oui, s'il vous plait!!

you may have gathered in past posts that i am particularly enamored of things French.  c'est vrai.  so it obviously pleases me no end to see a collection of such "let's jet off to the South of France this weekend darling" perfection.  Catherine Malandrino gets it right every time.  the woman designs for who she is, and she is la femme.  and i adore it.  this collection was no exception.  (side note - i love the presentation on the water)  the pieces are tres francais, with gorgeous bits of silk macrame, crochet work and woven leather mixed in with perfectly floaty chiffon and jersey.   i'd love to say more, but i really must go grab my suitcase and start packing... you know, for the South of France...  a bien-tot cheries!

she wore blue velvet

tis clear that velvet is a major thing going on in the fall collections. and i, for one, am loving it. velvet is absurd. in a good way. it makes anything ordinary suddenly feel luxurious. i remember one of the first things i bought with my own money as a "grown up" was a pair of black velvet jeans. i loved them to death. literally. i wore them until they became too natty to wear any longer. and i miss them to this day. lucky for me then, that it seems like i will easily be able to find a replacement come fall.

both Catherine Malandrino (top pics) and Alexander Wang (bottom) used a heavy hand with the velvet - but instead of going rather queenly with it, which is easy to do, they went goth. LOVE. maybe it's the part of me that still loves the Nirvana cheerleader girls. maybe it's the lingering love of my college roommate in philly... but i have a major weakness for the goth chick thing, and if you dress it up with a little luxury - baby you are dialing my number. i'm particularly obsessed with the blue velvet dress at Malandrino - the cobalt and black combo is friggin GORGE. (as a total aside - the leopard coat made me drool a little... and made me a little dizzy with lust...i confess) and the leather/velvet combo is something that little old me is certainly going to be working come fall... (it's somehow easy to think of fall clothes, with a snow storm going on outside.)

and Alexander, oh Alexander. my love for you grows. there isn't really a word to describe my reaction to the grey velvet - it falls somewhere between hysteria, lust and euphoria... hysterluphoria. there - now there is a word for it. it looks like a fall sky in paris. one that you can touch. toss in some black leather and lace, and we're good to go. HYSTERLUPHORIA. he hit it once again.

i'm looking out my window at the snow, and i'm desperate for warm weather to come - but now at least i feel a bit better about the chilly times...

SAG-tastic

ok - it seems the ladies did indeed step it up a notch from the Golden Globes to this past weekend's SAG awards. all hope is not lost for Hollywood glamour. maybe it helped that the sun was shining - lord knows that makes me dress a hell of a lot better.

there were quite a bevvy of beauties on the carpet rouge. the choice few were very unique and fit the personality of the lady upon which it was draped - this we like. very much...

Diane Kruger, lovely lady friend of Pacey (oops sorry - Josh Jackson). seriously working the old school Hollywood vibe in Jason Wu. i love the dress, it's perfection. i'm not 100% sold on the color - but she makes it work.

Toni Collette in Rafael Cennamo looked AMAZING. i am obsessed with this dress and i want it. i have absolutely no place to go wearing it - but i LOVE it.

Kyra Sedgewick looked fab in Vera Wang. she always looks good - but this is the first time she has ever been on my list of faves. the whole thing, from hair/makeup to dress was SO simple but absolutely beautiful. also she's my neighbor so i like to support the hood, you know?

Lea Michele from Glee - sigh. i am not one of the people obsessed with Glee. i'm not hatin' on it - i just honestly don't understand the appeal. but that is neither here nor there, as this is about style. and thusly - i'm givin props to this pretty girl in a pretty dress by Catherine Malandrino. she looked like a dark cream puff at the Globes - and i'm glad someone stepped in and got her to show off her body. not only is the dress gorgeous - but the color is AMAzing. love.

ok...i'm not 100% sure if i like this Alexander McQueen dress... part of me does - i love the shock of blue on black, but i'm just not totally there... but since it is Sandra Bullock, and since i have loved her with all my heart since Miss Congeniality, i am going to give it to her.

Helen Mirren is on my list mainly because i want to be her when i grow up. she is a mind bendingly good actress, so good that it hurts. and add to that - she is FLINGIN FLANGIN GORGEOUS. forget all the little 22 year old ingenues - this woman is amazing. and to top it off - check out the earrings - two big pearl drops of different color. she makes me feel faint she's so fantastic.

i've now worked myself into a dither so i must stop... god these award shows are exhausting!