Not To Add More Confusion...

So I decided there were still two categories I was not addressing.
The first I will call Collections.  This category will give my eventual readers access into my collections of items.  We all collect things, whether it be clothes, books, old ticket stubs, post cards, and etc.  Mostly I will touch upon my fashion collections.  I will start with my hats of which the number is slowly increasing.  Within the past year I have gain at least 5 new ones.
I just wanted to give my readers something beyond daily looks, which I am sorry to say I am yet to post any, but will be fixing that issue asap.  I think there was really a debate in the beginning as to how personal I became here, but it has growth potential, or rather there is plenty of room to move around, and decide as I go along what works and what does not work.
The other category I wanted to cover was one about intimate apparel.  I've yet to find the right title, at the moment I am going with Lacy Bits Of Nothing.  When I was a younger teen I was so fully disgusted by any sort of intimate wear, but then one year it was like a switch went off and a growing obsession for all things pretty, sateen, and lace became a driving force in my shopping and personal styling.  What you wear underneath really and truly does matter just as much as what you wear on the surface.
So I can see as how adding more categories might add confusion, but for me at least it is a way of organizing all my interest and thoughts, and being able to convey them properly.  Don't be surprised if I end up adding another category.  Let's just call it a creative practice in organization.  My foresee it working out rather well.

xx Ladies and Gents  I'm off for the evening.

P.S.  The lack of personal style looks is due to the labor of love of having to take them myself.  Being the amateur photographer that I am I'm finding this most challenging.  But challenge accepted both for improving my photography skills and posing skills.

A Collection Worth My Attention

Borrowed from jandymonroe.com

(The skirt I thrifted.)

I only recently discovered that Macy's did Impulse brands, one of which was Matthew Williamson last year.  I thrifted a skirt, tags still in tact, from the Garment District in Cambridge a couple weeks ago while out with a friend.  I loved the color and the feeling of the fabric.

And now Alberta Ferretti has collaborated with Macy's for Impulse.  My knowledge of Ferretti is truly limited, but I definitely love this capsule collection.  My favorites being all the tops that incorporate bits of lace (can you tell I'm on a lace kick?), and the cropped lace capris.  Everything else in the collection is of course gorgeous as well, and I was highly inspired by the brief video.  I would love to feel like that girl with my own personal admirers/paparazzi following me almost wherever I go, and taking my picture (this of course idealistically assuming that it is a controlled and safe situation).

Needless to say Ferretti is now permanently on my radar because the style of her clothing definitely embodies some of my key ideals when it comes to fashion.  Those ideals being: sophistication, a ladylike approach, just enough skin revealed without being overly provocative,finished hems, feminine shapes, fantastic color palette, and etc.  

Go check out the collection at macys.com

xx Ladies and Gents

It Should Have Been Called Flike...

So the latest film that was screen in my Film history class was Umberto D. by De Sica.  At first I was not sure how I was going to feel when the movie started with a pensioners protest, and I didn't really quite understand the character of Umberto or his motives.  But as the film progresses I began to have an overwhelming sympathy for this man, and the cruelty, snobbery, and selfishness he faces.  He is too proud to beg, and so he sells his possessions.  It is hard to say how attached he is to them because he is always trying to be a good salesman.  In a sense he is a storyteller, and yet there is some truth in what he says?
But midway through the film and to the end I became attached emotionally to his dog, Flike.  His only faithful companion. Flike is the sweetest and most intelligent of pets.  Umberto almost looses him twice, which visually you can plainly see is a very painful experience for both him and Flike.  Upon leaving all his worldly possessions and friendships behind, Flike is all Umberto has left, and perhaps vice versa.
De Sica certainly convinced me of the beautiful tragedy that plays out.  Sometimes there is nothing we can do in life to fix our circumstances, try as hard as we might.  And no one will feel obligated to help.  It does feel completely true to the Italian Neo-Realism.  Sometimes when no one is looking the most awful things are happening to those we might have known once, or still know.  Human hardship is inevitable, but we all must find ways to survive.  So thank goodness for Flike.
I highly suggest watching this film if you have never seen it, or only seen part of it.  It is psychologically very effective, if you like these types of emotionally realistic movies.

Things I Dream of Come Into Existance

Photograph borrowed from Face Hunter

I saw this image late this evening and fell in love with the shirt she is wearing (her pose is also very cool and sweet).  I definitely want to try to do a DIY version for myself.  I had previously almost bought a sort of similar Free People shirt, but this one that she is wearing is 1,000 times far superior to that.  Not to knock Free People.  I have some great pieces from them, including a favorite pair of floral shorts.

Borrowed from straight.com

These recently got packed for a weekend, hopefully I will have some picks uploaded within the week.  

But back to the shirt.  Definitely the best mix of ladylike and androgyny, or at least in one girls opinion.

xx

Still Running Late, But Time Is Non-Essential When You're In Bliss

So I try as often as I can remember to pick up the Spring and Fall look books that are published by the various magazine publishing companies.  This year I picked up W's Spring book, Elle's, and Marie Claire's brand new Spring look book. I do love a good recap of the fashion shows since I have never attended one in my life (sad to say, but with the promise of future attendance).  I try my best nowadays to keep up with all the Facebook picture posts and youtube videos that are out there.  But in truth my favorite is when these look books come to the news stands because I love the way different publications interpret what they have seen on the runways and the streets, or at after parties and etc.  They have away of filling my mind with fancy.
Nothing though would ever top the experience of truly being there amongst such artistes.  Fashion holds this place in my heart that I truly believe it is for an intelligent and whimsical mind.  Not just anyone can do it, but yet we do it for everyone.  (Side note:  This is why Bill Cunningham is so amazing, he is only interesting in interesting people, if it looks good or interesting he's going to want to snap it.)  So if you can't tell I clearly have high hopes of attending as many fashion shows as possible in the near future, and hopefully one day globe trotting to attend as many shows as possible around the globe.  Wherever fashion is happening, I want to be there.
Anyways back from my tangent.  So I have these look books, and it has been several weeks since I have looked at them, but I am going back through them and sticky-noting my favorite looks, and asap I will be posting about what I love most about Spring's catwalks.

xx

I Do Like A Misleading Title

I began reading the short story in the April 2 edition of the New Yorker recently, and I just wanted to quickly say that it is well worth the read.  It is called P.E.  At first I thought this stood for physical education, but was quickly corrected.  I very quickly became wrapped up into the story.  The narrator though frightfully depressing, was somehow endearing in his ability to relate to other people.  I have not actually finished reading yet, but will let you know what I think of the rest of it when I do finally finish.

xx

A Woman After My Soul

So my mother informed me of the author Antonia White.  I have never delved into any of her novels having never heard of her before, but upon reading a brief bio I was beyond intrigued.  So often you read of the creative types who have gone through the sorrows of life as we all do, but Antonia from what I gather had a methodical way of dealing with these ups and downs through her writing, and yet no self belief.  It is the human tragedy/comedy.  One of my favorite books by the by, The Human Comedy, which I read several years ago as an younger teen.
We cannot in life escape our psychosis, we are by nature and nurture, who we are in someways fated to be, but to some extent we can adjust our consequences and cope with our circumstances.
I look forward to reading White's novels in chronological order.  I'm honestly hoping they will pass onto me some greater wisdom.

xx