April 2009
31 posts
Jacket Racket
Shame on me! I’m currently wearing the outfit I wore on Sunday, meaning I’ve doubled an ensemble within three days. Does that make me a horrible fashion-head?? It’s beautiful out, and though I realized just how chilly the wind was the moment my foot stepped out of my apartment building, I realized I still really wanted to rock my jean jacket anyway. Here’s a photo of my...
March 2009
32 posts
Everything Happens For A Reason...
…but sometimes the happening part feels so goddamn crappy. A peppermint green tea, chocolate croissant, Seneca Rising slouchy suspender miniskirt, and a big hug would be really nice right now.
Lazy Sunday...
…in the city! I’m talking walks along the water, gourmet pizza, patios, Caesars and friends. I broke out my old jean jacket today. Thank god I kept it around. It was the perfect cover up for the in-between weather straddling winter coats and cotton jackets. Off to the some record labels soirees and the Fashion Week closing gala party! Will try to take photos. xo Haute Hippie *...
New Kooples!
Paris-based The Kooples has some new cool, creative couples photographed in their boutique’s clothes. Check it! PS. Love those gray zipper sandals on Manon and Marieke. * Photos property of thekooples.com and are used solely for commentary purposes
Haute Hippie...Interviewed!!
Thank you thank you thank you to the adorably adorable Sunny Shum for interviewing me on PartlySunny!!!! Click through to read the interview here! Sorry for the lack of posting since Tuesday…hectic ‘round these parts of late… Lots of things going on this weekend that I’ll be sure to report back on next week! Happy Friday!!! xo Haute Hippie I’m Lovin’ it: I sent...
Breathe and Stop
Currently having myself one of the busiest weeks of 2009 yet. Need to breathe and stop (…for real, and give it what you got…that was for all you Q-Tip fans out there). Our local fashion week kicks off tomorrow, the Junos mayhem starts Thursday and the Wine Fest is this weekend (1,600 wines for me to get through over three nights), in addition to work-related meetings in between. So...
Deconstruction Zone
Yesterday was the perfect Sunday. Why? Let me count the ways: 1. An 11 am sleep-in time. 2. Brunch with my girl Saritz at Crave on Main. 3. A jaunty walk in the sunshine down Main Street and up again in the sunshine and in my sunnies. 4. A new deconstructed mini dress in black! It was from a random store I’d never heard of. Despite the rain weather, I’m sporting it today with my...
Glove Love
There are two types of sartorial styles I prefer (or waffle between): the loosely chic haute bohemian (minus too many hippie prints) and the rock ‘n’ roll sexpot (this I’d like to do more often). For the latter, I should probably invest in this very Karl Lagerfeld-like half glove, which doesn’t have the price tag of Chanel or Fendi in the least. I believe it’s $65,...
Yet Another Reason...
…that fashion will be the death of me! Here’s a shot of style blogger Gala Gonzalez from Spain. There’s a time to be a creator, and other times to be an emulator. This is an emulation moment. Now to find me a pair of short short denim cutoffs, ‘cause I know I already got them booties and gold chains… * Photo property of Gala Gonzalez, chictopia.com and are used...
This Is...
…the reason I love fashion. People with such innate, effortless sense of style inspire me every single day. Bravo, Lady in Black and Blue, bravo. Until tomorrow, dear friends. xo Haute Hippie * Photo property of The Sartorialist and is used solely for commentary purposes
Happy Friday!
Oy. I’m sitting at my perch at Waves Coffee and it is NOT nice out. Remember the last time I took a picture from this spot? It was gorgeously sunny, and I was quite admiring a vintage bike cruiser sitting just outside my window. Looks like this Friday night is going to be a bit of an “in” one for me. Just going to hang out with the gals — maybe with a bottle of white,...
Ring A Ding
I heart massive rings almost as much as I heart a night of Gossip Girl with a side of Dairy Queen blizzard (cookie dough and peanut butter cup, please). Almost. But then I came across these very large, very chunky, very angular-cut rings from Kara Ross while flipping through a Harper’s Bazaar — and decided it might be time to shut off the television and put down the ice cream. The New...
Oh, Carine!
I’m currently watching the CNN special on Carine Roitfeld, my idol, who seems so kind, humble and layered, not in a clothing way, but rather in personality. Who else also makes an appearance in the special, most on-camera, praising La Roitfeld? Oh, just Patrick Demarchelier, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Hedi Slimane, Karl Lagerfeld, Riccardo Tisci, Antoine Arnault, Francois-Henri Pinault,...
In A Clutch
London-based designer Matthew Williamson does lots of brights. He’s also doing a line for H&M with those brights, and though I’m not exactly camping outside the retailer’s doors, I’ll be hotfooting it there as soon as the collection drops so I can get this clutch in my, er, clutches. My obsession with blue has obviously taken over my life. I’m Lovin’ it:...
Buddha Love
I had a meeting this morning with the adorable owner, Alisa, of an adorable new boutique called Wish.List on the west side, where I happened to finally find the wallet that will be mine. Meet Big Buddha’s Starlet Snake, a hybrid between a wallet and a bag that crosses over the body. It comes with extra chain straps exactly for the latter purpose. I’ve been noticing a lot of smaller,...
Buh-Bye, Paris!
Paris Fashion Week for Fall ‘09 is over. Tear. So here’s a little ode — via Sofia Coppola — to the City of Lights. Coppola, whom I quite admire as a creative mind and muse, directed her first commercial recently — and, of course, it had to be for Christian Dior’s Miss Dior Cherie fragrance. Watch Maryna Linchuk traipse through Paris with Brigitte Bardot warbling...
Happy Friday!
Soooooo. Simian Mobile Disco was a bit of let down last night, and I’m sad to say that me and my girls Ovitch and Steph A. left before the set was even over. The crowd skewed a little young (I’m an “old” hag these days), and the bigger venue made the show seem more like a rave. I preferred the first SMD show I saw a couple summers ago, which was at a much more intimate...
Today's Color Combination
White mini zip-up dress, blue-grey tights and tan boots. It’s a color combination I haven’t tried before, but there’s no time like the present to give it a whirl. Here’s the view from my work perch at Waves Coffee on Main Street today. Sunny! Gorgeous! Vintage bike cruiser! Makes me happy! All of it! The three things I need to do today: 1. Buy toothpaste. 2. Buy new...
Say No To Small Fryes
When it comes to boots, Frye — like Hogan (or is it father?) — knows best. When it comes to price tag, Frye is often on the high side of things — think of a range between $200 - $500. Everyone is cutting out where they can, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t get the boots you want. After going to the Mac store yesterday to see if my cracked laptop could be...
Things That Made Me Smile Today...
Other than the glorious sunshine, these things made me grin big today: 1. Looking at my stash of tickets to upcoming shows. Simian Mobile Disco this Thursday and then The Twelves on Sunday! (With my girl Fo’Sho Shawna’s bday in between) 2. This canvas art, found at a cute boutique where a collective of local designers show off their wares, rotating shop duties amongst themselves. ...
Bobbi Brown Makes Us Pretty Again!
Bobbi Brown — the renowned makeup artist, founder of Bobbi Brown cosmetics, author and Beauty Editor for NBC’s Today Show — shared some tips with the folks over at Barnes & Noble Tagged! Perhaps you, too, can take those Fall ‘09 beauty trends and translate them into daily life with her help. Just take it easy on the 80s Dynasty makeup that was runway rampant, though.
How Funny...
Some things make you scratch your head in a bit of wonder. I’ve got two this week: 1. Blasts from the past (or BFTPs). Interesting. Four have popped up their heads in the last month and a half. Four. Within a few weeks of each other. Hmmmm. Curiouser and curiouser… 2. I went to some dive hipster bar (with some really, really good music) on Saturday with Bri R. and some friends. At...
I Finally Wore Them!
Yeeeeeees. I finally got a chance to wear the Creative Recs Jenks got me, thanks to my new dark, ankle-length denim. Putting on hightop sneaks makes me look like I’m seventeen again, but hey, being in my mid-late twenties now, that’s not such a bad thing. Like the tee that my girl Saritz bought this weekend (for her boyfriend M. Jones’ bday) said, I got 99 problems but my kicks...
Beth & Jim
Try as I might, it never fails. I go into our local luxe department store downtown and spend at least 25 minutes flipping through the single (yes, quantity of one) rack of Elizabeth & James located there, taunting me with its masculine-feminine clothes and downtown cool. I’ve even gone as far as to try on the brand’s deep purple silk shorts jumper, but have restrained myself from...
Happy Friday!
This Friday happens to be gloriously sunshine-y, meaning I wouldn’t mind playing outside right now. I have a sneaking suspicion the whole weekend will be shaping up to be full of sunshines and rainbows, so I’m not too crabby being inside writing at the moment. Ideally, I’d be sitting outside on some patio with my sunnies perched on my face while typing away, but that sounds a...
Aurevoir, Olivier
It’s with great sadness that I see Olivier Theyskens go from the creative helm of Nina Ricci. He presented his last rumored collection with the French house earlier today, to spontaneous applause at certain ensembles and a great appreciation for the designer with such incredible talent. If CEO Mario Grauso is willing to give him up, there will be another fashion house ready to snap him up....
Not Another One
Since I couldn’t quite plunk down the dolla-dolla bills for those Loeffler Randall heels the other day, I decided to go the lo-fi route with Zara, which has some amazing shoes in their windows right now. It was merely supposed to be a very small stop after a lunch with my buddy Russe-ter, but it quickly turned into a new pair of heels. Oopsie. Check out my grey cut-out, peep-toe babies (a...
Um, Hi Shoe.
A little pit stop into Misch yesterday led me to discover these Loeffler Randall heels. It’s like an incredibly incredible Mary Jane, only with a thick, latticed basket band spanning the top of your foot instead of a simple skinny strap. Plus, they were ultra-comfortable. Pinkie swear, I could probably run a marathon in them. Oh, and it has a zippered back. No, Loeffler Randall isn’t...
Retrogrades and Stuff
According to astrology, Mercury is supposed to retrograde at the end of this week. You know, things like big miscommunications, little fall throughs, major epiphanies, minor setbacks and other really, really fun stuff start happening for up to two weeks. What up with that, planets?! Anyway, I feel like Mercury’s been retrograding for the past two weeks. Ugh. Mostly with work odds and ends....
Calling All Shoshanna Fans!
Shoshanna Gruss is presenting her latest collection at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York this Thursday night!! Come by if you want to check out the new wares, plus get a styling tip or two from the designer herself. The invite is below for time, place and contact details… * Photo property of Shoshanna, Alison Brod PR and is used solely for commentary purposes
Gene Pool
Working at home can be a big drag sometimes, especially for a people-lover like me. Being chained to my kitchen counter-slash-makeshift desk is not my idea of the ideal work space day after day (the real desk in my home office is pretty much just storage for my collection of papers and lookbooks), so seeking out new spots to type away my life and people-watch is a past time I seem to have a great...
Skye High
Hunting down the perfect new wallet that has me written all over it is one of my biggest fashion priorities right now, because the little green thing I’m currently rocking just isn’t cutting it anymore. Much like how I need my purse to be an extra large (because apparently my whole apartment has to come with me), I need my wallet to be NOT an extra small. Last Thursday I rejoiced and...
