Florence Welch

Sound Check Chic

Florence and the Machine performed on the show last night.  I'm a big fan of their music and have a huge girl crush on lead singer Florence Welch.  She's the coolest ginger I know.  And that's saying a lot considering Amy Adams was ALSO on the show last night.

I adore Florence's style; it perfectly reflects her music to the point where I swear I wasn't surprised to see what she looked like because I felt like I already knew.  Her look is "Boho Glam" and I think she must have sold her soul to the vintage devil because everything she wears looks one-of-a-kind and nothing short of precious.  Here's a few shots of Flo (once you've looked through ALL of her Facebook photos, you get to call her Flo) and her iconic style:

Minä Perhonen

OK so I need to go to Tokyo, like now.

I just discovered the charming textiles of Minä Perhonen, and as far as I can tell, they are not sold anywhere here in the US.

Unforgettable Moment

 

Tuesday Shoesday- Fall Update

My shoe wardrobe needs some updates for Fall.  I need some studly slippers, funky booties, a wild spotted print, a little neon suede, berry-hued brogues, silver skimmers and something gold and fabulous.  Remarkably, I don't have $5,000 to spend on shoes this fall, so I needed to find cheaper versions.  Here are my Lusts, and my Musts:

Lusts: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Musts: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

 So those Stella McCartneys are amazing and really one-of-a-kind.  However, I thought you could add some Half Pretties (i.e. black foot lingerie) to your basic gold pump and get a similar affect.  What do you think?  Creative?  Desperate?  I don't mind looking either way, so I'd totally give it a try.

Do you have any excellent shoe resources?  I'd love to hear about them!

Oh, and if you can afford all the shoes in the "Lust" list, might I suggest these slippers?

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Riot On!

Project Runway Season 10 Recap- Episode 8

Conventions of Democracy

Last week NO ONE went home and Christopher, AKA Ted Bundy, is furious.  You can bet your ass he'll make sure that won't happen again this week.  Just ask Andrea and Kooan (too soon?).

All photos courtesy of Lifetime

This week the producers of Project Runway have officially run out of money.  Their budget was supposed to last for the entirety of the season, but between Ven's insatiable ego and Nina's insistence that everything look "expensive," including the toilet paper and chicken caesar salad, the producers found themselves flat broke by episode 8.  Fear not!  Nothing can stop the show!  Tim Gunn holds up the Michael's on 100th St. at "Gunnpoint" and makes it back to Parsons with a shitload of puffy paint and t-shirts.

Bad Bad Blogger

Sorry for the lack of posting over the past couple days.  Life has been demanding me in non-blogging ways.  This week I'm a single mom.  "Single" in that Jon is out of town and "mom" to a very demanding white cat.

Also, I'm getting to the height of my Chicago marathon training.  I'm running in the sweaty, moldy sun for HOURS people.  Cut me some slack.

And on that note... WHAT, IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE FALL NOW?!!!  Labor Day was 90 degrees and yet we're all supposed to wake up on September 4th and go, 'OK now onto Fall, let's buy some wool!'

Let me think about the absolute last thing I want to be wearing right now:

Parenting Advice

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Teach your kids to color on walls...

You and Me and our $10,000 Table

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Everyone loves a nice white circular table.  Meet the You and Me table by Italian artist and designer Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba for sale on the Anthropologie website.  It's a chic, tiny table with a built-in candlestick and a name that implies simplicity and humility- all for the simple price of $9,800.