spellbound in darkness

I cannot wait to get the new Precision Ink from the amazing new AW10 collection by Illamasqua!!!! Spellbinding beauty indeed!

winter all around the world

Anna pays homage to MJ? Is this what we see in Vogue's September "We are the World" feature? Pretty close. Although Vogue's editors liken Steven Miesel's shoot to the United Nations, we see it as more of a Michael Jackson concert scene. Whatever your take, Edward Enninful materfully styles seven beauties---and earns extra points for decadence with all that fur.

last days of summer

The last days of summer
When the earth is dry and still
From endless hours to short and fleeting light
Wind blows the first fallen leaves
Across the big green hill.
The rose that brought such pleasure
Now bids a fond farewell
As she sheds her velvety petals
I must say goodbye to summer skies
Now reminiscing sweetly of the days
And I'll miss the daisies that line the hill
With their slow and gentle nods
Seasons come and seasons go
And I know that summer must surrender
To the beauty of autumn
That will fill the earth with wonder

(Top from Whistles, palazzo pants from Topshop, bracelets from FE)

blinged out veg

Remember the tried and true “airplane” trick used to coax toddlers into finishing their peas? Well, when that gets old, simply pick up a can of Esslack Food Spray, a glorious invention that stains anything in your fridge a glittering shade of gold. But don't panic: while most lacquers are totally toxic, the contents of this aerosol can is entirely edible. Suddenly a plateful of sprouts never looked so enticing!

flights of fancy

(Top & skirt from Whistles, shoes from Topshop, bracelets by FE)

images - POW!!!

Kate Moss on the cover of POP magazine


LOVE's new “Gorgeous” issue on August 23 - the latest mag to come to the iPad!

dreamscape: raw and wangsually arresting

Alexander Wang assembled a crack team for his first-ever women’s ready-to-wear campaign video for his Wall Street-inspired Fall collection, which premieres on his Web site. Craig McDean was behind the camera, Fabien Baron was in the creative director’s seat, and Karl Templer styled. Orlando Pita and Mark Carrasquillo did Abbey Lee Kershaw’s hair and makeup. The setting, too—a now deserted New York City hotel—is compelling.

Fall is all about camel, but never discount the power of classic black and white. Michael Jackson did write that song, after all. Iselin Steiro, Anna Selezneva and Valerija Kelava star in the striking shades in this Mario Testino-shot Versace campaign, and FAMB Post is loving the slashed-up, sex-ed up (comme toujours), Donatella-approved ensembles.

crazy to do it, and crazy not to do it

Miami boutique, the Alchemist, on the fifth floor of a supercool car park—yes, there is such a thing—designed by Herzog & de Meuron. (If alchemy was meant to turn dross into gold, the Alchemist succeeds in turning your credit card into fashions with labels like Dries Van Noten and Isabel Marant.)

It was December 2008, the depths of the recession, but Roma Cohen (owner) was pretty sure that if he built it, his customer, a person he describes as having a very strong aesthetic but who is not at all trendy, would come. Which is how an 1,800-square-foot transparent box with 22-foot ceilings and walls that are either glass or mirrored (there’s not a bit of drywall in sight) came into being, when the Alchemist at 1111 Lincoln Road opened to the public. (The garage’s other retail options, though scant, are similarly cutting-edge: There’s a Taschen bookstore on the ground floor, a Shake Shack is scheduled to open soon, and that’s about it for the moment.)

At the moment, the shop is dedicated to just three labels—Rodarte, Rick Owens, and Chrome Hearts—but that is subject to radical change. The store is really a blank canvas: you see so much of fashion intertwined with art, with architecture, with furniture. Cohen wanted to have a setting to bring them all together, with no rules.

serene, I fold my hands and wait.......

I am waiting
for a rebirth of wonder
I am waiting
for the meek to be blessed
and inherit the earth
I am waiting for lovers and weepers
to lie down together again
in a new rebirth of wonder
and I am waiting
for the storms of life
to be over
I am waiting to set sail for happiness
I am waiting
for the last long rapture
and I am perpetually waiting
for the fleeting lovers on the Grecian Urn
to catch each other at last and embrace
and I am awaiting
perpetually and forever
a renaissance of wonder

(Jersey tunic dress from Whistles, tube dress just seen from Topshop, , Belt from NW3, Sandals from Primark, Bag from Lulu Guiness)

Rick Owens DRKSHDW Spring/Summer 2011 Collection

Amazing! GARETH PUGH A/W 2010 by RUTH HOGBEN “JOIE DE VIVRE” starring Raquel Zimmermann