stay cool

top: APC shirt, Juicy Couture shorts, Frye heels, thrifted bag, Banana Republic cuff, bottom: ASOS dress
San Franciscans are sadly ill-equipped to handle temparature surges of more than 78 degrees. A late summer heat-wave ultimately leads to a lot of complaining and a convenient excuse to cancel all your plans and lounge in a state of semi-undress while eating ice pops.

On to important matters. I am determined to buy a pair of thigh-high boots for fall, and I've found a couple of promising options on Bebe and Topshop's website. The Topshop boots are available in a 38.5, which is apparently equivalent to a UK 6. I normally wear a US size 8, so these could either be perfect or a bit too big. Does anyone know how they run??

The pair on Bebe's website would be my second choice because they have a higher heel and they're not real leather, but they actually look pretty similar. Everyone, please do your civic duty and vote.

Left to right: Topshop, Bebe

who killed the video star?

I just saw the music video for "We Run This Town" and found myself siezed by a sudden thigh-high-hooker-boot-induced fit of raging jealousy. Rihanna's wardrobe is so ridiculously on-point. And it's not just her. Everyone looks good. Jay-Z is even positively less...camel-like. Which is a triumph in and of itself.

If video killed the radio star, who killed the video star?

you could be a farmer in those clothes.

wearing plaid shirt from Target, Gap t-shirt, Gap jeans, vintage Frye boots, unknown necklace, Christian Dior sunglasses

Forgive me, I need to take a moment to complain about Project Runway. I watched the first episode on Sunday and was concerned about a number of developments that led me to believe the show has gone waaay low-budget. First, it's on Lifetime, which is weird because I thought Lifetime only showed movies about women being victimized by men/impregnated at 16/kidnapped by a next door neighbor, etc., etc. Secondly, it's in LA, which is a total downgrade from NY (not just on the show but like, in general). As if to drive home the fact that it's gone downhill, the best guest judge they could get was Lindsay Lohan. Very disappointing, though mildly entertaining to watch her vote off the one designer who looked A LOT like Samantha Ronson. Surely I'm not the only one who noticed??

With all that being said, unless they get rid of Tim Gunn (don't even THINK about it) I'll probably watch even if they start using cocker spaniels as models and former cast members of The Real Housewives of New Jersey as designers. My standards are pretty low.

ps
I got these Frye boots at my favorite vintage store for $45. Sometimes it SO pays not to buy something on ebay. I never would have been able to get them for so cheap.

is this real life?

Urban Outfitters bra, Jovovich-Hawk tank, Zara sweater, vintage necklace, Gap jeans

I left the house only once today, and it was on a seriously compromised food run that ended in disaster (i.e. the failure to procure food). Other than that, I was working, hence the fact that the outfit post was taken in the piss-poor light of my living room and not on some fantastically windy hill with a vista of the city in the background.

It has suddenly come to my attention that I don't do anything besides go to work and work from my couch and sleep and once in a blue moon, do something daring like say, visiting a museum or getting my nails painted. Is this life?

yumm

Loving every goddamned detail of this Mirco Giovaninni collection. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure the only part of this look I have a chance in hell of recreating is the orchids in the ears. I'll still be dreaming of that one-shouldered ochre blouse though...

God I love sleeves.