Ignore the frightening toothpick legs, gleamed up by Photoshop, and focus on the magical creepy beauty of this photo of Freja Beha in a spread for British Vogue.* I am completely, utterly, devastatingly romanced by the color palette of many of the recent fashion shoots I've been seeing, both for Fall '11 and Spring '12. The rich light blue, very 50s/60s kitchen-y to me, paired with acidified earth tones (peach, green, taupe, yellow)... not sure how to say all these things but the cool colors infused with warmth really have a magical effect. Have a feeling I'll to be going a bit tearsheet-mad over the coming season, especially after I install my new enormous cork wall. These colors and modernized retro silhouettes are just too delicious and I'm in constant sensory overload.
*photo courtesy of my new fashion blog crush, Alabama Eyes.
Hi, guys. I have a confession to make. I'm halfway through a really cool post with pretty pictures that cleverly ties together Prada, modern art, and my Texas road trip, which I think you'll enjoy and will enhance the culture factor of your blogroll. However, I took a break to read Twitter (BAD IDEA ALERT); got distracted by a tweet about the Alexa Chung for Madewell collection being a huge hit, and remembered that I needed to check the collection out online, since I do find Alexa Chung to have pretty good taste most of the time even with her annoying tendency to wear hats; stopped writing that nice blog post; and turned my full attention to looking at jeans at Madewell instead. This led to developing a mad crush on a pair of denim trousers supposedly designed by Miss Chung, which are perfectly retro without being too annoying (despite the hideously annoying "It's All Happening" style name, as if we had to be told that it harkens back to the era of "Almost Famous," which is itself just a retro harken-er. Oy vey.). Said crush in turn led to a rush of online comparison shopping (never accept a first offer), which in turn led to a very sensible (I think) decision to buy multiple pairs with the reasoning that they're all returnable and ONE of them might be The One. Summary: instead of finishing my original post, walking to the Marfa Book Company and browsing their excellent and terribly hip book selection, I sat on a cowhide chair at El Cosmico (my "hotel," where I have a charming li'l rented yurt) and shopped for jeans online. COWER AT MY INTELLECTUAL PROWESS, GRASSHOPPERS.
But, I mean, driving through parched West Texas just gave me the itch to make like our fave 70s chicks and... flare.
(photos: instyle.com)
Jane Birkin & Farrah Fawcett flaring it up
Look how teensy Farrah is! Her jeans are hemmed, like, 4 inches! I, on the other hand, have to seek out the longest of the long to avoid the dreaded Highwater Syndrome. These are the contenders... once they arrive next week we'll see if any of them are poster-girl worthy.
Alexa Chung for Madewell - it's all happening denim trousers in "playlist." (I know, pukesville, right? Not just the Almost Famous name, but PLAYLIST as a colorway?! Gag me with an incense stick.) These are the most spendy, but they were the original ones that caught my eye... and Madewell does in-store returns.
Madewell - widelegger jeans in "windswept wash." Slightly better style/colorway names. I love me a uniform medium wash, they're nice & flarey, come in 36" inseam (!!!!), and are on sale. Cha-ching. Ordered 2 sizes... I really want these puppies to work out.
Paige Premium Denim - Roxley High Rise Wide Leg Jeans in "Heaven." OK, I guess all jeans names are dumb. It's been a while since I actually bought any. And gotta love the classic ShopBop model pose, right? Just so you know, 100% guaranteed she is stretching her arms way above her head to try and flatten her poor stomach as much as possible. Awkwarrrrd. But yeah, these are on sale (such a tempting quality) and I really like the sky blue wash. I THINK Paige fit me pretty well... but I ordered 2 sizes anyway. My credit card points are going to be racking upppp, y'all! Shopping will make me richer! SO CLEVER, I AM.
OK. That's all. Just had to let you know with this pseudo-post what I've bought (hey, everyone loves when Mindy Kaling does it, right?). Now off to go find a pair of those adorable Nikes and a little baby skateboard.
Anyone else fall prey to the flares recently? Show & tell!
