It's Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Fourth: The Hitchcock Blonde. Continue reading

This project was interrupted by the tragic death of Lee Alexander McQueen. He's one of the most important fashion figures in my lifetime. He was BFF to my most perfect muse & inspiration, Isabella Blow. She discovered* him at fashion college, bought his entire senior thesis. Her eye and aesthetic brought many of the great designers of the last few decades to prominence; she described herself as the fashion industry's… Continue reading

It's Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Number 3: Jane Lane. Continue reading

It's Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling.com, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Number 2: Laura Hunt. Continue reading

It's Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling.com, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Number one: Rory Gilmore. Continue reading

They kind of freak me out, but I kind of totally want a pair or three... Les Queues de Sardines, via Yay!Everyday

Welcome to New England: the mercury flirts with single digits, and us hardy folk are faced with the challenge of dressing to bounce between warm bed, icy winds, overheated public transportation, frigid dashes across streets where drivers interpret red lights as the merest of suggestions. And who knows whether our offices will be saunas or fridges. Layering is the greatest weapon in our adaptive arsenal. Here's how I cope… Continue reading

M.A.C. Viva Glam ad campaign, via jezebel.com

1. Keep Calm and Carry On poster. Typographically and visually stunning, these were designed by the British Ministry of Information in 1939, to be distributed in the event of a German invasion on English soil. Only 50 were printed, and they were never hung. I love the message, and believe everyone should live by it.
2. Jewish Rosaries by Carlen Altman. My Catholic and Jewish grandmothers would

I was thinking about my little sister, and was inspired to whip this up for her. Just a quick photoshop doodle:

I didn't think it was possible to pull together pantslessness and stylishness. I was damn wrong. Grace Kelly, via theimpossiblecool: Eat your heart out, Lohan…

I'm now learning the proper terms for things I knew by rote or instinct. I'm learning to appraise images in an entirely different way, or at least to articulate what I'm seeing differently. Continue reading

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I have a love-hate relationship with the NY Times' Thursday Styles section. I read it every single week, yet it is simply so wrong that I derive endless amusement from its startling out-of-touchness with anything resembling actual fashion happening in the world. Continue reading

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In the meantime, look at how pretty the case I got to protect my darling is: speck products | fitted case

A mid-year check-in on my "Things that need to go away in 2009" post, to see how much progress we've made as a culture. Continue reading

I'm in New Hampshire right now, assisting with preparations for my sister's wedding shower. And I present to you reason number 87 why I will never, ever consent to get married in a long white gown. Continue reading

While at the salon, I like to take the opportunity to read trashy women's magazines. I saw this pictured on a model in Lucky magazine, and my jaw d-r-o-p-p-e-d. Continue reading

So, with this being a recession and all, I suppose imaginary shopping is the best way to go when it comes to luxury goods. In which case I'd shell out the big nonexistent bucks for one of these conjunctive lovelies: A deluxe carrying case for an ampersand, designed by Marc Johns. Continue reading