Royal wedding overload, did Americans really care?

There is no doubt that the English know how to throw a wedding, the recent coverage of the most eloquent and truly the most beautiful royal wedding, or as many media outlets titled it as “the wedding of the century,” was the most arguably covered wedding. American people complained that the media flooded the news outlets with nonsense information about the wedding and most of them expressed on how much they did not care about it, and they had good reason to. Yet, the news stations would argue that the statistics of viewership and mentions on social media show a different report, since pretty much that is all they care about in the end.

According to neilsen.com the total number of American’s who watched the wedding was an estimated 22,766,469 million people. Yet, in a recent poll done by the New York Times and CBS News only 6 percent of Americans, have been following news about the wedding very closely and only 22 percent are following the wedding somewhat closely. There was a disclaimer in the poll and well they are not always accurate but 6 percent, which is definitely not a lot of people caring about the wedding.

The weddings coverage was done by 11 networks according to neilson.com; this is eight more stations that covered the wedding compared to Prince Charles and Camila Parker Bowles. It is doubt that 11 stations really needed to cover the wedding, since the wedding was constantly shown throughout the day, wasn’t there other news that needed to be covered?

The wedding was broadcast in American early in the morning while a lot of people were asleep. Many decided to sleep in and watch it later on their recording devices, which was a good decision. Therefore, there was no need to have a five to six hour segment on the wedding, since most of it was the commentators speaking about Kate Middleton. It was hard to turn on the television or go on the internet on the day of the wedding without hearing about it. Facebook and Twitter had constant feeds mentioning the wedding in some way. The day of the wedding, Twitter and Facebook showed record numbers of people using social media to talk about the weeding, yet www.whatthetrend.com list the royal wedding at number seven on the week ending April 29. The wedding did not even make it to the top five, funny to mention that it did not even beat out Justin Bieber fans who trended the teen pop about the wedding.

The main question to ask is why American news stations were giving so much attention to the wedding of two people? It seems that in order to justify the coverage news stations titled it “the wedding of the century.” It was pretty sad how much it was mentioned in the news outlets day in and day out, for the past months since their engagement, when it really was not breaking news.

CNN reported that they had an average of 1.66 million viewers the morning of the wedding, stating that it has been the biggest audience since the 2008 president election.
News stations would argue that if they were the only ones not showing what the people want to see they would lose out in the ratings, but aren’t news station supposed to be showing the news, such as, the earthquake in Japan, and the tornado destroying the airport in Saint Louis, Missouri? I understand that we live in America and the society is infatuated with celebrity news because that is what people want to see, but there should be a line or a limit to entertainment television compared to news. Maybe if people paid more attention to what is going on out there in real life they would car more and actually put time in to make a change; instead of just complaining about it on social media outlet.

It boggles the mind on how the news media outlets thought that Americans really cared about the wedding. In the same New York Times poll it said that 4 out 10 women above the age of 40 were interested in watching the wedding and men pretty much did not care. Sadly to say is that these facts show that not only do women still dream about the fairy tale wedding, which the royals put on, but cared to see a wedding which was not their own or of anyone they knew. Many of these women it would be safe to say, were around during the time that Princess Diana was married to Prince Charles. Also something to add is that she has remains the most popular royal to date according to the New York Times, and that fans of the royal family still remember Princess Diana fondly and wanted to see her oldest son marry.

Many American’s breathed a sigh of relief when it was all over, and mostly likely even cheered two days later, actually they did cheer, when the whole country shifted its news coverage to the death of Osama Bin Landen. Now there is a whole different kind of news that is flooding the news stations and it does not have to do with designers, guest list and “the kiss.” Now it seems that viewers do not have to go through something like this again because it was the “wedding of the century.”

Photos were taken from Google.com

Sorry for my absents

With school finally over and my last final taken last Thursday, I am officially free! I will have an abundant amount of time in my hands for the next few months. I have decided to keep up my blog and your interest in fashion, beauty and summer.

I will also start up a blog for when I am out in England studying fashion, the culture, and the people. I can't believe that I will be living in weather that will not permit me to wear short or a tank top. I have never experienced living in such cold weather before in my life, let's say, it will be a huge diffence in my life.
This was taken right before I took my last final and after having a beer at the Nugget on Cal State Long Beach campus.

Well now that I have hopefully caught your attention back let's, get back to talking about fashion trends. I am always open to constructive critisism and to questions.

Ring ring bell bottom jeans

1970's has been said the be the decade that fashion forgot, but for this years fashion trend from chunky platforms and the whole boho chic look is making a come back. Don't forget to get your self a pair of bell bottom jeans. You can wear them with a variety of tops as seen on these celebrities on the right.

The extreme flair jeans are ones that make any body type look good. Women with a curvy body will neutralize those curves and women who wish to look more curvy will.

Check out these retailers that carry these groovy pants.

Express.com has these Rerock flare leg extended tab jeans, priced at $98. These pants go so well with a fitted shirt and chunky platforms as seen the model wearing.

7 forallmankind.com has these

Vintage California flare jeans priced at $198. When you wear these style of jeans make sure to try them on with some heels that are similar to what you will be wearing so they wont drag when you walk in them.

Nordstrom.com has these CJ by Cookie Johnson priced at $198 in a dark denim. The jeans have a high waits and two buttons with welt pockets.

If your looking to add some flair to your wardrobe get yourself a pair of these fun, stylish and flattering for any body type.

Photos were taken from Nordstrom.com, 7 For All Mankind.com, Express.com and Google.com

Fashionable beanies

With the cold weather still on going in many area of the country, many celebrities have been spotted wearing the beanie, bringing it back to a fashionable must have. In order to stay warm and in trend here are a few that will keep you noggin nice and toasty and stylish.

The most popular one to wear is the slouchy beanie, which is usually crochet and it takes over your head and rest/slouches at the back.

As seen to the right some celebrities are even wearing them while on a night out and dressing them up.

This Pins and Neddles one can be found at Urbanoutfitter.com for $18. They carry it in this cream color and in a mustard yellow.

You can find this Billabong Lulu Grey Lurex beanie on Zumiez.com for $19.95. It is knitted with silver and grey yarn and has three buttons on the rim.

Honeysuckle the color of 2011 is already making a splash

At the end of 2010 Patone decided that for 2011 the color for the year would be a happy cheerful bright color; Honeysuckle. This pink/orange color has been making its splash all over the fashion runways and has already been seen on many celebrities.

The color is a great for any skin type and if you don't feel like you can take on the bring color for a full outfit there are many accessories that are out, which you can pick up to add some color to help complete your look. With a color like this you have to make sure you minimize the colors or accessories you wear it with.

Check out this Juliette Bag by Dooney & Bourke. This bag is priced at $165. It makes a great spring and summer bag to carry around.

Xhilaraton by Target has these cute ballet flats, priced at
$13.98. You can pair these with jeans, a flirty dress or a cute skirt.

Forever21 has these ankle strap pumps with a flower decoration on the strap. They are priced at $10.99

These short are by Stella McCarthy for Addias and can be found at Zappos. They are priced at $59.88. These are some really short, shorts you can work out in or just jones around in.

This cute and fun dress is by Costume National and can be found at Yoox.com. The dress is priced at $180. The dress has a plunging neckline, spaghetti strap and pleated skirt.

Go out there find something that fits your look and have fun with this bright and fun color this year.

Chunky on the outside equals more to love

Every woman wants to stay warm and cozy with winter in full force at the moment, and the rain continuously dropping. The chunky sweater is a great item of clothing that will satisfy your body's call for warmth and fashion.

These chunky sweaters are over size knitted, large pieces of clothing that can be worn while relaxing next to the fire place, working at the office or just braving mother nature's wrath of cold weather.



This sweater on the right can be found at Asos.com for $50. It is long sleeve with a asymmetrical button down front, and is carry in grey or in rose color.







Urbanoutfitters.com carries this one from the byCorpus line for $24.99. The sweater has long sleeves and a over size lapel collar that drapes down the front. It is carried in tan, black, red, and black and grey.

















Forever21.com has lavender color chunky cardigan in their fall collection. Priced at $27. 80. It has low slung pockets, no collar but a rib knit neckline. They also carry it in black.













AE.com has this knitted sweater on sale for $29.95 in olive green or blue. The sweater has a large collar that crisscrosses the front and rib cuffs and hemline.


These sweater can be paired up with your favorite jeans, leggings, tops or dresses. Have fun shopping and stay warm out there.



These pictures have been taken from AE.com, Forever21.com, Urbanoutfitters.com and Asos.com

Dazzaling Shoes

If your still looking for the perfect pair of shoes to wear for your New Year's outfit, here is the perfect style to add some dazzle to your look. These metallic shoes can be worn with any single tone dress such as red, black, white, even the gem tone colors.

These shimmering pump shoes have been seen in every top shoe designers line, from Jimmy Choo to Jessica Simpson.

These pumps can be found at Jimmychoo.com for $695. The heel is 4.8" and the platform is in a silver metallic color with a closed round toe. Even though the description says it is a bronze color it looks more gold in person.


Chinese Laundry.com has these glitter open toe pumps for $69 and can be found in various colors to choose from. The only thing is if they are really made of glitter, you are most likely going to end up with a lot of it all over yourself, so be careful when choosing shoes like these.

Ivanka Trump has her own shoe line that can be found at Macy's.com. These pumps are $125 and can be found in gold or silver. The shoe has a 4" heel that is a mirror metallic and a round toe. It doesn't look to have much of a platform which may cause some stress on your footsies.

These Jessica Simpson shoes can be found at Macy's.com for $79. The is a sling back pump that has a 5" heel and a platform of 4", which is good because it doesn't stress your foot too much. It is also unique with its pep-hole toe.

Hopefully this helps you find a great pair of metallic shoes to pair up with your New Year's dress, have fun and be safe where ever you may be. Happy New Year's 2011!