry has advertently made size matter when it comes to style.

Size doesn't decide who has style and who doesn't; that daunting task has arrogantly been decided by the apparel industry that has long voted plus-sizer's off of the fashion island. It's much harder to have style when you can't even find stylish clothes in your size thus your less likely to see visuals of all the fabulous plus-sizer's who have managed to trump to the top of esteemed Style recognition though all the elements of the apparel industry are constantly working against them.

Usually when we see someone and say,” Wow, she's got a great sense of style." What we are ultimately saying is, "Wow, I'd like to look like that." And unfortunately, the forerunners of the apparel industry, most laughingly referred to as Regular sized, are reluctant to give stylish plus-sizer's their recognition for fear that being plus size is contagious. Some even feel that it's a crime to be plus sized. They’re not going to reward that kind of behavior with any positive mentions and further go on to believe that providing stylish plus size clothing is just promoting an unhealthy lifestyle. Which is basically saying, "You are so fat that you don't deserve to even try to look good because you’re hopeless!" Isn't that niceeee, just peachy!

So not only do stylish plus-sizer's have to put up with size discrimination, they also have to succumb to be evaluated by the fashion industry that is both judge and jury. Let's face it, on a grand scale, fashion editors and publishers decide who has style or not. To all those fashion editors and publishers who continue to not show editorial pages of plus-sizer's looking stylish, confident, and full of beauty from head to toe ... Your putting out a message that says, "This club is restricted, you need not apply!", Hmmmm, and I thought that was now illegal.

Writer: Karol from Plusologie.

What do you think?
If you would like to submit a post about plus-size fashion send it over to me at aspiringcouture@gmail.com.

Ahh....Cakes

Have I strayed Wedding Wednesday away from "aspiring designers" enough for all of you? I guess I just get carried away with it all the beautiful wedding stuff. Hopefully you all enjoy it as well, because this is just so fun for me.

My search for cakes all started when I kept seeing cupcake wedding cakes. I wondered if people actually did that, and if this new trend was actually a good idea. I mean I just love cupcakes, but for a wedding cake? I just don't know about that.

I started off by looking at traditional wedding cakes. I love these ones, very classic!


My two fave circle cakes are below!


As much as I love the above cakes, I have always been one for a square wedding cake. I think they look incredibly chic.

(I love this one beyond belief!)

The next two I found are not traditional "square".

AND THEN - I came across square cupcakes! And honestly, who does square cupcakes like ever? So, this is definitely an incredible idea, and look at how amazing those square ones look!


While we are on the topic of square cupcakes, I found these which are just darling. I don't know about "wedding cake" material, but maybe a bridal shower or something. Still, these ones are great too.Ok, so I started looking out for cupcakes and found some equally cute ones. I love that each would have a little cake topper, and you can always put a mini cake for cutting, etc.



The good thing about cupcakes is that you can get a bunch of different flavors, colors, etc. which means you have a little bit more freedom to create exactly what you want.

So what do you think?
Cupcakes or traditional cake?

Us Trendy

I was recently introduced to a new site, Us Trendy. This is a great tool that young designers can use to get themselves out there.

Each week Us Trendy has a competition featuring a bunch of designers. People can go on and vote for their favorites each week, and the winner gets $100!

Us Trendy is a way for designers, models and artists to gain exposure, but at the same time it is a place for fans to choose the next trends!

All of these talented designers won fashion competitions on Us Trendy and have now gained more exposure by putting their name out in the fashion world! Go vote on your faves over at Us Trendy, you will have a blast exploring everything their website offers!

Out of the Ordinary

Grouse and Badger

DMD Metal

I love these jewelry finds because they are unlike anything I have seen before. Creativity truly comes out in all forms.

A scene of a subway? In an earring? That's awesome.