Archive for the 'Fashion' Category

Mociun…

Monday, March 19th, 2007
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This weekend I dropped into Vagabond (one of my favorite boutiques in Philly) and I finally got to see this Mociun dress in person. I love how feed-sack inspired it is, and the large scale blackbird print is gorgeous.

A few things worth knowing about…

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Ever since I moved back to Philadelphia (from NY) I feel as though I’ve been living in a cave. So, you may already know about these two topics, but in case you didn’t I highly recommend them both:

1) Current TV-my new favorite tv network. It’s mostly comprised of viewer created content ‘pods’. It cycles through pods on fashion, the environment, politics, art, culture, and everything else a hipster would need to know about. If you don’t have cable you can still check out some of their programs via the web. So far I’ve seen pods on Single Dress, Alice+Olivia both of which were greatly inspiring.currenttv.com

2)Fashion Wire Daily, it’s a great daily email which keeps you posted on fashion news. So, as soon as Marc checks into rehab, you know about it. Very essential.www.fashionwiredaily.com

Wet rocker…

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
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So I’ve finally gotten around to looking at the international fall 07 fashion shows, and one look which keeps popping up (nearly as often as last seasons gold lame stockings) is cat-woman-esque outfits. The above looks are by Marni,Chloe, and my personal fave Daryl K.  You are probably not going to catch me sporting this look, but I do love how tough and edgy it feels.  Perhaps I’ll approach it more through black sheen-heavy accessories.

Bunchy plaid panties…would you wear them?

Monday, March 12th, 2007
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Apparently everyone is going nuts over plaid bunchy panties. The above choices are by Urban Outfitters, Steven Alan, and Aerie by American Eagle. In principle I love the way they look, the mixture of boy/girl style is great but the amount of gathering just isn’t for me. Would you wear them?

Fruits street style…

Thursday, March 8th, 2007
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Here are some of my favorite highlights from Fruits magazine. It’s a magazine, same concept as Fruits the book, just current. I picked it up while we were at Colette, although it seems silly to pay for street style pics with the advent of facehunter, here is their site if you want a subscription…I’ve always been a fan of layers, but I especially love all these looks because they are so Victorian inspired. My most favorite of the above images is the upper left, I love the chunks of yarn she has wrapped around her neck. This image caused me to have a very inspired purchase at Vanves of some strange crochet chunk that will make a lovely necklace in the summertime.

And more from the West…by Lizz

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
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When you are on vacation, you always meet interesting people: in my case I usually forget their names or what they do exactly or never really caught it in the first place. Luckily, in LA, when my friend Heather introduced us to her friend Ophir Tanz, I already knew what he did: he’s a co-founder of the awesome wallpaper company, Cavern home. I’ve long coveted their blackbird wallpaper since I had seen it last year. Ophir was super nice and let us in on the fact that he and partner, Carly Margolis, will be moving into more homegoods soon! On route to our Sunset boulevard hotel that night, we passed the jewelry store, Kaviar and Kind, who’s kitschy storefront was perfected with one of their new designs.

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Lizz reports on the West Coast…while I recover from a cold :(

Monday, March 5th, 2007
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San Francisco was gorgeous while I was there, but the street style left a little to be desired. Having gone to a top-ten liberal arts school, I’ve had quite enough of insert jeans, tie-dye and outdoor gear wore casually. However, the House of Hengst was a welcome relief. Although the line is carried by over twenty stores, this was the first time I had seen it. The simply and well-cut shapes were thoughtful and a great balance of new shapes and trend awareness. If you visit San Francisco you can stop by the storefront at 924 Valencia and possibly see designer Susan Hengst in the back, where she maintains her studio.

Deep Sleep…

Monday, March 5th, 2007
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This weekend Leo and I went to check out a new men’s wear shop on 3rd Street that I totally love called Deep Sleep. It’s merchandise is slightly hip-hop inspired (BTW-hip-hop t’s are taking over whether we like it or not), and the store reminds me a bit of Colette in Paris. They also have an art gallery in the upstairs which is worth checking out. There is an exhibit by Carina Romano showing at the moment (the shot above is a piece from the show).

Moving Ponies…

Thursday, March 1st, 2007
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I’m pleased to announce that we have a new opening page on our Moonblood t-shirt site. It’s complete with moving ponies!
Feel free to check it out here, moonblood.net

So long Fourth and Towne…

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
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Yesterday when I heard that the Fourth and Towne division of Gap was going to be closed, I was a bit dismayed. I’ve never been in Fourth and Towne store, but I aspired to. Not from a financial aspiration, but more of a coming-of-age change. I think that many of us are in the curious predicament of looking really young for our age, and Fourth and Towne seemed to offer us a solution that wasn’t too stuffy and could have been the perfect uniform for us to be ‘taken seriously’ in…

And the Oscar goes to….

Monday, February 26th, 2007
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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

Bling is Big in Paris Stores…

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

So after strolling into some of my favorite stores in Paris I started to see a unanimous direction for Spring handbags. As the Spring runways proved, bling hasn’t been this big in a long time. Normally I only like bling in small doses, but some of my favorite stores, mentioned below have managed to make me love it in large doses.

I do want to point out that I failed to see anyone on the streets actually sporting these bags on the street, as the Parisian ladies seem to be sticking to their red patent leather bags for now. But I think that once the weather changes I’m envisioning droves of fashionable women strolling around pairing these blingtastic bags with some sweet summer dresses.

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The first of my affections was for Vanessa Bruno’s bling shopper-bags. It’s a bit hard to tell from the pic, but the handle is covered in sequins. I love that it’s such a simple shape, but totally fabulous. It reminds me a bit of some bags that were really popular that Old Navy brought to the masses a few summers ago, I’m totally kicking myself for not picking one up back then!

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Here are two more Vanessa Bruno bags that I didn’t see in the stores, but I came accross them on her site and just had to put them up.

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Next on the list are Zadig & Voltaire, who are known for their slinky luxury looks. I wasn’t super impressed by their normally cute slip-like dresses and ultra-light sweaters this time around, but these bags were really supple and gorgeous in person (I don’t think the pic really does them justice).

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And lastly we have mama bling herself, Miu Miu.

Ann Marie…on Twinkle

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

In pre-show materials handed out at last week’s show, the clothes for Fall 2007 were described as being for the girl who spends her weekend shopping at outdoor markets, going to a friend’s art opening, or riding around town with her boyfriend on his Vespa.

Sounds pretty good, except for the vespa part. In general, the clothes that came down Twinkle’s runway last week were a little too fancy or skirty for the laid back activities described here. Still, a lot of the pieces were clothes you would actually want to wear.

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As always, Twinkle featured a lot of knitwear — chunky bulky knitwear–hats, scarves, cardigans. To be honest, I have often found her pieces to be too bulking and overwhelming, working best on tall and skinny girls, with bodies that are able to handle extra layering and bulk. But on the runway, with the movement of the models, I think I might be changing my mind. The blousey berets that almost all the models work, not only united the collection, they also looked great over messy long hair. And the cardigans were almost doable.

More from Ann Marie…on Badgley Mischka

Monday, February 12th, 2007

Badgley Mischka FALL 2007 RTW

When you hear Badgley Mischka, you think evening gowns. You think red carpet. That is why I was so surprised that it was their sportswear that I found to be most strong at last week’s show.

I really liked their first look (above), a bell sleeved dress over a camel turtleneck, even though it might be too dressed up or fussy or Saks Fifth Avenue for me to actually wear.

This season, the designers decided to show pieces from all of their collections, which include Couture (your Hollywood starlet dresses) Platinum (dresses that are supposed to be more affordable, but still set suburban ladies back 500 to 1000 bucks) and sportswear. I liked the below looks as well, mainly because of the sleeves.

Amy’s favorite pics from Anna Sui…

Friday, February 9th, 2007
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I love all the cute conversational patterns that Anna used even more than usual in this Fall 07 show (especially the clothes pin print in the upper right!). The colors are so lovely, the interplay of the freezing cold blue and the warm marigolds and oranges look great against one another.