I’m loving Etro’s fall collection. The colors and richness of the velvets reminded me of what’s going on at the store Geminola in the West Village. I stopped in the other day and was overjoyed to see dresses grafted together mixing the top of one dress, with the bottom of another. This shop is one of my favorites in NY, it’s located on 41 Perry St. It carries a plethora of reconstructed vintage party dresses which are overdyed and trimmed up with wild touches of color. Their website does not do their store justice, so try to avoid checking out this link.

Check out J Brand jeans, I just bought a pair of their cigarette jeans, in black. I purchased mine at Knit Wit, a philly fave, they are also available through Rawclothing. Don’t bother looking at the J Brand website because it looks dreadful.

The simple style of this jean is a relief from all the cluttered destroyed denim that is still lurking in stores. The solid black color is refreshing, today’s market is sooooo saturated with blue washed out and blasted legs, it’s time to try something solid. These jeans are needed now more than ever, with all the long tunic tops which are so popular right now we need a simple smooth waistband and back pockets ( to avoid unfortunate bulges). These snug fitting jeans are ‘tapered with a 15″ leg opening’, translation: your foot will actually fit through the bottom opening without lots of tugging!

Honeymilk is a concept store based on the idea of gift giving. The shop is located in the back of Vagabond (37 N 3rd St, Philadelphia). This space has been the breeding ground of many boutique/fashion moguls, think Emma Luv and Sodafine. The products in Honeymilk are made by young artists and designers, their creations are mostly as one of a kind pieces and small editions.

The store has a variety of gifts ranging from paintings, baby+dog clothing, to Kinked Works tees, and jewelry. Linda (one of the owners) is especially know for her intricately cut leather earrings, she has begun a collection of Valentines’ Day necklaces with charms and lockets which are great ideas as gifts.

Check out Mamastone Vintage for awesome vintage pieces which are styled beautifully. Back in the day they were my favorite for Boho pieces, but now that Edie Sedgwick is en vogue they carry a nice supply of mod graphic styles. In addition to their ebay store, they also have a website which has great lookbooks of the pieces they have sold recently which is great inspiration for fun outfits.

Harrod’s Girl wanted to know more about the NY TOPSHOP and how it compares to the Oxford Street Top Shop in Londion, I thought that you all might want to know too, so here’s my response:

Today I picked up this bag at the NYC Topshop within Opening Ceremony (35 Howard St NY, NY)  Mine is a nice warm brown color. Opening Ceremony is a cute men’s/women’s store in SOHO which dedicates a large portion of their space to promoting international designers. Every year Opening Ceremony focuses on a new designer/brand, and this year the choice was Topshop. The Topshop environment was drastically different than that of the original Topshop (in London) which is the equivalent to a mega H&M on speed. Opening Ceremony hosts a chill atmosphere with soft lighting and plenty of elbow room. Although it’s tucked away on Howard Street, I’ll definitely make the pilgrimage out there again. Thanks Lizz W for pulling me and my aching feet down the street!