she was a living Modigliani

Modigliani

Totally delicate and elongated, styled perfectly for her build. Her bangs were, like, perfection on that mile-high forehead.

And check out her nails, in matte mint!

Modigliani 2

knuckle under

I don’t usually pay much attention to jewelry trends, but even I’ve noticed the flush of knuckle rings out there these days. Heat-swollen fingers notwithstanding, I’d love to get my hands on one. I love this one by Love Rocks NY:
Love Rocks NY double ring

But if you’re more into the raw material look, check out these I saw on Who What Wear…they’re by Luv AJ.
LuvAJ knuckle rings

have you seen this site?

I’m searching for the AKA New York dress I saw a girl wearing yesterday. But I found Revolve Clothing’s outlet site, Reverse. (Am I the only one who jumps to attention when I hear the word ‘outlet’?) The labels are a better fit for me than Net-a-Porter’s The Outnet.

Check it out here.

is your soul shaken or stirred?

For anyone who’s ever tuned in to Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style or picked up his book– Tim Gunn: A Guide to Taste, Quality and Style– good old Tim advocates ownership of 10 essential wardrobe basics (which, for the record, are: a basic black dress; a trench coat; classic dress pants; a skirt; a blazer; a classic white shirt; a day dress; a cashmere sweater; jeans; and a sweatsuit alternative). In addition to these 10, each and every item, he says, should be “soul-stirring.”

Soul-stirring. That’s a tall order for day-to-day fashion…even formalwear. But still and all, I know what the man means. The ’soul-stirrers’ are those things that strike you, and keep on striking you; the things that delight you perhaps quickly, but repeatedly. (I think the underlying idea is that we should avoid those one-hit wonders that we snatch up and promptly a) forget about or b) regret purchasing.)

Here are a couple of things that are keeping my soul moving:

*Matta’s Dupatta scarf
Dupatta scarf by Matta
What is more delightful than a multitude of tiny pom-poms at the throat? Not much, if you ask me. I love the above by Matta, but check out this one that a friend sent me from Texas:
dripping pom poms
Dripping with pom-poms. Literally.

*Rag & Bone’s Sahara oxford wedges
Rag & Bone Oxford
I first saw these on Who What Wear and have been checking in on them on shopbop ever since. I haven’t pulled the trigger yet, but I’m working on my rationalizations: I always say I should buy more heels; grey goes with everything; they’d be totally cross-seasonal, equally cute with a neon pedicure OR with little black tight-ed toes sticking out. Oh and did I mention they’re totally awesome?

I’m so going to this

Tucker Sample Sale

Tucker, you will be mine.

flights of function

Call me boring, but I really like Longchamp totes. The medium short handle is my preferred means of schlepping my laptop around. It’s so clean, classy & functional–though certainly not as ergonomic as it could be, as I insist on the hand-held style (as opposed to the shoulder-tote style), simply because I think it looks better.

I’d failed to realize that those elegant proportions and unadulterated materials could make an excellent canvas for something a bit more exciting, a bit more fun, until I saw this limited edition Jeremy Scott edition. Love it!

Longchamp Hot Line bag

The Jeremy Scott Red Hot Line bag is available on Magnums.net.

effective advertising

Salvatore Ferragamo Spring Summer ad

Anyone noticed this Spring/Summer Ferragamo ad? All the lovely shoes just laying around…it drove me directly to eBay, I tell you.

A pair of Ferragamo bow flats (like the ones peeking out from under the tissue paper on the ottoman): definitely on my hit list.

bull’s eye

The past few days have found me (and quite a few others, I gather) pretty obsessed with Liberty of London for Target. I tried to go to the Bryant Park Pop-up shop on Wednesday but couldn’t abide the line. And on Friday, I arrived to find it was sold out and shut down.

So what else can a lady with a little extra time on her hands do but head over to the Target at Atlantic Terminal at 8AM this morning? Surprise, surprise, this location sh*t the bed and a fair amount of merch wasn’t yet on the shelves. But the clothes were out, and my review is in: although the prints are lovely, a lot of the fabrics are 100% polyester, and look it. Seek out the cotton instead—it looks far richer—especially the sleepwear (and like my pj set):
LoLT pj set.png

Lots of this stuff is online—though not my strapless one-piece swimsuit:
LoLT bathing suit

Score! This early bird does get her worm.

if you’re not wearing tall boots, they won’t even let you in the door

boots

At the Alliance Francaise, that is.

a trend grows in Brooklyn?

OK. This is the second clearly fashion-conscious lady I’ve seen stalking around the borough carrying an IKEA tote. Are we looking at a [kinda funny] trend here?

Ikea bags in Brooklyn are we looking at a trend here?