You can tell when it’s Fashion Week in Paris. Even as a newcomer, non-show-goer; you can tell. This city is always the center of fashion, but it accentuates to a heightened level during this particular week of September. You begin to notice things.
There was an explosion of color, prints, phones, invites, clutches, and ostentatious mixtures in New York City these past few days. Although the S/S 2013 collections were the cause of this explosion, there’s no denying that there was just as much creativity off the runway as on it. A few trends to note?
Original, charming, giant treasure chests with beautiful things waiting to be discovered… These are the characteristics you want from a store, and yet, these are the types of stores that are now becoming rare. Sure, you can find pretty much anything and everything online now, and fast-fashion chains no longer limit themselves to capital cities. But don’t you miss flicking through racks where every single item is completely different? Isn’t it nice to get the boutique owner’s advice and chat about new designers or trends? What if I told you that now boutiques have wheels and can come to you?
I’m not a self-prescribed beauty connoisseur by any means, but I do read stuff other than fashion blogs and have friends who keep me on my toes when it comes to the best creams, potions, and lotions to try. Here are a few items currently on my wish-list, which I can actually feel good about buying as they’re good for your skin AND the planet (well, almost all of them anyway).
I caved to another vintage purchase… This time a sleeveless blouse in all the right kind of floral. And with vintage Levi’s to match, it was a perfect ensemble to beat Madrid’s heat.
I’ll admit that buying vintage has become a relatively recent consumption pattern for me; but it’s one that is quickly becoming more fun than the trend-seeking and fast fashion shopping the majority of us partake in.
I’ve been seeing skulls everywhere. On bracelets, on tees, on shoes, under my bed at night… And while it might be just a fad which is gone before we can say DIY, it seemed like a good excuse to cut up an old white tee, just for the hell of it.
We’re all superwoman at one point or another. We’re the world’s best jugglers. With the ability to fulfill several different roles and to do 100 things at once, we should really get more credit where it’s due. We’re the heroines of every day life, and more powerful than what meets the eye.
Trends are cyclical. This much we know. So I guess it was about time that a certain one-piece garment made of a very common blue fabric, had it’s resurgence. Flashback to the 90s, when mom chose the most practical kid’s getup there was: denim overalls.
Last week, in looking through my closet, I realized I had too many jeans that are all blah-blah/old/the same. So I turned to Isabel Marant for a little DIY inspiration on how to tie dye an old pair of Mango straight-legs. The results make me want to tie-dye everything in sight!
Today is all about London. What else is there? After months of preparing, moaning, training, whining, speculating; the Olympics are finally here. While I wish I knew enough about sports to tell you who will win the most golds, this is not one of those posts. Instead, I’ll tell you about some favorite spots I’ve been to, street style to envy, and why London is so much more than the 2012 games host.