miss anthro(py)

i love love love this dress from anthropologie. i think it helps that the model looks like zooey deschanel. too bad my size isn't available til september, boo!

today...

is too damn hot. i hate it.



{ksubi sunnies}

not what i wore today, but what i would wear monday if i wasn't going to be in an office full of dirty old men. ah, sexism.

new shorts!

please excuse my complete and utter inability to take a decent self-portrait. tyra would have a fit over that third photo (hello, amputee!)









{urban headband, AA tank, eskell shorts.}

sloppy photos

candids are usually my favorites. but that last one isn't a candid.

between the bars

there's no denying that elliott smith was an amazing songwriter, but i'm a sucker for female vocalists. right now madeline peyroux's cover of his song "between the bars" hits the spot.



pssst....the new ratatat album is friggin' great. sorry for my shitty bandwidth. i can't post any songs at the moment, but look for "mirando" on the hype machine.

man-hating bonerkilling feminazi wenches

i love this compilation of clips of lisa simpson by jezebellian slut machine. how sad is it that this generation's most visible feminist icon is a cartoon? oh well, at least fox is good for something.

lisa simpson: feminist hero

what dreams may come.

there are some labels that make me swoon. mayle and lyell are both oh-so-delicious, both vintage-inspired, perfectly tailored and way over my budget. have you heard of them? if not, prepare yourself.

1. lyell

i first heard the name lyell when reading the blog of the most sartorially blessed the snail and the cyclops. i figured anything coveted by one of my fashion icons must be brilliant in and of itself. how right i was! okay, really, it was obvious. the credit goes to uh...what's her name? er, ms. cyclops. more recently, there's a featurette in this month's US elle about the label.

lyell is based in new york and their clothes are the decades 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s all rolled into one (read: lovely as all hell.) see for yourself (images from past and current collections):










^cheer up, dear model. you look smashing.






2. mayle

i believe mayle is fairly well-known, but it wasn't to me when i first opened my eyes to the world of fashion (um, a few months ago.) so, no intentional condescension here! jane mayle, the british-born daughter of peter mayle (who wrote "a year in provence"), moved to the states when she was 10 and is now based in nyc. a former model, "Mayle describes her style as having 'Parisian propriety' with a heady dash of 'British irreverence'. 'It's never about one time period or one sensibility from head to toe,' she explains."

(pictures from past and current collections, quote from telegraph)















honorable mentions to alexander wang, heimstone, karen walker, and catherine holstein. you all get gold stars too, and maybe even a blog post if you stay good! (i'm looking at you heimstone. that fall collection looks a bit wonky, no?)

awol

sorry everyone, i've been a bit busy in the real world.

i have a long running list of things to blog about, but right now i'm supposed to be working. so here's the short list.

things i've bought recently:


{vtg green skirt, ebay}


{eskell black high waist shorts, refinery29}


{samantha pleet little black romper, buydefinition}

and an incensed marxist critique of the new satc movie, by blogger moe's little sister, who i kinda sorta KNOW!:

will sex and the city make you into a communist?

NOOOOOOOO!

mooka kinney have supposedly split. i am SO sad.

(p.s. i am not even giving that whole rachel ray/dunkin donuts/michelle malkin controversy the time of day. michelle malkin is a self-loathing asian american who thought japanese internment camps during ww2 were a good idea. 'nuff said.)

this dress...

feels so swedish. from the second i saw it, i knew the designer was scandinavian (i was right! house of dagmar is a swedish label.)



{available at adele}