loosening up

Skinny jeans are part of my uniform--I wear them almost every single day, especially when it's cold or snowy and boots are a requirement.  Spring is in the air, however, and I think it's high time for me to change up my silhouette.  I'm officially on the hunt for an elongating pair of flares.

Photos from Vanessa Jackman, Jak & Jil, and The Sartorialist

who's that chick?

Rachel Roy and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen prove that designers can also be sartorial stars in their own right when the CFDA announced the nominees for their annual awards.  They are all seriously fashionable business women in their sunglasses and variations on power-suits.  The Row was nominated for the Swarovski Award for Womenswear, putting M-K&A in the company of fellow nominees and industry darlings Joseph Altuzarra and Prabal Gurung, which is a huge coup.  Check out the full list of nominees here.

Photos from Style.com

pumped up kicks

Foster The People - "Pumped Up Kicks" from Foster The People on Vimeo.

This is a good song...ya dig??

graced presence

Julie Kavanagh, an early assistant and friend, writes for Intelligent Life about fashion editor supreme, Grace Coddington.  Formerly a model, Coddington has made an indelible mark on styling and the magazine editorial as a creative art in itself.  Looking at her work in British and American Vogue, her singular vision is apparent, her pieces often taking on epic theatrical narratives conceived to bring the particular historical and social contexts of a place or piece of clothing to the fore.  Check out Kavanagh's article, it's well worth the read.

Photos from Wallflower Management and Intelligent Life

men who bite

Hear Truman Capote read from Breakfast at Tiffany's.  It's almost as good as actually listening to it live at the 92nd Street Y on April 7, 1963.  I must read this novel as soon as I'm done with my current read, Valley of the Dolls.

Recording from The Daily What

the way the light hits your face

The clocks have changed and it was still light out at seven this evening--a revelation at the end of a sun-starved winter.  Spring is almost here, and this editorial of Arizona Muse, shot by Benjamin Alexander Huseby for Dazed & Confused, is a beautiful reminder.

Photos from Fashion Gone Rogue

poppy

This photograph could appear in a book called "How To: Make a Socialite look like a Musician/Producer/Creative-Industry-Contributor"...I much prefer it to the sweeter duds that Poppy Delevigne's ilk usually sport.

Photo from StockholmStreetStyle