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Power blazer, chic little dress, lace up ankle boots and a sick bag for the win!
Photo: Roberto Cavalli FS - Milan Fashion Week via TFS
A Bay Cities sandwich with Diet Coke and sea salt & vinegar Kettle Chips on the beach. Sweet potato chips on Thanksgiving while watching football. Fresh guacamole and tortilla chips at my favorite Mexican restaurant. No matter what kind of chips we are talking - the crunchy potatoes (or tortillas) are one of my weaknesses.
Luckily, you can make healthier potato chips at home which cuts the calories, additives and guilt. Plus, it's impressive (for boyfriends especially).
How to: Homemade Potato Chips
You will need:
2 medium Yukon Gold or Idaho potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1/8-inch slices
3 tablespoons olive, canola, or peanut oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil and spray with oil.
2. Slice the potatoes into a bowl and immediately toss them with the oil. Season lightly with salt and arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet.
3. Bake in the oven until golden brown — about 15-20 minutes. Season again lightly with salt and pepper when they come out of the oven (you can also get fannncccy with it and season with ancho chile powder, ground cumin, minced herbs, toasted sesame seeds, ground nori, whatev your heart desires; just be sure to season immediately after the chips come out of the oven, while there is still some residual oil for the spices to adhere to).
Voilà!
Source and photo: Epicurious and Knuckle Salad
A break from spring 2011 for fallllll 2010 inspiration. After all, it is getting cold in some places...
From top to bottom: Alexander Wang, Preen, Charlotte Ronson, Anna Sui, Proenza Schouler, Peter Som, Diesel Black Gold, Rebecca Taylor, Rag & Bone, William Rast, Cynthia Steffe, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Diane Von Furstenberg and Vena Cava.
Photos: Mama's a Rolling Stone
My grandma gifted my sister and I knitting lessons ten or so years ago and it was one of the best gifts I've ever received. Little hobbies and skills are invaluable and always come in handy. I mean, do I need to make this knitted headband or do I NEEEED to make this knitted headband?
Photo: IloveWildfox
Embellishing walls with frames - either empty or with pictures/art/nick nacks - is not only an interesting form of self expression. It looks great, allows you to constantly change a room and makes for continuous creative experience. For example:
1. Collecting: Your collection of rocks, barbies, snow globes and pogs may have been short lived but photos, frames and art can last forever. Spend time browsing flea markets, garages sales, ebay and aisles at large container stores to build your eclectic mix of frames/photos/art/etc.
2. Photography: Carry your camera everywhere you go and pay attention to what really inspires you. Snap photographs of your inspiration then line your walls with your work. It's almost a guarantee that the creative energy flowing through home will reach new levels.
3. DIY: Paint, sand, recover, cut, sew, sequin, collage etc. the frames, art and photographs you collect to make them your own.
4. Obsessively order cool prints: Create a folder on your desktop and save the images you're drawn to most - photos you take, magazine clipping, etc. and print for cheap on Shortrun Posters.
5. Rearrange: Rearrange the layout of your frames and swap out the content inside them as often as your heart desires.
Badabing!
Photos: Pinterest
Abbey Lee after Gucci rocking the sheer skirt phenomenon and Jac Jagaciak keeping it real with flats and a motorcycle jacket after D&G.
This constant flow of fashion-week-model-off-duty inspiration is beeeeeeyond.
Photos: Altamiranyc
