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Entry: Aug 06, 2008 @ 1:26pm
posted by kelleyd
Aug 06, 2008 1:49PM
Wow, these clothese and these prices make me realize just how IMPERATIVE it is to be a trust fund baby.
Entry: Mena Suvari's Totally Awesome Nail Polish
posted by kelleyd
Aug 07, 2008 9:02PM
You think Essie might have collaborated with Barney on this one?
Totally a good thing, by the way.
Entry: Jul 23, 2008 @ 6:00pm
posted by kelleyd
Aug 07, 2008 9:48PM
I really like the photo, actually. Who cares if she doesn't look put together? That's life, and that picture is pure character.
Entry: Aug 11, 2008 @ 12:36pm
posted by kelleyd
Aug 11, 2008 3:49PM
I totally agree. I seriously stopped breathing when I saw the ad with Olga in that diaphonous tangerine dress....I still have to sit down and rest for a while everytime I think about it.
Entry: Carrie: Not Dead?
posted by kelleyd
Sep 17, 2008 10:32PM
Oh my god, Flight of the Navigator! Yesyesyesyesyes!
This is why I love you guys!
Entry: Rogan Making Own Jewelry for Spring; Lady Grey for Holiday
posted by kelleyd
Nov 05, 2008 10:37PM
Ahh! I want the first one + muy, muy bright, I-would-totally-see-this-at-a-street-market-in-Mexico colors!!!
Stepping back though, they all seem very stark. It would be interterting to experiment with both emphasizing this quality and playing it down as well.
Also: OBAMA WON!!! YEEAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Entry: Origami, Tomodachi Tachi
posted by kelleyd
Nov 05, 2008 11:25PM
I'm going to New York next weekend (!!!) and I am determined to see the FF's store. It's an unlikely prospect, seeing as I will be busy with a project for all/most of the day, but somehow, someway, I will make it there.
I am this.close. to going on a covert mission after work on Saturday...not sure how that would pan out though.
To be perfectly pertinent though, that book is such a good idea! Oragami heels sound like a job for Miuccia Prada, or Galliano, like two seasons ago.
Alright, designers....GO
Entry: Nov 05, 2008 @ 12:44pm
posted by kelleyd
Nov 05, 2008 11:52PM
I don't know what to think of Anna Selezneva. I got a really bad vibe from her during fashion month. Even in editorials like this, the cool girl factor, which I'll admit she's got in spades, seems tainted, even cheapened, by her CONSCIOUSNESS of it.
That being said, she's got a great face, and these pictures are pretty fantastic, though that could just be attributed to the clothes. Maybe next time she'll be a little less aware of the camera.
Entry: McQueen + Target, More Details
posted by kelleyd
Nov 06, 2008 12:14AM
This is very exciting, but it makes me wonder how much the recession depression incited the whole affair. It'll be interesting to see what high-end brands do to stay afloat/relavant to younger generations in such a money-conscious climate.
Entry: Vogue is Like Star
posted by kelleyd
Nov 11, 2008 9:52PM
Vogue pretty blatantly gave up on producing quality features a while ago. Anybody notice how their editorials all feature looks by exactly one designer? I'm betting that's due more to ad dollars than to artistic laziness.
I think, in order to maintain its reputation as the premier US fashion mag, Vogue needs to go back to its roots. Let's face it: the every-woman they're catering to now
1) can get SO much more juiciness from Star, without having to deal with Vogue's pretension, and
2) is not as INVESTED in the way Jenn's love life turns as we are in the percolations of the fashion scene. Gossip is a dispensable indulgence. Fashion is SERIOUS BUSINESS.
So, once again, Vogue needs to refocus. We need editorials with creativity, exploration of trends that is relevant to be both fashion addicts and the less adventurous. Most of all, we need CLASS. Vogue used to embody that word and now...they kind of insult it. If, in producing these things, Vogue has to quietly decrease circulation, so be it. Once the publication regains its reader base, there'll be more than enough money for expansion.
Entry: Vogue is Like Star
posted by kelleyd
Nov 11, 2008 9:55PM
Also, AHHHHHHPHOTOSHOPISSOPAINFUL!!! I can't even look at Annie Leibovitz's stuff anymore.
Entry: Nov 12, 2008 @ 4:16pm
posted by kelleyd
Nov 12, 2008 8:38PM
Reminds me of this ancient punk mag my friend has from back when the genre was still too legit to quit (now?...well, yesterday's Vogue post comes to mind). It's got an incredible freshness to it: raw, but without the forced feeling you get from its derivatives. All irreverence and profanity and fun. You can tell the "editors" did the page layouts the old fashioned, pin-and-copy way.
Anyway, these are very DIY-y, especially the third picture. I hope the rest of the book is like this.
Entry: Nov 24, 2008 @ 1:46pm
posted by kelleyd
Nov 26, 2008 6:36PM
THIS was in the Financial Times?? Day-um, 'roots for the suits.
Entry: Taylor Wants Miu Miu, And Other Revelations
posted by kelleyd
Aug 02, 2008 12:34PM
Hmm, she resembles Clemence Poesy in some of these, especially from the front.
I love how she's taken the high road, stylistically (actual word? who knows). I think, in the past, young celebrities like her would probably have had to dumb down their fashion sense to gain mainstream popularity. But, now that the internet has spawned such a big fashion community, the direction she's taken is just as legit!