We just received a copy of Amanda Brooks’ new book (out September 15), I Love Your Style. And while we haven’t had a chance to really read through it, we are pretty much dying over the pictures which seem worth the cost of the book alone.
The book breaks down style types into six categories: Classic, Bohemian, High Fashion, Street, Minimal, and Eclectic. And inside we found pretty much every stylish person we’ve ever obsessed over either caught on the street, at parties, in films or just wherever they’re looking the most perfect. From Jackie O to Carolyn Bessette, Ali McGraw to MK & A, to John and Yoko, Chloe Sevigny, Jane Birkin, Carine, Anna, Kate and everyone in between.
Seriously, there are tons of famously iconic moments along with loads we hadn’t seen before. I’m taking it home for the long weekend to get some much needed Fashion Week inspiration.
It’s kind of like a giant US Weekly for the fashion set. Delicious indeed.
Lutz & Patmos gets all the cool girls.
They might make little more than sweaters, but they do manage to corral the most stylish women into guest designing those fancy sweaters.
From Kirsten Dunst to Jane Birkin to Sofia Coppola (though who hasn’t she collaborated with?) - their Fashion Week presentations are just as fun for the clothes as they are for the sightings and this one might beat it: Natalia Vodianova’s their next guest.
As of February, Natalia also designs lingerie for Etam (she’s their brand ambassador, too), which means she’s got you covered from the waist up.
We somehow missed the latest Lutz & Patmos news.
The sweater label best known for its rotating guest designers (Kirsten Dunst, Jane Birkin), has teamed up with West Elm for a Holiday capsule collection of interiors.
But yesterday, while shopping for beds, we fell in love with this chunky knit blanket. It’s super soft, warm, the perfect shade of grey and, at $90, costs significantly less than the label’s scarves and sweaters, (which we think is strange since it’s made of significantly more fabric).
There are pillows and other patterned knits, too, though we’re obsessed with the cable knit. In fact, we’re plotting ways to wear it outside, whether as an obscenely oversized scarf or awkwardly belted sweater dress.
Thoughts?
Fashionista Debate # 749
Once again, the office was in heated debate over a super important issue: Do you have a fashion icon?
As usual, Natalie’s adamant: no, decidedly not. But I wonder, how can this be possible?
Everyone should have an icon, someone to look to when you can’t figure out which socks to wear, someone to grab ideas from, someone that just makes you smile.
When the topic came up, I stared at Britt expecting an immediate, “Gwyneth Paltrow.” But she didn’t say it, so I did. To my surprise, she didn’t say “Duh” in that funny Cher Horowitz way she has. She was on the fence about the whole icon status. Sure, she writes love letters to Gwyn, but never thought about how she loves Stella and McQueen and structured blazers and white t shirts and major shoes the same way the super mom does.
And okay, so Hayley has a Holy Trinity (Kate, Jane, Brigitte) that she loves to look at and I can’t stop staring at Ezra Koenig every chance I get, but who’s in the majority?
Do you have an icon, a couple of icons, do you even know that you have an icon, or do you march to the beat of your own stylist?
—BRETT KANE
I swung downtown in between Max Azria and Vivienne Tam, both at the tents, because Lutz & Patmos promised me Jane Birkin and I’d go anywhere to meet Jane Birkin.
Instead, I got sweaters. Surprise!
They did mix up the sweater selection though. Instead of all muted chunky knits like last season, they showed a lighter weight selection - which makes sense since sweaters for spring can only really be one way.
There was a lot of gold, a lot of sparkle, and a surprising amount of black. There were knit boy shorts, knit dresses, knit head gear, and, of course, knit sweaters!
I’m a bit of a cardigan-a-holic so I did kind of want it all, except for the sparkles.
But really, it just made me want to crawl in bed with a good book. Though I suppose that could just be fashion week in general.
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