frisson

2010-02-22T21:34:00.000-08:00

summer summer summer

2010-02-20T23:58:00.000-08:00

a lot

2010-02-14T21:27:00.000-08:00

pretty sure

happiest valentine's day!!
a beyond beautiful day here in la
exercise surprise roses first time donating blood (!!!) afternoon sprawled on a blanket in the sun with berries and a book family phone calls and happiness

((you make your own))
<3!

2010-02-14T21:23:00.000-08:00

tommy ton for style.com

oh, sofia

2010-02-10T20:38:00.001-08:00

lv by sofia coppola

2010-02-08T23:30:00.000-08:00

vanessa bruno

spring sprang sprung

2010-02-02T14:26:00.000-08:00

via streethearts

pleats and folds and rich and muted

it's love, not santa claus

2010-02-02T10:52:00.000-08:00

vogue nippon march 2010 via fgr

to me, neutrals always highlight texture cut silhouette movement form
the obvious contrasts here, despite the pale pallette, are beautiful

rapunzel rapunzel let down your hair

2010-02-01T22:59:00.000-08:00

numero korea by lina scheynius

her emotive colorful patterned dream-ridden photos are always my favorite

2010-02-01T22:40:00.000-08:00

rihanna, grammys 2010

2010-02-01T09:54:00.000-08:00

via garance

how terrible to love what can perish?

2010-01-31T22:32:00.000-08:00

ps the fall 2010 chanel temporary tattoos are going to be sold in their stores!

75 and counting.

2010-01-31T21:23:00.000-08:00

via sudden exposure
((it's awesome to know that i'm/you're in this video...somewhere. tiny.))

coachella is pretty much all anyone can talk about around here...and we're still two and a half months out....this video just made me even more excited. possible? hard to imagine.

sunny-day

2010-01-31T16:34:00.000-08:00

griffith park + observatory

a week of sleep exercise hikes wine friends laughter beautiful la silliness potluck campfire valentines to end(begin again?) in a sunny sunday with the most delicious tomato sandwiches imaginable raspberries and blueberries a park afternoon strolling and dinner with lovelies

la, i love you.

smooth caramel

2010-01-31T13:30:00.000-08:00

apc at la garconne

i don't have much affection for brown...anything (with the exception of wood) - but this caramel bag is so beautiful my mind is changed. and if you knew me, you'd know that can be difficult to make happen.
perfectly simple, slightly slouched but mostly structured, with a lovely delicate chain that isn't trying to be chanel....ahh.

2010-01-31T13:27:00.001-08:00

sweet samma

to the sky

2010-01-29T14:32:00.001-08:00

tommy ton for style.com

2010-01-28T23:37:00.000-08:00

tommy ton for style.com

heartwalking

amazing things will happen.

2010-01-25T23:34:00.000-08:00

conan o'brien is WONDERFUL.

come a little bit closer

2010-01-25T23:14:00.001-08:00

happy sunshiney day

2009-12-26T09:26:00.000-08:00

doutzen kroes via fgr

the day after

as always

2009-12-23T09:15:00.000-08:00

freja via stockholm streetstyle

2009-12-22T21:18:00.000-08:00

iD winter 09

hello hello

lazy lazy me

long trip east via congested airports/roads/so much snow

sleeping baking cooking wrapping ornamenting snowfighting shoveling shopping champagning laughing familying

no computer

and now that i'm borrowing my parents i have computer envy...

so it goes.

currently

excited to give my family their gifts

freaked out by the movie taken re:impending trip to brazil

enjoying television access

basketball/football/christmas movies/endless sitcom reruns

real fires

quiet

white snow

deciding to read chuck klosterman or peter singer....

and sort of laughing about this article about plants

which no doubt will please my stepfather endlessly.

whatever will i eat?

2009-12-17T13:09:00.000-08:00

erin via streetpeeper

colored printsess

2009-12-17T10:44:00.000-08:00

vogue china january 2010 via fgr

slink

2009-12-16T23:39:00.000-08:00

vogue espana via fgr

outfitlove

ruffled pleated and pulled

2009-12-16T10:19:00.000-08:00

burberry fabulousness via stylesightings

a muted palette but all the textures...ahh it's wonderful.

2009-12-15T22:49:00.000-08:00

laetitia costa vogue paris 2009

in all her natural glory

2009-12-15T22:10:00.000-08:00

I'M GOING TO BRAZIL!!!!!

iamsoexcitedican'tstandit

wonderland

2009-12-14T10:02:00.000-08:00

us vogue december 2003

hope to make your monday a little more magical and beautiful
one of my most favorite editorials ever

proenza scolor

2009-12-13T22:07:00.000-08:00

multi

how much do you love this?

2009-12-13T21:40:00.000-08:00

trendycrew

what a little button!!

2009-12-13T21:37:00.000-08:00

stylesightings

oh, long beautiful hair <3

2009-12-10T17:04:00.000-08:00

dropsnap

weekend, hello.
friday off, hello.

i love you the best way i know how

2009-12-10T03:39:00.000-08:00

the selby

some things ::

1. generosity and selflessness are not the same.

2. eggers, circa 2000, re: keeping shit real [like everyone else on the internet]

3. re: #2, it's difficult when something you love becomes popular, loved by everyone, because it means that mass amounts of people are able to connect and be moved by that art, effectively feeling the same things you are. your feelings and experiences are suddenly not singular, nor are they happening for the first time. this should probably be more comforting than it is.

4. work is exhausting and frustrating beyond belief most days but it's fulfilling to know that i'm doing whatever it is i'm doing the best way i know how, the most i know how.

5. listen to the this american life this week ["mind games"]. it's amazing all around. but :: "you know how you appear crazier when you're trying to prove to somebody that you're not crazy?" :: i'm glad i'm not the only one :: see

6. birthday presents, heart tights!, wooly mammoth vest, tote, surprise dinner webguest, <3

7. just because you're right, doesn't mean i'm wrong

8. i love my family and home and i hope you do too

2009-11-24T13:05:00.000-08:00

vogue korea december 2009

scream

2009-11-24T11:04:00.000-08:00

dark and twisty

2009-11-23T11:37:00.000-08:00

freja in twin magazine

2009-11-23T10:23:00.000-08:00

jakandjil

minnie would LOVE these shoes.
i do too.

heart of hearts

2009-11-22T20:13:00.001-08:00

it's my birthday week!!

hello, i live here

2009-11-22T17:57:00.001-08:00

The East Side of Los Angeles on a Sunny Day from clark vogeler on Vimeo.

hello, strangers!!

it's almost thanksgiving! and my birthday!
and i'm feeling super happy and thankful

((i love this beautiful city with my whole heart))

crystallized

2009-11-09T20:19:00.001-08:00

ysl!!!

dream a little dream [again]

2009-11-06T08:44:00.000-08:00

natalia vodianova by heidi slimane for v#62

[part 2]

dream a little dream

2009-11-06T08:40:00.000-08:00

natalia vodianova by heidi slimane for v#62

[part 1]

shape shifter

2009-11-05T11:09:00.000-08:00

[!!!]

numero november 09 via fgr

...to you

2009-11-05T08:24:00.000-08:00

joy the baker

my little brother is 21 today!!!
happiest happy birthday, <3!

i so wish i could be there for the champagne toast.
soon!

2009-11-04T22:34:00.000-08:00

pretty loefflers

pretty, delicate things are so nice sometimes.

wishes

2009-11-04T22:25:00.001-08:00

birthday dress!!

oh, this tooooo!

2009-11-04T09:00:00.000-08:00

<3<3<3

i did it for you i did it for me

2009-11-04T08:58:00.000-08:00

anna sui washed satin vest

ahhh slouch wonder

good morning, wilderness

2009-11-04T07:03:00.000-08:00

glamour netherlands november 09 via fashiongonerogue

who knows who cares

2009-11-03T20:25:00.000-08:00

dree for v nov 09 via fgr

2009-11-03T20:06:00.001-08:00

confession ::

2009-11-02T00:18:00.000-08:00

oct 09 dazed and confused via fgr

i haven't been doing anything fashion related.
you know, except getting dressed every day.
i like to count that.
sometimes.

i was working.
14..16 hour days.
and then i got done
and then i slept.
for 17 hours.
and then...
then i did costume shopping and record shopping and errands and cookie baking and birthday partying
[hello, murder mystery party - 1985 class reunion - in which dum dum duuuum i was the (gasp!) DRAMA QUEEN and the murderer. oh yeah. i had this little porn i did early in my career with steve spielson. i didn't want it to get out. so i killed him. it happens...it got out. so i have a porn -- sooo what. everyone does these days. maybe i'll get my own reality tv show.]
but i digress.

anyway, i've been gone.
absent and inattentive.
i might get back on track....
i might not.
that waits to be seen.
probably, probably will.
stay tuned? please?

let me in

2009-10-20T13:30:00.000-07:00

tush germany via fgr

2009-10-20T09:29:00.000-07:00

leigh lezark by tommy ton

2009-10-19T11:27:00.000-07:00

i can't remember where i found this photo but it is beyond beautiful.
pretty much all one can hope for.

2009-10-19T09:25:00.000-07:00

monday of a long (two) week(s) ahead

happy another day is here anyway....
i'll try to stop disappearing
and focus on SOMETHING
anything.

if love is just a game how come it's no fun

2009-10-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

vanessa bruno draped cardigan

helmut lang leather jacket

gryphon sequin smoking jacket

erin wasson x rvca vest

oc clogs

toga tshirt

i've been scouring the internet for birthday outfit ideas...
to no avail.
but here are some other things i'm liking.

around we go

2009-10-14T11:05:00.000-07:00

bracelet tattoos at chanel

<3<3<3

webbed

2009-10-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

tommy ton for lane crawford

the proportion of here is just right
sweet and beautiful
and lovely on the ankle

spectator

2009-10-13T12:48:00.000-07:00

proenza schouler

the most beautiful wooden heel

sometimes in the fall

2009-10-13T09:56:00.000-07:00

glamcanyon

this picture makes me think of fall
oh red hair and fair skin!

tonight's the night

2009-10-13T00:06:00.000-07:00

little plastic horses

tonight at the echoplex
binary album release party
be there or be square

the album is amazing
the guys are amazing
come dance and be happy at the echoplex tomorrow
around 930 pm

[also, LG and i decided yesterday we are going to figure out how to dj so we have a socially acceptable reason to wear leotards in public. also, we're debating between calling ourselves 'heavenly bodies' and 'hawaiian tropic.' suggestions and votes, appreciated. alsox2, we did not come up with the name 'heavenly bodies' - it was a suggestion. this made us laugh hysterically. and alsox3, we just really want to wear leotards, lack of heavenly bodies or not.]
but really, come to the echoplex because we won't be djing.

2009-10-12T23:04:00.001-07:00

dree at giles

shapely

morning eyecandy

2009-10-11T08:07:00.000-07:00

i tried these vivienne westwood platforms on at a vintage store last weekend IN MY SIZE !!! and they were uuuunbelievable!!!!!

seriously seriously gorgeous.
they also made me feel about 13.7 times cooler than normal.

i've been dreaming of them....

2009-10-09T08:42:00.000-07:00

hey there fridayweekend

also

2009-10-09T01:37:00.000-07:00

1// cool is a dumb word

2// does anyone else wonder how it is good to be both "cool" and "hot" ??

let me preface this by saying, i'm not very cool

2009-10-09T01:33:00.000-07:00

you know how just sometimes there are those people that think you're cooler than you actually are and you don't understand how it's possible because you aren't that cool but they either realize you aren't that cool but appreciate that and find you cooler for it or they just actually think you are that cool but it's weird because they are "cool" and i might be cool but i have never been "cool" and i'm still not it just makes me smile that there is at least one person who doesn't get this or does but makes me feel like i'm "cool" anyway

the end.

2009-10-07T11:29:00.000-07:00

..it's this jacket again..
so tough and feminine here.

laundry room

2009-10-07T10:20:00.000-07:00

october 09 numero via fashiongonerogue

color+pattern in this black fashion climate are refreshing

best mom pants of 2009

2009-10-06T13:13:00.000-07:00

and the award goes to...

teamo

i adore these.

this might make me look like a beast but i like it

2009-10-06T11:09:00.000-07:00

acne wow cardigan at oak

2009-10-06T09:11:00.000-07:00

stylesightings

nudity

2009-10-06T08:27:00.000-07:00

tommy ton for style.com

tonight i'll burn the lyrics//cause every chorus was your name

2009-10-06T01:19:00.000-07:00

fgr

the big pink

2009-10-06T00:27:00.000-07:00

vogue nippon

liiiissstennnn

dominos
+
velvet

ahhhh yess

[nov 18 at the el rey in la
dec 3 at the bowery in nyc
dec 4 at the music hall of williamsburg in brooklyn]

2009-10-05T23:39:00.000-07:00

okay i'm not returning emails or reading
(yet?)
i'm drinking wine
and pretend-shopping online
and listening to the deadman'sbonesalbumnotstreaming
and i know i'm not supposed to like this but
as always, nastygal delivers on the aaamazing mongolian furs that i do adore
even if i shouldn't

lingering summer

2009-10-05T23:18:00.000-07:00

it feels like fall outside (!!!)

summer is still lingering in my kitchen
came home late from a long monday at work to
heirloom tomatoes and sweet corn
cooked up + a glass of wine
and for desert - the end of my week's raspberries+blueberries

now to return some emails
fiddle with some graphics
joan didion//political fictions
[if you haven't read the year of magical thinking - you should. it is beyond beautiful.]

oh!
my lovely momma sent me the sartorialist bespoke edition
as a surprise last week to cheer me up!!
and oh how it did.
1836/2000
and signed!
some of my favorite photos are included
and some new ones i've never seen
ahhhh

....can't stop listening to bon iver+volcano choir
trying to relive the best night ever
nooostalgia
someone should stop me before i make myself sick of it
[is that possible?]

okay, enough! byyyye

who

2009-10-02T09:13:00.000-07:00

ummm whoa lbd love

who dress by acne

2009-10-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

(that's pretty mesh, a rare thing lately)

tommy ton for style.com

print slick chains mesh texture cutouts

oh, long hair

2009-10-01T11:48:00.000-07:00

via garance dore

greyed

2009-10-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

someone traded in their black and white...

!!!

the color palette here is beautiful
a warm grey, a cool grey, purple-grey, and soft red(-grey?)

Gareth Pugh S/S '10 runway presentation from Mike Nouveau on Vimeo.

via stylesightings

[the show starts around 1:35]
some of the fabrics moved so beautifully with the models....
oh, fashion shows.
they give me chills.

happy october!

2009-10-01T00:52:00.000-07:00

[home]

fall is here
football chill colored leaves pumpkins halloween thanksgiving mashed potatoes stuffing my birthday! coats scarves boots christmas family warmth

i may live in la but oh how i love a season change...
[at least in theory]

2009-09-30T22:38:00.000-07:00

freja by tommy ton for style.com

favorite model hands down.
love her.

wednesday treat!

2009-09-30T13:09:00.000-07:00

hey, kiddos!

so they put what appears to be the whole dead man's bones album up on their myspace

and it's pretty fantastic.

i saw them live on friday

accompanied by a special marionette show and the silverlake children's choir

and ohhhh it was great

we sat on the floor in the front behind detective gordon's kids

and across from devendra (who is quite small in real life...) and kat dennings

anyhow, the real show was not the crowd

but the little kids singing and dancing

the spooky puppets

and the oh so handsome men and women running the show

check out the album today on myspace

and buy it soon!

detention

2009-09-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

elle oct 09 via fashion canvas

soft curls hard(ware)
+ and all those schoolbuses
it's all about the schoolbus

crystallized

2009-09-30T09:34:00.000-07:00

fashiongonerogue

pylon

2009-09-30T08:41:00.000-07:00

jak+jil

sweet as pie.

2009-09-29T23:02:00.000-07:00

luella ss10

so many of the collections i've seen have been lovely but without a common thread.
the thread here is strong.
nothing groundbreaking, perhaps (because so many collections are...cough.), but the proportions interesting - slightly off in a few places and i like it. a little wide, a little short, they play with a woman's shape in a curious way.

and if i don't get my hands on that black heart dress i just won't know what to do with myself.

thanks to the lovely reader who pointed out the collection!

2009-09-29T12:07:00.000-07:00

prada ss10

even though some of the models frighten me...
i like the prada collection.
mostly though, the lip and pigtails are amazing.
i need to find this lipstick.

the hair (and the braids at the wang show...) makes me sad i don't have long hair anymore.
but then i remember my hair looked fairly ridiculous in braids and pigtails.
and i like it now.
so nevermind.

hearting

2009-09-29T11:58:00.000-07:00

alexa chung via knightcat

this dress is so sweet.
who makes it?

2000 years remain

2009-09-29T10:32:00.000-07:00

karlie kloss . french open . vogue us . oct 09 .

just getting through my october vogue and fell in love with these couture shots. styled by the fabulous grace coddington ... the dior is to die for. you could walk down the aisle in the first look. if the aisle wasn't in a church and you weren't (pretending to be?) a virgin.
or something.

which reminds me (ahhhhaaha)
'are you religious?' // 'i guess i'm a nonpracticing jew' // 'ha well i'm a nonpracticing virgin'

[also, listen to this]

what might have been lost

2009-09-28T23:18:00.000-07:00

kevin bronson's bon iver write-up for spin
also, the la weekly account

i saw ole kb walking out of the cemetery next to us
sauntering happily

set list (happy someone was un-foggy enough to write it down) ::
Lump Sum
Creature Fear
Brackett, WI
Flume
Skinny Love
Babys
Blood Bank
Beach Baby
Worried Mind [with Megafaun]
For Emma
Re: Stacks
The Wolves (Act I and II)

surreal surreal surreal

2009-09-28T22:28:00.000-07:00

"I'm at a point where I no longer have a deep desire to share my music with anyone, having spent many years imparting my songs to the public. Although I have great respect for the social dynamic of music-- that it should be shared with others, that it brings people together-- I now feel something personal is irrevocably lost in this process. Now, while I refuse to act wholly on this impulse (I refuse to take my audience for granted in spite of my mood), I'm still trying to find the value of the song in private."

//sufjan

opening ceremony + spike jonze present

2009-09-28T22:17:00.001-07:00

opening ceremony x where the wild things are

i, like every other sane creature on this planet with a childhood and even a remote access to pop culture, can't wait to see the beauty that will unfold on october 16.
for now, i will instead swoon over this collection.
all faux, all amazing, all furrrrr.

these three are absolutely melting my heart.
all the texture!!

2009-09-28T11:42:00.000-07:00

preen

hey there, monday

2009-09-28T08:02:00.000-07:00

streetswalker

i'm finally ready for fall
i just wish los angeles was

church

2009-09-27T23:17:00.000-07:00

bon iver at hollywood forever early sunday morning

it is impossible to adequately explain how amazing this experience was.

sound sleep
soft damp air
soul shaking music
everyone in love
one way or another

(k)not

2009-09-23T12:59:00.000-07:00

opening ceremony

super super adore