Bigfoot

Damn, so fall is already dropping into stores. I'm keeping my eye out for the Jil Sander boots for sure, but how'd I miss these Viktor and Rolf monsters?? Those SOLES touch my soul ya'll.




Viktor and Rolf FW10 + world's biggest monster truck

Young Mariacarla

Mariacarla Boscono: I never get tired of her severe Italian face. She is one of the most intriguing, hardest-working models these days, and I recently came across some images from the earlier part of her career (around '99-'02) I just had to share. I LOVED what she was doing with her hair back then- that whole blunt, edgy thing that a lot of girls were doing but it looked so natural on Mariacarla.

Another way around it

Alexander Wang skirt, SS10

Proenza and Wang both did it this season: the skirt or dress made to look like a shirt is tied around your waist. I actually started doing this before it popped up on Spring '10 catwalks, but after seeing the Wang shirt skirt (above), I went out and got a cheap gray button down from Uniqlo so I could rock this look some more. If you're buying a button up shirt for the main goal of wearing it as a skirt like this, definitely size up, or it won't fit around your waist!


shirt, Andrew Kuo for Opening Ceremony; shirt as skirt, Uniqlo; pants, Cheap Monday; shoes, Weekday; sunglasses, Ebay; bag, Issey Miyake

Whaam!

I took a look at a few of the Resort '11 collections, and at the end of the alphabet, Zero + Maria Cornejo brought the fireworks. I'm always a fan of her silhouettes, but am blown away by the endless fresh ideas she has for prints and color. These two dresses have a sort of tribal meets Roy Lichtenstein vibe I'm really feeling, especially the way the loudness is balanced out with solid black. Then there's the accessories and shoes... I mean they are always on point and I want em all!

Viva Vena Cava

The Vena Cava ladies RULE...seriously some of favorite local chicks doing their thing and ruling at it. They have this online garage sale going on till the end of the month selling amongst their own designs a Pakistani sword, romance novels, a 1960 egg yolk phone, nunchucks, and other randomness you'll at least get a laugh out of if it doesn't make you open your wallet. And now I find out next week they are having a sample sale in Soho- get it while it's hot!