local ::

Video teaser for the Wale and Lady Gaga video Chillin, featuring footage shot in the Concepts  membership lounge :: video premiers monday.

via the Butchers Block.


obsessed with her coral clutch :: wish she'd shot her footage in the lounge too.

liberty ::

images from Fashionably Late at the Liberty Hotel in Boston, featuring the Cynthia Rowley collection.

some of my girls :: shoes.

Casey from the Achilles Project. Acne dress and shoes :: featured on this blog in april.

need. need. need.

girls and i.

style guide::

fashion blogger Rumi Neely was featured on revolve's style guide 09. the guide launched today. 

Rumi's blog, Fashiontoast, is one of my must reads, filled of her low end/high end mix, San Diego based Rumi updates her daily looks while her boyfriend shoots her images 

::looove his shots. love.

:: Rumi styled 12 covetable looks, you can view the rest here.

croc ::

B. Romanek caiman wrap-around "rock star clutch". 

crocodile in a purple matte finish...this bag has been in and out of my radar for a couple of years, just thought it was time to share ::

available at Barneys.

liberty ::

Cynthia Rowley fashion show at the Liberty Hotel in Boston tomorrow night to celebrate the opening of her new store on Newbury :: excitement.

skins ::

accordian bags by Austria-born, New York-based designer Devi Kroell. 

structured, detailed, perfection. 

beautiful transition from the sleek black and silver accordian bag in eel, to the grandpa leather bag in stingray and python to the fashion forward aqua with leather detail. if it wasn't all reptile skin, i'd say this would be a :: neeeeeed.

talent ::

i have a huge talent-crush on Hussein Chalayan. 

a man able to make such cutting edge fashion and then become creative director of puma? the word here is versatile.

culturally curious and architecturally inclined, Chalayan never ceases to question and bring fashion into a new light.

"I bring in aspects of my world that I think are appropriate and also aspects that have nothing to do with my world, but that I think are appropriate for Puma. I am their creative director, not their designer. I give them ideas. So far Puma is recognized as a footwear company. They have created an identity through their footwear and not through their clothes. I am trying to create an identity for their clothes as well."- Chalayan in an interview with Hint Magazine.

covet? drape dress available in black and mushroom ::

via opening ceremony.

covet ::

Jacquie Aiche chopper ring. 14 k gold with champaign diamonds, or white gold with black diamonds :: i want both.

available here.

covet ::

ld tuttle spectre leather sandal/boot...

out of stock, but worth drooling over ::

via Oak.

details ::

artist Michael Zavros created tributary work on the iconic Balenciaga handbags for the launch of the clothing divisions launch in Australia. 

his detailed work was displayed exclusively for the opening party in April at Jean Brown.

via Yatzer. 

oh, dear ::

Conceptual story-book site for Daydream Nations past A/W 08 "good night dear" collection ::

AW 09 collection :: arrow jewelry...

see more here.

white light ::

camera girl editorial for german Lurve Magazine by the grain.

images via fashion served.

covet ::

spring 09 multifacted oval clutch by Herve Leger. $598. i want one in the following colors... 

::(*i wish)

:: see more here.

pierre x gap ::

the gaps continued collaborations with balenciaga shoe designer Pierre Hardy will certainly be a must for me. the last line, which i wasn't impressed with, went for under $98, which is a stretch from the designers typical price range.

via notcouture via nylonmag.

having originally launched product for the franchises european stores, pierre has a lot to prove 

:: judging by this nylon preview, he should have no issues..available in August.

Anna ::

the 60 minutes interview with Anna Wintour aired this last week on cbs.

while the interview focused on fashion, dreams and vogue...it also never failed to mention, over and over, Anna as the bitch, Anna as the influence behind the Devil Wears Prada, etc.

where's her praise? i mean really... how many times can the word bitch be used and then discussed?

watch the video on youtube here.

:: p.s. the interviewers commentary on the tailoring of the designers he interviews about Anna is absolutely hilarious... and worth watching the 15 minute interview for...

homage ::

Chanel's Resort '10 was presented as an experiential show on the boardwalk along the Venice Lido. 

350 guests watched from sun beds as Lagerfield's creations were revealed. hats and cloaks covered tiny, corseted "could- be" lingerie as bathing suits. 

there is still amazement on my part that the first models to take the runway were both strutting in classic Chanel silhouettes while in barefeet.

the mood changed when "early Coco" emerged down the boardwalk (this time in heels) in crisp white and  black sailor inspired looks.

cottons and knits emerged, in bold deep colors accented with covetable accent pieces. i love the hat box/purse (?) Jourdan Dunn has her claws on::

slip dresses with the iconic Coco Chanel logo ::

and then...there was tweed. classic coco, with a twist. chunky necklaces and open toed booties, not quite distraction enough from the revealing black tops ::

classic elegance ::

after hours ensembles ::

all images via style.com. 

Lagerfield's homage to the inspiration that was Coco was well thought out. the collection, hair and make-up really took this show to another era.

love.