January 2009
i saved the inner contemplation for my personal blog, but i wanted to take just a few lines to thank you all for reading my fashion musings. this year has been amazing. fashion is ever-evolving and constantly recycling, so stick around.
if you haven’t already, you still have at least one more day to vote in the tumblr awards and whether or not you find them to be overrated and cliché, take...
“fashion is a kind of vitamin for style.”
– yves saint laurent
December 2008
les savy fav - who rocks the party
1 tag
elvis presley - that’s alright, mama
on thrift shopping
sbz:
within the past two years, i like to think that i have become a pretty good thrift shopper. it is, admittedly, extremely difficult not to become overwhelmed by racks and racks of ridiculously low-priced clothing in a variety of quality levels. you can easily lose focus and go hog wild with men’s plaid button-downs and shoulder-padded blazers. it takes a lot of patience, a keen eye, and some...
“fashion can’t always be about impulse. it must be planned.”
– karl lagerfeld
ten style commandments for 2009 →
are we supposed to believe that these are new trends?
jumpsuits
the new metallics
eighties
underwear
novelty trousers
pattern-cutting
make do and mend
denim
colour
retro-futurism
smokey robinson & the miracles - you really...
“my new year’s resolution is to buy more of the right stuff, less of the...”
– susanna lau’s goals for the new year are very similar to my own
word on the street is that topshop has been courting christina aguilera for a diffusion line. i’m kind of not interested, but maybe you were. power to the people, you know? anyway, because this isn’t confirmed, i will say nothing else until it is.
“i believe that style is the only real luxury that is desirable.”
– giorgio armani
on sarazucker being nominated
sbz:
what bitch do i have to choke to win a tumblr award around here?
beastie boys - song for the man
how to save your shoes from salt →
these are super, super, super, super, super important tips to know.
“i don’t have a set style. i like to dress up, like a doll or a fairy, but then i...”
– daisy lowe
random questions for...hayden-harnett →
with a recently-released diffusion line at target [available in stores and online now], the duo of hayden-harnett took a moment out of their busy schedules to sit down with the fashion informer. and, if it makes you feel better about your purchase,
“The thought, print development and design approach for the Target collection was exactly the same as for our own collection - style, quality,...
ac/dc - rock n’ roll ain’t noise...
oh boy, i won in the category of “most edible tumblr” in the nudawn awards. this is, by far, my proudest achievement next to losing the eighth grade spelling bee [to a girl who would later become a close friend] for spelling the word “government” incorrectly (it isn’t “goverment”). let us ponder what makes me so tasty…
is fur slowly becoming acceptable? →
i frequently discuss this touchy subject with my friends and agree that fur is only an acceptable choice when it is a vintage piece being recycled for modern use.
“i don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.”
– orson welles
closet raiders →
the recession seems to have made shopping sprees for many people few and far between, but there are some ways to make your wardrobe seem new again.
who are your fashion icons?
“little” edie bouvier beale
bob dylan
dolores haze
iris apfel
paul bunyan
george michael - i want your sex
“my weakness…is architecture. i think of my work as ephemeral architecture,...”
– christian dior