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p.treacy headpiece

Alaias!!!

D&G eyelet cutenesssss

fashion images that inspire and provoke me
designers and photographers
fashion and abstraction
straightforward and yet all perspective
reflect
marinate
soak 'em up!

CoCo float up, up and away

now imagine the Vivenne Westwood poufness or being a CLOUD with.......

these stunning shoes......sigh.
i'd wear one black and one white sometimes...keep it fun and to show off the intricately delicateness
airy light but high fashion genius



i want to mix and match the pieces above....created some light and dark stlyish fun.....imagine the possibilities

he's back

and better than ever!
Thierry Mugler the 70s-80s iconic designer, is back to supplying the cutting edge fashion world with his genius.
his textures, angles, bold colours, and original design aesthetic
all the things i hold near and dear to my style
check out the awesome site and buy this stuff up!
the inspirations section is a standout.
who knows if he'll disappear again...
act fast.
[just like Sasha FIERCE who he began his comeback with hehe]

pretty pretty petticoat

crinolines are in.

tulle is in.
asymmetrics are in.
bi-sected gowns are in.
pastels and black are truly a match made in fashion heaven.
(my elementary school bff's mom taught me everything goes with PINK ha)
oh yeah and roisin is always in.
(emphasizing your size when your pregnant is in to V&R)

oh yeah and HOW MAJ ARE THOSE SHOES, I DIE.
love you viktor.
love you rolf.
i love fashion through your thick glasses that are just like mine.

sporty spice

Jeremy Scott for Adidas

I have always been a vintage Adidas fan. The new stuff is often questionable...even the stella stuff. i like the new stuff when it gets spacey and futuristic. which mr. scott has definitely done but i believe he has really tipped his hat to vintage adidas styles. i love the dress/tunic take on the track jacket and THOSE SUBTLE RUFFLES! the color block skirt reminds me of those channel color checks on TV, which are basically probably eliminated because of digital tv now. so funky! i want one..i will be on the hunt to acquire one-beacon's in a few month i pray....the whole collection is subtly 80s too i know and hiphop friendly but thats what makes it current, relevant and wearable in the mainstream. anyways kudos jeremy, job well done, i wish you would have pushed it a bit further but what you put out and the model wearing them are DELISH! bravo...this reminds me, i really need to take some funky fun pics of outfits i've thrown together with my three fav adidas pieces i own. a vintage navy/maroon track suit i bought from my old man neighbour when i was 12 (and it was way too big on me but only $15!!!), a fire engine red vintage long sleeve sweatshirt with a square neckline and pockets (GENIUS!) and my new (but now worn to oblivion) spacey beige with three stripe velcro straps and the most supportive arches EVER! well enough about my adidas ownage (but i promise pics of the aforementioned items soon and MORE OF MY OUTRAGEOUS outfits, this summer's goals is to document my wardrobe while im still young and hip...HAH)

what's black and white and grey all over?

'an emotive label on a non-linear path'

so stunning, stolen from a susie bubble post a few days ago
it literally made me drool. no joke, the salivary glands in my mouth started to over produce.
my mouth was watering over this look. the dress. the necklace. the hair. the shoes. the makeup. the stance. the lighting. le sigh.
Gail Sorronda
from her Spring/Summer 2010 'Invasive Exotics' Collection

oh how the exotic is erotic......

italian nostaglia

some vintage prada for you to feast on. the deep jewel tone colours, the ethnic prints. sheen of the fabrics, the box shift dress shape, strappy interesting shoes, the hot pants (short shorts?), cinched belted waists, turbans. all so now, so relevant. so retro. so easy to re-interpret and make your own. this summer is all about those legs. i am so inspired by these images...more from this collection. it really was phenomenal. it moves me. (unfortunately in the shopping direction, fortunately into some new styles)

exposed zippahs

so my roomie, the now-becoming-infamous A, influences my fashion and outfits FREQUENTLY if not always, even when he isn't present, he's on my shoulder as my fashion conscience. hehe and he loves exposed zippers. then much to my surprise my mother sent me a lovely spring dress that she got on sale at Target ( i think it was miss marked, the website still says its full price). I am going to follow up this post with MORE on Target because I HAVE BEEN LOVING THEM LATELY. McQueen, and now Tracy Feith. I have much to report and discuss. But here is the surprise dress from mommy, front view.

momma did good (she rarely does but maybe she's finally learning my style and edginess. (p.s. i HATE HATE HATE the girl smiling in these pictures from the target site. i will hopefully have some of me up in the dress soon.)
i completed the look with black leggings (it was raining), a black sequined sweater, black velvet circular vintage headpieces placed perfectly asymmetrically on my head, red lips and some high strappy snakeskin platform sandals. i will attempt to remember to take pictures before i go out. i am just trying to get the hang out this blogging thing that i have been obsessed with reading and am now trying to pick up 'doing' on my own. the dress is a brushed cotton, fits like a dream in the bust except after last night, i realized needs a hook&eye at the top of the AMAZING exposed zipper because it doesn't have a lock and it kept slipping a bit which was distracting when one is mingling at a party. the volume at the bottom is not too much, and yet still just enough. the fabric is funky too, my fashion designer friend called it a 'tie-dye' print that we have been seeing so much of, but i'd almost say its like smudgy spilled inky. inkily fab. hah.

so more loveliness from the target Go International collection at stores now. similar shape and that GREAT exposed zipper.


its a play on the Leger bandage dress up top and a fraction of the price. i also see hints of Theory in this, maybe i saw some gray and black dress blocking at Bergdorfs like this, again a steal. that is recession deliciousness.

hi i am sleepy

but i have vowed to post something everyday...and i had a great day at work, so here are three purdy things...i like things in threes

i want this jacket, i didn't properly categorize this...i think it was Matthew Williamson. speaking of which, i need to check out his ENTIRE line for H&M, i want something from it, even though its pricey. so springy and colourful and funky fresh fun
and MORE lovely.....

i LOVE LOVE LOVE this dress (More threeeeees weee!) erin featherson and oh so flowy and i love the flowers, abstract but small enough for details, this will be so cute with gladiators (BUT not tacky high silver ones like i saw on this girl on 14th street this evening, TACKYYYYYYY and didn't even match her outfit, thus ruining a sweet little pink delicate sundress....but yeah) or nude pumps/heeled strappy sandals.....oh spring/summer come hither with your colour and wispy winds

and here's a cool inspiring pic i found on one of my massive google image searches, this was after i was invited to a beatnik party and needed inspiration for my outfit, i found some funky vintagey images...here's one.

i heart her outfit, the effortless audrey hepburn chicness of it all...and thats its like patio bar, with the suited handsome men behind her. i love the way she is sitting, so spring casual. inspiration for the next month for us all.....

I am an ICON

so I had a LV Sprouse photo shoot with some friends on a ski trip in the Berkshires. and well this is the photoshopped version on my best shot for a friend's current mix cd of covers. i kinda love it. thought you might to.

welovesprouse.com

MJ moment

i have been hording style inspiration photos on my desktop again...
so i will be needing to post more often (Especially music, i have tons of goodies up my sleeves or um...just in my iPod and multitudes of summer concerts coming up yipppe- I LOVE THE SUMMERS IN NYC!)

i was religiously following ny fashion a few months ago...and these were some standouts from Marc Jacobs show. i think he's done it again, reinvented himself and his label. everyone is up in arms over the ethnic amazingness he's doing at LV (which i would like to comment on later, as i was just in INDIA and poured over the indian fashion mags-so different, yet quite british...and they LOVE mj's new LV stuff) but these are so chic, glamourous, fashion forward, and yet still translatable to normal fashion girls...and wearable. the angles, the shapes that manipulate the body, the juxtaposition of textures and those BOLD AMAZING colours, keeping with the older volume trends but redefining them for NOW.

secretary chic, trends we can draw from and make our own, shoulder pads (how i love you), womanly curves, long GLOVESSSS

these pants are so MAJOR, the hair is brills-i wonder if i can make my wig do that(?!), the tops is also brills-evening wear for the day for work, for walking down the street-it easily goes from day to night-i love the avant garde shape and the rich saturated coloursssssss

Chloe controversy?

making the dream very attractive.
perhaps too attractive?

Fashionista and Fashion Addict have said their peace on this but i thought i'd throw in my two cents. Apparently my *beloved* H&M ripped off my *inspirational* Chloe for their Fall ad campaign.
The vid is behind-the-scenes at the Hotel Particular in Paris during the youthful Chloe shoot with Freja, Shalom and Anja.

Since I first saw the Chloe ad in Vogue, i've wanted Anja's to-die-for bob cut&coulour (and the "Vitamin" dress haha). Then picked up H&M magazine a few weeks ago, first oogled over Freja in Rome layouts (its brillant and oh so mod!) and then saw Anja's hair again, of course fell in love again. This video shows how she get her cut on the set of the campaign (i love!). As a fashion mag addict, and a bit overstimulated by style.com's instant gratification, I didn't even notice how the photos, models, stark backgrounds (and style of dresses-but that is expected-its what H&M does best) were so similiar, maybe in fact alarmingly identical. Chloe's garments are obviously higher fashion-more extraordinary, so beautiful and very mod. The model choices were a perfect (love when Shalom is in real fashion ads-she is such a unique model-, not Tiffany *puke*), the locale was so structural next to the bold colours of those dresses. H&M saw a perfect idea, decided to copy it and figured who's gonna stop us? this is perhaps crossing into a new line of fashion copyrights faux pas. obviously no legal action has begun and it is only controversy amound the fashion inclined, but what do you think?

DRESSed down?!?

for fashionistas who like comfort as much as the next person...

i give you, the sweatshirt dress. its bloody briliant!

my obsession with sweatshirts&tshirts began as a 3 year old toddler who wanted to wear her favourite ones to church and fancy family dinners. it worked in my favor to a degree in the 80s that were fond of blucky sweats&long tees with leggings but a mother who worked in fashion for years and burgeoning interest&obvious skills in ensemble assemblage put an end to all that nonsense early on.
but, alas, the urge has returned and now it can be satiated with the uprising of sweatshirty/tshirty dresses out there.
the classic lines &stitching of old skool tees, heather greys, and those comfy cozy fabrics that only get better with age.
[i was already obsessed with the fabrics enough to invest in several sets of tshirt sheets and a sweatshirt blanket for my luxurious bed hah]

i believe the tshirt dress niche to be occupied nicely by the HIP SIMPLE clean lines at american apparel.
my focus is on the sweatshirt dress today. the thick but soft&fuzzy 'on the inside' texture that reminds you of college midterm mornings when you didnt have the strength to throw much else on as you were running on several hours of sleep for 7 days and perhaps stomping you way to impending doom. But that piece of clothing gave your the security and mini-indulge that when it was all over, you'd soon be at home in bed.
the one i got was from forever21 (i know the shame, but its adorable-i can't stop the compliments EVERYTIME i wear it)
the reasonable retail circuit has cute cheap ones at the likes of old navy and urban (respectively). honestly, the dresses are built from basics and these companies has built their empires on that premise, i think they are making these dresses are out quality materials stitched in quality ways.
[these both come in BLACK as well]


the high fashion conquistadoras of ELLE featured the sweatshirt dress (or tunic) as a shop musthave for Fall '07 and i couldn't agree more. They suggested looks from Vera's lavender label hemmed in sequins, a Rebecca Taylor look taken up a notch in puckered merino wool and a Lela Rose jersey tee dress with rouched taffeta sleeves. they (and i) suggest taking your DRESSed down look UP, when necessary, to another level with a chic-chic (think sequins, feathers, evening fabricated, and/or bejewelled) mini/knee-length skirt or cocktail frock underneath with some (Spectator or Low Bootie) spectacular high heels (or new studded Marc flats) to make the comfy, also tre chic.


in conclusion, you know you want to go out there to buy one of these DRESSed down sweatshirt dresses for running out to do errands with your Chucks or out on the town like an ELLE lady. good luck! send pictures of success stories pleaseeeeeeeee*

military (wo)man

a black&white fantasy (ok, with a lil purple)

this is my look of the day.
i love the androgeny.
i love the hint of sashed purple colour. (who knew long tassled scarfs were so hot?)
i love the feminine silhouette with mascualine pieces.
i love military formals for girls.
i love WHITE as the main pieces only accented with killer BLACK extras.
i love the shoulders&lapel on that structured jacket.
i love the crop jacket with tails (almost a train) look.
i love this girls bob.
i love love love those boots.

'tis the season

As modernity has made the union of marriage a very controversial subject, my mind plays tricks on me when the spring/summer months still make me think of brides and weddings. sadly, i have only attended one wedding and it was very simple (as it was the bride's second). also as a young woman who is unsure if she even wants to give someone "forever" and then, if i'll even legally bind it because marriage is not yet an equal right merely a religious constrant for closeminded heterosexuals. when many loving couples can't seal their love by law and zillions of ridiculous couples run through marriages like toliet paper, i wonder about the traditions of weddings. thus the extravagant trains and ornate dresses, romantic locales and whimsical ceremonies may become, dare i say it, obsolete. so therefore i am extremely torn when i see these grand gowns that flutter down the runway last as our couturiers reveal their bridal looks. i saw this and couldn't help but share it. they may one day dissapear forever.

the flouncy skirt, and avante garde, slightly daring neckline is unexpected. the spontaneous random loops of the simple but large veil is delicious. i would be a vivienne westwood bride anyday. wouldn't you?

Printed Perfection

after all my ranting about prints in contrast to bold solid colours

snippets of Eley Kishimoto's fall show
vintage-y, graphic, 70s prints in great moden cuts
why has springcome & gone so quickly? i do love the mix of fall and summer in that which is spring.
flowy, sleeveless, shorter, less layers in those deeper shades mixed with pale

Summer please arrive officially....

no more of this wishy washy shit. i want sun and fun soon. i know its not actually summer yet, and spring has been bleak behind the sporadic (albeit heavy) rainstorms. but i prefer when the sun peaks out from the sky and shines on me, and i take that moment to stop, feel the breeze and breathe.
and in support of my cause, i will show my fav shape for graphic coloured sundresses. i don't know the technical term, but i want to say they are empire waisted reverse racerback tank dresses. theses colours are delicious, but couldn't you see the shape is a whimsical print? can't wait until the may flowers start to bloom tomorrow...