all covered. up.

Knit, plaid, lace, opaque, two-toned, paisley, feathers, ripped, pinstripes...*SIGH* ...the list of choices for fall is endless. Who needs a new autumnal wardrobe, when there are all these brilliant tights around to add some oomph to something old?

I'm especially drawn to the Rodarte cobweb tights (bottom left; top right), the nude & black tights by Mine (@ the top), and Emma Cook's lacey creations (bottom right).

UPDATE: eep, forgot to say where i got the images: most of the tights i found were on mytights.com or sockdreams.com, and the other ones are runway shots from style.com (the designers are rodarte, chanel, alexander wang, anna sui, emma cook... i think that's all of them).

stuck in the middle with you

It's that time of year: the summer sales are over, but the new stock hasn't really trickled in; the sun is shining, but the nights are beginning to feel a little cooler; magazines are pushing the fall trends, and my summer wardrobe is beginning to look old. August = stylistic stalemate. Though I'm currently abstaining from spending, if I could I would snap up this Rachel Comey top immediately. It may be the perfect representation of this time period when fashion is stuck between summer and fall.

Grey heather, an ice cream cone and it's on sale! Kinda perfect, isn't it?

Would you be mine?

If I had to choose one staple in my wardrobe, it would be a cardigan. Generally, an oversized grandpa cardigan with long sleeves for my arms to retreat in, and pockets to shove my hands in during awkward social situations...or when I'm cold. I have at least 6 of them, and 3 are grey (my other staple). They are my everything. I got this particular fellow from etsy, received it a week ago, and though it's pocketless, we've become fast friends.

Fashion trends may come and go...but an oversized cardigan is comfy and therefore eternal.

Another thing about jeans...

For someone who only recently re-embraced denim, I sure do talk about it a lot. Well, if you're gonna do it, do it well I say!

So. I can't get this bloomin' picture out of my head (first spotted on WWWD, in a post about the new premium denim brand, Current/Elliott).

Since I've never been one for premium denim (my money is wasted elsewhere) I didn't really pay attention to the article...put I did go to their website to soak in more of their dirty denim styling. And out of everything, I really truly cannot stop thinking about these bell-bottoms. The flare amongst flares. Reminds me of 9th grade when I had a pair of bell-bottoms that I cherished and wore to death. I wouldn't let my mother hem them for fear it would ruin the line of the flare, and so their death was premature but still it was love.

And now, I find myself wanting a pair of flares again. But these? $240 for... ripped denim. I was once staunchly against "designer. destroyed. denim." -- I'm not as staunch about it, realizing that staunchness is something to be saved -- but I am pretty sure I still cannot justify the price tag. What I want is real 1971 Elephant Bell Bottoms...that are perfectly worn in by being worn, not by being beaten with rocks. Is that too much to ask?

Though, $240 is nothing compared to $36, 099 for pair of Levi's. But those were from 1890s and found in a gold mine so that kind of ups their coolness factor, wouldn't you say?

all tucked in

When I was a little girl, all I wanted to wear was dresses. I refused to wear pants. And then as I grew, it seemed that my mother, try as she might, couldn't get a dress on me. No no no. Jeans were all I would wear. This phase of mine lasted a good 10 years. In college I began to embrace the dress again, and all of a sudden, (as I've said before), the jeans I used to love started to make me feel sloppy. But now, I think I may have found a happy balance. I've come to accept that I am far too bed-headed (can I use that as a personality trait?) to be the vintage romantic girl (such as liebemarlene or snail and the cyclops) who rarely wear pants. I'm a mixed medium kind of gal. A gal who loves her trusty ol' blues.

So, jeans and I are okay again. And probably because of all the '70s photos/films that I've been inundating myself with lately, I've taken to wearing them a new (old) way. A couple years ago, I would've scoffed at the idea of tucking in my shirts into mid-waist jeans (inconceivable!) but now it's the only way I'll wear them.

And that's that.

Charm-ing socks

Holy moly, are these not the cutest black knee socks you ever did see? Now that may seem oxymoronic, in that black knee socks are by definition merely a basic. But these socks by In God We Trust have a gold horse bit charm to add a little bit of fun to a fall staple. While $20 may seem steep for tights, what with that exchange rate working in my favour...this dream might have to become a reality...

Now I'm chomping at the bit, as the saying goes, for fall to arrive...

Boy snaps some polaroids

I am hopelessly in love with Boy's (by Band of Outsiders) a/w 0809 blog look book. It's filled with lo-fi, polaroid-style hazy '70s wonderfulness. And it stars Michelle Williams looking luminescent in Boy's awesome menswear-inspired girlswear. Corduroy suits, tartans and grey styled amongst wood panelling, rotary phones and a bowl of cherries makes this one good looking look book that I'll be continuously turning to this fall and onward...










Sigh. Love.