jacket up!

i hate being cold.  HATE it.  so i love anything that offers me warmth when it gets that way.  socks, the perfect down coat, cashmere hats and scarves, leather gloves and silk long underwear.  those are the necessities to get through NYC winter.  fireplace would be great, but we can't.  c'est la vie...  then there are the dress-essities, which is where you get to play a bit, which is what i love so much.  i've always been a cardigan girl, and that will probably never fully change - but i am easing into being a jacket girl as well.  slowly amassing a small collection - pieces i love...  and these three new jackets from Winter Kate (in various states of perfect slouch and structure that are JUST RIGHT for yours truly) are LOVERS.   every 5 minutes i change my mind as to which one i love the most, so it's making it a bit difficult to make any sort of decision if i am going to buy... unless of course i would buy them all...sigh.   not the wisest choice, so back to thinking...

she keeps on keepin on!

about 3.2 seconds after the whirlwind tour of fashion emporium type dept. stores to promote the new spring line of Winter Kate, the fabulous Mz. Richie now has previews coming out for the fall collection.  it's a little darker (thematically as well as color-wise) than the gorgeous, ethereal hippie-chic spring stuff. and it's equally gorge. she says her inspiration was the movie "From Hell" (starring Johnny Depp and about Jack the Ripper - it's a win win hot/weird sitcho)   i'm a bit in love with the red dress.  and the white cape rocks my little world a bit too - i'm imagining quite the fantastic night out in that little number... and the peacock jacket?  amazers.  with a pair of jeans, a silk tee and some heels?  good to go.

these days everyone and their sister who gets 13 minutes of fame spews out a "celebrity clothing line".  most of them are absolute rubbish, and last about as long as the "celebrity's" "fame".  once again Nicole Richie seems to be setting herself apart from the pack, with the second consecutive collection that is unique and wearable. 

love is in the air

wedding invite... west hollywood... quite the to-do. what to wear? let's go with this, shall we? oh - and add a custom necklace made by a good friend of mine -- keep an eye out for a post on her new online store - coming soon!

i now pronounce myself dressed

the talented miss richie

we all know i love me some Nicole Richie. she's just adorable. game, set, match.

i'm always equal parts intrigued and dubious when celebs do their own clothing lines. 99 percent of the time i look at in sort of sick fascination with the thought in the back of my mind "who in the name of all things holy would want to pay money to dress in the style of that person?!" i won't name names. rather than use their names, the lines could just be called "dress like a whore, just like me!" and the point would be the same. (Kate Moss is outside that heinous bubble. i like a number of her pieces for Topshop.)

ahem, anyway... now the talented Miss Richie enters the fashion fray. she started off with the House of Harlow jewelry line - which is uber cute (that reminds me, there's another ring i want...) and she expanded, logically, while preggy, to a maternity line for Pea in the Pod. again - super cute pieces. cut to spring 2010, when her new label Winter Kate will debut. (February to be exact)

the line will include 37 pieces, and will be sold at shops like Nordstrom, Neimans, Saks, Bloomingdales, and boutique-ier shops such as Ron Herman, Intermix and Kitson. the collection includes mostly tops, vests and bed jackets in colorful splashes of vintage-inspired silk, crepe and chiffon, based heavily on the style of her own wardrobe. as she puts it, "I probably wear the same two pairs of jeans every day as the background to a fabulous top," she said. "Bed jackets are a staple of my wardrobe because they are a gorgeous way to give jeans and a white T-shirt a completely different look." easy peasy and looking gorgeous. the styles and cuts lend themselves to layering, which allows limitless combos within your own wardrobe. LOVE it.

prices are set to be reasonable - her philosophy being that "Fashion should be accessible". AND my favorite quote of all, because it hits the nail of e-stylist philosophy square on the head -- the pieces she has designed "...can be dressed up, made casual, but most importantly, they
provide the wearer a means of self-expression and fun." that, as they say, is style in a nutshell.

is it spring yet?