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Amy Adams, Risk-Taker
2007-12-18 02:47:00 I'm not immediately in love with this massive bow, but Amy Adams still looks adorable. She's pretty risk-taking for someone only recently in the limelight. Do you remember what she wore to the Oscars?P.S. The new shoes are killer, too.Photo Source More About: Risk , Amy Adams , Taker
I Love You Madly, Madly Marion
2007-12-17 23:57:00 I've previously expressed love for Chanel, Marion Cotillard and red accessories. Imagine my delight to find them all combined. More About: Love , I Love You
I Dabble in Hair
2007-12-16 22:54:00 I've become the de facto hairstylist and makeup artist for most of my friends and family. I don't mind at all because I enjoy having creative outlets and executing the concepts I have rattling around my head. I've been doing Anje's hair for a few years and I love that she lets me take liberties. Here's a past look. This week, we decided to do something avant-garde and asymmetrical. Even though it was a triple color process (she recently had black hair) and took about three and a half hours, I love the way it turned out: More About: Hair
Zwartboek
2007-12-16 07:12:00 I just watched Zwartboek and feel I'd be remiss if I didn't post pictures of the amazing Carice van Houten and her wardrobe.
White Booties
2007-12-14 08:04:00 The Sartorialist shot this lady and her lovely booties in London. More About: White
A Completely Un-Generic Presidential Candidate
2007-12-12 08:44:00 If there's one thing I hate, it's generic politicians. Barack Obama is not generic, and I had the pleasure of meeting him this evening.(Since this is a fashion blog, I feel obliged to report that he looked dapper and well-tailored.) More About: Presidential , Generic , Neri , Candidate , Presidential Candidate
New Shoes
2007-12-11 23:49:00 New Mary Janes, two-textured (shiny toe, matte body). New $9 boots. They're grey (hard to tell) with a little gold buckle, and handmade in Spain. More About: Shoes
The Trollsens
2007-12-11 20:10:00 PETA is taking on the fur-loving Olsen twins. Not only do the girls wear it often, but their own fashion line features fur. Here's the new "Trollsen" website.Also, according to its website, at noon today PETA is unveiling some "publicity that will have [the Trollsens] running away faster than if they'd spotted a calorie." It features unflattering photos of the twins and the tagline, "Fur Is Worn By Beautiful Animals and Ugly People." Never one to miss an opportunity, PETA will unveil the ad at the Olsens' star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. WARNING: If you don't wear fur, do not subject yourself to the featured video on the Trollsen website. PETA's notoriously graphic videos are enough to make any person with an ounce of compassion, a) vomit, or b) vomit and then grab a can of red paint and start slinging it.If you wear fur, watch the video.
Getting Our Boris Pasternak On
2007-12-10 07:59:00 John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas did the ushanka-looking fur hat way before Sienna Miller or me, but I think he was wearing it the same year the Julie Christie Doctor Zhivago came out.I realize I'm no Julie Christie, but the Doctor Zhivago look is actually kind of fun. (P.S. My hat is faux fur, but I cannot vouch for Mr. Phillips, Ms. Miller or Ms. Christie.) More About: Boris , Aster
A Not-So-Generic Style Icon
2007-12-08 08:43:00 "Flames are reflected in the glasses of Hollywood actress and UNICEF ambassador Mia Farrow after lighting an Olympic-style torch together with survivors of Bosnia's genocide in Sarajevo December 7, 2007. Mia Farrow and fellow activists began an Olympic-style torch relay through countries that have suffered genocide to press China to help end abuse in its ally Sudan's Darfur region." - REUTERS More About: Icon , Style , Generic , Neri
I Can't Wait For The Clothes
2007-12-07 06:18:00 The trailer for the Sex and the City movie was released today. It doesn't give much away plot-wise, but the clothes are looking exciting. I'm honestly not holding out much hope for a great story, but I'll absolutely go to watch the outfits. Thanks to Just Jared for photos. More About: Clothes , Wait , Cloth
A Portait of a Lady
2007-11-30 10:09:00 Natalia Vodianova at the Super Luxury conference in Moscow.REUTERS/Thomas Peter More About: Lady
Don't Think We Haven't Noticed, Posh
2007-11-29 11:06:00 I just found this old Kate Moss cover and realized that Posh Spice has totally been jacking this look. Someone owes someone else damages for sartorial plagiarism.
If The Shoe Fits...
2007-11-29 10:34:00 I watched Junebug this week, and I think I'm in love with Amy Adams (even though she broke my heart into smithereens). If you haven't seen the film and her Oscar-nominated performance, you should.Here she is looking stunning three times over, but note her economical choices of shoe (and pose). If it ain't broke, why fix it?P.S. The black sheath is by far the most flattering of the outfits. The Dolce & Gabbana earthy jumper isn't doing Ms. Adams justice, nor is the wafty, layered number.Photo Source More About: Shoe
Las Botas Nuevas
2007-11-29 07:36:00 The weather has been idiosyncratically rainy lately. I don't particularly mind it, but I do get tired of being waterlogged. When I came out of my first class today, the rain was beating down, so I tried using a newspaper as an umbrella till it became soggy and useless. I went to the consignment store by campus, determined to buy the cheapest, but hopefully not the ugliest, hat. Once there, I got distracted by a pair of carmelly boots in the window. They're men's, but I seem to be wearing mostly men's clothing lately, so why not shoes, too? They're perfectly standard harness boots, but already broken in... and only $18 (as opposed to like $250 new). These sort of make up for my morning which I spent being jealous of my older sister who found a pair of Dolce & Gabbana motorcycle boots in her size and marked 85% off.
'Tis the Season
2007-11-29 04:20:00 I'm not normally a proponent of dressing for holidays because I think it brings out the worst in people (e.g. flag earrings, reindeer jumpers, candy cane brooches, etc.). But what Beyonce has done here with an emerald slicker and ruby slippers is quite chic and lovely. I condone this green/red ensemble. With vibrant hues like these, I'm thankful I'm not a deuteranope.Source More About: Season
Quote of The Day
2007-11-25 20:15:00 "Most people are conditioned to think of a black man looking a certain way. They only think of the ethnic man in XXX jeans and Timberlands, and here Andre J. comes along with a pair of hot shorts and a caftan or maybe flip-flops or cowboy boots or a high, high heel...I'm just expressing myself and not hurt anyone."-André J., in today New York TimesThe Times says, "André J. does not consider himself a cross dresser. Except to the extent each of us getting dressed assumes some kind of persona... Think of him as a performance artist who rolls out his own stage every day."Photo Source More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote
Buy (Almost) Nothing Day
2007-11-24 01:07:00 Today is the day after Thanksgiving, aka Black Friday, aka Buy Nothing Day. While millions of people got up at 1am today to get to stores opening at 2am, I was sound asleep, and I hope you were, too.Although I'm generally not a big spender anyway, and certainly not a mall shopper, I fully intended to comply with the anti-consumerist Buy Nothing Day agenda. However, I did walk to the local American Cancer Society shop. I figure it's not really spending if it's a charity shop. Is it? Or am I a hypocrite?Anyway, I had amazing success, finding a silk DVF scarf...and a tablecloth/napkin set made of Gabrielle Cie fabric (that completely looks like it should be used in the mise en scéne of a Pedro Almodóvar film)...and for $1 this coffee table book on the innovative architect and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. Did anyone else succumb to consumerism?
Brief retraction, but only for André J
2007-11-20 06:43:00 Okay, I know I recently ranted about magazines being underwhelming and just plain awful. But I've been seeing these pictures from French Vogue floating around the "Internets" for awhile and I can't resist posting them.André J, the strangely attractive bearded drag queen, got a hot layout in French Vogue (with Carolyn Murphy, no less), thanks to Carine Roitfeld's farsighted creativity. He's often seen on the New York scene, but apparently Paris loves him, too.He really has a model's physique, but Anna Wintour wouldn't dare. Picture Source More About: Brief
millinery musings
2007-11-17 20:51:00 I see people wearing hats more and more. Whether bowlers or berets or picture hats, they're becoming ubiquitous. Because I always prefer retrospective inspiration to posting a picture of some flash-in-the-pan starlet in Us Weekly who just wears what her stylist gives her, I'd rather post pictures of the jaw-droppingly gorgeous Ewa Aulin. She looks like the Swedish lovechild of Brigitte and Twiggy, and boy does she know how to make a hat look good. More About: Musings , Sings
dark days
2007-11-17 20:09:00 Sometimes I masochistically peruse the dress section on Net-a-Porter to see what I can't buy. It's a bit like strolling through a pricey art gallery, I suppose.I notice they're taking a lot of dresses that could easily stand alone or function as summer dresses, and pairing them with dark accessories (belts, booties, tights and bags). It's a good idea if you aren't ready to pack up all your warm weather dresses. (Tear a page out of Kate Bosworth's book by adding big black boots and tights.)Anna SuiMulberryThis Issa mini kimono is too lovely not to post. Although it's stunning as it is, it's a bit too chipper for the darker winter months. It, too, could be made to function by pairing it with black tights and black shoes. (But because I'm not subtle and I like color, I'd also wear it with excessive amounts of gold jewelry, red lipstick and red nails.)IssaSource More About: Dark , Days , Dark Days , K Day
Style Icon: Michelle Phillips
2007-11-15 22:43:00 I'm enamored of sixties fashion, particularly the more folksy and rock 'n roll fashion that came in the latter half of the decade. Take, for example, the stunning Michelle Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas. More About: Icon , Style
Carsten Höller Slides
2007-11-14 19:25:00 This time last year I was living outside of London. I had the opportunity to visit the Tate Modern twice, but never once ventured down the Carsten Höller slides. The lines were long and it seemed like a hassle because you couldn't take your belongings down with you. Besides, I'm not a fan of rides (or slides) because they generally underwhelm me.Well, now I wish I'd just sucked it up and waited in line and gone on the damn slide. Apparently, Carsten Höller slides are really hip, and I could have been so much hipper for sliding down one.Miuccia Prada has one installed in her headquarters that shoots her from her office to her parking spot. I kid you not.In Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster, the author, Dana Thomas, saysI was taken to a room I had read about often. It is officially Miuccia Prada?s office, and it is as stark and contrived as her designs: poured concrete, a slew of orange and yellow molded plastic Eames chairs; and, sticking up in the center of the floor, a met... More About: Slides
ridiculously lovely raiment
2007-11-14 07:52:00 The studs, the motley patterns, the simple hair and makeup, the constrast of the drama and color of the outfit with her pale complexion. Lovely .Source
Catherine McNeil Sort of Eats
2007-11-13 21:50:00 Featured in NY Magazine's "Grub Street" is Catherine McNeil. For those of you unfamiliar with "Grub Street," NY Magazine asks famous and/or glamorous people in New York to keep a food journal for a week. This is what McNeil reported: Monday, November 5We were doing Versace. I had some banana bread for breakfast. I went out to lunch at Barolo with my booker because I was working in the morning. I had sea bass with Brussels sprouts and mashed potatoes. I had cheesecake for dessert. Tuesday, November 6I had Raisin Bran for breakfast. I usually don?t like eating first thing in the morning. For lunch I had a huge plate of green salad and vegetables. For dinner I had chicken noodle soup and a honey-and-oat bar from room service. I don?t like cooking because you cook too much and the food gets wasted. Wednesday, November 7I worked from 11 am to 7 p.m., shooting for Another magazine. I had a handful of nuts and some fruit for breakfast on the job. For lu... More About: Sort , Erin
The Morning After
More articles from this author:2007-11-01 18:34:00 Did you dress up last night? Or were you like me - cramming for a midterm while stealing candy from the trick-or-treaters' stash? More About: Morning 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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