I didn’t really want you, but I want you now–was so empty in me. Feel you crashing down, into the empty world (the music stops), want to rescue want to scream out loud “you will always be mine”; (part one)

It’s a little ridiculous, as my husband would say, how much Nancy Botwin has influenced my style lately–I’m shopping at Anthropologie and American Apparel, embroidery and ruffles aren’t necessarily verboten anymore, and I bought two pink tees.  Pink is not a color I wear–living in a room colored in the stuff is enough to set [...]

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Soir de fete;

One of my only serious designer indulgences over the past few years has been Hermès pocket squares–while I love the silk scarves, I have yet to figure out how I could realistically wear one that would justify their insane cost.  My tidy collection of squares instead give me great options to wear in my hair [...]

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I’m a ragamuffin child: pointed finger, painted smile;

I’ve been a fan of Lutz & Patmos for quite a while–eventually I’d like to have one of their supersoft cashmere sweaters–and their fall 09 collection, presented yesterday, did much to further cement my love of the line.
A combination of slouchy knits that beg to be snuggled in around the house and day ensembles that [...]

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Aux cyclades électroniques;

(listen here)
This photo from Garance Doré has been making the rounds on some of my favorite blogs, but it’s just so fantastic that it definitely bears repeating:

(source)
This image was in my mind in deciding what to wear to a meeting yesterday, and the color brightened my mood so considerably that it’ll be part of my [...]

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Just listen to the music of the traffic of the city, linger on the sidewalk where the neon lights are pretty–how can you lose?

On Wednesday Penny posed a question that made me giggle with glee:  how do you shop? As someone who is in market research and also a self-professed retail nerd, this is a question I can’t help but “ask” (and by ask, I mean pay attention to what others are buying when I’m in a store) [...]

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Je ne veux pas travailler, je ne veux pas déjeuner, je veux seulement l’oublier, et puis je fume;

One of my favorite sources for independent fashion designers and the like is Refinery 29, and their blog encapsulates everything about style that I love, but maybe don’t have the resources to cover.  One of my favorite features is Screen Shot which highlights a fashionable character from the screen–the key here is that they focus [...]

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Blue in green;

It’s been a hectic few days here:  two interviews in two days, a thank-you-note writing blitz, and well…that’s it.  But it’s enough.
Our friends who came over for dinner a few weeks ago to hang out and watch Mad Men are going to do so again on Friday, and L and I want to wear period-evocative [...]

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The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh through the white and drifting snow;

I don’t think it’s possible to have a drearier day here in New Haven–it’s been raining all morning and it’s expected to continue through the afternoon.  While I’m thankful that it’s not snow, given that we’re driving back to PA for the holiday tomorrow, I still wish it wasn’t so grey out.  I loathe having [...]

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Arial is not Helvetica;

Unisex Helvetica Alphabet T-Shirt

(Image obviously from American Apparel)
It goes without saying that I irrationally want one of these.  Along with this.

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You are a fever, you are a fever–you ain’t born typical;

Sigh.  I’m now technically about a decade…ish older than the characters on the show Gossip Girl, and I still can’t help but get style inspiraton from them.  Especially Serena Van der Woodsen, as portrayed by Blake Lively, the girl with the lusturous extensions:

(Image from InStyle.com)
I’m headed out this weekend to a happy hour (we’re going [...]

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