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Vivid Nepalese Textiles
2008-04-10 19:08:00 Women in Nepal line up to vote. When I went to the polls last month for the primary, I can assure you the line looked much more bleak.NYT More About: Textiles , Vivid
Sudanese Sartorialism
2008-04-10 05:52:00 My friend is working for an NGO in Sudan, where he took this picture. I'm totally fascinated by this woman's dress, but I can't figure out what the picture on it could possibly mean. Any ideas?
A Nomad in Jammu
2008-03-31 18:43:00 This woman is a nomad near Jammu . I feel I've seen this look on innumerable hipsters.Reuters
Should Annie Leibovitz Be Taken To Task?
2008-03-28 17:50:00 I know I posted on this a few days ago, but I'm still kind of stunned by it. It would take a great stretch of the imagination to believe that brilliant photographer Annie Leibovitz 's could produce such an offensive photo in a strange fluke. People had been comparing the cover to King Kong, but look at it next to this old racist propaganda. Look at the savage brutalizing the lily-white damsel. "Destroy This Mad Brute"?? My God, Leibovitz. I want an explanation.Source More About: Task
Fashion Don't
2008-03-17 23:54:00 This was ill-advised, but Hillary's advisers have been giving her consistently bad advice. More About: Fashion
New American Gothics
2008-03-16 16:41:00 I gave a presentation in my Career Development class on Thursday. The purpose of the presentation was to describe how the class had helped me focus on a career and develop my hireability by strengthening interviewing skills and my resumé. I decided to be a smartass, as is my wont, and give a presentation describing why I'm more suited to being a farmer than to pursuing a conventional career. I even interviewed a local organic farmer for the project and looked into summer internships on local farms and with organizations like WWOOF. (A few of my friends have "Wwoofed" around Europe and loved it.) My classmates chuckled as I said I was more comfortable with poverty and gritty hard labor than with powersuits, profiteering and cubicles. Too bad I wasn't joking.Well, imagine my surprise when I opened the Sunday Styles in my Times today to find an article called "Leaving Behind The Trucker Hat: Young urbanites, learning that dirt can also be soil, are using their overalls as o... More About: American
Ghastly Gams
2008-03-07 23:37:00 "A model presents a creation from designer Dino Alves Autumn/Winter 2008-2009 collection during Lisbon Fashion Week in Estoril March 6, 2008." - Reuters
Love it or Leave It?
2008-02-15 02:44:00 I've seen this outfit completely panned on other blogs, but I kind of love it.Not many people could pull this off without looking like death, but overall, Lily Allen looks sharp and very gothic femme fatale meets Brigadoon.Source More About: Love , Leave , Love it
Thought of the Day
2008-02-15 01:26:00 Iconic fashion photographer David Bailey (who has worked with Penelope Tree, Jean Shrimpton, Jane Birkin, Mick Jagger, The Beatles, Catherine Deneuve and Marianne Faithfull, to name a few) was asked by Guardian Unlimited what he thought of the UK's new curriculum which introduces children to five hours of culture per week (art, music, etc.).Bailey answered:I learned nothing at school. I didn't really go until I was eight, and I left on my 16th birthday. The only person I liked was an art teacher - a woman, of course - and she told me you couldn't put a line around things. I was amazed because that was all Walt Disney ever did. My real education came from reading and going to Hollywood movies with my mum - it was cheaper than putting another shilling in the meter.They never told me Van Gogh cut off his ear because he couldn't get it up; they never told me Caravaggio was the character he was. If they had, it might have been different - it was all too academic. I didn't discover P... More About: Thought
The 70s
2008-02-12 19:05:00 I've been watching Heidi Klum completely transform her look recently - and in each new picture, she seems to have embraced the seventies just a little more. But this picture tops them all. Here's Heidi in the new Sports Illustrated. Picture SourceI'm definitely leaning toward the seventies lately with massive faux-fur coats, big hair, ridiculous boots and way over-contoured cheekbones and eyes.
A Missive for Perez Hilton
2008-02-07 21:36:00 People who read this blog know that I've loved Agyness Deyn since I first posted on her on August 14, 2006. At the time, I wrote this about her: "...when you Google this girl there are only nine results. It won't be that way for long. This twenty year-old British model is destined to be the next big thing." For the following months, my blog was the first Google hit for Agyness Deyn.On August 27, 2006 I wrote this: "I have taken it upon myself to promote the hell out of Agyness Deyn. I first posted on her a few weeks ago when there were only eight Google results for her name. Now there are thirty-three."Well, that was one and a half years ago. Now there are almost 200,000 hits for Agyness on Google, because as all of us who love and keep up with fashion know, Agyness was definitely The Model of 2007, and maybe even 2006, depending on who you're asking.Which is why I find is very amusing that Perez Hilton , who often likes to claim having "discovered" people (like Robyn, who... More About: Erez
Zellweger, as Novak (again)
2008-02-07 20:23:00 In Down With Love, Renée Zellweger played Barbara Novak . Now she poses as Kim Novak in Vertigo for Vanity Fair's Hollywood Issue.I just watched Vertigo last week and was reminded that it really is one of Hitchcock's most beautiful films. Here's Zellweger, and here's a classic clip from Vertigo.Here's a montage accompanied by U2 (I'd mute it - the movie is better than the music). Keep your eyes open for Kim Novak's fabulous costumes.
J'Adore Jumeau
2008-02-07 02:46:00 I'm always looking for animal-friendly, eco-friendly fashions that are interesting to look at. So often the ethical product lines are, well, bland.I've been keeping my eye out for a new purse that is functional (I'm always lugging too much stuff - notebooks, a MacBook, textbooks), attractive (I'm underwhelmed by the gazillions of canvas totes I'm seeing), and vegan (if I can save an animal's hide, I will).So imagine how pleased I was to be introduced to Jumeau. I've just added two new bags to my collection from Jumeau's Green Collection, made of organic cotton.I got the Keri and Wisdom models - they're just the right size for a laptop, books... everything. - the color, Deep Sea Bloo, is a beautiful, lush marbled turquoise and navy with gold accents.
Quick Debriefing
2008-01-22 02:20:00 Hello everyone - I've been on hiatus (again) because what with the holidays, moving, obsessing over politics and overloading on classes, I haven't had much time to blog.Besides, the weather here in the Pacific Northwest is frigid and icy, so my sartorial leanings are all towards warmth and comfort rather than attractiveness.Today I took a walk to the local charity shop where everything was half off. I found a pair of Bill Blass, new with tags, extremely high-waisted jeans - I mean, two inches above the bellybutton high-waisted. I mean Farrah Fawcett in her heyday high-waisted. These jeans must be from 1976, and I have no idea why they've never been worn. They're spectacular, and I'll post pictures as soon as I can.Hope everyone's enjoying 2008. xoxo,Ailsa More About: Quick
Merry Christmas, again
2007-12-25 23:36:00 A Christmas gift from me to you. If you don't yet have a crush on James Marsden, watch him as Corny Collins in Hairspray and get back to me. (I got Hairspray for Christmas, so I'll be watching it this afternoon as I recover from obscene amounts of food.)Here's James Marsden chaneling James Dean, Dean Martin and a little Tommy Rall in GQ:Just Jared More About: Merry Christmas , Merry
Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, et al.
2007-12-25 08:38:00 Source More About: Christmas , Happy , Merry Christmas , Kwanzaa , Merry
Agyness, is that you?
2007-12-21 19:54:00 This is supposedly Agyness Deyn for Armani's new cell phone. What have they done to her face? Something's awry... her lips are way bigger, her eyes are wider... I'm confused.I know makeup is partly to blame, but why did they turn a fresh-faced, towheaded Mancunian into an exotic, Christy Turlington-looking bombshell? Why didn't they just use Christy Turlington?Source
Clan Destined
2007-12-20 08:31:00 With all the plaid around, I decided to look into my own connection with it. Like many people, I have a pan-European heritage, including Scotch, English, Dutch, Czech and French. My Scottish ancestors were from the Kennedy clan. I am named after the Scottish island Ailsa Craig and my name in Gaelic is Ealasaid. As a child I did Highland dancing (and thought I was alone till I found out my friend, La Femme, Highland danced as well!)The Kennedy seal - "Consider The End" (how ominous):And the Kennedy tartan:Does anyone else have any clan pride that they're willing to wear on their sleeve?Style, Elle More About: Clan
Belted
2007-12-18 22:51:00 Inspired by Marion Cotillard, I decided to add a red belt to my otherwise bleak outfit.
Berlin Beauty
2007-12-18 07:23:00 The Face Hunter caught this lovely Berlin er wearing the fur hat I talked about last week, and my favorite accessory: excessive gold. More About: Beauty
Style Icon of the Day: Rita Hayworth
2007-12-18 07:11:00 I give you the stunningly beautiful Spanish-American singer, dancer, actress, Margarita Carmen Cansino. If you haven't seen her in anything, I recommend Gilda. More About: Icon , Style , Wort
Paired Plaids, Again
2007-12-18 06:19:00 Kate Hudson and her girl-boy. She's wearing paired plaids, which I find totally endearing.Photo from Just Jared
In Suspense
2007-12-18 06:14:00 Vogue, Elle and Interview are all pushing black suspenders, apparently. I like suspenders, but I'm nervous that they'll turn into the post-Avril ubiquitous necktie. Ugh.Source More About: Suspense
Overdoing Oversized
More articles from this author:2007-12-18 05:11:00 I almost always wear massively oversized grandfather cardigans. They're comfortable, warm and all-purpose. But this look, featured on Hel Looks, intimidates me. Even Andre the Giant would be swimming in this hoodie. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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