A few highlights from the past week or so. My favorite page from this month's Vogue, coffee with Indigo, Coco, Lesley's kitchen, Michelle & Gene's cake topper, a ladies room at Pratt, Kathleen's office, Just Married, my new plaid cape, an ancient fire alarm, teenytinerson Céline totes at Barney's, a Poor Box is a real thing??!, macarons with Molly, fake dog, Jil Sander inspired brights, surprise awesome package from Mexican Summer
Ok so maaayyyybeeeee we are all teetering on epic COLLAB fatigue.
I know, I know.
How many SOMETHINGSOMETHING X SOMETHINGELSE's can we take?
How bout...just two more?
H&M x SWEDISH HASBEENS
I'm sorry, can't be mad about this. H&M x Swedish Hasbeens! Cmon, don't be a hater! This is exciting. Exept I think you can only buy these in Sweden. Which obviously blows. But still! There's a LACEUP SLIDE WEDGE WITH A FAUX SNAKESKIN. Dreamweavers!
Also fantastically beyond awesome?
BAGGU x NO. 6
Baggu, my favorite purveyor of reusable carry-'round totes has teamed up with my OTHER favorite clog-ier No. 6, to make some perfectly be-patterned bags for Spring. Who needs a Jil Sander market tote when you can get a superfuschia cheetah print one for tons less cost but like way more pleasure?
Last week I deejayed a lil soiree at Club Monaco. Their Spring Campaign was shot by Ryan McGinley (starring, among others, Lou Doillon & Lauren Hutton) and so we celebrated this aesthetic fantasticness with tiny burgers and blood orange cocktails and live musical performances.
I played some current faves plus a few good tunes for premium party atmosphere:
Party pix + Campaign fun:
1 Close up of Lou Doillon photobooth pix
2 Donald & Lou
3 Flash Times performance (tiny varsity jacket!)
4 Close-up of Donald photobooth pix
5 The store
6 Collage of the photobooth pix
7 Resort options
8 Pedal names for Domino Kirke's guitar player (pork & guilt??)
9 I love this guy! An employee?
10 India
11 The store
12 Donald & Lauren
13 My official title for the night
14 Lovely Lou
*2, 10, 12, 14 by Ryan McGinley !
This is what I am listening to a lot right now, it felt like a perfect pair with Ryan's photos...
Friday night I met Lesley at Bell House (Which, by the way? Was located after the scariest rapiest walk I have ever taken from an F train in my life. Worst!) so that we could totally immerse ourselves in the our favorite kind of nostalgia (heartbreaky 90s, obvi) and see Evan Dando & Juliana Hatfield. Teen idols!!!!!
It was pretty fuckinnggggg magical, I won't not lie to you. Awkward and sort of heartbreaking! They sang songs they wrote about each other with each other. It was almost too much at times; Les and I kept side-eyeballing each other. I mean..she sang EVAN. IT WAS TOO MUCH! But just enough.
The show was cute and weird and great. He was really stoned (which was referenced often) and pretty funny and I would have preferred more early Lemonheads stuff but still. I loved every second.
I took some video of It's A Shame About Ray..even shtonerfaced and more than a lil bit homeless vibey, EvanDando is dreamy times a jillion. CARTOON HEARTS!
Ok..speak up- who out there stared the trend of making the Pre-Fall/Resort slideshows "wackyyyy"?
There's something hilarz to me about how most fashion houses try to out-casual each other- Here, hold this bodega bag! Ooh, let's shoot it in the storage room! Show the seamless! Catch the model at awkward moments!
I'll admit I fell for the Givenchy shtick: they shot every look in the same spot on a sidewalk from morning until night. The darkest looks are set against the bright of day and the all white and lilac pieces are saved for the night. AND there are pedestrians/cars/dogs making random cameos.
I know that at first glance, White Lightning & Tory Burch may not seem like likely BFFs as there is an aspect to the TB brand that is not my sort of thing at all (the Upper East Sidery vibe, you know- the flats, etc). But there is an important common thread where me and TB are simpatico and that is a shared love for prints (not Prince) and intense color.
Pre-Fall '11 had both of those things in spades (lucky me).
Some of my favorites from the collection - which was HUGE- with top marks given to the perfect penny loafers, printed canvas wedges, and red sheer polka dots.
As you can see, we DO have a similar wavelength (with me erring on the side of BANANAYS) wearing some newly thrifted favorites. An enormous reversible cape-coat (black cotton/red wool plaid) and a sheer button-down in fluoro pink with giant white polka dots!!! A more perfect shirt has never been manufactured. Sheer polkys for all in 2011!
