seine silk box blouse

Trapeze tops are so right now and I'm kind of obsessed. This one comes in black, white and mocha. I'm thinking black. I know, I'm so boring.

Thoughts?

Photos: Nasty Gal

grey on grey on grey

Dree Hemingway. Such a little fashion plate!

Rock a similar look: Helmut Lang Ruched Jersey Skirt, YSL Platform High Heel Metallic Pump, Kain Silk and modal T-shirt and Essie Really Red

Rock a similar look on a budget: Forever 21 Gathered Knit Skirt, Steve Madden Caryssa, American Apparel Tri-blend tee in 'Athletic Grey' and Essie Really Red

Photo: Studded Hearts

first stop, switzerland!

Psssssst, calling all nail polish connoisseurs - this fall OPI is embarking on a European tour and its first stop is Switzerland!

"From the spiky peaks of the Alps to the chateaus of Lucerne the famous Bern bears, the rooftop of Europe was the inspiration for the 12 decadent shades that make up the ubiquitous nail lacquer's Fall 2010 color collection."

The cheeky shade names call to mind Swiss mainstays, like Glitzerland, a cool gold, Yodel Me on My Cell, a deep blue, Diva of Geneva, a vibrant pink red, and Color So Hot it Berns, a warm red.

The new collection will be available in August 2010 and will retail for $8.50 each.

Done and done.

dazed & confused 2007

A little lazy romance on this oddly rainy LA summer day. Hope it's much nicer wherever you are.

p.s. do you think Kate cooks? She looks good in the kitchen, just saying.

Editorial continued after the jump...

recipe: avocado, shrimp, and endive salad

Making this salad was inspired by 2 things: Martha Stewart's July 2007 issue and Shakuhachi's spring/summer 2010 collection (pictured). Obviously.

Both the dish and the collection are organic and light, laid back yet put together. They are transitional from the beach to a girls lunch and above all, they're mad fresh.

How to: Avocado, Shrimp, and Endive Salad

You will need:
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
2 medium Belgian endives, leaves separated, larger ones cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces (about 3 cups)
20 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 1/2 ripe Hass avocados, halved, pitted, peeled, and cut lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices
1 tablespoon coarsely chopped fresh tarragon
*serves 4

like a roli

But with Mickey!

p.s. loving the beaded bracelets. Art project?

Photo: Stockholm StreetStyle

ill be your mirror

Perfect sweatshirts are hard to come by but when you find them, it's like magic.

Photo: Fashion Gone Rogue

glastonbury

Kate Moss and Alexa Chung are total band-aids and I lovvvez it.

"Your aura is purple!" - Almost Famous

Photos: TFS

tom ford + freja beha erichsen

Freja Beha Erichsen for Tom Ford's FW 10.11 campaign.

Two bad ass bitches doing bad assssss things.

Photos: Fashion Copious

got my vans on but they look like sneakers

Wearing a scarf I bought in Moscow, gifted Lanston tank, vintage hat, Chanel bag.

My roomie and I got a little trigger happy at the Vans-Stussy shindig - click, click. Any party is a fun party if there is a photo booth!

When we move out of the place we're in now I'm gonna set up a little photo booth. That and a couch for everyone to scribble on. #Dreaaaaamz!

M.I.A.

xxxo. xxxo. xxxo.

Photo: Just Jared

jena laser cut

Just got home from hanging out with Monica who was carrying this Alexander Wang bag in black. Guys, it's like butter. Even if you have no interest in buying it please just go out and touch it. Be one with Wang.

Photos: Net-a-Porter

clutch mania

Holllllllllllller.

Photos: Jak & Jil

solutions

Wearing Forever 21 top, vintage Levi's cutoffs, Zara bag, YSL sunnies, Sam Edelman boots.

Sometimes all you need is an oversized top for $19.80 to solve your nothing to wear crisis. Done and done.

camilla and marc

Crrushing on camilla and marc's silhouettes, softer shades, multicolored tweeds, graphic silks and draped leathers from their pre collection '10/11.

Dreammmmm boat!

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recipe: quinoa

“Salmon with quinoa, please.”

I cannot tell you how many times I’ve regurgitated those four words at M Cafe.

In spite of my friend Tali’s opinion, “That shit is overpriced rabbit food,” I love my M. It’s light and healthy which leaves me food-coma-less for those remaining and often painful six to ten hours of work. The veggie burger is so good that it may just persuade Guy Fieri to pull out of all those Drive-ins, and the sushi isn’t bad either. It is macrobiotic, the bathrooms are clean, outfit inspiration is high and there is a guaranteed celeb spotting (take that as a pro or con as you wish).

Even with all that M has to offer, Tali has a point: it is in fact overpriced.

I made fives times the amount of red quinoa for the price of one large M side. FIVE TIMES THE AMOUNT! AND I had bragging rights!

Now making quinoa is totally my new thing. It is a nutritious, trainer approved grain that is the perfect side dish to compliment any protein. And with a little imagination and pantry surfing you can make countless variations. I’m thinking nuts and cranberries for my next batch.

The best part: it cooks itself in a rice cooker.

How to: Quinoa

You will need:
1 cup Quinoa (I used red quinoa)
2 cups kitchen basics vegetable stock or water
1/3 cup red pepper, small dice
1/3 cup yellow pepper, small dice
1/3 cup green pepper, small dice
1 small vidalia onion, small dice

Instructions after the jump...

one piece

So hot right now.

Photos: Yvan Rodic

heather grey tee + grandpa cardigan + black leather shorts

Alexa Chung at the YSL Belle D’Opium party. Respect.

p.s. Thank you Shopbop for the love! The feeling is mutual!

Photo: Just Jared

nadia sarwar

Outrageously inspired by London based fashion designer, Nadia Sarwar, and her blog, frou frou. Is she a stunner or what?

Girllll crushhhhh.

ps- she makes me want to outfit post, again. womp, womp.

Photos: frou frou

options, options.

Illesteva Leonard See Through / Karen Walker Eyewear Rover Flourescent Orange Sunglasses

I've been receiving a bunch of emails regarding what sunglasses to splurge on this summer and to be honest I'm sort of on the hunt myself. I'm all for Ray Ban Aviators, these, these, these and these but since budget is a thangggg I've settled for frequenting Forever's sunglass wall until I decide on that perfect pair (or two!).

In general, I recommend checking out Gargyle's sunglass picks. They usually do an awesome job editing down to the cream of the crop. Hope that helps!

Any other sunnnny suggestions out there would be greatly appreciated. Especially by Katie from NoCal.

Photos: Gargyle

kid tested-jessica approved

Here's the latest Gen Lux pre-fall cover story featuring Jessica Alba shot by my boys, Brahka x 2, styled by Daniel Caudill. Yowwwww.

The premise of the story is Jessica teaching kids (or dolls) how to be a little more bad-ass and each picture has a corresponding title. From the top: how to make an impression, how to say goodbye, how to dine, how to sing, how to ask for a new wardrobe, how to wake your neighbor (in case of emergency) and cover shots.

Corrrrrupt the youth! On stands now.