Thank god for the dresses! I thought the show this year was nothing too special and was not impressed with the hosts (James Franco looked high and bored and Anne Hathaway awkwardly laughed and fidgeted too much), but was happy with the outfits and did not see too much I didn’t like. Top 3 I [...]
One of my west coast dream houses. Via A Conversation on Cool
My friend Jessie, new writer at Her Blue Print, the blog for the International Museum of Women that I’ve previously mentioned, sent me the trailer for a new doc that recently came out entitled Miss Representation. Her overview of the film is here, and the official trailer is below. http://www.youtube.com/embed/6gkIiV6konY You can probably guess what [...]
Yesterday on The Etsy Blog, I came across an incredible website Of Another Fashion. It’s an impressive collection of vintage family and found pictures featuring fashionable women of color. I recommend a look through into a fashion history that was not frequently recorded and often overlooked. It’s incredible to see vintage images from internment camps, [...]
I found the following video via GOOD on Twitter and was blown away by Madam Secretary Clinton’s speech. I’ve transcribed the better half of it if you’re too lazy to watch it, and because I’m off today. But seriously, what she said is so powerful, and I think just an embedded YouTube video does not [...]
Love this picture! From Tim via A Conversation on Cool (an amazing Tumblr blog on all things vintage Hollywood – and if you like it, also check out its blog counterpart The Impossible Cool).
I love TED videos and could probably watch them all day if I could (I watched two today!). But I think this video is great, and too often we learn the lesson Nigel speaks of late in life. Via @Swiss-Miss It’s actually only 10 minutes long; you can ignore the ironic 3 minute Rolex commercial [...]
Derek Lam and eBay have taken a new twist on the lower priced designer collections made more accessible to the general public. It’s pretty cool – you can login and vote for the pieces you’d like to see produced and the top 5 will be made for purchase. I personally don’t really like any of [...]
Click to see the whole collection New collection is amazing; all military inspired. Check out the whole collection, it’s much better in more detail!
Twice a year I tend to be one of rarities in fashion/retail that is in no way excited about fashion week – this latest season is no exception.* Especially because it’s for Fall, and it’s normally the more boring of the two. But of course I’ve been unable to totally avoid the hype, and went [...]
