Tuesday, June 9, 2009

I love looking at wedding dresses, even though I am no where near getting married -- but that's really just a technicality, right? (These are all really pretty, but I've pretty much decided that I want someone to make me a copy of the wedding dress Emily (!! it must be fate) wears in "The Corpse Bride" minus the bugs & spider webs and stuff)



The front was kind of ugly, but I love how the draping shows off the back

thank you nymag.com

in case you were wondering:

Oscar de la Renta just gets it. He knows what women want to wear: (Fall 2009)
I actually didn't really like this dress but I love the shape and unfortunately he only did three and even more unfortunately they weren't very good in my taste.







At first I thought this was very grandma-y but then I noticed the details in the skirt and the way the cutouts were artfully placed was very chic




I don't like the skirt in any way, but I love the shoes and the sweater

I can't tell, is she wearing a blazer, or is that just part of the dress?

thank you nymag.com

Saturday, June 6, 2009

more illustrations, this time it is Jason Brooks:




thank you www.jason-brooks.com/portfolio/
Alright, I've become obsessed with fashion illustration. Not that I can actually draw but I can appreciate others. These are drawings by Laura Laine, she is one of my favorite illustrators so far:






thank you www.lauralaine.net
Francoise Hardy is my favorite French singer. She's just the epitome of French coolness. You must listen to "Tous les garcons et les filles" - it's my favorite.




Paris!!
That's right I'm am going to France next year! True, it is with my french class, and true, it is over spring break, but I don't care because it has been my goal in life to go to Paris for as long as I can remember. I am going to take a lot of pictures and maybe even a few street fashion pictures à la "Style and the City" (http://www.styleandthecity.com/street-style-paris-fashion-week/2009/06/05/paris-jeudi-4-juin-17h19h-un-peu-de-street-style-pour-oublier-le-cote-obscur-de-la-societe/).
My teacher said that what we do for our four days in Paris (we are also going to Normandy, Versailles & Bretagne) is open for discussion, so if anyone knows any cool places please tell me!

Monday, June 1, 2009

So I watched the MTV Movie Awards, don't stone me!
However, it was bad. If you didn't watch it, all you missed was one long awkward moment only broken by: Andy Samberg's fake "New Moon" trailer, the real Harry Potter 6 trailer, Kristen Stewart dropping her award (unfortunately, it didn't break - that would have been really funny), Kiefer Sutherland's amazing crying bit and Eminem storming out after a nearly naked angel landed on him. Luckily, for the producers, it was after his performance which didn't really look or sound like he was actually singing. I wouldn't want a penis pouch of some German-sounding angel on my face either, Eminiem, but have a sense of humor & just laugh it off. Face it, no one takes you as seriously as you think they do - and if you dish it out you have to be able to take it as well.
One other disappointment, Twilight won everything. Don't get me wrong, I love the book & Robert Pattinson is extremely good looking, but he will never compare to the Edward I created in my mind. And Kristen Stewart, I'm sure she's a really fun & smart girl, but every time she opens her mouth I feed depressed. Bella is not supposed to be a Debbie Downer when she's with Edward! People in love are supposed to be happy! so laugh a little please!
Although many of Samberg's jokes faltered or flew right over the audience's head, his opening was genius. He started in the bathroom stall in Slumdog Millionaire, got covered in poop, and magically appeared if Forks, Washington. There, Edward Cullen seemed a little put-off by his smell, and then Kate Winslet bathed him. Before it got too racy, he was beamed up to the Star-Trek ship & then quickly beamed back down, naked, into Justin Timberlake's limo, but I don't thing Timberlake was even present at the show. Oh well, it was still pretty funny.

Upsets
Bella & Edward's kiss beat Jamal & Latika's kiss (in Slumdog Millionaire) for best kiss
"The Climb" by Miley Cyrus (for Hannah Montana the Movie) beat "Jai-Ho" (for Slumdog) for best song in a movie
Jim Carrey (for "Yes Man") beat James Franco (for "Pineapple Express) for best comedic performance
And most importantly, I didn't have ONE amazing fashion moment. I'm sure if I go through all the pictures from the red carpet I will find some dresses I like (and I probably will do that in the near future) but not one outfit captured me right away & that was a huge let down.

picture taken from a video at perezhilton.com