SCORE!!!!!

I stopped in at my new favorite thrift shop on my way home from work today and found what for me is the holy grail of vintage patterns.

A complete copy, with instructions, of Vogue 1610 :

I paid $.50 for it, but I did find a copy for sale on etsy (for $70!!), and eBay (bidding starts at $10).

Spring 2011: The Final Post

Sometimes there was only one look that I liked in an entire show: these are those looks.

Victoria Beckham:

Tracy Reese

Thakoon:

Rag and Bone

Lela Rose

Carolina Herrera

Project Runway

Spring 2011: Rachel Roy

Could I get away with this at work?

Check out these skirts!!!! It looks like they are just a tube, with the top pleated to create a waist. So easy and what a great effect. I'm also loving the color choices here.

Puffy Paint t-shirt: Skullphone

So, I got this awesome set of puffy paints at Urban Outfitters on sale for $2....

...wouldn't this make the sweetest t-shirt ever? How about glow in the dark white for the skull and hands on a black t-shirt?

Spring 2011: Bare Shoulders

Spring 2011: Zac Posen

I just love every single thing about each of these dresses.

Spring 2011: Rebecca Taylor

Fabric epaulets applied to a sweater:

This outfit is crap...but check out the detail at the bottom of the pants...a great way to take in a too-big anything.


Polka-dots and florals...everything sheer


perfectly placed pockets!

Spring 2011: Philip Lim

Just love everything about this dress...


And more perfect pants:

Spring 2011: Marc Jacobs

These pants are perfection.


I love the idea of these sleeves, almost like an afterthought and a great reconstruction technique. This would even be cute on something that already had sleeves for a layering effect.

Spring 2011: Charlotte Ronson

This was an unapologetically 90's grunge themed collection, and I love the use of sheer chiffon layered over floral prints.

Spring 2011: Betsey Johnson

NOT A FAN of the rhinestone 'RIDE ME' necklaces but the rest? Awesome.

Spring 2011 - A. Wang

I love this layered knits look


And the belt poking through the open knit

Fall 2010 Highlights

So the fashion blogging world is all abuzz with the Spring 2011 collections being shown at NYFW *right now*. I just figured out yesterday how to save the nice big pictures that they show at the NYT site, so here are some of my favorites from Fall 2010...you know because it's September.

Chloe: I know that it's unlikely that anyone can truly "rock" or "kill it" in this look. It's a KNITTED JUMPSUIT. But the texture of that cape is calling to me. It's an incredibly labor intensive thing to hand-knit, but I might be up to the challenge of a hat? Mitten cuffs maybe?


Oscar De La Renta: NEED THAT HAT. I have a vintage faux-fur capelet that is ready to be chopped up in the service of me attempting to make one. That sweater is a 10, too.


This faux-sweetheart neckline is something I am dying to try.


Galliano for Dior: check out the shoulder strap detail....

And this is just begging to be DIY'ed...


Isabel Marant: I might not ever wear something this metallic, but I am appreciating the overall shape with the perfect leather obi-belt.


Marc by Marc: This is the kind of thing you could spend $$$ on and wear until it's threadbare.


Louis Vuitton..again with the sweetheart neckline!


Tracy Reese...I am all about the lace insets for fall.



Another labor intensive shaggy/loopy hand knit.


I'm loving this from a potential-wedding-dress design perspective. Down to the jewelry and the tights...even the boots! Though it would be even more over the top to add some leopard platforms to the mix.

OMG Laser(disc)s!

My friend Nathan has this idea to make headpieces/hats out of laserdiscs! He just got 33 of them from that wonderland of the forgotten, eBay. He's pretty insistent that they be left whole and recognizable, but since he has so many we've agreed I can cut a few up. I first noticed this hat from Christian Dior's Fall 2010 RTW collection when it was featured in the August issue of Elle.



After seeing it on the models though, I think it needs some serious downsizing:






So yeah, I really want to make one of these out of laserdiscs. I took a millinery class in college - I'm feeling confident.