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I’m loving Michelle Obama’s style.  Her mixing of high and low fashion from day to day is so of the times.  Plus, I’m a huge JCREW fan so it’s great to see her wearing it, and her daughters look amazingly cute in the JCREW kids line.  I also like that she has taken an interest in small designers such as Jason Wu (for the sparkly inauguration dress) and Isabel Toledo for the yellow number in the bottom image.

I’m obsessed with New York Magazine’s fashion spin-off, New York Look. More like a primary source rather than your typical fashion mag, New York Look breaks down all of the best collections of the S/S ’08 season. Not only are you given access to color, silhouette, and beauty trends, but you also get to see all the juicy, not-so-publicized details of fashion week, including runway backdrops, front row attendees, and designer inspirations. My favorite spread, titled “From Every Angle,” gave a photographic montage of all the front row and backstage action.

I’m so excited about Marimekko’s collaboration with H&M, which is due to launch this April. The collection of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel will feature the firm’s signature prints from the 50s through the 70s. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of the tunic dresses!

Anna Sui gave these t-shirts as a part of the goodie bags at her Spring 08 show. The shirt bears the faces of Don and Jin Chang, the owners of Forever 21. The shirt says, “thou shalt not steal”. I love it.

Everywhere I look it’s Kate mania. But I have to say I love the way Kate Moss’s collection for Topshop seems to look, although anything modeled by her or Irina looks good. I’ve yet to see any pieces in person, but I’m thinking about checking some of the pieces out at Barneys Co-Op (in 8 days they will have some of the pieces). And, the other notable thing is the graphic design on the Barneys site and the Topshop site (both look fabulous).

Here are my favorite outfits from last night’s 79th Annual Oscars:

Gwyneth Paltrow, in Zac Posen

Maggie Gyllenhaal, in Proenza Schouler

Cate Blanchett,in Armani Privé

Rachel Weisz, in Vera Wang

Naomi Watts, in Escada

Anne Hathaway in Valentino

Okay, so I now have a new shopping obsession…Heritage 1981. Now, I have to admit I felt old having been born before 1981, but I took a deep breath and managed to enter the store to be welcomed by soooo many cute affordable pieces. Heritage is owned by Forever 21 but is a bit more of a preppy combination of Free People meets Hollister. The prices are a little bit higher ($25-$50), than Forever 21, but still cheaper than H&M. The fabrications are much nicer, i.e. yarn dyed plaids galore, heavy printed knits in fun shapes, and lots of great distressed and faded looking historical style prints. But for all of you 9-5ers there are no career clothes and absolutely no club clothes. There is a decent sized men’s section even in this pint sized King of Prussia, PA location with men’s tees priced around $12. There are a few strange overlaps between Forever 21, such as a few of the same prints in slightly different ‘bodies’, and the accessories carry Forever 21′s packaging. I’d like to be more fooled by their branching of labels, but overall I’m totally obsessed.

Well, what kind of fashion blog would this be if I didn’t mention the Golden Globes. I’m not really a gown sort of girl, but here are some ladies that deserve an honorable mention. I always love Chloë Sevigny, in a vintage Yves Saint Laurent I think it’s great that she opted to wear a print. No matter how wacky her looks always are, she always looks contemporary and fun. The only thing I didn’t ‘get’ about the styling was the shoes, they were too chunky. I love Sienna Miller’s milk maid hair, but the Marchesa dress was a bit stuffy for her. And last but not least, Jennifer Garner, in Gucci looked nice and elegant. I love the simplicity of her dress and her casual and modern approach to hair and makeup.