the fox is guarding the hen house

wearing vintage embroidered blouse, thrifted Wrangler cut-offs, random thrifted, new jewelry, shoes from Seychelles

Housesitting while my parents are away presents ample opportunity to scan through the contents of my mother's closet, which contains this handmade peasant blouse from the '40s. The peplum waist, carved buttons, and flattering fit is just about convincing me that it needs to come live with me. Shhhh, don't tell.

walking on smoke

Forget everything you thought you knew about shoes and physics. These Anastasia Radevich shoes are the business. They look like evil ice skates propped up on columns of smoke.









Looks like Luxirare already has her hands on a couple of pairs, so if you want to see non-stock photos of these beauties, I highly suggest clicking here.

trendhunting: nyfw

Clearly an individual with far too much time on my hands, I assembled the following trends during my obsessive internet wanderings.

Faux Bois--which is a the snotty French way of saying 'fake wood'. Whatever you want to call it, there was more wood grain in the Spring 2011 collections than in your uncle's Cadillac.

L to R: Rodarte, Diesel Black Gold, Christian Siriano, Chado Ralph Rucci

Collars--not necessarily in conjunction with button-downs either. Some were just added to sheer tops and black shift dresses.

L to R: Isaac Mizrahi, 3.1 Philip Lim, Davidelfin, Cynthia Rowley

Triangles--whether in cutouts or inserts, the thrice pointed shape was having a moment.

L to R: VPL, Juan Carlos Obando, Max Azria, Prabal Gurung

Plastics--or plasticine finishes were errwhere. Shiny rules.

L to R: Rad Hourani, Acne, ThreeAsFour, Reed Krakoff

Hip Curtains--Don't know what else to call these. Hip drapes?

L to R: L'Wren Scott, Sophie Theallet, Erin Fetherston, Herve Leger

Pointed Hems--adds interest to the season's new minimalism, or mixed prints.

L to R: Cushnie Et Ochs, Julian Louie, Kimberly Ovitz, Rodarte

rainy sunday, hiking boots

wearing Dolce Vita boots, Gap jeans, Old Navy trench

vintage Saks Fifth Avenue blouse

Pictures from a drizzly, muggy Sunday in San Francisco. The blouse was a find from Painted Bird and still bears a yellowed 'Saks Fifth Avenue' label and the faint scent of old lady perfume. I imagine it has many stories to tell.

the best/worst of nyfw

Judging by my butt hurt silence on the subject, I'm sure you can guess I did not receive a special invitation to sit front-row at any New York Fashion Week shows. HOW RUDE.

I did however, deign to sift through all 9,000 photos on Style.com to pick out my favorites and least favorites.

First, the highlights:



Candy-colored paint splatters (and kick-ass platforms) at Alexandre Herchcovich, supreme print-mixing at Proenza Schouler, and sporty stripes and roomy slacks (and a blue turban that I need on my head right now) at Jason Wu.

Loving the long, neutral silhouettes brought to us by Bensoni, Prabal Gurung, and Matthew Ames

Woodsy prints at Rodarte, tea-stained lace at Vivienne Tam, and furry, pom-pom knits at Frank Tell

And now, the lowlights, AKA anything so ugly that I would rather wear a dead baby or strap flaming turds to my feet.



The only addition that could make this dress more suggestive of female genitalia would be to have a long red chiffon scarf poking out of the middle--or a babydoll head. (Marchesa)
This outfit is available for less at your local Wilson's Leather (Ralph Lauren)

Not sure whether a hip pocket for your electric razor and a couple of tubes of lipgloss is an amazing idea or just a really really misguided one. Thanks, VPL, for thoroughly confusing me.

Do you want the world to be your gynecologist AND make it look like you don't have a waist?!? Then boy oh boy do I have the monokini for you... (Staerk)

What were your favorites/least favorites from NYFW?