Divine Clare Bowditch

Is it naff to post a song that has been on Offspring?  Potentially.  Is this song naff?  No.  It's incredible.  And you should listen to it.  Clare Bowditch has a heartbreaking voice.  Another one to add to my repetoire for my next imaginary cabaret show...

Grab on to today

via Lost in the Moment

"But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow, everything would suddenly become special and precious, wouldn’t it?"

- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

Climb a mountain, sail around the world, write a book, quit your job.  Do all that you can with this world.

Garden party pink

Queen Elizabeth's Garden Party at Buckingham Palance via Go Fug Yourself

So, I want to love this on her.  But the colour is wildly distracting for me.  Odd, because it's such a pancake of a colour that I can't understand how it would be distracting.  Still, the point is that it's less Jil Sander Spring 2012 than it is Anne of Green Gables/Laura Ashley without a print.  I liked it much better when she wore it here, and the light seemed to catch the colour better.  Also, I know she likes those shoes, and fashion media (actually any media) applaud her for wearing the same things over and over, but dear god I hate those shoes.

Summer height

Prada sport white patent peep toe wedge via Belle & Clive

In search of the perfect summer shoe - one that gives me height, a little sex and a lot of stability. 

Get some thinking space

via Lost in the Moment

"Re-examine all you have been told...Dismiss what insults your Soul."

- Walt Whitman

What will you do?

via Another Point of View

The wind, one brilliant day, called

to my soul with an odor of jasmine.

'In return for the odor of my jasmine,

I'd like all the odor of your roses.'

'I have no roses; all the flowers

in my garden are dead.'

'Well then, I'll take the withered petals

and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain.'

the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself:

'What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?' 

- Antonio Machado

Green Royal

via Go Fug Yourself

Kate Middleton at the BOA Olympic Concert in Jenny Packham. Love the detail.

An individual plot

via The Little Snail

"There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person."
- Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

So plain, so obvious, so simple

via Lost in the Moment

“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”

- Alan Watts

The woman who lived in her shoe

Deciding what to take when you're packing is always a little difficult.  But travelling to two different climates, even more so.  With the 7-day NYC forecast dropping as low as 14 degrees, and Miami (b*tch) up to 28 degrees with a wedding in between, never has packing been so confounding.  I try to travel light, but...trying to decide between a shortlist of Christian, Jimmy, Sergio, Rupert and Marc is tough.  And I haven't even added boots to this list. 

Outfit of the week: red with envy

Emily Blunt via Go Fug Yourself

Lessons: Having The Outnet alerts is the smart thing to do...

Madeleine leather bowling bag by Chloe via The Outnet

The Outnet does some killer sales...but the good stuff goes fast ladies.  This baby sold out so quickly!



Spring ad campaign: Hermes SS12

via Fashionologie

Gorgeous.



Jil Sander Fall 2012

Jil Sander Fall 2012 via Fashionologie



With the departure of Raf Simons from Jil Sander and the news of his move to replace Galliano at Dior, it seems appropriate to post a few of my favourite looks from the most recent Jil Sander collection.  I feel like I came late to the party and was only just getting to know this designer, a man Robin Givan described as having, "established a vocabulary of bold color and provocative shapes, along with a refreshing understanding of fashion’s role in the lives of professional women".  I'm excited to see what his modern aesthetic does for Dior.

Spring ad campaign: Longchamp SS12

via Fashionologie

All the pretty puddles

On trend? Hunter Neon-Sole Wellingtons via Net-a-Porter

Classic? Hunter Original Wellingtons via Net-a-Porter

Show-off? Burberry Emblem Wellingtons via Net-a-Porter

Rain chic? Burberry Equestrian Wellingtons via Net-a-Porter

Missing summer heat

via The Glamourai

Just like a silk tank, an everpresent style staple is a tailored blazer - even better with shorts.  

This is no ordinary city

NYC.  "So exhilarating you can feel it in your soul." 

Whole lotta love

Pump up the neon

via Saks

Love.  Neon patent peep toe pumps from Prada.  Check them out here.  Wish I was striding into summer in there, tan legs and cute tailored shorts.