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Pucci Denim
2007-08-06 00:10:00
Pucci is pairing up with Seven for All Mankind to create a line of bold colored jeans.
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Raising The Standard
2007-08-05 00:55:00
This fashionista in Milan is taking the high waists to a whole new level.The Sartorialist
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Plaid and Baubels
2007-08-04 06:58:00
Plaid and baubles seem like an unlikely match, but SJP makes it work, don't you think?Source
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For some reason, these dresses by Marc Jacobs (R) ...
2007-08-02 04:02:00
For some reason, these dresses by Marc Jacobs (R) and Anna Sui (L) remind me of doll clothes. They also have a bit of a Latin vibe to them. Which dress do you prefer?
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Pendleton Goes Metropolitan
2007-08-01 21:41:00
This plaid coat by 3.1 Phillip Lim is like a highbrow take on all the Pacific Northwest logging shirts I see. It's Pendleton Goes Metropolitan .
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Fall Shoes
2007-08-01 21:22:00
My two shoe choices for Fall : Navy and gold boots by Chloe, and glossy tortoiseshell (with gold) pumps by Christian Louboutin. I still can't get enough of the gold accents on everything.
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Unlikely Icon #1: Linda Ronstadt
2007-08-01 07:42:00
I've decided to start posting unlikely icons. If anyone has suggestions, or personal unlikely fashion icons, e-mail me!Linda Ronstadt is hardly in the public eye anymore, unless she says something political (and I love it when she does). But it's fun to look back and see her at when she was so young, cute, so talented, and such a sex symbol. (My dad had a big crush on her.)And for anyone who's ever suffered a broken heart, go to iTunes and immediately download "You're No Good."
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The Dark Side of Proenza Schouler
2007-07-31 20:45:00
Click here for a sneakpeak at Proenza Schouler's very dark spring line, from New York Magazine.
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Miu Miu
2007-07-31 20:08:00
Fall is my favorite season, fashionwise and otherwise. I'm generally impressed with this year's fall lines, especially Miu Miu's socks, skirts and cardigans. I'm still on a red kick and I plan on carrying it over into the next season.

Bibliochaise
2007-07-31 08:51:00
La Femme just sent me a link to this ingenious chair.It really was invented for me. All it's lacking is a coffeemaker fixed somewhere within arm's reach.
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Mini-Break
2007-07-26 05:53:00
Sorry I've been such a shoddy blogger. School has been requiring my undivided attention.I'm off to Oregon for the next four days (which is my excuse for the covered wagons). I hope to return with updates, pictures, and a renewed work ethic.xo
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Jeanspiration
2007-07-26 04:36:00
The fun thing about high waists and wide legs is they somehow make picking out an outfit that much more interesting. (Pay no mind to the red cardigan - it was unthought.) For some reason, wearing skinny pants for the last almost-two years has made me quite lazy.The jeans seem to be made especially for all my extremely high wooden heels and vintage leather jackets. They make me feel like going to Barney's Beanery and ordering some Southern Comfort. If only I was in L.A. and drank whiskey.Does anyone else get inspired by new jeans?

Sartorial Eloquence
2007-07-26 02:41:00
A little disheveled and bare-faced. Eye-catching textiles and high waists.photo from FabSugar
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Selma
2007-07-26 01:58:00
I love Selma , love her hair, love the picture. I just wish this wasn't a Gap ad.

The Beckham Effect
2007-07-14 06:01:00
This morning on NPR they were discussing/predicting the potential effect of yesterday's arrival of the Beckham s; specifically, the potential growing popularity of soccer and the increasing numbers of British press in L.A. to follow the couple.Today I experienced the Beckham Effect firsthand. Two people called into the salon to book appointments, saying, "I want a whole new look. I want the Victoria Beckham hairdo." Ah yes. (A girl I work with already has the Victoria hairdo.) If two women are spontaneously changing their hair, and the Beckhams have only been here one day, multiply that by two girls at most salons across America.My Beckham Effect prediction: we'll be seeing more of Posh's hair than of Beckham's jersey.

Haute Hippies
2007-06-21 16:47:00
Both the New York Times and Style.com are reporting the return of hippie chic, and I couldn't be happier. What better time way to celebrate the Summer Solstice and the fortieth anniversary of the Summer of Love than to break out my floor-length, cream-colored, hooded and intricately bodiced authentic 1970s sun dress, a pair of weathered platforms, and Pearl by Janis Joplin?Just the other day, I was considering heading up to Jimi Hendrix's grave, which happens to be less than an hour from here, in a nondescript town in Western Washington.The Whitney Museum's Summer of Love show is, according to Style.com, "a buzzy cocktail of record jackets, spin paintings, and... electro-bright furniture."The Times profiles musician Kim Matulova and her adoration of and emulation of Janis Joplin, calling her style "a departure from the structured shapes and rigorous geometry of the current ?60s wave... blithely improvised, unencumbered and emphatically fluid."The look is having a booming comebac...
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I picture this woman playing croquet in Martha's V...
2007-06-19 04:29:00
I picture this woman playing croquet in Martha 's Vinerard while her Cavalier King Charles spaniel nips at her ankles, and her three piece-suited husband puffs his pipe and reads The Wall Street Journal. Doesn't this outfit say East Coast sophisticate and Ivy League? Don't you suddenly want an apéritif and a cigarette?(pic from FaceHunter)
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Swiftly Speaking...
2007-06-19 04:19:00
I'm guessing the girl is from Lilliput and the bag is a wristlet from Bromdingnag. Seriously, have you ever seen a bag dwarf anyone so much? Is she stowing refugees? (pic from FaceHunter)
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I Won't Be Happy When The Nylons Bloom Again
2007-06-08 20:08:00
By posting this, I am in no way implying that Christina Aguilera and Posh are fashion-forward, or even normally fashion-mentionable. But, I thought I'd point out that without a week of each other, they were both photographed wearing similar bathing suit-sized outfits with little white tops, and heinous beige nylons, the likes of which I haven't seen for at least a decade. I just hope these pictures don't indicate the beginning of a beige nylon comeback because, unlike Fats Waller, I won't be happy when the nylons bloom again.
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Good Summer Palette
2007-06-08 07:27:00
This photo, from a NYT article on a Hispanic heritage exhibit, represents a great summer palette. It also is reminiscent of an Almodóvar color scheme. His films are practically film rouge, but with enough blue, green and teal thrown in for proper contrast.
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Rodeo Dr.
2007-06-08 05:10:00
When I first moved to LA I lived five minutes from Rodeo Dr., but I only went down it twice. More often I'd visit the less intimidating (read: less expensive) Wilshire Blvd., home to Saks Fifth Ave. and Neiman Marcus, or Robertson Blvd., home to Kitson, Kalologie (best Sonya Dakar facials), The Paint Shop (see Carmen for the best U-Toe-Pia Pedicure of your life), and Planet Salon (see Geno). But next time I'm in LA (in August, hopefully!), I'll definitely cruise Rodeo to get a look at Chanel's new boutique. I love the Bauhuas minimalism of it. Perhaps that was Mr. Lagerfeld's Deutsch touch?(pic WWD)
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Sienna for Tod's
2007-06-08 05:06:00
What do you think of the Sienna Miller/Tod's match-up? She looks unnaturally elongated, but I like the look.

I'm Missing The UK...
2007-06-07 07:47:00
The Twinsies are back. This was shot somewhere off of Wales on the set of their new Dylan Thomas film. (I adore Dylan Thomas.) This reminds me of a day in Portsmouth last October getting completely drenched from ocean spray while standing yards from the water. The freezing wind was blowing so hard I couldn't keep my eyes open, so I popped into a shop for some Lapsang Souchong. What fun costumes they have. Doesn't this make you want to put on a pair of wellies, throw on a thick jumper and romp in frigid water while getting blasted with wind?
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El Arte de La Vida
2007-06-07 01:55:00
To give a little background, I first went to Mexico in 1999. I loved it so much that I returned in 2002 and stayed for three months. My love for the culture has grown since, and I've developed an appreciation for the food, music, art and film of Mexico. But my appreciation has seeped from exclusively Mexican to pan-Hispanic. I am even pursuing a Hispanic Studies minor along with my Arts, Media and Culture major. This summer I'm taking a Hispanic Film class, and in the Fall I'm taking Intermediate Spanish.Last week I was in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area for my brother's wedding. His wife, my new sister-in-law, is Nicaraguan. It was so enriching to be around her family and a culture so different than mine. My life can feel so blandly American at times, although I do my best to avoid blandness. To be fair, Texas feels like a different country (and often likes to think of itself as a different country), but being around Spanish speakers and authentic Central American foo...
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Progress
2007-06-07 00:38:00
Hot on the tails of Vogue's totally misguided June issue comes Vanity Fair's refreshing Africa Issue. Twenty-one celebrities, photographed by Annie Leibovitz, (including Desmond Tutu, Maya Angelou, Barack Obama, Oprah, George Clooney, Muhammad Ali, Bono, Bill and Melinda Gates, Iman, Djimon Hounsou) promote awareness for the poverty, genocide, war, and AIDs devastated continent. The Africa Vanity Fair issue comes after The Green Vanity Fair issue featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Knut the polar bear.In an industry that is too often vapid and vain, I'm grateful that Vanity Fair is integrating pressing issues like Africa and Global Warming into its pages. Of course fashion is culturally relevant, and I'm not discrediting it - obviously, I love fashion enough to blog about it - but there's no reason why we shouldn't flip through a magazine and enjoy it while being educated about the bigger picture.
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Summer Lovin'
2007-06-07 00:15:00
There are a lot of fun things going on in this picture. First of all, I think that (L to R) Helena Christensen, Liv Tyler and Kate Bosworth are an unexpectedly pleasant Ladies Who Lunch combination. Second, the clothing is great (except for the mystery man). Third, I love seeing platonic kissing (in a totally non-voyeuristic way). There isn't enough of it in America. People are too independent and territorial. We should all kiss more.
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Fresh Faces?
2007-06-06 07:14:00
Style.com is featuring W Magazine's Fresh Faces in fashion. I can't help but notice how much "fresh" face Lara Stone (top) looks a lot like familiar face Angela Lindvall (bottom).

Stam
2007-06-06 07:04:00
Stam looks to be channelling an early 1940s look in the Fall DKNY campaign. A little Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story or something.
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Imagine the Tan Lines...
2007-06-06 06:58:00
I actually kind of like these shoes, but just imagining the tan lines is enough to put me off of them.
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Twinsies
2007-06-04 08:11:00
At least Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller look more interesting than the Olsen twins. I never thought I'd see gingham and leopard complement each other, but they do. (By the way, these boots seem to be on everyone these days.)
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