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Pretty Pictures
2008-05-14 08:12:00 I wrote a few weeks ago about my delightful afternoon with La Femme. She has posted a lovely pictorial of her trip to the Pacific Northwest. Check out the adorable seals, killer Burberry platforms, graffiti art and fluffy pink blossoms. More About: Pretty
Rant Rant Rant
2008-05-13 04:36:00 Once upon a time I scribbled out a rant that, as it grew, morphed into an "I Hate Generic" manifesto. Then this blog was born. It was created as a forum for blowing off steam. Over the last (almost) two years, it has become many other things.But forgive me while I return to my roots.I've been in a frenzy trying to complete my final projects before graduation, while simultaneously trying to pack up my life (I'm moving out of my place the same day I graduate and also the same day I fly off into the wild blue yonder for two months).I had a brief window of opportunity this evening to run out and buy a pair of sandals for my summer travels. I did some research online to figure out what I wanted so I wouldn't end up wasting more time and energy than necessary.What I want (in a nutshell): good quality sandals that will survive ambulating around Mexico City and through Mayan ruins and then all around Manhattan. Not so difficult, right?I despise the mall with my entire being and in t... More About: Rant
If Money Grew On Trees...
2008-05-03 21:39:00 ...I'd climb trees in these shoes.BalenciagaBurberrySource More About: Money , Trees , Grew
Shoes I Don't Understand
2008-05-03 21:38:00 If I wore these I'd feel like an elephant wearing fur anklets.Calvin Klein/Source More About: Shoes , Understand
One-Upped by Akira
2008-05-03 21:19:00 Today is drizzly and gray and I have to go to work. Sometimes I enjoy the fact that I have to get all dolled up for work, and other days - like today - it feels like a hassle.So instead of allowing the weather to dictate my mood, I decided to have a little fun with my makeup. I applied loads of burgundy eyeshadow (Sumac by Aveda - it's actually a blush). Feeling better and a little more amped up, I began scrolling through today's photos online.Holy smokes. Look what I found. I've been totally one-upped. She wins, hands down.A model waits in the backstage of Akira show during the last day of Australian Fashion week in Sydney May 2, 2008. - Reuters
summertime
2008-05-03 18:19:00 After seeing this beautiful woman on The Sartorialist, I'm inspired to finally get out my summer clothes. More About: Summertime
Old School Coiffures
2008-05-03 18:07:00 The Face Hunter snapped this photo in Moscow and I couldn't help but be reminded of the eternal and international influence of Vidal Sassoon. More About: School , Old School
Steve & Barry's
2008-05-01 16:43:00 The Times has an article on ultra-cheap clothing chain Steve & Barry's. I've never been to one because, well, there isn't one near me and I was worried about the whole sweatshop thing. (Apparently they don't use sweatshops? Is this possible? I'm not convinced).Anyway, I'm curious to know if anyone has shopped Steve & Barry's and is willing to review the quality of the clothes?xo
un après-midi avec La Femme
2008-04-29 19:50:00 I spent yesterday afternoon with La Femme and we had a lovely (if taxing) walk around Seattle, capped off with lemondrop cocktails (we couldn't find mojitos). Before La Femme went to India last winter, she asked me if I wanted a souvenir. I asked her to bring me back something red and gold (my favorite combination). She brought me back a whole bag full of beautiful red and gold items, including pillowcases, bangles, earrings, a table runner and a sari.I'm spending six weeks traveling in Mexico this summer, so I've promised to bring her back a whole bag full of Mexican loot as a thank you.On another note, sorry for the lack of blogging. I'm getting ready to graduate in June, but I'm also going to be traveling quite a bit in the coming months.Here's my schedule:May: San Francisco and Santa CruzJune: New York City, Mexico City (and elsewhere in Mexico)July: New York City (and possibly Montreal and Toronto)I hope to blog about my travels, so check in periodically.Much Love,Moi More About: Midi
How To: Gold Accessories
2008-04-19 09:17:00 "Kashmiri Muslim women prayed outside the shrine of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, a Sufi saint, during the saint's yearly commemoration, in Srinagar, India." - New York Times More About: Gold , Accessories
Quote of the Day
2008-04-19 09:12:00 It's been awhile since I posted on Lou Doillon, but because she was recently in the New York Times, I'll post my favorite quote from the interview."What attracts me is something broken, something a bit off. I never comb my hair or make anything pretty. When people look too beautiful, it's too easy. I know I'm dressed wrong if the businessman turns his head. But I like to think that after an hour of sitting next to me on the train, he'd look. I'd have grown on him... Someone suggested I design men's wear. I should. I have such trouble dressing up as a girl." More About: Quote Of The Day , Quote
Frolicking Belarussian Child Models
2008-04-11 00:23:00 Ekaterina Atrakhimovich's show in Minsk. The creation on the right looks a little Sesame Street-ish, no?Reuters More About: Models , Child
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
More articles from this author: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. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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