From My Closet To Yours – Styling Tips By Kristin

Not to sound like a broken record, but…. I just finished ordering my t-shirt of the month from Style Mint, and wanted to let all of you who don’t know about Stylemint.com, in on those amazing Olsen twins latest retail adventure .

It’s affordable, easy and hand-picked for your very own fashion style. Just $29.99 a month gets you the t-shirt of your choice, simply pick the one that screams “you” from a selection of tee’s sent to you each month. If you don’t vibe with any of the selections they send you, either wait to next month or look over a few different yet equally enticing choices .

You’re probably asking yourself, “How do they decide what to send me, my tastes aren’t like everybody else’s? Osmosis?” Actually, it’s much easier than that. You start by answering a few questions about your fashion sense which helps the twins decipher your style, then every month you will get a selection of 4 t-shirts tailor chosen with you in mind.

There is no obligation to buy, but at  the low price of $29.99 and chic, fashionable tee’s to choose from, I am sure you will want to. This month I choose the printed tee - I am almost not crazy (kinda fits my personality). Above are my 4 tee’s for the month of September. Join stylemint.com today and find out what your tee’s will be.

Clockwise from top left corner: I am almost not crazy, Newberry, Rush and Mulholland tees.

The Met Gala – “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”

The Met Gala, the fashion world’s biggest party, took a sentimental journey inward celebrating the opening of the new exhibition “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty”—a look at the life and work of the visionary designer. Savage Beauty is on display now till July 31, 2011 at  The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In his honor, the museum was decorated like a beautiful, romantic English garden with heather and wildflowers lining the great staircase, towering trees and hedges sprouting from the halls, and pots of garden roses and peonies haphazardly placed among glittering votives on rustic wood tabletops. There was even a replica of a 30 foot oak tree in the Great Hall, reminiscent of those on McQueen’s property in Sussex.

Lady Amanda Harlech, in black Chanel, offered, ” Where else does one see this much McQueen all at once? “British weddings, funerals, and AngloMania”—a reference to the 2006 Met Ball, the only one McQueen attended. His date then was Sarah Jessica Parker, who walked the carpet this year in a dress from his Fall 2005 collection. “Reluctant to be social” is how she described her friend. “He didn’t genuflect in the traditional way,” she added.

Some of the other attendees wearing McQueen were Daphne Guiness, sporting head to toe feathers with her trade mark aplomb, Gisele Bundchen, in a scarlet strapless satin gown with a voluminous train Naomi Campbell in a white, ornate fringed gown and Karen Elson wore the gold McQueen gown that she originally walked the Paris runway in 10 years ago.

Perhaps Madonna summed it up best when she paused along the stairs to offer her take on the departed man of the evening. “He was kind of shy. But he had a naughty side to him,” she stressed. And what if he was here for the little carpet ride that began with Friday’s royal wedding and was in full flight this night? Madge had an answer for that one, too. “He’d say something completely politically incorrect and just breeze through.

Besides McQueen the night was full of beautiful dresses designed by many talented designers, Stella McCartney and Calvin Klein Collection making the strongest showing.

Clockwise from top left: Ashley Olsen in Vintage Christian Dior and Van Cleef & Arpel Jewelry, Liv Tyler in Givenchy Haute Couture and Fred Leighton Jewelry, Karen Elson in  Alexander McQueen, Diane Kruger in Jason Wu and Van Cleef & Arpel Jewelry, Zoe Saldana in Calvin Klein Collection and Platt Boutique Jewelry, Amber Valletta in Stella McCartney and Fred Leighton Jewelry.