It's like looking into a crystal ball, you guys. Fall/Winter 09 fashion week is over in NYC, and while this prolly isn't the most exciting fash city in the world, there were still plenty of trends to note. I spent way too much time curating pics (all from NYmag.com, which posts more quickly than Style.com) to share with you of the things I spied with my little eye.
THE VIVIAN WARD BOOT Is there such a thing as "hooker chic?" Because that's what these gray Rodarte boots are, and I'm obsessed. Top to bottom: Rodarte, Charlotte Ronson, Alexandre Herchcovich
THE ANDIE MACDOWELL DOUBLE-BREASTED JACKET Ok, it's more like punk A.M. than Four Weddings, but Hugh Grant would still be plenty seduced. Top to bottom: Alexander Wang, Michael Kors, 3.1 Phillip Lim
CYNDI LAUPER ONE-SLEEVE DRESS It's about time we got some new twist on the asymetrical biznass because because the sleeveless look has been coming and going way too long (see: my senior prom dress...bleh). Top to bottom: Calvin Klein, Yigel Azrouel, Michael Kors
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY GLOVES With something casual-ish and short-sleeved? Adorable. Top to bottom: Marc Jacobs, Derek Lam, Thakoon
RACHEL ZOE FURS The louder and faker, the better Top to bottom: Derek Lam, Alexandre Herchcovitch, Preen
Viktor & Rolf designed luggage for Samsonite, and I love it. I'm a sucker for jazzy travel gear that clearly wouldn't survive one trip around the baggage carousel—as in, when I was 15, I was desperado for a Roxy roller. For the time being, this V&R business is available at the new, improved Colette website (not that it's even vaguely affordable, mind you).
I am experiencing both tremendous pride and guilt over a weekend purchase, and I feel the need to share. Congrats: You are all members of my support group, whether you likes it or not. If you recall (oh dear god, and hopefully you aren't wasting brain storage space on this), I have been obsessing over a pair of G.D. shoes for the last, oh, nine months. I was added to a list at my favorite, frustratingly amazing store, Opening Ceremony, to be notified when said shoes arrived, and on Fri. I got the call. Because I am insane (and have a supportive bf who agreed to be my date to after-work shopping outing), I went to the store, fell in love, got one of the last two pairs (yes, New York, it's totally normal that ridic shoes like this sell out in a matter of hours), and became poor in a matter of minutes. Ta da!!! But—whenever I'm not looking at my Chase balance—I'm happy. Because I officially own these:
Oh, and I called the bf "supportive" in error because he then agreed to take photos of me wearing my new purchase, which makes him "horrifyingly supportive." The photo does not do justice to their fringed, open-toed, s&m-heeled, black leather awesomeness (ahhhhh!!), but it demonstrates my unbridled enthusiasm.
I'm totally obsessed (pronounced ooooooooooobsessed) with this fashion story in the latest Elle that's all black leather, studs, tall shoes, eyeliner, denim, bangs, and COWBOY HATS. I think it should be my look for '09 (perhaps with less bangles?).
Oh, look. Those damn Alexander Wang shoes. STOP STALKING ME.
At the other end of the Elle spectrum is this gripping first-person article about anorexic (to simplify, as it's more complicated than that) actress and her relationship with the boyfriend that for some reason never left her, no matter how distant and evasive she got.
After a weekend that largely consisted of 1) shopping online and 2) blowing my nose, I've realized some design/home obsessions that will no doubt still plague me when I've retired the DayQuil. (Ugh. I know.)
Numero uno: Mercury glass Apparently, this effect is achieved by pouring some sort of silvering goo between the walls of a double-walled glass creation.
Numero dos: Wool plaid blankets This is soooo not my usual taste, but the coziness factor is incredibly high. Obviously, I really only like the patterns in black, white, and camel.
Numero tres: Succulents I live in a cave, and this likely accounts for some of my affection for the only plants that could survive the darkness and my lack of watering-and-fertilizing instincts. But then they're also just so pretty and green. Sigh.
From this rad La-la land company Succulent that only delivers its good stuff locally. Booooo.
There's something kind of subversive about this, no? From Viva Terra ($98)
You guys, why do I want this soooo badly? I tried it on with K the other day when we went to our favorite neighborhood stores that we can never afford. And I love, despite the fact that it is decidedly the least versatile piece of clothing in the history of clothing.
Yes, those are pleats. And if you wore it with even a trace of glitter it'd be majorly Studio 54. It's from Black Halo. (Who? Yah.) Please make Revolve take it off sale.
The It bag obsession is not something that I can get behind. (Maybe if I had a spare two grand? Yah, probably not.) But this concept from Slow and Steady Wins the Race is brilliant—well, more like plotting with nefarious cat genius. The company is all about taking high design and boiling it down to the cleanest, most unadulterated forms, and one of their projects (and the one I heart) replicates the forms of iconic handbags in ultra-simple, super-clean canvas or muslin. All the styles are $100, which is a tiiiiny bit more reasonable than a reg. Birkin, no? And by tiny, I mean Birkin is to S&S bag as foie gras is to bacon. Moving on...some of my faves:
It took me until 2008 to realize that writing things on the internet doesn't (necessarily) make you the most annoying person in the universe. Then my friend had a dream that I had a blog where I posted a photo of myself in an orange sequined dress. Hot.
