wigging out

i'm due for a haircut again..... i'll be keeping the same style, i think, but i'm starting to feel the itch for something new.

here are a few images from my hair files, for inspiration...

these show off most of my tried & try favorite things in hair do's - tiny braids, short cuts, bangs & the color grey. i've always hoped that my hair would turn pure silver, just like my beloved grandmother's. 

so far, no luck with that.

someone was recently joking about shaving off their hair, and just buying wigs.

i kind of like that idea.....

not, you know, for real. or, at least in this lifetime, but.....

does that sound like a great idea to be able to slide on a totally new look every morning?!

house dreaming

do you know the difference between house hunting, and house dreaming?

if not, then feast your eyes on this:

now you know the difference.

if you want to cry a little more, then see the full site, here.

i'm hoping that i'll at least get to meet the person who rented this place (yes, it's a rental!), and that they have good parties, and i get invited.

because i'm basically requiring my l.a. existence to resemble the above, more or less exactly..

 ;)

future tense

a few days ago, i was doing some research online. i swear, it was research, not shopping!




and i bumped into some (kind of ugly, kind of awesome) boots, which you can see below.

kat mentioned that they'd look great with a striped dress. which is obviously true.... (even though i am not going to buy them.)

here are a couple of ways that i'd like to wear them:

i guess i'm starting to think about fall clothes already, even though it's swelteringly hot in nyc right now.


anyone else?

would if i could...

while i do really enjoy my new freelance schedule and lifestyle, unfortunately it doesn't provide quite as much financial liquidity as collecting a regular paycheck...

most of the time, this is just fine by me, but other times it's a bit trying.

like, right now, when the vintage marimekko sale is going on at 1stdibs.com.

since i can't do any purchasing myself, i thought i might be able to inspire you all. here's what i'd buy, if i could:

i really can't think of anything more fun and summery than marimekko!

valli girls

with many fashion houses are canceling their couture runway shows, it's pretty exciting that one designer is adding one to their show calendar.

here are a few of my favorite looks from giambattista valli's first couture show in paris, yesterday:

whoever cast and styled the girls is genius- sasha pivovarova's super blue eyes pop so nicely with the coral color in the second photo!

bars of the county jail

i just recently ran across this photo of david bowie. his "mugshot":

if i ever get arrested, i hope to god that i look as incredibly good as he does here.

this is, hands down, the best looking mugshot i've ever seen.....

no surprise from one of the most stylish people..... ever.

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don't forget about my first giveaway, dudes!

enter here.

sunnies

since it's been raining for days in nyc (again), i've been thinking about buying a new pair of sunglasses...

karen walker, vintage, round, prada, ray-ban, illesteva, thierry lasry, oliver peoples, celine limited edition, tsumori chisato, cutler & gross, prada, alexander wang, illesteva, karen walker, h&m




the celine limited edition ones are first in the running, right now....

which are your favorites?

cph eating

i really fell in love with copenhagen, when my husband & i visited in september.

i've followed this blog, partially because i like to live vicariously her new life there.

she & her husband have just opened a cafe, and i think it's a lovely reason to plan another trip.

or, a first one, if you haven't already discovered one of the nicest cities on earth:

//AN EVENING AT PATÈ PATÈ// from Hannibal Lang on Vimeo.

the past is past

about a million years ago (back in march), my husband and i spent a bunch of days in los angeles. uncharacteristically, the weather was pretty horrible, and it rained a lot.

so, one of the things that we wound up doing was going to see the fashioning fashion exhibit, at lacma.

i meant to write a much more timely post about it, when we got home, so that those of you in so cal, or visiting so cal could check it out, if you were so inclined. it was definitely seeing.

but if you're captivated by my crappy iphone snaps, and absolutely have to see photos that actually capture the quality and detail of these garments, you can buy the catalogue.

which i saw.

it's nice. i kinda wish i'd bought one.

but, here are a few of the things that were pretty cool to look at:

beautiful kimono. obviously.

i'm still puzzling over how one would make a pattern for this dress (above & below)

my best laura ingalls dreams come true.... with an amazingly modern (rachel comey?) print.

i love how they showed this corset, hanging in midair. it looked so much like an insect, or skeletal element. it also really reminded me of the rodarte tutus, which were exhibited across town at the same time...

i'm so sorry about the shittiness of this photo. but the intricate corset lacings were some of the best looking and most abstract & inspiring things in the exhibit. (and a decent reason to buy the catalogue.)

also some pretty awesome and inspiring things to stick under your skirt! ;)

i totally fell in love with the florals on this dress...

hand embroidered piece. (i can't remember what it's function was!)

a gorgeous smock.... for a young boy.

an evening bag that i literally couldn't tear myself away from...

and another that i'd willingly accept as a substitute for the first.

breathtaking hand-embroidered ball gown

and a couple of buckles for shoes.

aaaah! i'm so glad that we spent a rainy afternoon inside at lacma, rather than a sunny one out at the beach.... this exhibit was amazing!

united nude does it again

it's a rainy day here, in nyc, so maybe you need an indoor activity?

united nude may have just the thing for you:

follow these steps, and get....

this:

click here to learn more about it. and if you give it a whirl, let me know... and take photos!!!