the most glorious teva of them all

when we were traveling in India my petite travel companion bear brought a pair of pretty tricked-out nike tevas...the first month they were a running joke that kept us entertained...the second month we were becoming acutely aware of their practicality...by the third month i was determined to have my own pair for our next jaunt in asia
how cool would i be if THESE were my tevas...

CHRISTOPHER KANE - insane in the membrane

a few sporadic posts aside, isn't it funny how this blog has become a montage of my fashion epiphones...actually, other peoples epiphones that i've clumsily stumbled upon
either way, christopher kane is one of my new FAVES
neon + mini dresses + lace, zippers, and other accoutrements = f---ing fantastic!!!

fashion tv india, who would have thought?

was watching sao paolo fashion week on indian fashion television, which rocks, and discovered two fabulous lines: FORUM and TRITON

will post pics eventually...

not all those who wander are LOST

a family friend just got me a journal to take with me when i escape toronto for the next three months. the front is a quote by Augustine that reads "the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page". quite rightly. as i head off to india on friday, all i can do is hope to read as many pages as i possibly can.
whether i end up embodying the greatest cliche of all and "find myself", or just come back with some rad pics and stories of glorious adventures (the latter of which i expect), i can't think of anything i'd rather be doing...

peace out

love is in the air....

IEKELIENE STANGE

sooo tempting......

selma blair...i always knew i liked her, and this has certainly sealed the deal
i am LOVING the hair!!! she looks amazing!
two years ago i shaved my head with an electric razor (on the longest attachment, not a buzz or anything) and it's been two years of hell growing it back
but my god i want her haircut....so tempting....but NO! a good idea in theory does not a good idea make
i'll just keep reminding myself of the two year process....still want her hair...two year process...two years...hair....hellish two years....

Guess it won't be a MERRY PHISHMAS

"Former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio was arrested this morning by Whitehall, NY police and charged with driving under the influence of drugs.

Anastasio was stopped at 3:30 a.m. by a police officer who said the musician was observed to be under the influence of a narcotic substance after failing field testing.

Complicating matters for Trey, who lives in nearby Vermont, he was driving with a suspended driver's license in New York and allegedly was found with an assortment of prescription meds including hydrocodone, Percocet and Xanax, which were prescribed for another person."


TREY NOOOOOO....just get it together man....and for that matter, get PHISH back together....and play for us

madison marcus; a hip new york girl and her prince

i just discovered Madison Marcus 6 seconds ago, they were in women's wear daily recently. AMAZING! Here are some great pieces from the holiday and spring collections:







and the piece de resistance.....les overall



i love the classic blacks and whites interspersed with more offbeat splashes of mustard yellow and minty green. the detailing on the shirts is soft and pretty but the skirts, dresses and overalls make them a little edgier. the white tights and mary janes are adorable, but with how cute everything is it still has a slightly hardened edge. it was love at first sight...

paris in japan

the english is classic, but not as classic as CRABBY!!!

A Hearty Cup of Poetic Narrative (double cream, single sugar)

"Sometimes after I have come or just before I fall asleep, my mind seems to go out on a path the width of a thread and of endless length, a thread that is the same color as the night. Out, out along the narrow highway sails my mind, driven by curiosity, luminous with acceptance, far and out, like a feathered hook whipped deep into the light above the stream by a magnificent cast. Somewhere, out of my reach, my control, the hook unbends into a spear, the spear shears itself into a needle, and the needle sews the world together"

- Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers


Beautiful

Jovovich-Hawk ROCK

so, i know this is a little dated
not only has Jovovich-Hawk been around for a few years now, but i want to talk about how much i love their fall/winer '06 line (and they've already showed their spring '07 line)
but thus is the plight of a working fashion freak - my miniscule amount of down-time only allows me to catch on a little late
not to say i haven't noticed these two; i certainly have...i just haven't done the research until now
the spring collections dont do it for me as much as fall/winter - im posting my f/w favorites and some other random pieces. i just love the 40's feel, the vintage accessories (the hats are amazing), the general vibe and i LOVE the model they use on their website, i want her bull pierce but my parents say i have to be self-sufficient before i can do that to my face (so i'm biding my time...)
either way, definately two ladies i'd love to chat with (Jovovich and Hawk, that is)























































































on another note, i LOVE these tsubi overalls, they are absolutely wonderful, Ashley Olsen wore them in her Nylon spread where i first took note of them...don't know that i could fit my pinky finger let alone a thigh in those babies but i can admire from afar (i frequented the tsubi store in ny this summer and they only ever had the teeny tiny sizes, but the sunglasses are great and come in little sock sacks)

taking the Air Guitar to a new level...

wow. this is possibly the coolest thing i've seen all day. no, no...definately the coolest thing i've seen all day. Australian scientists have actually engineered a shirt that connects to a computer to make the air guitar a sound-producing reality!! imagine the tunes that could have been created by millions of drunken air guitarists had this thing been around earlier! it's pure genius, i tells ya.


and as is pointed out in the blurb, the organization to create such a phenomenon is actually a government organization....hey, at least they're not blowing up middle eastern countries (i much prefer my tax money to go to air guitar technology)


check it out: hopefully the link works... http://us.video.aol.com/video.full.adp?mode=0&pmmsid=
1767962&restartUrl=http%3a%2f%2fus%2evideo%2eaol%2ecom
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(long link, put it all together as one address)

this guy knows what i'm talkin about

more what...

MORE COWBELL!!!








and MORE PICTURES dammit...

cutest couple ever (the couple that flips you off together stays together....ignore the fact that she looks like his 12 year old daughter)













found these pictures a little while ago, they're from an old abstinence campaign (who the s#@t is dumb enough to believe in abstinence training in this day and age?), pretty wacked...















i mean, sex is all around..........

Not what you want to see first thing in the morning...

so, yah...i don't really know what to say about this. my legs have kind of always made me a little insecure and when I'm awake but asleep at work first thing in the morning this is NOT how I want to start my day. if you ask me, sienna's smoking hot - that's just my opinion (and i say it not because of her alleged "style icon-ness" - i'm VERY over her style). i'd make out with her. and im straight. mostly. but are her legs too thin? have i been brainwashed to admire emaciation? I've lost perspective, I dont even know what to think anymore...





speaking of style, someone whose style i just can't get enough of is kirsten dunst. i just saw marie antoinette last night and LOVED IT...the soundtrack, costumes, settings, oppulence, etc. were AMAZING, I felt so decadent just watching it. i guess the history was the only thing that was lacking, but i certainly wasn't there for a history lesson. i was there for sofia coppola's stylistic brilliance. anyways, kirsten's style impresses me - and it always seems so effortless. i guess she's tall and thin, so it's not terribly hard to look good, but some of those young hot hollywood chicks look so contrived all the time, like they actually spent hours compiling the perfect "i dont give a shit" style. kirsten's got it. she's hip. that's all there is to it.









in other fashion news, i've recently taken note of a few australian/new zealand designers. i never really paid attention to aus/nz fashion before and now i'm ecstatic its been brought to my attention...
Alice McCall (AUS):
































seems mischa's noticed her as well (not that mischa provides any confirmation that something is inspired...she's just another rachel zoe droid)















also pay attention to Karen Walker (NZ)... who doesn't like a trip back to 80's neon with a hipster twist:






I also love the bow tie and lace with the little bubbly grey dress, men's suit shoes, bubbly shorts, high-waisted wide trousers, baggy vest, puff-sleeved bow-tie blouse, etc. etc. etc. AMAZING