5.25.2012

Perfect Memorial Day Playlist + Outfit Inspiration


Consider your mind BLOWN. Now please review the following Vogue Street Style pics from Coachella and Miami Art Basel to inspire your Memorial day duds after the jump. Happy LONG WEEKEND!

5.24.2012

Daily Music Fix: The White Panda Mashup with Kanye & M83


I Want, I Need: Jimmy Choo Futuristic Bronze Clutch




Holli Rogers is a sage of fashion wisdom (Jimmy Choo, $595)

Marc Jacobs, $489
Holli Rogers is Net-A-Porter's Fashion Director and therefore in my book a fashion saint. She chose a wonderful list of items for Who.What.Wear's packing spread and I absolutely went gaga over this one. So, being me, I scoured the internet to try and find something that us fashion plebeians can afford and rock with equal zeal. It proved harder than expected because when you start searching 'futuristic' things get pretty weird and pretty cheap looking fast. So, forgive me that my cheaper versions are alas not that much cheaper. Maybe you will have better luck than me? 
Z Spoke by Zac Posen, $250


5.23.2012

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby

 
The music! The clothes (no doubt inspiration for the last season's obsession with the roaring '20s)! The ACTORS! I will be seeing this in theaters come Christmas 2012, but I dare say, is it really necessary to see it in 3D? The obsession with 3D has apparently trickled into what I would deem 'real' or 'authentic' cinema. I know Baz Luhrmann (Romeo & Juliet, Moulin Rouge) loves the spectacular-spectacular... Perhaps it will add to the film instead of taking away from it? Here's to hoping.
See some Spring 2012 fashions inspired by the roaring '20s after the jump...

5.22.2012

Retail Therapy of a Different Variety


Prada screened a short film (aka, ahem, a commercial) entitled A Therapy, directed by Roman Polanski, at Cannes last night (NYMag). 
I am loving it.

5.18.2012

Wedge Your Bets: Statement Wedges for Summer 2012

Expensive selections from Netaporter.com: INSPIRATION

I had too much wine last night and don't want to dumbfound you with my hungover rantings, but my shoe-selecting-spydey sense is working just fine. Check out my favorite fancy-shmancy choices from the mother ship that is net-a-porter.com and then check out my own little R&D from the interwebs (some have color blocking! pastels!). Gotta love a statement shoe. Pair with an easy outfit and let the shoes do the talking. Enjoy my new Nicki Manaj musical obsession "Beez in the Trap" - this white girl loves rap. 
Happy Friday.
Cheap and chic wedges for summer 2012

5.16.2012

Just Block It Out: Electric Color Blocking 101

Color Blocking: Chic, Easy and Here to Stay? a la Vogue Street Style Blog
Color blocking is pretty big right now, but beyond that it is one of the easier trends for spring/summer 2012 because you already own clothes that have the aspects needed to pull it off.
  1. Pair a bright solid top with a more muted pant - think pastel coral pants with a heather green top - voila: color blocked!
  2. Buy something that incorporates the trend in the entire outfit - aka a dress - that takes the guess work out of color blocking because the work is done for you.
  3. Wear a neutral outfit - for me that is all blacks or black/camel with denim - and add a color blocked shoe and/or clutch.
Color blocking does not have to be hard or expensive. It can actually be quite easy and fun. When you feel like you are out of your element because of the extensive colors in your outfit don't over think it. Color blocking is fun, modern, and so haute right now. Sorry,  I couldn't help myself. Check out some items I pulled in all price ranges below.