the september issue

yay, a real trailer:

inspiration today: vintage fashion photos

finally got to see Model as Muse. Loved all of the vintage Vogues and Harper's Bazaars. It inspired me to scour the internet for great vintage photos. A couple of the shots below were featured in the exhibit, including the first photo which I was able to buy as a postcard:

Richard Avedon

*love*

Irving Penn

Helmut Newton

*probably one of my favorite photos ever*

birthday girl in Tracy Reese

made this for my mom's bday card this week. The dress is Tracy Reese. I wanted to buy it sooo badly but it is unfortunately sold out now, boo. Shoes are YSL. Happy Birthday Mom!

inspiration today: newspaper canvases

one of the things I love about New York is, any place can be an art gallery: a restaurant, a coffee shop, my hair salon. I once visited a little gallery inside an apartment building and the entrances to two of the apartments were actually in the gallery. So, as I admired a beautiful oil painting of a country cabin in the Catskills, a young couple struggled to push a stroller through the doorway of the adjacent wall. A funny little city this is; but inspiration is around every corner.

An artist named Tom Matt shows his work in these kinds of places. I was in Bazzini several months ago sampling a salsa dip when I discovered a couple of his pastel drawings hanging across from the deli counter. He takes the paper-of-the-day and on it creates a beautiful representation of the Brooklyn Bridge or a street corner on 79th and Columbus. Anyway, just a huge fan of cityscapes in general, but I particularly love his drawing style. I've posted some of my favs below, but there is much more on his website including a Paris series.

Lower Manhattan from the Manhattan Bridge

80th & Amsterdam

Brooklyn Bridge

Bryant Park, the Grace Building & Chrysler

(or the scene when I'm on my way to fashion week coming from the Times Square 2 train, past the Conde Nast building, and about to cross the street and head over to the tents!)

Central Park & The Plaza Hotel

Ludlow & Houston

Mercer Street & Waverly Place

The Flatiron Building

finds under $50: American Apparel Harems

American Apparel Jersey Harem Pant

$40

fashion films on the calendar

loved Lifetime's version with Shirley Maclaine and Barbora Bobulova, but I must say I am almost wishing the summer away so that I can see Coco Avant Chanel -- US Release: September 25th --with Audrey Tautou (The Da Vinci Code). Hope it's as good as Valentino. 

Trailer:

And of course, I'm dying to see Andre Leon Talley traipsing about a tennis court smothered in Louis Vuitton in The September Issue -- New York Release: August 28th. Can they please give us a real trailer? 

Sneek Peek:

the footwear hall of fame: Roger Vivier Cut-Out Wedges

in the footwear hall of fame, these Roger Viviers are Babe Ruth. As seen in this Interview article about the reinvention of the brand.