il me plait

Truth be told, I don't like how I look in braids. Well really, I just don't like wearing my hair back at all. But I think braids themselves are so gorgeous, and I'm always envious of girls who look great in them, the big, messy, perfectly casual kind, like Caroline up there.





The closest I ever get is braiding my bangs every once in a while, but mostly just when I'm at home and they're bugging me. I look a little bit like a cockapoo when I finally take them down though.

(photos from altamiranyc, Model Mayhem, kristina424, and Turned Out, click for original sources)

en mi apartamento

Apartamento is one of those magazines my boyfriend and I are always almost buying, but at the last minute balking at the $20.00 price tag. I mean, I know it's good, but I always have a hard time convincing myself it's that good.

Apparently, however I seem to have overlooked the fact that there is a story in the current issue featuring Chloë Sevigny, possibly in her own apartment right here in New York City? That's not just good...that's muy bueno!!

(photos from Le Marais on flickr and apartamentomagazine.com)

painted lady

I feel like I've wanted one of Arielle de Pinto's amazing crocheted metal pieces for as long as can remember (which, apparently, is only as far back as 2007, since that's how long her line's been around...) The lookbook for her 2010 collection is totally rad, and incidentally makes me miss both California and having a proper, knock-about summer vacation.

You can read more over on the FADER, and be sure to check out her collaboration with Anntian, which is all kinds of mixed-media coolness.

(all photos by Margaret V Haines)

can i be u??

Don't get me wrong--being me is pretty all right. But every once in a while I'll come across a photo of someone that makes me pause and think "man, I'd like to try that out for a day or two." There's just something about these girls, their hair, their smiles, the tilt of their heads, that has me wishing I could take a spin around the block in their shoes.

Actually, come to think of it, just the shoes would suffice ;n )

(photos from Hanneli and Mr. Newton)

Fake Christmas List, part I

This year, all I'm really asking for from my friends and family is a bit of money towards an end of school out-of-country experience, which would be a far greater gift than any of this silly stuff.

...But if I was making up a proper Christmas list, hoo boy, I definitely wouldn't have any trouble! And this is just part one...

a)


Stella McCartney Perfume, in the 1 oz. purse spray size, right. I LOVE tiny things, and conveniently, tiny versions of things are often cheaper than not-tiny-things. Also, the smaller things are, the more of them you can collect and cram onto every available surface. That's not crazy, that's just practical!


b)




The Biba Experience, so I can start plotting how to turn the interior of my next apartment into an exact replica of the Rainbow Room.


c)


I've crossed my fingers and toes fruitlessly for months now hoping this beautiful lace top by Hearts in My Eyes would go on sale over at Bona Drag. So impractical...and SO DAMN PRETTY.


d)


Nars Body Glow. Maybe I'm being suckered in by all those glossy collages in the Vogue Escapes section, but I just wanna slip this into a straw bag along with a We Are Handsome one piece and jet off to Ipanema. Also I'm a fool for NARS' packaging. Anyways, it's another one of those purchases I could never really justify.


e)


How is it possible that I still don't own an actual copy of this movie???? Enough said.

P.S. I'd love to know what's on your list, real or imaginary, this year!