when work gets overwhelming, remember that you're going to die

so many pending topics, so little time!

swerve

i want to learn how to sew

life has been so good the last almost two years. 

si tu pisses partout, t'es pas Chanel du tout

we've called in this ring set for literally every celebrity we've shot in the past 6 months.

on a quest for the perfect fitted cap.

the crop top is trashy, but i adore the idea of sweats-gone-chic. plus the gold chain, drama-mama hoops, and her HURR.

chambray is my uniform of choice for spring and summer. blue is now tolerated in my grey/black life color scheme.

couples that style together, stay together.

porcelain skin, matte red lipstick, cateyes, and slicked hair <3

should i?!

grunge mummy love.

2013: the year of punk

this monday, my colorist dyed my fringe and various layers a vibrant "peacock purple blue" (his words). i've done cobalt blue ombre during the summer, so i wasn't too nervous about the general idea of hyperchromatic hair. i was, however, a little apprehensive that the look was too immature for my personal aesthetic.

then Fendi Fall 2013 happened and dissipated my doubts:

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oh, Karl. you're always so reassuring.

look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a boss

Tom Ford Fall 2013: OOF. That would be the most apropos thesis statement, methinks.

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i live in an editorial

-infatuated with conspicuous kicks, power couples, and one particularly badass smokey eye-

long live tolstoy

Valentino Spring 2013 combines saccharine sweet and lady chic to make me fall in love with the color white again. The pieces remind me of what Anna Karenina would wear in the year 2013.

nourishment

"When I first moved to New York and I was totally broke, sometimes I would buy Vogue instead of dinner. I just felt it fed me more." -Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City

love layers in clothing...and pastries 

the perfect wool cape

derek lam-esque choker necklace + wang-esque tee?

i like cheese

if posh dons eggplant, i want eggplant

casual sequin > party sequin

sandro, you style/kill so hard

fur for days and winter white

(photos: sources unknown)

out with the long, in with the short

After 2 years of unapologetic praise for long hair, i turned a new leaf and went for a chop before the holidays.

Oliver Theyskens from the January 2013 issue of Vogue: "Short hair brings something different to the silhouette- a freedom of movement, shape to the shoulders...stronger, less romantic, more in control of their choices and their attitudes."

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