Mellow Yellow

If there is one color you should try to incorporate into your wardrobe come spring, it's yellow.  I saw a yellow dress on pretty much every runway for Spring 2012 but the fashion flock were wearing yellow on the street during fashion week.  It's a collection of my favorite looks including Anna and Vivianna shot by Tommy Ton above.

Derek Lam

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Marni

Tommy Ton

Carolina Herrera

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Carolina Herrera

Tommy Ton Paris

Oscar de la Renta

Tommy Ton for GQ

Peter Som

Tommy Ton

Moschino

Tommy Ton

Marni

Tommy Ton

Moschino

Tommy Ton

10 Crosby by Derek Lam

Nanette Lepore

Phil Oh for Vogue

Tory Burch

Ines de la Fressange

Magnificent Moroccan Mosque

After just one day in Morocco, I can see why so many designers and artists would be inspired by this beautiful country.  Most flights land in Casablanca so we took time to visit the famous Hassan II Mosque before driving to the Mazagan Beach Resort.  The patterns of the marble, tiles and metalwork could inspire me for years to come.  The Hassan II Mosque can accomodate 25,000 and is the second largest in the world after the one in Mecca.  It sits on the sea and the light plays beautifully off of the minaret.  We were not allowed to tour inside but I can only imagine even more amazing treasures are beyond its magnificent bronze doors.  

Photos by Heather Clawson for Habitually Chic

The House of Luck

One of the places that we aren't visiting in Morocco is Tangiers, the birthplace of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.  These photos are of one of his homes that was sold after his death, Villa Mabrouka which means House of Luck.  It's a melange of Moroccan influences and a little chintz that refers back to the home's original owners.  Even though we're not going to Tangiers, I am excited to visit the country that Yves Saint Laurent loved so much. Hope it brings me luck too.

Off to Morocco!

I'm off to the airport to leave for my trip to Morroco.  (For those of you who subscribe, I will probably have landed in Casablanca by the time you read this.) I'm extremely excited and only mildly nervous, mostly about the withdrawal symptoms that I am going to suffer from not being able to use my Crackberry.  I had planned to tweet in real time during the trip but AT&T doesn't have an International data plan for Morocco.  I will only be able to tweet from my laptop at the hotels so I don't risk obscenely expensive bill when I return.  On the plus side, it will mean that I can be truly present and enjoy each moment in Morocco without distraction.  I'm even thinking of taking along my colored pencils and a sketch book.

I am beyond grateful to have be invited on this amazing trip that has been planned to the nines by the Tourism Board of Morocco and the HL Group. Since it is a press trip, we will be introduced to many places that I might not have visited on my own.  After arrving in Casablanca, we will head to the seaside port of El Jadida and stay at the Mazagan Beach Resort.  The next day we travel to Oulidia, Safi and Essouira where we will stay at L'Heure Bleue.  We will visit an Argan Oil cooperative run by women in Agadir, a saffron harvest in Talouine, and the walled city of Taroudant. In Agadir, we stay at the Hotel Atlas Kasbah before it's on to Marrakech where we wil be staying at the Four Seasons. I'm most excited about shopping in the souk and visiting the Jardins Majorelle and the Ben Youssef Medressa.

I have a feeling this week is going to fly by and I can't wait to share my experiences and photos of the amazing architecture when I return.  Not sure if I will look as chic Talitha Getty above did in Morocco in 1969 but I sure am going to try! Later skaters!