it's not black and white

6.02.2010

"You dress elegant women. You dress sophisticated women. I dress sluts." Gianni Versace

Lately I've been really obsessing over vintage magazine covers and advertisements, especially ones from the 1990's. I find myself scouring the internet at all hours discovering Cindy on Vogue, Christy for D&G, Naomi, Claudia, and Carla too, and of course Linda. It was the 90's and Linda was everywhere! Old Versace ads are without question the best of the vintage bunch. Back in the days when Versace meant Gianni and Gianni knew opulence and sass. Hope you enjoy these treasures.

Not an ad, i know, but I couldn't resist this shot of France's first lady.

The most recent ad of the bunch. Some old superstars ushering in a new generation. Can you name them all?

5.27.2010

Hard to Get

2 photos I love. That's all.

5.21.2010

A Lady Thinks of Everything

Last night I had the pleasure of attending a CLASSY little party at The Room. The occasion was the release of Derek Blasberg's first book 'Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady' (Already a New York Times bestseller).

For those of you who haven't heard about Blasberg, (where have you been for the past 3 years?!) he is fashionably ubiquitous penetrating the industry from every direction. He is the editor at large of Conde Nast's Style.com, he writes a regular column in Harper's Bazaar, he is the special projects editor at V Magazine, and regularly contributes to countless other magazines including Vogue and Interview. Blasberg is also well known for his styling and for editing Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's best selling coffee table book 'Influence'. On top of that Blasberg is a regular fixture at the most exclusive fashion shows and parties, often on the arm of one of his devoted girls who include Margherita Missoni, Emma Watson, Barbara Bush, Kate Bosworth, Jessica Alba, Daphne Guinness, and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld among others.

The book is a delightful guide of how-to's, do's, don'ts, and don't even think about it's. Blasberg provides advice about everything from how to throw a dinner party to how to dress at the airport and even on how to how to shape your eyebrows. His humorous and inspiring guide includes witty anecdotes, quizzes, checklists and visuals all modeled by the beautiful Byrdie Bell (pictured above) who accompanied Blasberg to last night's Room fete.

I have been a big fan of Blasberg's writing for a few years now so it was very exciting to finally meet him and get a taste of the St. Louis, Missouri bred southern boy charm he's so notorious for--and was he ever delicious.

*Special thanks to HG and SG for making it all possible

5.17.2010

Defensive Shield

Sass & Bide bullet paneled leggings. All the armor you'll ever need.

*image via net a porter

5.09.2010

This is one of my favorite photos of my mom. It's always felt very editorial to me--the yellow grass, rocky hills, strong wind, and her blue suit contrasting the blue water. Such a pretty shot of my mummy.

Happy Mothers Day

5.07.2010

"I'll never forget when Anna Wintour called me to play at this event, she called me and said, 'I would like you to play at the Met gala, but I just want to make sure, because I've seen you perform before, that you won't be swearing during the performance'. So Anna, I will do my fucking best!"

-Lady GaGa to the 700 guests at the Met gala on how she got the gig.