Hi Everyone, Leo and I are in Paris for the next couple days. I’ll be back on Wednesday, and I’m hoping to have lots of wonderful finds to share with you!

I feel a little cheesy admitting how much I like 3.1 Phillip Lim. In the last year, his stuff has appeared in all the magazines and on many a starlet. Still, I love his dresses, slouchy fitting pants and billowy light cotton shirts and if I had a legal unlimited money source I would like to wear his stuff all the time. Last spring, for the first time, Lim staged his first runway show during fashion week and it was really critically acclaimed. He showed mostly white dresses, every one of them seeming more beautiful than the next. In some way, they almost seem too airy or pristine to actually wear on the street.

The collection I saw last week wasn’t as striking. Still, there were a lot of looks that I wish I could have in my closet and many I would like to try emulate.

The show was held in this long, dark building, near the water in Chelsea. The darkness of the whole place and the narrowness of the space and the runway, made for a sort of somber viewing experience. Apparently, it took almost two minutes to walk the complete runway.

The color pallet was neutral-ish like so many of the other Fall shows- camel, grey, white, black. In spite of all my attempts to wear more color, these are the colors I end up wearing so a lot of this appealed to me.

Another amazing book I found is by Erica Wilson titled ‘Needleplay’. This book is full of fun ideas which are all highlights from her television series “Erica”. There are still some VHS tapes of this show available on Ebay.

This weekend we went to the Met to check out the current shows. Anglomania, is an exhibit that attempts to examine how British fashion bore it’s roots from the English traditions. The exhibit features some stunning pieces from the likes of ,Hussein Chalayan (see above), Galiano (for Dior, below) as well as Alexander McQueen. The show seemed a little less cohesive than previous fashion exhibits that we’ve seen, such as the Chanel/Lagerfeld show. There seemed to be too many conflicting ideas going on in the presentation for it to be interperted clearly. Some people were left wondering what old british people were doing wearing Vivianne Westwood tee’s? Of course art doesn’t intrinsically cater to everyone, a museum’s job is to make it accessible and understandible, this is where the Met fell short this time. If you would like something to do in an air conditioned environment, it’s definately worth checking out, but be prepared to read the long descriptions in each room if you really want to get it.