October 2010
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Jil Sander for Uniqlo
Jil Sander’s latest collection for the Japanese sportswear retailer, Uniqlo, launches this October in stores. At 169 pieces, this collection is far larger than the Jil Sander designed fall apparel from last year but retains that minimalist, tailored, simplistic (can I say Germanic?) aesthetic that Sander is known for.
The palette runs from blues to greys without much respite from the...
September 2010
12 posts
Sundays are for Yoga and Cookies
I woke up at 8:30 this morning after having spent the evening watching movies (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Resident Evil: Extinction and Butterflies are Free).
This morning we went grocery shopping because there was no food in the house (but there was a bottle of champagne, a bottle of Bailey’s, 3 bottles of vodka, 2 bottles of tequila, 1 bottle of cachaca and several beers. what the...
Jag Älska Sverige
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Rhapsody in Blue
Earlier today my sister and I went to the North Loop Block Party for a few hours to explore the vintage stores and boutiques that have been opening up there. For those unfamiliar with Austin, North Loop is a strip of 53rd Street between Duval and Guadalupe where vintage stores and coffeeshops thrive. Recently, there have been a few new additions to the line up:
Blackbird opened up where there...
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Friday Night Fever
SHIRT: Strut JEANS: Zara SHOES: Dolce Vita EARRINGS: Urban Outfitters SUNGLASSES: Betsey Johnson
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Into the Wild
DRESS + BOOTS: Urban Outfitters PURSE + RING: Brazil, gift from my aunt BELT: vintage SUNGLASSES: Betsey Johnson
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Michael Kors S/S11
Michael Kors has always been so hit or miss for me. Occasionally his classic American aesthetic is so effortlessly cool and chic, however with this collection I was mostly just baffled and wondering what on earth inspired him to create this array of mismatched, bizarrely fitting, beige and yellow concoctions. Sportswear should be simple, not boring, and easy to wear. Of course, he is Michael Kors...
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Throwback Vintage
This afternoon after work I had the privilege of going to check out Throwback Vintage - a new vintage store on the southside of town.
Located above Strut, Throwback Vintage is owned by Jav (who owns the Strut boutique chain here in Austin) and managed by Robyn. When I worked at Strut, Robyn was my manager and she’s always had pretty impeccable style - the majority of her outfits had this...
Small Town Life
For labor day, my family and I road-tripped over to the tiny, adorable town of Fredricksburg, Texas to go antiquing and visit some wineries.
Fredricksburg is about an hour, to an hour and a half, outside of Austin in the middle of Texas hill country and is home to some of Texas’ finest vineyards, three of which we visited. Since I dislike wine I played the role of photographer:
We...
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The New Generation
BLOUSE: vintage, from my grandmother in Brazil (seen here, here, here) JEANS, BOOTS: Urban Outfitters PURSE: gift, from my aunt in Brazil
Today is the start of a three day weekend! I am thrilled at the prospect of having so much time off from work and such an eventful series of days planned out. But first, pizza, shower, Star Trek!
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I'm Still Waiting for the Future
My love of all things sci-fi was probably spawned by my early childhood obsession with The Jetsons and then catapulted into an obsession by the Alien quadrilogy and the work of H.R.Geiger.
I guess it didn’t help that at 12 years old my family moved from England to Houston, Texas, home of NASA. Over the course of the years, I have probably been to NASA about 10 times and would gladly,...
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