Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Anthropologie




We need to get Anthropologie here in Canada. This store is so lovely, the dresses are adorable, the clothing on-trend but not striver-ish, chic but unstudied...oh, I just love it. But I have to go Stateside to shop there.

It is expensive considering the quality, that I concede.

As far as I can tell, and I haven't heavily researched this or anything, Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters are run by the same company. This is just judging by the store set up and the fact that the price tags look identical (you know, like how Gap and Banana Republic have similar looking price tags). Urban Outfitters, we have.

But I think I'm about 5 or 6 years too old to be shopping there. If Urban Outfitters is your younger sis's rocked out, edgy shop, Anthropologie is for big sis who got her first string of pearls.

Judge for yourself:
www.anthropologie.com

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Gofugyourself.com

The two gals who plonk out the copy for gofugyourself.com are pretty funny, non?

The GFY gals, if you haven't checked out their blog, write about celebrities and their bad outfits.

Love them. They are dead-on most of the time, and incredibly witty and plugged into the pop zeitgeist.

Though I think they may need to step up the posting a bit (this coming from me, I haven't posted in almost a year--hey...don't judge me. I started a new job on top of my other job and it's been a hard cold winter where I've stomped around in quite possibly my ugliest outfits yet and I haven't even been wearing heels anymore anyhow I'm starting to digress...) Perezhilton.com, that Perez, say what you want but he keeps updating through the day, every day. I think he even had pneumonia in Australia and he didn't even take a day off. Now that's dedication.

One or two items a day isn't going to cut it anymore. I feel like 3, 4, 5 items a day is where it's at.

Monday, May 28, 2007

Fashion Babylon dishes the dirt



Fashion Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones is a pretty darn good read for those interested in the sordid tidbits of the fashion world (me). Loved the gossip on models, children's cotton (not as durable as adults cotton, will crap out at the few-months mark), why it's tough for designers to get into shoes and handbags if they don't have a mucho-richo conglomerate behind them, what fashion weeks are really like behind the scenes, etc and so forth. It's late. I'm rambling. Just read it.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Miss Selfridge in a few days

Topshop and Miss Selfridge will be all mine for the perusing in a few short days when I go to Ireland. Can't hardly wait. What will the overseas chickadees be sporting? I guess I'll find out. They're so way ahead of the curve in England and Ireland--they're really early adopters. Gotta love it.

On my must-get list:
•Cute flats, was considering Tory Burch but I dunno. Not sure I'm feeling it for the summer. Nice with skinny jeans (yes, I've succumbed) but not so sure if they'll fly with a floaty summery dress
•Light, loose summer dresses
•Bangles or cuffs. Why is it that none in the stores fit me? They're so loose they fall off my wrists.

When I get back, I will search in earnest for:
•The DVF Adelaide dress in green and white with a gingko pattern. Canadian dollar is flying high these days, good time to order from the U.S. and cross my fingers that it doesn't get tagged for duty and taxes. Once in a while that happens. This dress is hotness:
http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/2920974/0~2376780~6009391~6009098~6009101~6009112?P=1


I'm skeptical about:
•Bluefly.com
I bought a pair of Jimmy Choos and a rockin pair of Gwen Stefani-esque Gucci sunglasses, but most of the time, they've got pure dead stock on offer. It's never the stuff you saw at Holt Renfrew 4 months ago, it's the stuff you NEVER saw cause, well, I don't know why to tell you the truth. I guess it's where they're buying it from.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Back in the saddle, baby

Haven't blogged in a dog's age (10 months or so), but here goes:

Loving my new Elsa Peretti Tiffany Bean, so much so that I posted a pic of it on Facebook and now I look like a right twit because I forgot that everyone who's friends with me gets a feed of pics I've uploaded. Um, can you say pretentious?

I read in the New York Times the other day that clavicles are the new cleavage and/or killer abs.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F16F83C550C738DDDAC0894DF404482

To blame: those swingy, trapeze-y, A-line cuts that obscure your curves, but are cut to show off your collarbones. Unfortunately I have terrible collarbones so this is not a look for me.