Musical Musings: Music Worth Rolling In the Hay With

Many of you know, some of you don't, that my beloved went off to the Middle East for most of August 2012. While he was away seemingly every song on the radio was about coming home and waiting for someone to come home - it was agony... I swear it wasn't just me, but needless to say that music got me through his absence and, best of all, he's back! 

Lots of this jimmy-jams have some staying power and I rec you click to listen and purchase if you love/like as much as I do.

Here's the list for easy reference/download-ability: 
1. Come Home, Chappo 
2. I Will Wait, Mumford & Sons (no doy, am I right?) 
3. Flowers in Your Hair, the Lumineers 
4. Mountain Sound, Of Monsters and Men
5. Runaways, the Killers (new song from their new album) 
6. Take a Walk, Passion Pit 
7. Tongue Tied, Group Love 
8. Let's Go, Matt & Kim 
9. It's Nice to Be Alive, Ballpark Music 
10. Little Black Submarines, the Black Keys 
11. Reunion, M83

Doing Baroque Without Going Ba-roke: F/W 2012 Opulent Dressing

Alexander McQueen F/W 2012

The entire point of this F/W 2012 trend is to look and feel expensive. However, not all of us have the ability to make it rain, but do not fear because I know how to mirror this 'rain' look without you missing October's rent. Enter ASOS.com - the single most compelling and bottomless eCommerce site on the net. Yes, it is based in the UK, but with free shipping both ways who cares? I can't stop perusing and buying and perusing and buying - it's clearly a slippery slope. Thankfully 100 bones gets you more than a single pant (as in one part pants - ha - me so funny) and I always feel really good about all the compliments from my purchases. 

First things first though, let's go to the source of this trend to examine the details of the expensive-er versions. For my quarterly splurges and day dream online shopping the one and only place for me is NET-A-PORTER.com (did you know 'a porter' is French for ready to wear? These people are clever folks) and Google of course.

Jessica Chastain in Alexander McQueen at the Oscars, Getty Images

Opulent, embellished, encrusted... Call it whatever you want, but covered in shiny stuff is what it is.  Oh, and don't forget flowers and cherubs...

Check out all of the fancy wares here. These are not cheap, y'all.

Shop all of ASOS' baroque collection here. It's excellent and much more affordable.

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NYC Fashion Week: Someday My Lovelies, Someday

The Cut has gone above and beyond with their coverage of all thing Fashion Week. At the end of week one I am pumped to have access to their treasure trove of street style images. Lucky for you, I did the digging for you and pulled the top-top images for your viewing enjoyment. See the rest of the images here in their slide show.

This woman is SO much cooler than you, oh and skinnier, and did I mention cooler? Zanna Roberts Rassi, Marie Claire fashion editor photo by Youngjun Koo

Give me that purse, right meow! Where-oh-where can I get this?? Photo by Youngjun Koo

Gratuitous male model shot. They are so-o cool with their graphic tees and skinny jeans. Love it. Photo by Youngjun Koo (think that name is a play on 'young gun'? I sure hope so because that is beyond awesome.)

TheWellSet @Simon's Fashion NOW Event

Follow me on Instagram  today @aftonybalogna. I guarantee a few laughs and some thoughtful, not-overly-contrived images.

P.S. Add the new Scissor Sisters song "Let's Have a Kiki" to your party playlists right meow.