one more ho for the road

the gifting holidays may be over, but maybe you have some gift cards burnin' a ho ho hole in your pocket.  luckily, stores galore have sales going on at the mo.  so strap on your wellies or snow boots, or get your clicky fingers ready and SHOP the sales darlings.  all the biggie department stores are working their mojo.  and some of the boutiques are going deep on the discounts.  one such example is Intermix, offering an extra 40% off already reduced merch, both in stores and online.  that, my dears, is up to 80% off.  that is the kind of math that i like. a few ideas for the picking - super hot grey wool D&G dress, snuggly buttery leather Vince jacket, perfect little Rebecca Minkoff bag.  BOOM you're dressed for a night out.   so on dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen - ride me to the sale!

amazing lace

it's rather timely that i'll be heading to Sicily on Friday...  it's very likely i'm going to be mentally channeling Dolce & Gabbana while there.  normally, senore Dolce & senore Gabbana have me feeling all hot and sultry - but this collection actually makes me feel like running off and getting married wearing one of these lovely, lacy (and still somehow uber sultry) dresses...  then of course, i would have to mourn the loss of something or other (maybe a beloved pair of shoes) wearing a slinky black number... just another day in the life, you know.   the detailing on these pieces is bellisimo - delicate and absolutely beautiful.  these boys really know how to make a woman feel like a WOMAN.  loves it.

cheeky!

D&G showed a collection that was like a slightly naughty garden party.  the kind i would most likely attend, where something cheeky might be happening at any given moment behind the shrubbery.   loving the long, floaty dresses - uber sexy swish when a lady walks - this never fails to win me over.  also a huge fan of the head scarf - a classic that you can play with to give it your own personal style.  and i barely even need to mention this, given my well documented obsession - but those shoes?  LOVE.  i really do need to find myself a large chateau with a garden....

D&G -- FNO --- OMG

the word "frenzy" hardly begins to describe the electric energy in the city on Friday night.  FNO this year was BEYOND insane.  it was a city-wide block party.  happy people, dolled up in style (of every variety imaginable - loves it) were milling around the streets and packing into the shops.  SO.  MUCH.  FUN.

Soho was mad.  like a wonderfully mad hatter.  i have literally never seen that many people on West Broadway at any one given time - and a large portion of them ended up in D&G - when we walked in it was packed - and as we left there was an absolute mob at the door waiting to get in.  DJ Tyson Toussant (who, along with Pharrell Williams and Tim Coombs, owns Bionic Yam, a textile company making fabric from recycled plastic bottles - LOVE that!) was spinning, the crowd was shopping, dancing and just generally being fabulous.  among the fab guests were Angela Simmons, Lauren London, Vanessa Simmons. Naomi Campbell's FNO tee was selling, along with the fantastic runway collection.  (kind of drooling over this burgundy dress!!!) this is what fashion should always make you feel like - i am STILL buzzing from it all!


photos:  Malcom Brown/Jesse Calagna

globe-y styles

i'm not sure if i'm jaded... perhaps i am. but the award shows are just not the glam-slam they used to be... maybe they'll bump it up a notch at the SAG awards or the Oscars. i spent the larger portion of my time saying "meh" watching the rainy red carpet parade at the Golden Globes. (and i am pretty much certain that i have become at LEAST 30% more stupid having had to withstand that much drivel from Ryan Seacrest and Guiliani what-ever. (ps - EAT).

AAAAAAAAANYHOO. let's discuss what there was to be salvaged from the puddles, shall we?

in no particular order - the dresses that floated my rainy day LA boat...

Halle Berry in Kaufman Franco. UN... BE...LIEVABLE. this woman could not possibly be more gorgeous. her skin is the prettiest thing i have ever seen. it's flawless. and quite frankly - her boobs are so perfect that i would like to thank them. just for existing. in addition, i would like to thank HER for putting her rockin' body into that dress. she is perfection.

Jennifer Garner in Versace. pretty pretty girl in a pretty pretty dress. stunning dress actually. i'm not always the biggest Versace fan - but this is a killer number. and she is doing it justice. well played lovely, well played.

Olivia Wilde in Gucci. me thinks it might be a bit hard to make this woman look bad. this dress is bad ass - and somehow she pulls it off without looking slutty. and in addition - she's auctioning off the dress to benefit a charity for Haiti. so what we have here is an all around beauty.

Emily Blunt in Dolce & Gabanna. i'm a teeny bit torn on this one - but i'm leaning on the i love it side, so i'm just going to roll with that... some people hated this dress. but there is something juuussst sassy enough about her to pull it off without it being too coy.

Marion Cotillard in Christian Dior. there is not too much to say. except GORGEOUS. woman, dress, color, it's the whole package. avec je ne sais quoi. oui. oui. oui!!

lastly - and SOOOOO not leastly(i think i'm developing a bit of a girl crush) Zoe Soldana in Louis Vuitton. i LOVE this dress. yes, i love the girl, but the dress stands up as an equal to her - and she to it. that is style in a nutshell. the color is amazing and the dress itself is gorgeous. simplicity and intricacy wrapped up into one lovely package.

the rest of the dresses were, for my tastes, too ruffle-y or pouffy or "oh my god what landed on your shoulder-y". and so my fashion court rests. consider the gavel banged. case closed dolls.