Obsessed: GAP Design Editions ankle boot

I haven't stopped wearing them.

They make everything look cooler. And a little tougher. And I think this is the only black shoe I own?!

FW11: Prada Prada Pradaaaaa

I am finally trying to catch up with all the shows..this is the first time in a million years where I haven't been trying to find the first first first pics up like 5 nanoseconds after the show is over and IT FEELS TERRIBLE. Sort of.

Prada is, of course, the exact combination of everything I never knew I wanted all at once.

There are 2 things that Miuccia always does better than almost anyone:

1. So Wrong It's Right-ness. e.g. the cheesy snakeskin print featured in this collection hasn't had this much play since the pleather pants hey day of the late 90s and in anyone else's hands I would barf, but with MP I am like..'yeah ok, I feel you. LET'S TRY IT!'. SHE KNOWS.

2. COLOR Being a genius with a color palette is hard as hell. It seems like it wouldn't be but trust me, 98% of the population sucks at color. Miuccia (and I would say Karl, in his Fendi collex) is next level. Her combinations are retro but future, surprising and exciting. RIGHT?

Um.. HELLO PINK MARY JANE, YOU WILL BE MINE. Also can we talk about a trompe-l'oeil KNEESOCK?! What in the who in the what?!?!?

These designers that show in Italy love a fucking Amelia Earhart swimcap. Marni, Jil Sander, Prada..all with this fucking hats. I love you guys for trying- AIN'T NO ONE GONNA WEAR THESE.

But I will wear a bathmat. I will.

Courreges feel and color theory at it's finest.

I LUH YOU, FASHION

What in the What: Sneaky Mail Call

WHO SENT ME THIS?!

The postcard is San Diego, the postmark is Illinois, and all it contains is 2 lines from Pavement's Stop Breathing ("Write it on a postcard: Dad they broke me, Dad they broke me").

All it needs is a lock of Lady Gaga's nose hair taped to it in a pentagram shape and it would be the ultimate in Anon letters.

But really..is this the best piece of postage of all time or should I be scurred? Stephen Malkmus, you can just call me next time.


Thanks, secret mail friend ! That was a thrill.

BIrthday Tribute: Kurt Cobain

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KURT COBAIN

That outfit in the background has been informing my style for years. May I one day find those sunglasses.

Here's a clip on my fave Nirvana song from an MTV appearance in 92 (which, as the youtube says, is "VERY OLD"). Grunge is dead, indeed.

Where have I Been?!?!?!

HI HI HI THERE HI!
 It has been a white since I blogged and for that I am sad and full of internet guilt!
I've started a new job you guys!
Fulltime again, at a magazine, makin things happen! We'll chat here about it in due time.

Until then let's discuss that fact that I do not own APPROPS WORK CLOTHES.
Day-glo polyester frocks are nooooot really cutting it right now?

WHAT DO YOU WEAR TO WORK? I don't own black clothes!
Shit is getting reallllly creative over here, shopping-my-own-closetwise.

Shrunken blazer: H&M // Layered, ruffled silk skirt (worn as a dress): Marc by Marc Jacobs SS 05 // Neon patent leather belt: Ancient UO // Tights: Topshop // Pointy white brogues: Gift from a friend, no idea?!?!

ISN"T MY HAIR DOPE? I look like a Ronnette!! I got it did for a thing. It's kinda rad, I want to do it every week? How fucking decadent would THAT be. I mean..it can't be that much right? To have perfect hair for a few days every week? (Am I gross?)

I am still trying to figure out "work clothes".  My general style occupies this very special sliver of space that makes them appropriate for..exactly nothing real. I don't own anything practical, for like..a hike or painting a room. I dont anything seriously fancy or conservative, like for a wedding or an interview.

Basically I am dressed perfectly at all times for cocktails on the lanai with Blanche and Dorothy or maybe a quick leer at the poolboy with Mrs Roper. Outside of those zones, shit gets a little sore thumb-y. (But who cares?)

I need to relearn how to blog on the regs AND work fulltime. I will figure it out because I love this crazy internets space too much not to..just be patient with me???

Just Saying: Get Yr Polly Jean On

Oh hay gurl, I love that PJ Harvey vibe yr givin off!

Lady Gaga for Supreme // Photos by Terry Richardson // Styled by Nicola Formichetti

Is it the worst that all I can think it Ooommggg she's gonna get RED LIPSTICK ALL OVER THAT BIRKIN, BE CAREFUL !

Have iPhone, Will Travel: It's Too Old & Cold & Settled In It's Ways Here

Isn't it crazy how quickly a vacation can leave your consciousness? Was I really looking at turquoise waters in a baja and sunglasses just one week ago today? Today's arctic winds can really take the California out of a girl.

CA-1 on a sunny day, frozen fried artichokes, a baja from the supermarket + Lanvin x H&M sunglasses pre-hike, rainbow tunnel, banana stand, Dizzy Lizzy, Curly Wurly, CA-1 on a foggy day, the Gold Teeth Master in Oakland, aprés breakfast, yellow ribbons, Hallie's BYOCozy, Jeff & Hallie & Graham & Me (college reunion!), somewhere over the snowy Midwest.

I miss you, California! Do you miss me?!?!

Recent Acquisitions: Flip-Tops & Bow-Necks

Not like I needed to bring aannyythingggggg new into my already packed and schizo closet but you are just not going to keep me out of thrfit store, ya just aren't.

Flip-top Sunglasses : vintage store in SF /// Bow-Neck Blouse (came with a matching skirt, obvi), thrift store way out in the burbs of SF (it was a veritable goldmine out thurrr). Background Photo: taken by me on my flight to Caifornia. Snowy Middle America!

Just getting mah Dwayne Wayne/Gagaloo on.

These are 2 attractive and completely sane iconic figures for an adult woman to aspire to, I don't know why you're making that face.

Today's Special: From The Top Of The Mountain

HI GUYS!
Guess what? I took a vacation. In fact, I am still here. I came to California to spend time with old friends and new friends and forests and trees and wine and cheese and water and stars and you know..stuff.

I hear there's like, "snow" or whatever in New York? Huh, weird. It's way warm and sunny as hell here in Northern California, so it's hard to IMAGINE this 'WINTRY MIX' you Tweet of.

I have a lot to share and probably not chronologically (them's the breaks!) because WHY MAKE IT EASY?

I went thrifting in the suburbs with my Hallie and got a ton of great stuff (no worries, all will be revealed!). THIS COAT! It was clearly waiting just for me. It's basically made out of a carpet bag.

I wore it wen I spent a few days in Big Sur with Ali. First time there, smitten OF COURSE. I mean I was naked in hot springs carved into a mountain cantilevered over the Pacific at 3 in the morning, WHY WOULDN'T I BE SMITTEN?

Old-school motel keys / breakfast at Big Sur Bakery / the giantest rainbow I have every seen / my most trusted old vintage boots / HOW CAN THE WATER REALLY BE THIS COLOR??? / Um..this is the closest I have ever been to a horse in my life / Our lil cabin was wayyyyy too cute / Hey that's me


You'd tihnk I would have a steady thrum of Janis Joplin in my head or something but I kept hearing Bjork (is she my spirit animal?)



It feels good to blog again! I have so many more pictures to share..and I will find a way to sneak some fashion in there, too. Vacation blogs til I am back in New York this weekend!