0 83rd Annual Academy Awards: Who Wore What? Mila Kunis in Elie Saab Couture Spring 2011

Mila Kunis in Elie Saab Couture Spring 2011

Tune in to TV Guide's Academy Awards Fashion Wrap tomorrow at 8pm est/pt to see what I thought!!!

0 Nick Verreos Predicts 2011 Oscars Red Carpet Fashion on Today In LA: Weekend Morning News Show!

A "Red Carpet" Saturday Morning...

Nick Verreos, Today In L.A.: Weekend News Show NBC-LA

This morning, I got up very early (5AM!) to shoot another LIVE morning TV segment--this time with one of my FAVORITE Weekend Morning News Teams at the NBC-LA "Today In LA: Weekend".

I just LOVE the always professional and very dapper Ted Chen and his co-anchor, the GORGEOUS Andy Adler. Seriously, I could talk to them for HOURS! Alas, I only get a less-than-five-minute segment...at 7 AM!! But in the words of Tim Gunn--I "made it work"! I threw on my Dad's blue-and-white paisley-printed bow tie that he gave me years ago (yes, he did!) , my Levi's skinny jeans and Zara jacket and Voila: Ready for my Saturday Morning TV Close-Up!

NBC-LA News Anchor Andy Adler and Nick Verreos, "Today In LA: Weekend" News Show

Last time I visited Ted and Andy, I was discussing my predictions for the 2011 Golden Globes Award Red Carpet fashions and I was happy to be invited back--as the Official Spokesperson for the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM--as well as a Red Carpet Fashion Designer--to give my "Nick Predictions" on what we might see at tomorrow's Oscars Red Carpet, using some of my NIKOLAKI gowns as examples.

Click Below for the Full Segment--in case you weren't up this morning on your way to your 7AM Yoga Class or getting your Saturday (very) early morning Starbucks:

0 TV Guide Academy Awards Fashion Wrap Rehearsal Snapshot: Nick Verreos, Tabatha Coffey & Paulina Porizkova...and more!!

TV Guide Oscars Coverage Sneak Peak...plus Good Day LA Snapshot!

FAB Sandwich: Tabatha Coffey, Nick Verreos and Paulina Porizkova

It's Academy Awards Weekend... and yes, kids, I am in major Oscars Mode!!! TODAY, my day began as I had a Wake Up call at 4AM to be at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM "19Th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design" Exhibition in Downtown Los Angeles to film LIVE TV segments for FOX-11 Los Angeles Good Day LA Morning News Program beginning at 7AM.

Nick Screencap: Nick Verreos on Good Day LA, FIDM "19Th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design" Exhibition

Then, after filming my Oscars Costume Exhibition segments, I rushed over to the TV Guide Network Studios in Hollywood and finally met my "TV Guide Academy Awards 2011 Fashion Wrap" gals: The INCREDIBLE Tabatha Coffey, DIVA Hairstylist and Star of Tabatha's Salon Takeover and the SUPERMODEL of all Supermodels, the one and only Paulina Porizkova! They were both AMAZING and we had a BLAST at our first official "TV Guide Oscars Meeting" today! Seriously, I felt like I had known them for YEARS!!!!

We will be together Sunday--along with our Host Chris Harrison, Mark Istook, Maria Sansone, and Carly Steel, reporting LIVE from the Kodak Theater on TV Guide's Academy Awards Red Carpet Countdown and Red Carpet Show which begins at 2PM Pacific/5PM Eastern.

And of course, our TV Guide Academy Awards Fashion Wrap--hosted by Miss Daisy Fuentes-- will be on Monday Night, beginning at 8PM/7PM Central--Don't Miss It!!!

And...Check out one of my Good Day LA segments that I shot THIS MORNING from FIDM's "19Th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design" Exhibition:

Oscar Costumes on Display at FIDM: MyFoxLA.com

0 Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011: Gucci, Prada

Anjelica Huston, 60's/70's Chic, Chartreuse, Fuchsia, Croq-skin and YSL Mondrian Dress References...Ciao Milano Fashion Week!!!

Fall According to Frida: Gucci Fall/Winter 2011

Gucci Fall/Winter 2011:

Is The Train to Florence Here?: Gucci Fall/Winter 2011

It's Milan Fashion Week kids. I discussed my Highlights of NY Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 these last couple of weeks as well as Madrid and London Fashion Week Postings HERE and HERE. And so the fashion catwalk continues...For Gucci's 90th Anniversary (90th!!!), Designer Frida Giannini went 70's Glam showing PLUNGING necklines, lots of luxe fur, flowing silk chiffon "Disco" dresses, culottes, silk half-circle skirts and Fedoras. The models can only be described as having a Can-Someone-Tell-Me-Where-My-Driver-Is Attitude that looked chic, effortless and yet Bitchy at the same time: Love it! Colors were no-holds-barred VIBRANT: Chartreuse, bubblegum pink fuchsias, deep violets, lipstick reds. You want Black,? Look somewhere else girls.

Giannini said she was inspired by Anjelica Huston, among other things. I can see it: The Styling and look of the collection reminded me of the Style Icon, especially from a 1970's "snapshot" of her with Jack Nicholson; the slicked hair, the red lips, the I-just-threw-this-on fur...that decolletage! Here are some Highlights...including the Shoes and Purse You Need To Have, come this Fall...

Campari and Soda: Gucci Fall/Winter 2011

Oops, that's my leg: Model Chanel Iman in Gucci Fall/Winter 2011

Milano Disco: Gucci Fall/Winter 2011

Python Fierce: A covered Pump, Gucci Fall/Winter 2011

T-Strap Princess: The Strappy heel of the Season from Gucci Fall/Winter 2011

Bag DIVA: Gucci Fall/Winter 2011 mini-bag

Watch FULL Gucci Fall/Winter 2011 Runway Show:

Prada Fall/Winter 2011:

Color Blocked: Italian Supermodel Mariacarla Boscono Prada Fall/Winter 2011

Miucca Prada unveiled her Fall/Winter 2011 Prada Collection, and of course it had all the Prada "stamps": Kitschy "Thrift Store Couture" looks, boxy 60's shapes, bag-lady chic prints and We-Need-To-Have accessories. It was all very Courreges-meets-Paco Rabanne in a way.

Marcia Marcia: Prada Fall/Winter 2011

Yes, there were 60's influences, but there were also 1920's "Amelia Earhart"-meets-early 70's looks a la Marcia Brady looks as well, with those drop-waist dresses above and below...

Drop-That-Belt: Prada Fall/Winter 2011

There was also an overt nod to THE Master: Yves Saint Laurent, and his iconic 1965 Mondrian dress above.

Also evident in the just-unveiled Prada Fall/Winter 2011 Collection: Lots of Croq-skin. In luxurious colorful drop-shoulder boxy coats as well as...

These ankle-grazing shoe-boots that EVERY Fashion-Girl will risk not paying her next months rent for. I would! Just sayin'

Fish Scale Cocktail: Prada Fall/Winter 2011

For evening: Neon colors and over-sized paillettes and long fuzzy fur. As is usual with the House of Prada, there were NO GOWNS, but that doesn't mean that we might not see one or two Custom Prada Gowns at the Academy Awards Red Carpet this Sunday!

And finally: May I show you THE Must-Have Prada Sunglasses for your next trip to the Italian-Swiss Alps this coming Winter. Time to put my early order in! Watch FULL Prada Fall/Winter 2011 Runway Show: