The forecast calls for more rain this week in the Bay Area. Which I am actually looking forward to now that I've got my new Dace raincoat:
I have been searching for the perfect raincoat for quite some time, and I think this is it. I love the look of a trench — I've got a few in my closet — but they usually don't have a hood. And I need a hood because I don't like to carry an umbrella.
So this? This may be the Holy Grail of raincoats for me.
You may have noticed that my Flickr feed over there on the right has been populating lately with photos of me. Well, photos of my outfits, to be exact. They're part of the Bloganistas Flickr pool, run by the lovely Erin of Design for Mankind.
We're only in Week 4 and I've already missed one week (#3)! So that gives me a grade of a C. I've been taking self-portraits and the lighting hasn't been the best, so that's something I'm hoping to improve on, too.
I bought myself a couple of pieces from the recently launched Stella McCartney line for GapKids.
(Yes, I bought them for me. Not my nieces. Not my nephews.)
I haven't followed Project Runway for a few seasons now, but was intrigued by this morning's post on Jezebel about last night's challenge: Design Using Newspaper as Fabric. The contestants came up with some amazing pieces:
Photos from Jezebel, which offers more details on each design as well.
On Saturday, I spent most of the afternoon on Fourth Street in Berkeley. While we were in Erica Tanov, my friend Sherrie pointed out the store's fantastic lookbook, which is actually a set of "polaroids":
This may be the best lookbook idea EVER.
Did you hear that Anna Sui has a collection launching at Target this fall? AND it's inspired by Gossip Girl?!? You can see a slideshow of the 19 looks and get more details at The Cut (New York magazine's fashion blog).
No surprise: The "Blair" looks (like the one above, left) are my favorite. The "Serena" outfits don't really remind me of the character, but I still like a couple of them (above, right).
I couldn't resist buying both of these Vena Cava dresses — part of the limited-edition collection at the Gap that's designed by finalists of the 2008 CDFA/Vogue Fashion Fund.
I have no idea how they'll fit, but figured I'd order them while they're still available. (The collection just hit the online shop tonight.)
I never would have thought that there would be a First Lady whose wardrobe I totally covet. But Michelle Obama keeps bringing it. Most recently, with this Sophie Theallet dress (via Jezebel):
Also, I wouldn't mind having one of the coats that the Obama girls wore to the inauguration. J.Crew is now offering pre-orders for either style.
Speaking of J.Crew ... I was flipping through the latest catalog last night and was dog-earing just about every other page. So much goodness.
While I loved Michelle Obama's outfit yesterday — how perfect were those olive green leather gloves? — I've been coveting Malia's and Sasha's coats. Apparently, they were custom J.Crew pieces and are not available for purchase ... yet. (I suspect that the Crewcuts collection will come out with similar coats in the coming months.)
I didn't make any New Year's resolutions for 2009, but I can't stop thinking about Hollister Hovey's post about her #4 resolution: "More adventures!" It's not so much the idea of traveling more that's on my mind; it's the photos she included. She looks so well put-together as she visits L.A., Paris, Marrakech, etc.
I want that!
If you look at most of my travel photos, I'm wearing jeans and sneakers. But if you look at my closet, that's a small percentage of my wardrobe. So going forward, I resolve to pack more stylish outfits when I travel — and make sure I get photographed wearing at least one of them.
Not one, but two pairs, were waiting for me under the Christmas tree.
As in Michelle Obama. Mrs. O is all about her ensembles. Love this site (which was temporarily down yesterday after Jezebel linked to it).
I totally want the J.Crew Italian Deco tank that she wore on Leno the other night. (Bonus: It's on sale and J.Crew is offering free shipping right now.)
I met up with Christiana yesterday for brunch and shopping. Things worth noting from our outing:
The rest of my weekend was spent watching the Olympics, unpacking more boxes, hanging out with Jon and his college friends, and removing the last few pieces of furniture from our old house (okay, Jon actually handled this task).
After stressing for weeks about the sale of our house, it turned out, there was no reason to be concerned. The house hit the market on a Friday and by the following Wednesday, we had a deal. As expected, the realization that the old house — which was our first, the house we purchased just one month after getting married — is not really ours anymore was a bit emotional.
I couldn't resist. J.Crew unveiled some new arrivals this week and I had to buy these Penelope flats:
P.S. Those are the girls' Penelopes; the grown-up version of the flats comes in other colors.
Yes, you read right: I said Christmas.
Mark your calendars. Target has just announced two limited-edition collections that will be available in stores October 12-December 26. Anya Hindmarch and Sigerson Morrison!
I convinced myself that I need a green handbag and picked up this Gryson for Target tote this weekend:
You can view the entire collection right here.
It's been about a year since I was first introduced to the awesomeness that is designer Ivana Helsinki's work. (Eden&Eden, a fantastic store in SF, is one of the few shops in the country to carry this label.) Recently, I was doing a search to see if I could score some IH goods online and I came across Huset — which specializes in items from Scandinavian. In addition to IH dresses that I love, there's a lot of cool housewares. Such as:
Huset is definitely getting bookmarked.
I am trying to resist buying this dress, by Madison Marcus:
But the scallops! The adorable racerback! I'm not sure I can deny my closet this much cuteness.
This cropped leather jacket is called the "Lindsay." It retails for $880. Can you guess the label?
MEMBERS freaking ONLY. No, seriously.
There's more where this came from: Revolve Clothing carries this jacket, as well as other leather ones, and MO mini-dresses.
The latest collection by this New York label is just starting to show up online. I like. Especially the dresses.
Pssst ... The arrival of the spring line means that the Fall 2007 goods are deeply discounted now!
These days, more often than not, I've got a pair of Converse on my feet. Which is why I'm intrigued by the collection of apparel and footwear that the company is launching next month exclusively at Target.
You can view the entire image album right here.
Look what recently arrived at the Saks online shop! New Loeffler Randall goodies!
Actually, they're only available for pre-order, but they'll probably be snapped up quickly (especially the shoes). As someone who wears jeans, sneakers and t-shirts to work most days, I have no business buying any of this — well, maybe the boots? — but they sure are pretty to look at.
I love the city and area-code jewelry by Root'd In Style. (Several other locales are also available.)
I think Alice Temperley's may be my favorite yet of Target's "GO International" collections.
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The Temperley line hits stores next month.
Jon and I recently embarked on his annual shopping excursion. Once a year, he agrees to buy a batch of new clothes. This year, a new pair of flip flops was on his shopping list. But I kid you not, we could not find any plain ol' men's flip flops. They all had some weird gimmicky thing going on. Like the pair that had a bottle opener on the bottom of the sole. Or the pair with a screw-cap canteen in the heel.
Huh? So weird.
