Total Egg Head

One day in Barnes & Noble I was searching for a postcard to send to an out-of-state friend. By sheer luck I stumbled onto these awesome photos by William Eggleston, and I've been hooked ever since.

Pure Americana.

Memphis, Tennessee, c. 1965-68.

Biloxi, Mississippi, c. 1974.

Bust out the champagne

Congrats to Isaac Mizrahi on his new job as Creative Director at Liz Claiborne. Let's see if he can turn this ship around.

Good luck with that!

The New Flight Crew

I've been stuck at JFK for the past four hours, and it has been good people-watching for sure. I'm always in a quandary about what to wear on long, overnight flights, so I like to compare what everyone else is wearing and make adjustments where necessary.

It's like a regular circus around here with all the different kinds of people who go through New York City. Of course there are the frazzled parents in sweatshirts, jeans and an armful of children. Then there are the people who don't have children and still don't care what they look like, showing up in pajama pants and oversize t-shirts. Really?!! I had a nun dressed in a full habit sitting next to me for a little while. And on the flight from California I think I was sitting across from a real, live prositute. Well she was wearing skin-tight everything, fake boobs, full ghetto make-up and her ring tone was that "move your body like a cyclone" song. So it seems that "hooker" is the logical explanation.

For my part, I'm wearing straight-leg super dark jeans, thin layered shirts, a huge long faux-fur coat, a gigantic doctor bag that holds my laptop/handbag/magazines/etc, and smudged makeup with messy curly hair. Basically, I'm a hot mess. That's what four hours of waiting at JFK will do to a girl.

Working It All Week

Even though I'm still on vacation, school has been weighing on my mind. More specifically, I've been thinking about my upcoming internship as a copy editor for The Post-Standard, my local newspaper in Syracuse.

I know the job won't be glamorous by any stretch of the imagination, but I can't help daydreaming about my work wardrobe (and pretending I'm an Ashley Olsen and can shop straight from the Spring 2008 ready-to-wear shows)...

Monday

First day of the week...I'm definitely going to need a fool-proof outfit and some heavy black sunglasses to hide my tired eyes. Burberry Prorsum to the rescue.

Tuesday

Getting into the week and feeling a bit more confident. I can start pulling off some bright colors by 3.1 Phillip Lim.

Wednesday

It's the perfect day for a power suit, and no one makes them better than Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel.

Thursday

It's almost the end of the week, and I'm feeling light and happy, like this color block dress from Aquascutum.

Of course, this British house knows the importance of wearing coats in upstate New York. So I'll play along and put this on over it.

Friday

Oh the glorious last day of the week. I'll probably throw a little cardigan over this Jovovich-Hawk dress while working in my cubicle. Don't want to catch a cold before the weekend!

I have this friend from Jordan - let's just call him "Jordan" - who lent me his watch about a month ago. It was this huge clunky metal monstrosity, and it was absolutely gorgeous. Sure, it might have looked out of place on my bony little wrist. But I wore that watch non-stop for a week (more like two), and I got addicted. Eventually Jordan needed his watch back, but now I miss it like an amputated limb. I find myself scanning jewelry cases for it during my Christmas-shopping excursions, and sometimes I even glance down to check the time only to have nothing more than hair and freckles staring back at me. Sooner or later I'll probably become one of those crazy old bag ladies standing on the street corner asking strangers for the time...well maybe those people don't really exist, but I promise it's not going to be pretty. I need that watch back. Now.

Best of Balenciaga 2007

Form + Function = The Palestinian Scarf

On the Fringe

This girl almost makes me want to cut my bangs again. Almost.

Photo: The Sartorialist

Spasibo, Louis

As much as I've made it obvious that I'm so over celebrities posing as fashion models (see September post), I can't help but love Mikhail Gorbachev in this ad for Louis Vuitton. But really, does the last president of the Soviet Union count as a "celebrity"? He's certainly no Lindsay Lohan.

The Darjeeling Luggage

Wes Andersen's new movie, The Darjeeling Limited, follows the journey of three brothers on a train excursion through India to find their mother. Their father died, leaving them all of his possessions, including Adrien Brody's sunglasses and a set of the most covet-worthy luggage ever. Each brother gets several pieces of his father's "baggage" and carries it with him throughout the entire movie. Although the gorgeous orange cases stamped with a pattern of palm trees and animals, as well as their father's initials and the number of that piece of luggage, is supposed to represent something larger in their lives, I found that I couldn't take my eyes off of it for the sake of its sheer beauty.

Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton provided the costumes, as well as the luggage, making The Darjeeling Limited one of the best costumed movies in the memorable past.

Captions – Above: the movie poster; Middle: the brothers' perfect LV suits. Take special notice of Adrien Brody's sunglasses and belt - two items they kept referring to throughout the film. Bottom: The luggage in all of its glory.

Nothing spectacular happens in this clip about the movie's production, but it does feature the Marc Jacobs luggage carried by Adrien Brody.

Treat, Please!

Boys and girls, Halloween is almost here! What are you going to be?

I want to be a famous blond, but I can't decide which one. Here are some of my options:

Debbie Harry because she was hot.

Heidi Klum mostly because I can't stop thinking about "Project Runway."

Heidi from "The Hills." But where will I find someone creepy enough to be my Spencer?!

Now & Then: Posh Spice

Pre-Beckham, pre-motherhood, and pre-L.A. Posh Spice flaunted her figure in tiny slip dresses and super stilettos.



Post-Spice Girls, post-brunette, and post-U.K. Victoria Beckham only wears designer duds and looks about 20 pounds lighter.

Fantastique

Kristin Scott Thomas at Lanvin – classic.
P.S. What's with the guy eating a Popsicle behind her?

Running Through My Mind

This is all I can think about today:

America is my country, and Paris is my hometown

I know we missed NY Fashion Week, London Fashion Week and Milan Fashion Week...but this is Paris!

Just in case anyone finds themselves in the City of Light today, here's the schedule:

10am - Atsuro Tayama, L'Académie, 14 Rue Royale, 8th

10:30am - Gai Mattiolo, Palais de Chaillot, 1 Place du Trocadéro, 16th

11am - Dice Kayek, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Salle Soufflot

11:30am - Commuun, Atelier Richelieu, 60 Rue de Richelieu, 2nd

12:00pm - Vivienne Westwood, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Salle Delorme

1pm - Gaspard Yurkievich, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Salle Gabrielle

2:30pm - Christian Dior, Espace Ephémère Tuileries, Jardin des Tuileries, 1st

3:30pm - Isabel Marant, Espace Jardins du Louvre, Place du Carrousel, 1st

4:30pm - Sharon Wauchob, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 21 Rue de l'Ecole de Médicine, 6th

5pm - Cher Michel Klein, Hôtel Westin, Salon Concorde, 3 Rue de Castiglione, 1st

5:30pm - Undercover, Hôtel Westin, 3 Rue de Castiglione, 1st

6pm - Fatima Guerrout, Salon Brasilia, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, 217 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 7th

6:30pm - Maison Martin Margiela, Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy, Salle Marcel Cerdan, Porte 28, 8 Boulevard de Bercy, 12th

7pm - Jean Luc Amsler, Salle Gaveau, 45 Rue la Boëtie, 8th

7:30pm - AF Vandevorst, Palais Omnisports de Paris Bercy, La Grande Salle, entrée principale, Porte 1, 8 Boulevard de Bercy, 12ath

8:30pm - Yohji Yamamoto, Carreau du Temple, 3 Rue Dupetit Thouars, 3rd

Look A Little Closer

Is it just me, or does Terri Hatcher for Badgley Mischka look like a middle-age Guess girl?

I really wish Mark Badgley and James Mischka would put a little more thought into who they choose to represent their clothing. Terri Hatcher? Really? As much as I hate to admit it, I think the Olsen twins were a better pick.

Now that we're on the topic though, why are designers still following the trend of celebrity endorsers instead of using trained models? Angelina Jolie for St. John, Scarlett Johansson for LV, Lindsay Lohan for Miu Miu?!! Come on! I want to see Gemma Ward or Lily Cole or Agyness Deyn (thank you, Burberry) or one of the other hundreds of models working in NY/London/Paris/Milan.

Plus, Sienna Miller on the cover of Vogue?!! Please. What has she done lately other than model in ads for Tod's?

Poor real models...before they know it, they'll be out of a job. Soon we'll probably see someone as unqualified as Paris Hilton strutting down a runway. Oh, wait.

Booties for Big Girls

I saw these shoes. I put them on. I had to have them.

What East-Coast girl doesn't need a pair of oxford booties to help her walk through all those fall leaves? Although I feel like these shoes are my most frivolous purchase in a very long time, I also feel like I needed these shoes more than I needed any of the other shoes in my entire closet.

And really, isn't that when you know you've made the best buy of the season?

Resort 2008

I browsed through the Resort 2008 collections this morning and picked my three favorite looks from my three favorite collections. In general the collections felt a little nostalgic and safe. My runaway favorite by far had to be Balenciaga with close runner-up Lanvin (I heart Alber Elbez times 10) and then Burberry Prorsum for the sophisticated coats and dresses I've come to expect from Christopher Bailey.

Happy resorting!

Balenciaga

Lanvin

Burberry Prorsum

Summer Wish List

If only I had these lovely dresses to wear out at night in Armory Square...I think I would be the happiest girl in all of Syracuse, NY...sigh.

Yves Saint Laurent

Chloe

Gucci

Anna Molinari

Oscar de la Renta

She's a Jezebel

I'm mostly obsessed with stationary and greeting cards, especially anything that is letter pressed. I'm completely obsessed with Jezebel stationery, which combines fairy-tale scenes with an 18-century sensibility and clever titles. These cards appear to sell at various retail stores nationwide, but I've never run into one in person. I only stare at Jezebel's web site and long for the day when I will actually hold one of these beauties in my hand and then hang it on my wall.

"henry and gertrude, criminal lovers"

"maybelle, chanteuse"


"the little stowaway charlotte"


"pearl says: it's only a paper moon"


http://www.ilovejezebel.com/

"NEET" Magazine Site

Last summer, my then-roommate Judy told me about this new-ish online magazine called "N.E.E.T." Immediately, I asked where I could buy it. Of course I couldn't buy it anywhere! I could only view it on my small computer screen.

I've kept up with the issues this far, and it just occurred to me tonight to share one of my favorite web sites with our Fashion Blog readers. Sorry it took me so long, guys.

"N.E.E.T.'s" editor Stephanie J. lives in London, but other contributors live in the states and various parts of Europe. "N.E.E.T." is dedicated to grassroots, DIY fashion and features products that the reader can buy online as well as providing links to the online boutiques. The magazine reads like a print version with over 150 pages of content that you can scroll through at your leisure, advertisements, articles and photo spreads.

"N.E.E.T." really is as great as it sounds.

http://www.neetmagazine.com/