the Prism and the Pendulum

]stylemint

2011-09-07T19:05:00.000-07:00

I ran into two lovely ladies from stylemint.com on the 3rd St Promenade in Santa Monica today. They took my pic for their Twitter wearing my new StyleMint tee. Thanks girls!

]into desire I shall come

2011-04-27T17:22:00.000-07:00

-- via little plastic horses, i love wildfox, fashion canvas, src783, twinfashion --

DIONI TABBERS

2011-04-19T23:40:00.000-07:00

While driving the other day, my boyfriend and I passed this Bebe advertisement:

He said she was hot. She is hot...

Therefore I hate her. Not because she is hot, but because my boyfriend thinks she is hot. And he never points out girls who are hot, so he must think she's really, really hot. And to make it worse, she looks almost nothing like me. I'm more the bookish brunette. Why does that point make it so much worse?

LEILA JAY

2011-04-14T13:23:00.000-07:00

This is just unfair to regular looking women. Look how long her legs are! I say we sue her for emotional distress.

- via fashion spot -

RAISE AMERICA'S TAXES

2011-04-14T13:12:00.000-07:00

Raise America's Taxes

by Nicholas D. Kristoff

President Obama in his speech on Wednesday confronted a topic that is harder to address seriously in public than sex or flatulence: America needs higher taxes.

That ugly truth looms over today’s budget battles, but politicians have mostly preferred to run from reality. Mr. Obama’s speech was excellent not only for its content but also because he didn’t insult our intelligence.

[....] Mr. Obama didn’t say so, but the United States accounts for almost as much military spending as the entire rest of the world put together.

[....] Ever since Walter Mondale publicly committed hara-kiri in 1984 by telling voters that he would raise their taxes, politicians have run from fiscal reality. As baby boomers age and require Social Security and Medicare, escapism will no longer suffice. We need to have a frank national discussion of painful steps ahead, and since I’m not a politician, let me be perfectly clear: raise my taxes!

- NY Times, April 13, 2011 -

doodles

2010-05-06T06:07:00.001-07:00

I am in love with this woman's tattoo. It looks like someone just doodled on her back and she had someone tattoo over it.

I'm thinking about getting another one myself, maybe for my birthday. I want to get words instead of an image this time though. Maybe Charles Simic ("When I close my eyes everything is so damn pretty") or Anne Sexton ("With no special legend or god to refer to"). I need to get something literary, I have been studying writing for... oh, I don't know... NINE YEARS, and I wrote my first poem 15 years ago.

-- via rackkandruin --

grunge . is . good

2010-05-04T10:23:00.000-07:00

-- via wildfox & lefashion & FGR & herfamedgoodlooks & fashionising --

colonial

2010-05-04T02:10:00.000-07:00

This hat looks like something worn to the first thanksgiving dinner. I love it!

-- via alltheprettybirds --

fake . is . the . new . real

2010-05-03T14:54:00.000-07:00

-- via fashionising --

not . okay

2010-04-30T05:52:00.000-07:00

I can't stop looking at this picture because it's really infuriating me right now. I'm getting so tired of all these fashion editorials where girls are put into really sexual positions that just look degrading. Do girls really like looking at these things or are these fashion editorials just for guys? I feel weird about reposting it, but I'm hoping people will comment with their thoughts on the subject.

ThePop.com shot by Robert Harper

-- via FGR --

half-back

2010-04-29T12:26:00.000-07:00

The title isn't referring to a t-shirt style but to the fact that I haven't posted in about two weeks and I'm not that eager to do so now. I was in LA having a grand ol' time with my friends and family and now I'm in Oxford where I had class for a few days, after which I immediately came down with the flu. However, these images have been sitting stagnant on my desktop for too long now and I thought I should post them. Sorry for the half-hearted attempt.

-- via fgr & iknowwhatyouwore & knightcat --

skin . and . bones

2010-04-13T15:16:00.000-07:00

I can't decide if I love Margaux Lonnberg's bleached hair/bleached eyebrows look or hate it. I do know that I love her tattoos, wish I lived in Paris like her, and think she needs to eat a whole cake, or two.

-- via thekillingmoon --

bluebell

2010-04-13T15:14:00.001-07:00

It's too bad that if I matched my hair to my eye color, I'd have to dye my hair a greenish brown that'd look like the color of a pond.

-- via rackk&ruin --

oh . reckless . abandon

2010-04-10T12:01:00.000-07:00

-- via stardustandsequins & 10thmuse & apartmenttherapy & rackkandruin --

carey . into . spring

2010-04-07T09:51:00.001-07:00

This feels so spring! Too bad it's basically still winter in Washington State. Ggrr.

-- Carey Mulligan by Mikael Jansson . Interview Magazine . April 2010 --

editors v. bloggers

2010-04-06T09:48:00.001-07:00

Here's an interesting article on a recent Elle editors panel discussion where they discussed fashion bloggers. I think they're maybe being a little hard on bloggers like Tavi and BryanBoy, but I do agree that it's not fair when editors are pushed to the second row so that bloggers can be put in the first row.

I think fashion blogging is the reality TV of the fashion industry. It's like outsider art. It's fun and entertaining, but fashion bloggers are not (usually) trained and educated industry professionals and we will, I think we should all admit, sell out pretty quickly if it means getting exposure. I will never think I'm better or more deserving of respect than the editors of magazines like Elle, Vogue, Nylon, W, etc.

Read the article here at fashionologie.com

scodelario

2010-04-05T09:03:00.001-07:00

Kaya Scodelario ("Skins") models for ASOS Magazine, April 2010

-- via fashionising --

would you pay $64 for a diet coke...

2010-04-05T08:49:00.000-07:00

if it were in a limited edition bottle designed by Karl Lagerfeld?

Read more here.

out.of.time.

2010-04-02T11:01:00.001-07:00

I'm about to run out the door to pick up my BF from work and then head to the airport to catch a flight to New York (leaving my temporary Miami home for good), but I feel I haven't posted in ages. Since I don't have much time, here's an inspirational image dump for you. Sorry for the lack of effort!

-- via: 10thmuse & FGR & shoelust & studdedhearts & wildfox --

avedon

2010-03-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

I drove an hour and a half to West Palm Beach yesterday to check out the Richard Avedon exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art. Such amazing photos from the 1940s to today that really show how much fashion has changed over the years and how much fashion editorials depict both the time period and the fantasy at the time. Plus, we stopped at Cracker Barrel on the way. Totally worth the drive!

garden.of.dree

2010-03-25T07:39:00.000-07:00

Dree Hemingway's self-styled photo shoot for i-D spring 2010

-- via fashionologie --

chloe.in.wonderland

2010-03-23T10:55:00.000-07:00

Chloe Sevigny in Harper's Bazaar Russia, April 2010

-- via iknowwhatyouwore --

charlotte's.closet

2010-03-22T08:20:00.000-07:00

I smiled so wide when I saw this in my inbox this morning from Who What Wear Daily...

naked.saturday

2010-03-20T08:10:00.001-07:00

You could start a whole blog devoted entirely to nude fashion shoots. There have been so many lately! I'm not sure how I feel about them. Fashion is about clothing, isn't it? I'm not sure what all this nudity is telling the younger set, and now with all those Terry Richardson allegations, it's getting downright creepy! Plus, don't get me started on the new curvy-girl nudity. I hate how "curvy" usually just means big boobs! A skinny girl with big boobs is not curvy.

Anyway... I'm done ranting. If you are going to do nudity, this is the way to do it. Kate Moss has a real woman's body these days and looks beautiful. I can't wait for summer! (Although I think I'll choose a swimsuit over my birthday suit).

-- via fashionising --

30.days

2010-03-20T07:18:00.000-07:00

Best new personal style website: 30 Days. Peek in on the wardrobe of a new stylish New Yorker every month.

lauren.ward

2010-03-20T03:59:00.000-07:00

-- via laurenward.net --

littlelionman

2010-03-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

Chanel tattoos

Alexa Chung (I love the Minnie Mouse ears worn as a headband paired with a Pocahontas dress. So spontaneous and happy looking).

-- via fashionlane & littleplastichorses & studded hearts --

think.pink

2010-03-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

I keep seeing signs that what my wardrobe is seriously lacking is an awesome pink dress for spring.

Some options:

ASOS - $24 (on sale)

Wet Seal - $20

Forever 21 - $28

Preen - $1,270

-- via refinery29 & wildfox --

wherehaveallthecowboysgone?

2010-03-16T19:41:00.000-07:00

The first concert I ever attended with the Lilith Fair, sometime in the mid-90s (with my dutiful dad as chaperon). It took me a long time to appreciate how awesome it is that I came of age during the grunge and girl-power era because at the time it seemed so overshadowed by teeny-boppers and boy bands. Now I feel like, through fashion, the true 90s is finally getting its due.

Here are some more 90s treasures for you, because it's only 10:50 PM, but my boy has already gone to bed because work starts at 6 AM for him and I'm lonely and bored.

lachlan.bailey

2010-03-15T16:03:00.000-07:00

First of all, Lachlan is an awesome name. Second of all, Lachlan is an awesome photographer. All images by Lachlan Bailey.

she'sboundtorunamok

2010-03-15T09:37:00.000-07:00

Add to a playlist More from this artist

-- via fashiongonerogue & wildfox --

poesy

2010-03-13T09:06:00.000-08:00

Clemence Poesy

-- via knightcat --

dances.with.wolves

2010-03-13T08:55:00.000-08:00

-- via ilovewildfox --

basic.instinct

2010-03-12T16:54:00.000-08:00

Kate Moss by Willy Vanderperre . Vogue UK . April 2010

-- via fashiongonerogue --

a.little.blue

2010-03-11T12:21:00.001-08:00

Josefin by Viki Forshee for BlackBook, March 2010

I love how understated the styling is in this editorial, and those patchwork jeans are to die for.

-- via fashiongonerogue --

the.sea.is.radioactive

2010-03-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

Kate Moss by Terry Richardson

Erin Wasson in Erin Wasson x RVCA "Keeping It Neil" t-shirt

Teen Vogue (I think)

Obesity and Speed "Choose Death" t-shirt

-- via terry's diary & studded hearts & iknowhatyouwore & littleplastichorses --

up.coming

2010-03-09T10:03:00.000-08:00

Chadwick Tyler for French Revue de Modes #16

-- via fashiongonerogue --

backstage.pass

2010-03-09T08:14:00.001-08:00

Some great backstage models off duty shots courtesy of the Love Magazine blog.

purple

2010-03-09T00:09:00.000-08:00

Chloe Sevigny

Mary-Kate Olsen

Heidi Mount; Jen Brill

Angela Lindvall

Charlotte Kemp Muhl

Hana Soukupova

Trish Goff

From Purple Magazine #13 spring/summer 2010

Sorry for the shitty scans. I couldn't find any good ones. Oh well. These'll have to do for now. I woulda posted some of the Freja ones, but any nudie pics I put up here immediately get taken down. It's not porn, it's fashion. I swear!

-- via tfs --

carey.rock.my.world

2010-03-08T22:49:00.000-08:00

Carey Mulligan seriously rocks. This Prada tool-plastered dress that she wore to the Oscars is stunning and the bravest thing worn on the red carpet in years. I can't wait to see her in "Wall Street 2." She's got a bright, bright future ahead of her.

in.wonderland

2010-03-08T07:41:00.000-08:00

Vogue Italia, March 2010

-- via studdedhearts --

haider.ackermann.a/w.2010

2010-03-07T08:39:00.000-08:00

Haider Ackermanm, fall/winter 2010, Paris fashion week

I don't think any other fashion week collection is going to top this one. There wasn't a single piece in this collection that I didn't love. Short of showing you the entire collection, I've tried to pick just ten looks (a very difficult task indeed). I love the do-it-yourself utilitarianism and what better than a collection made up entirely of black, grey, and brown? It's a very brave, warrior-esque collection that I'd probably trade in a family member to own.

-- via style.com --

comme.des.garcons.a/w.2010

2010-03-07T08:33:00.000-08:00

Comme des Garcons, fall/winter 2010, Paris fashion week

These clothes look almost edible. Like big pieces of fluffy black marshmallows. Yum...

-- via style.com --

demeulemeester.a/w.2010

2010-03-07T08:25:00.000-08:00

Ann Demeulemeester, fall/winter 2010, Paris fashion week

-- via style.com & elle.com --

shoe.heaven

2010-03-07T08:14:00.000-08:00

Such magnificent creatures!

Jeffrey Campbell "the Xmas shoe" mirrored wedges available here

-- via shoelust --

dree.in.russia

2010-03-06T14:44:00.000-08:00

Dree Hemingway by Alasdair McLellan, Vogue Russa

-- via fashiongonerogue --

lanvin.fall.2010

2010-03-06T09:52:00.000-08:00

Lanvin autumn/winter 2010, Paris fashion week

-- via style.com --

maisonmartinmargiela.fall.2010

2010-03-06T09:48:00.000-08:00

Maison Martin Margiela, fall 2010, Paris fashion week

-- via style.com --

paris: yohji.issey.mouret.etc

2010-03-06T08:13:00.000-08:00

Roland Mouret

Pedro Lourenco

Jasmine Di Milo

Issey Miyake

Yohji Yamamoto

Paris fashion week, fall 2010

-- via style.com --

isabel.marant.a/w.2010

2010-03-06T08:04:00.000-08:00

Isabel Marant, fall 2010, Paris fashion week

I didn't exactly drool over the collection, but I definitely enjoyed the sequin and leather slim capri pants and the kimono-style leather wrap belts.

-- via style.com --

dior.a/w.2010

2010-03-06T07:52:00.000-08:00

It's like these models walked right off the set of the most stylish western ever.

Christian Dior, fall/winter 2010, Paris fashion week

-- via style.com --

balmain.f/w.2010

2010-03-06T07:30:00.000-08:00

Christophe Decarnin never designs for modesty, and it's refreshing as hell in a fashion month filled with maxi dresses and floor-sweeping skirts. I love Balmain's skinny tailored pants, especially the red leather ones and the flared 1970s-style pinstriped ones (obviously pinstripes will be huge next fall). I'm also crazy for all the brocade and gold (the gold lamé dress is wild!). Complete gorgeousness.

Balmain, autumn/winter 2010, Paris fashion week

-- via style.com --

balenciaga.a/w.2010

2010-03-05T09:28:00.000-08:00

I guess the trend next fall will be to dress like it's spring? At least according to Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquiere. I can't say I love the collection, or think it's very wearable, but I will say that I am intrigued and I'm interested in seeing how editors, and regular stylish folk, interpret this.

-- via style.com --

paris.a/w.2010.day.2

2010-03-05T07:00:00.000-08:00

Sharon Wauchob

Neil Barrett

A.F. Vandevorst

From day 2 of Paris fashion week, autumn/winter 2010

-- via style.com --

taylor.tomasi

2010-03-04T14:03:00.001-08:00

If you're a fan of Taylor's style as much as I am, head over to Refinery 29 to read about her closet must-haves and where she drinks her beer in case you live in New York and want to stalk her.

tokyo.hard.core

2010-03-04T13:41:00.000-08:00

Liu Wen in V Magazine #64, Spring 2010

-- via fashioncopious --

paris.in.black.&.white

2010-03-04T12:48:00.000-08:00

Anne Valerie Hash

Moon Young Hee

More from day 1 of Paris fashion week, autumn/winter 2010

-- via style.com & coutorture --

gareth.pugh.a/w.2010

2010-03-04T07:26:00.000-08:00

Gareth Pugh, Paris fashion week, autumn/winter 2010

-- via style.com --

nicolas.andreas.taralis.a/w.2010

2010-03-04T07:18:00.000-08:00

One of my favorites from day one of autumn/winter 2010 Paris fashion week, Nicolas Andreas Taralis.

Two men's looks from the collection. I wish I could convince my boyfriend to wear skinny ties!

-- via style.com --

pop!

2010-03-04T07:09:00.000-08:00

From Pop Magazine, spring/summer 2010

recessionista

2010-03-03T19:38:00.000-08:00

My dad saw this canvas bag in a shop window and snapped a picture. I of course then had to track it down and found this poster for sale.

You can also buy the bag here.

t.lookbook

2010-03-03T09:44:00.000-08:00

From the T by Alexander Wang fall 2010 lookbook

-- via refinery29 --

teen.spirit

2010-03-03T09:25:00.001-08:00

"Teen Spirit" by Craig McDean, Interview Magazine, March 2010

-- via fashioncopious --

gang.of.wang

2010-03-03T09:07:00.000-08:00

Did the post's title mislead you? No, this isn't a gang of men's wangs, this is a gang of models dressed in Alexander Wang for March's Interview.

Sorry to disappoint.

-- via rackk and ruin --

thelooplinetakesyouroundandthrough

2010-03-02T06:34:00.000-08:00

-- via rackkandruin & thekillingmoon & apartmenttherapy --

lindsey.wixson's.life

2010-03-01T21:30:00.000-08:00

Two things I learnt today:

1) Lindsey Wixson is on the cover of Life Magazine

2) They still publish Life Magazine

Who knew?! I always think of Life as something so old fashioned. Maybe they're trying to make a comeback?

I'm not sure what I think of Lindsey. She kind of looks like a caricature of a doll. Although I think different and unusual is always good in the modeling world.

katie.gallagher.fall/winter.2010

2010-03-01T21:23:00.000-08:00

Katie Gallagher, fall/winter 2010

milan.a/w.2010.day.4

2010-03-01T20:19:00.000-08:00

Versus

Salvatore Ferragamo

Robert Cavalli

Missoni

Marni

Dolce & Gabbana

Day 4 of Milan fashion week, autum/winter 2010

-- via style.com --

simon.says

2010-03-01T15:24:00.000-08:00

"Since they are all about my height,
I am going to impersonate one of
them. I am going to wear a doily on
my head and tell everyone I am a teen
blogger. If they ask why I am so wrinkled,
I will tell them that I have progeria."

-Simon Doonan, creative director, Barneys

-- via GQ --

ugly.feet

2010-03-01T15:20:00.000-08:00

They're so ugly it's amazing. I'd probably wear them just because they're hideous.

Robert Clergerie . raffia platform oxfords . Barney's . $355

milan.a/w.2010.day.3

2010-03-01T07:16:00.000-08:00

Bottega Veneta

Gucci

Giorgio Armani

Emilio Pucci

Pucci

-- via style.com --

milan.a/w.2010.day.2

2010-02-27T12:37:00.000-08:00

Moschino Cheap & Chic

Blumarine

Emporio Armani

Versace

Jil Sander

-- via style.com --

thecontributingeditor

2010-02-26T18:03:00.000-08:00

-- via thecontributingeditor --

california.dreaming

2010-02-26T10:36:00.001-08:00

Erin Wasson in Paper Magazine . March 2010

-- via papermag --

salute!

2010-02-26T10:28:00.000-08:00

Anja Rubik by Patrick Dermarchelier . Vogue Espana . March 2010

-- via tfs --

milan.a/w.2010.day.1

2010-02-26T07:34:00.000-08:00

Just Cavalli

D&G

Frankie Morello

Frankie Morello

Milan autumn/winter fashion week 2010

-- via coutorture & stylecom --

happy.birthday

2010-02-26T07:26:00.000-08:00

It's my birthday today. Time for cupcakes and shopping!

burberry.prorsum.a/w.2010

2010-02-25T08:10:00.000-08:00

-- via londonfashionweek --

london.a/w.2010.day.5

2010-02-25T07:29:00.000-08:00

Ashish

Peter Pilotto

Jonathan Saunders

Nathan Jenden

Amanda Wakeley

-- via londonfashionweek --

on.the.road.with.kate.moss

2010-02-24T17:20:00.000-08:00

I couldn't resist re-posting these images. Thanks Le Fashion!

take.the.liberty

2010-02-24T16:59:00.000-08:00

-- Mathilde Frachon by David Bellemere . Marie Claire Italia . March 2010. via fashioncopious --

london.a/w.2010.day.4

2010-02-23T12:55:00.000-08:00

Christopher Kane

Erdem

Pringle of Scotland

-- via londonfashionweek --

alex's.girls

2010-02-23T12:44:00.000-08:00

The girls at Alexander Wang, fall/winter 2010

-- via models.com --

broken.in

2010-02-22T10:32:00.000-08:00

-- via shoelust --

london.a/w.2010.day.3

2010-02-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

Louise Goldin

Julien MacDonald

Central Saint Martins

Future Classics

Twenty8Twelve

-- via londonfashionweek & stylecom --

london.a/w.2010.day.2

2010-02-21T07:52:00.000-08:00

John Roca

Topshop Unique

Emilio de la Morena

House of Holland

Mark Fast

Mary Katrantzou

Ann-Sofie Back

-- via londonfashionweek --

london.a/w.2010.day.1

2010-02-20T10:38:00.000-08:00

Hakan

Bora Aksu

Felder Felder

Hannah Marshall

Jean-Pierre Braganza

Sass & Bide

-- via londonfashionweek --

nyfw.f/w.2010.day.7

2010-02-18T11:43:00.000-08:00

Jeremy Scott

3.1 Phillip Lim

Alexandre Herchcovitch

Anna Sui

William Rast

Proenza Schouler

-- via NY Mag & stylecom --

commando

2010-02-18T11:35:00.000-08:00

-- Vogue Paris . March 2010 . Iselin Steiro by David Sims . via fashioncopious --

rodarte.f/w.2010

2010-02-17T17:12:00.000-08:00

Rodarte, fall/winter 2010

-- via New York Mag --

nyfw.f/w.2010.day.6

2010-02-17T12:57:00.000-08:00

Elie Tahari

Derek Lam

Max Azria

I want this entire collection. I kept envisioning 90s Kate Moss in one of those grey dresses.

Marc by Marc Jacobs

ThreeAsFour

Narcisso Rodriguez

The Row

-- via New York Mag & stylecom --

tatiana.cotliar

2010-02-16T12:31:00.000-08:00

-- via tfs --

nyfw.f/w.2010.day.5

2010-02-16T11:54:00.000-08:00

Marc Jacobs

Jill Stuart

Rad Hourani

-- via new york mag --

alexa.chung.is.madewell

2010-02-16T10:43:00.001-08:00

Alexa Chung for Madewell, fall/winter 2010

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that hipsters were the inspiration for this collection. Ha Ha. I still think I like it, of course. Although, I would like to see each piece separately to really judge.

-- via coutorture --

image.dump.2/15/2010

2010-02-15T14:32:00.000-08:00

-- via fashiongonerogue & tfs & olsensanonymous & rackk and ruin & fashiontoast & others I can't remember --

nyfw.f/w.2010.day.4

2010-02-15T05:47:00.000-08:00

Herve Leger

Y-3

Thakoon

-- via coutorture & stylecom --

have.a.laugh

2010-02-14T15:31:00.000-08:00

Sasha backstage at Alexander Wang

-- via istoica --

nyfw.f/w.2010.day.3

2010-02-14T08:06:00.000-08:00

Altuzarra

All I "heard" on Twitter was "talk" of this collection. Bryan Boy said it was like raiding Carine Roitfeld's closet. Those feathery furs and leather dresses are insane, and I am dying over those Cruella DeVille collars.

Gary Graham

It's like the Oliver Twist grows up and makes a lot of money and gets a sex change so he can wear women's clothing but doesn't loose his taste for tattered clothing collection.

Ohne Titel

Futurist warrior collection. Right out of a very stylish sci-fi movie.

Helmut Lang

A wearable collection, if not a bit derivative of Chris Kane (gorillas screaming!) and Rick Owens (oversized shearling collars).

Park Choon Moo

-- via coutorture & stylecom --

alexander.wang.f/w.2010

2010-02-14T07:25:00.000-08:00

Alexander Wang, fall/winter 2010

It's weird to use Wall Street as your inspiration (esp. in those sweetheart-neck dresses) when everyone hates Wall Street so much but, no matter, I still liked this collection. It's not exactly the model-off-duty style of collections passed, or even all that wearable, but I like that he's stretching himself and going a bit more luxurious and high-fashion. Velvet and leather in one outfit without looking like a Russian mail order wife, stunning!

-- via coutorture & stylecom --

happy.love.day

2010-02-13T21:20:00.000-08:00

And here's a very romantic song from Yeasayer for y'all.

-- via weheart it. via lelove --