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Fab Style Challenge: Create a Soft and Feminine Spring Look
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Fab Style Challenge: Soft and Feminine

We're smitten with the season's soft fabrics — chiffon layers, silk, delicate lace — and how softly romantic they feel in ladylike silhouettes.
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We're smitten with the season's soft fabrics — chiffon layers, silk, delicate lace — and how softly romantic they feel in ladylike silhouettes. Editorials, including these from Vanity Fair Italia, Marie Claire UK, and Elle Ukraine, highlight just how beautiful a feminine look can be. We want to see how you would style a feminine Spring outfit, using soft colors, fabrics, and prints. It's super easy and fun to style a look. Here's how:

1. Go to ShopStyle and sign up for a free account. If you already have a PopSugar account, no need to sign up.
2. Shop away. Hover over the item you want and click "Favorite" so it goes into your Stylebook.
3. Ready to style? Go to your Stylebook and click "Create a Look." Drag and drop the pieces you want. Make it look pretty.
4. Save it, then click "Share Look," then "Blog It."
5. Copy the code provided at the bottom of the page and paste it into a "New Post" while in raw html mode, not rich text, in the Fab Stylist of the Week group. Include the name of the challenge in your post's title so we can see it.

Fab readers, let's see what you've got. Submit your look, and you may win our Fab Stylist of the Week!

Menswear Trend
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Girls Will Be Boys: Get Your Androgyny On With Menswear-Inspired Looks

The menswear trend has already hit big — remember Leighton Meester's recent suit-and-tie getup?
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The menswear trend has already hit big — remember Leighton Meester's recent suit-and-tie getup? OnSugar blog Dressing Up In Daisies tackles the trend and offers some super-chic options to help you get your androgyny on.

Lately I have been drawn to menswear inspired looks. I think it has something to do with my obsession with stylish men such as Johnny Weir and Brad Goreski. Or maybe it's just my fashion instincts predicting a trend for Spring 2011. . .

Either way, I'm becoming obsessed with little oxfords and blazers, and even fedoras and bow ties, too. Today I even bought a flannel button up and a striped sweater from the guys' department. Sometimes the girls' section simply just doesn't have what you need, and getting boyish pieces from the actual "boys" department is as authentic as it gets.

Want to see more? Follow OnSugar blog Dressing Up In Daisies now! Or start your own OnSugar blog. We may just feature your post on FabSugar!

Interview with Diane von Furstenberg at New York Fashion Week 2010 Fall Collection 2010-02-15 16:13:39

Interview with Diane von Furstenberg on DVF Fall Collection

Diane von Furstenberg takes a moment to talk about textures and trends on the Fall 2010 catwalk.
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Diane von Furstenberg takes a moment to talk about textures and trends on the Fall 2010 catwalk. The new collection is inspired by the current runway trend of menswear tailoring but is counterbalanced by super feminine pieces. Moving beyond her signature prints, her show at New York Fashion Week was just a taste of her most ladylike line to date.

Ten Sweet Spring Things To Break You Free From That LBD
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Ten Sweet Spring Things To Break You Free From That LBD

We don't know if it's the recession or the cold weather that has us feeling in a bit of a fashion slump but we know what will help us break free from it...some summer tunes and new spring deliveries.
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Ten Sweet Spring Things To Break You Free From That LBD

We don't know if it's the recession or the cold weather that has us feeling in a bit of a fashion slump but we know what will help us break free from it...some summer tunes and new spring deliveries. If you feel like you've been wearing a little too much black lately or have been cultivating that angular, no-frills side of yourself a little too well--these ten spring things should balance you out in no time. 

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Get in Gear: Cannondale Mountain Bike
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Get in Gear: Cannondale Mountain Bike

For some women, going for a hike isn't done by feet alone.
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For some women, going for a hike isn't done by feet alone. Mountain biking is fun and hard, and great if you love the challenge of getting up a mountain, but hate how your knees hurt when you're running back down. If you're in the market for a new mountain bike, check out the Rush Féminine from Cannondale.

Despite the name, there's nothing girly about this tough, ride-wherever-you-want bike. It's great for off-roading because it's lightweight (the frame only weighs 5 lbs) yet easy to control.

It's able to get up steep climbs, has precise steering capabilities so you can maneuver around tricky terrain, and it can break confidently (which it extremely necessary). Plus it has superior suspension, so when you're on a bumpy trail, it absorbs the bounce.

I love that it doesn't look like it's for women either, because this bike is tough. Just because we're women, doesn't mean we ride like girls (although I used to do endos into piles of leaves when I was girl...but you get my point).

Fit's Tips: If you're not sure how a bike is supposed to fit, check out this post.