hi chloe

The Chloe ‘Paraty’ Python Bag is everything I'm looking for minus the price tag...womp womp womp.

Photos: brownsfashion

more dree

Mixing and matching mountainous layers is the winning game strategy for the freezing cold. Trust.

Photos: Vogue Nippon January 2010 | Dree Hemingway by Angelo Pennetta

stacking

Easy, breezy, beautiful, Taylor Tomasi Hill (Style Director Marie Claire).

Photos: stockholmstreetstyle

right idea

About to pack for my Thanksgiving travels and am totally inspired by Whyred's cut. The looser the fit the more ideal for the gluttonous holiday season, yes?

Bring it on butternut squash soup, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie! There is nothing the baggy vintage tops and dresses loitering in my closet can't help hide.

ps - before you throw away your leftovers think about the 9.6 million U.S. residents who currently experience hunger and help to change this statistic: Food: Waste Not, Want Not.

pss - note the shoes (including the boots which unzip so you can have two different height, genius), swooooooooon.

I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving! xo

Photos: vanillascented

alternative eyes

Nothing wrong with coloring outside the lines.

Photos: i-D Winter 2009 | Tanya Dziahileva by Hans Feurer

vena cava

Vena Cava is such an unbelievable line for many reasons. Topping the list, when wearing their pieces you definitely don't look or feel like every other skittle in the room.

Besides the fact that aesthetically the line is dope, the designers are fucking inspiring. Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock, met at 17 in their native California before shipping off to Parsons. Ironically, the pair was rejected from their school’s senior show—the launching pad for phenoms like Zac Posen and Proenza Schouler—in 2003, so they decided to give it a go on their own. The duo sewed twelve looks on their living-room floor in Brooklyn, and Vena Cava was born in September of that year. In 2006, the brand was awarded an Ecco Domani; back-to-back Vogue/CFDA Fashion Fund Award nominations followed in 2007 and 2008.

Are you feeling inspired or whaaaa?

Photos and source: beind the scenes from the Vena Cava lookbook via vivavenacava (Vena Cava blog) and NY Mag

vs

I gave up push up bras when I gave up cheerleading (trust, those tight wool letter sweaters do a girl no justice) and as a result my trips to Victoria's Secret became far and few between. That is, until now! Did you see that runway show? I mean...

Photo: Tommy Ton for Style.com

i spy

Nude leggings, 80's jacket, faux fur, leather shorts, killer boots, tiger stockings, leopard shirt dress, Topshop shoes, leather jumpsuit.

More, more, more.

Photos: caroline.se

what goes around comes around vintage swap recap

Wearing Zara leggings, vintage miller lite tee, vintage lace jacket, YSL heels, necklace is a chain belt from Banana, most other accessories are vintage.

Frieeeeeends, you are all the best! Thank you to everyone who came out for the 'What Goes Around Comes Around Vintage Swap' I co-hosted alongside my two boos, Monica Rose and Alexi Wasser. They are the bomb.com. Also, a special thank you to Grace for putting the event together (and including me), DJ Magdalena for the tracks and our lovely sponsors, Tito’s Vodka and KARMA California Brut.

If you didn't come you may be wondering what actually went down at this swap behind the closed doors at Space 15 Twenty. Basically, we got all wild wild West and traded goods the old fashioned way. It was epic and I highly recommend you put something similar together.

All you need are three racks (labeled A B and C), hang tags, friends and vintage. Wine would be a plus, music is mandatory.

Step 1 (hardest part): Show up with vintage! Rummage through your closet and get rid of all the trade worthy items you stare at in disdain. Acrylic balled up sweater, mehh not so much. I know you have bundles of this crap, just let go of it and trade for used new items!

Step 2: Appoint someone to be the vintage inspector. Inspector will examine each item and determine if it deserves an A B or C (A being the best). Collect respective hang tags based on your grades. Inspector places each item on the corresponding rack (if you get an A for a top that top goes on the A rack and you get to take something from the A rack).

Step 3: Act fast, go to town on your racks! I suggest loitering before you commitment (unless of course it is a vintage Dior ball gown - get the hell out if that is the case and don't look back).

Capiche? Simps, right? And everyone wins!

If you end up doing it please send along pictures and I'll post them here. Let's get some vintage trade love going - heel the world, lower our carbon footprints by wearing used clothing, be fabulous in cool Christmas sweaters.

Many more pics and further recap of the event on Monica Rose's blog.

alexander wang ss 2010

When I saw these stomp down the runway, I smiled. That is all.

Photos: Nylon

throwback versace

80's Versace ads, oh yes! Amazing or amaaaaaaaaazing?

Photos: TFS

the jeepers creepers jumpsuit

Available now at 'The 4th and Bleeker Store' for AUD $295 (1 Australian dollar = 0.9293 U.S. dollars).

Yup, yup, '4th and Bleeker' as in the bliggity blerg. In case you didn't hear - blogger stores are the new twitter.

Photos: the4thandbleekerstore

just hanging out

The mixture of patterns and colors and textures and layering and and and fun, fun, fun.

Photos: Nylon Novebmer 2009 via little plastic horses

them girls in those shades

Rihanna + Alexa = magic

Photo: TFS

blackandred

Is it just me or does that 80's red leather jacket have you jonesing for bon-bons and Adventures in Babysitting?

Also, can we talk about the leggings in the last picture that sort of kind of not really but I wish resembled the Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte's Thigh High Bondage boots? Anyone know who makes these?

Photos: cartoonstyle

what goes around comes around la vintage swap party

What: What Goes Around Comes Around’s LA Vintage Swap Party.
Who: Join me, Alexi Wasser, Monica Rose and What Goes Around Comes Around.
Where: 1520 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Suite 4 Hollywood, CA.
When: Tonight! 7pm to 9pm.
Details: Bring 1 to 4 quality vintage items and swap. Music by DJ Magdalena. Complimentary drinks by Tito’s Vodka and KARMA California Brut.

Hope to see your shining faces there!

visionary

Unbelievabbbbbble.

I can't get enough of Luxirare's creativity, eye, style, talent.

Hands down my favorite blog.

Photos: luxirare