Fashion blog

Lyell, why aren't we married yet?* Not only are your clothes every girl's dream, your lookbooks always evoke the image your clothes already give off. Lyell ladies are sexy and feminine, cool and smart, mysterious! I too want to wear a semi-sheer long sleeved blouse with some great sandals and sit in a home library! Plus, I made one of my best friends go to your sample sale in New York to try and grab some lovely Peter Pan collared shirts (Thanks Shaz!)! Even though you are 3,000 miles away from me Lyell, my love for you is still very strong! Light denim shorts, lightweight knits, and bare legs...these are the things (early) spring is made of!

I've recently started watching "Big Love" on HBO (finally!) and although I already loved Chloë Sevs, my love for her tripled after this show. Sure, she isn't lookin' so hot when she's playing a polygamist wearing prairie clothes and sporting a long braid with a slight bouffant. And yes, her character may have a stick up her ass, but the way Chloë can act like that so convincingly and still make me love her? Yeah, girl has talent. Oh, and then she can do a 180 and model beautifully in this Russian Harper's Bazaar editorial is amazing to me.
Here she is sporting some of Spring 2010's looks (MIU MIU. CALL ME BECAUSE I NEED CAT-PRINT COLLARS AND SUNFLOWER SHOES IN MY LIFE) in a sort-of Wonderland. Forget the new meh interpretation of "Alice and Wonderland," I think this is enough eye candy for all of us.

Seriously guys. If you live in Southern California, you know what I mean. It's like deathly hot...and not even just the heat, but the intense dryness. It's so oppressive. This is not the spring weather I imagined! It is not prance in the meadow, put daisy chains in my hair, wear a pretty white lace dress and have a picnic weather! This is, I just want to stay at home to maintain my paleness, don't make plans with me until the sun sets, oh gosh my soul is dying, heat.
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Was that too much? This is seriously how I feel when it's summer/hot. I don't know why...I've lived here ALL my life and I still don't like warm/hot weather. I know I made like a billion posts about outfits for spring, but they still require some sort of outerwear, no? It's still slightly breezy! Anyway, I decided to not be a spoiled sport and actually make use of the hot weather. Here is an inspiration board/collage to get us all in the mindset that this damned heat is actually our friend, and not an annoying classmate trying to borrow your notes.

I guess I'm into really flowy dresses, white tops (almost sheer, tops tucked in, loose, overly huge, with details, anything!), and the perfect high-waisted linen/cotton shorts. I have velvet and I have jean shorts...but ah! the elusive linen, how come I can't find you???

Where did this extreme heat come from? Although this was one of my rainy day outfits (remember when it was raining a few weeks ago?) and completely inappropriate to post right now, I forgot that I had not posted it yet.
Rain cannot stop me from wearing what I want. I just make some slight readjustments, and we're good to go. That's what happened when I met up with a few friends for dinner one night. Wool cape on but it's too cold to wear a dress? No problem, throw on some jeans and a denim shirt (so in for spring????). Oh, but I'm way too short to pull off a cape and pants? A slight wedge heel will do WITH GRAY SOCKS of course (spring theme!). Like I said, rain can't damper my spirit or my outfits!

I love love love Proenza Schouler's Pre-Fall 2010 collection: duffle coats, crisp button-ups, messy hair. It's so good. Although it's still not warm enough to go bare-legged and I would look WAY too crazy with bedhead hair, I did want to try out a variation of it. Well, let's say I was ~inspired~ by the collection because it sure as hell doesn't look as tailored! BUT, it does make me excited for spring when I can ditch the jacket and the tights and wear this with some espadrilles (or is that just too wrong? hah)

Sorry for the constant entries on spring but seriously, all these spring collections are just SO GOOD. This look book comes from Zara's TRF collection. Florals, light denim, military-greens, and socks with strappy wedges...perfect for finicky spring days when it's cold in the morning and warmer in the afternoon. I'm totally excited for more floral jumpers and dresses and finding the perfect spring wedge.

An all neutral palette makes for a boring collection...unless you're Chloé and you know a woman's body (and what she wants to look like) perfectly. Holy crap, everything was so finessed, so chic, so streamlined. Leathers, wools, tassels, and ALL THOSE SHOES AND HANDBAGS. It's so great. Each outfit looked so effortless, from the breezy hair (which totally went in my hair-inspirations folder), to how everything hugged the woman's body...this is what a classy woman should look like (but I'd still throw in some florals!).

Apologies for not blogging about my outfits lately. I have no idea why...well, besides the obvious fact that it takes SO MUCH EFFORT to upload 3 photos (hah)...but probably because I always forget to take photos of my outfits before I leave the house. Anyway, I finally remembered the last few times, but with fashion week updates I just felt so silly to post my own outfits when it's coupled with impeccably tailored and innovative collections.
Anyway, this was what I wore yesterday to attempt to see a free screening of "Hot Tub Time Machine," a movie that will probably go directly to Criterion after it hits theaters. By the time I got to the theater, it was at full capacity though (the first people in line? Two 70-something year old dudes. BFFs forever???). So instead, I had delicious sushi with some great friends (Cecily, who we kept making fun of due to her inconsistent blogging, Cecily's BF Micah, Anam, and Alicyn), then went karaoke where I ~sang~ a lovely duet with Micah to Lil Wayne's "Lollipop." Classic.

Those who love fashion are still in mourning over the untimely passing of Lee Alexander McQueen. This last collection that McQueen created was finished by the design house team. All 15 looks were presented in a somber 15-minute presentation in a gilded salon in Paris. The soundtrack that accompanied the models as they walked was an opera piece that McQueen listened to as he created this collection.
Everything was very McQueen-esque: the over-the-knee black boots with sculpted gold angels on the heels, skull caps with or without mohawks made with gilded feathers, and the marriage of the old (Renaissance art) with the new (silhouettes, drop-waist pleated dresses). Each look was breathtaking, completely thought out and beautifully detailed...reminding us that McQueen truly was an inspiration.