I’m back with fluffy fashion

Hey all! I’ve finally got my computer back, after a particularly stressful and downright horrible experience with the computer lab where I basically spent four hours doing their job for them. Serves me right for living in a country where the concept of “consumer satisfaction” is nonexistent, I suppose.

In any case…

Back to fashion.

Ok, you know those little tufty-headed googley-eyed pens, like this one:

Well, the latest fad on the runways is surprisingly reminiscent of those pens.  This little item, for example, that I found in Vogue:

I mean, people, come on.  Are we back in kindergarten?  Or worse yet, the eighties, those wonderful years of shoulder pads, overdone colorblocks, and pretty little-girl bows in our hair?

Sorry I’ve been remiss

Hi all,

Sorry I haven’t posted in a bit.  My network card on my rather expensive if crappy computer seems to have been incinerated due to the large amount of times that my computer overheated over the past eight-or-so months.  Bringing it in, so hopefully I’ll be on board next week.

Indie Fashion

I’m not generally a fan of that Indie hipster look. But there are exceptions to every rule, and I’ve found the exception to mine: Pret A Portobello. Indie or not, the majority of this designer’s looks can only be designed as “classic”.  And by “classic” I mean absolutely timeless.   Let’s take, for example, this little beauty:

Just looking at it, I can imagine the way that it would drape, the kind of dress that covers and shows just enough.  This would be a beautiful dress with a silver link belt and black boots like this pair from Aldo:

Putting together beautiful outfits just makes me happy.  Good way to start your week…

Organic Cotton – Wuddup???

I have been seeing this trend pretty much everywhere-department stores like Bloomingdales, men’s and women’s clothing stores like H & M and the Gap.  There are fashion designers such as British designer/activist Katherine Hamnett who focus entire clothing lines on the organic cotton movement.

Katherine Hamett organic cotton tee

And I want to understand the meaning behind this organic cotton trend.  Because when I read a label that says “Organic Cotton”, I get all excited and expect the actual garment to be more comfortable.  Or breathable.  Or some basic improvement in its wearability.  But I have experimented with organic clothing garments, and I submit that it is no more comfortable than the average shirt or slacks.  In fact, the only thing that has changed is my fear that I will find a squashed bug enmeshed in the fibers of my shirt.  So, who started this trend?  It was absolutely brilliant from a marketing standpoint, but other than that it makes no sense whatsoever.

Yet more fashion for less

This time we’re talking handbags.  And this time they’re the real deal, not the imitation crap that you find being sold off of those plastic tables in New York with labels badly stitched on.  Apparently there is a site called Euohandbag.  It’s the Blue Fly of bags, with incredible designer bags for much lower than you can find them on the shelf in the States.  For someone as desperately fashion conscious as yours truly, it’s a pretty exciting find.  Gucci, Prada, Miu Miu, Balenciaga, Dior, and most excitingly, Chloe…you name it, it’s all pretty much there.  My personal favorite is this little beauty by Prada:

And guess how much it was on the site.  Go on, guess.  $238.

Which leads me to ask:  Is this site for real???

The Secret to Fashion: Accessorizing

Ok, everyone. The secret to great fashion has finally been let out. At least to me. Apparently everyone else in the world knew about the great fashion secret way before I did. Otherwise there wouldn’t be so many greatly fashionable people.

Following that circular line of reasoning…

The big secret that apparently everyone but me knows is ACCESSORIZING. Belts, for example. What belts can do for an outfit is absolutely incredible.  This outfit, worn by Arlenis Sosa in the Michael Kors Spring 2009 show, demonstrates perfectly what a hat and belt can do for an outfit: