riks raks poks!

2012-01-22T16:55:00.002-05:00

PANIC

boots, missoni

(miss-i wish i owned thee): (alright, alright)

these are taunting me and do not exist on the interwebs for my purchase needs. where in GOD's name can i find them?

on that note-- i've also, from today, decided to dedicate my life to acquiring and wearing missoni dresses. it's a good thing i half live in heathrow, for harrods has got the MISSONIZ.

2012-01-14T15:32:00.004-05:00

BONDAGE FASHION

is something i will never tire of---

dying (a lot) over elin kling's lanvin shoes:

2012-01-10T16:49:00.002-05:00

ACNE RESORT S/S 2012

first thing i've wanted from acne in a loooong time.

can has, dearly abused salary? ---- doubtful....

2011-11-15T16:02:00.002-05:00

THROW ME A BONE, RICCARDO TISCI

...or this bag will do just fine 'n dandy! :

same goes to you, marc! : ohh the fetish heels......insane

dreaming about these two things on the daily... too bad several grand of a future potential shopping budget that went to hawaii flights nixed that future potential shopping budget (which never really existed)--- dream dream dreamin'!

2011-11-06T12:51:00.000-05:00

WEB WINDOW SHOPPING

a pastime that will never grow old..

coco de mer

maison michel-- a veil i'd wear to my wedding, despite it being much better suited to a funeral.

karl donoghue-- definitely think fur earmuffs are in order for this winter

etro

alexander wang

chloé-- got a thang for white boots!

burberry fur lined winter boots-- god i'd love these.

can never have too many of these, you just run them down to dust. hard to find anything without bows, not a fan of the girlyness, but these feel more relaxed and less prim 'n proper.

kind of in love with this shape, which reminds me of chanel a lot, it's a nice subtlety.. love!

ysl-- don't wear much jewelry, mostly because i can't find anything i really like, but the velvet got me on this one, sexy! still don't know if i could pull it off, jewelry is so tough.

cannot remember where i found this but love it..

dolce & gabbana-- perfect sweater

dolce & gabbana again-- the ultimate waste of money but fun right? ipad case. might need one of those first!

givenchy

worth-- amazing.

what's on your 'want' lists?

2011-09-21T12:32:00.001-04:00

OMG

nicola formichetti for thierry mugler, at OC

if i could afford it, i would get married in these.

2011-09-13T17:53:00.002-04:00

BERRY

favorite nail/lip color of all time goes to this shade of blood red with a slight bit'a purple.

ysl rouge pur couture #8 belle de rose. side note-- ysl, particularly the rouge pur couture line, is the longest lasting lipstick i've tried. nars has more interesting colors but ysl is better for the staples, and is much higher quality. also has spf which is fantastically moisturizing and avoids bleeding, less need for 'border guard' lip liner (even though i do love me some 90's).

OPI 'malaga wine'

2011-09-05T15:22:00.005-04:00

MISC

mcqueen details

anne valerie hash

sascha p by paolo roversi

tim walker

dream city house

shala monroque, who deserves a separate post

boots, kokon to zai

agent provacateur lace kimono

2011-09-04T03:58:00.002-04:00

HANNELI

norwegian blogger hanneli is always a delight to read/look at. she's not only beautiful but extremely nice (she snapped a streetstyle photo of me once in soho, loved her instantly-- ps i still have never seen that photo, she mentioned something about norwegian mtv? which i'm not about to go through the archives of), and she totally does trends but in surprising ways. that's really rare, especially of the big blogger girls. she also modeled, which gives her a leg up over them (...and everybody)-- but her images are sometimes breathtaking, like this one:

aah.

2011-09-04T03:23:00.004-04:00

2 RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. magazine: PORT. it's a quarterly, british, all-around (design, fashion (though predictable for this kind of monocle genre, the images are very cinematic), art, architecture, literature, politics, etc) with a focus not particularly on any one of those but just of beautiful things. the journalistic photo essays are really interesting and moving... also the writing is beautiful. much broader than the 'men's magazine' it calls itself. i first came across it in a grocery store in östermalm and stopped because the cover was so beautiful. this is the third issue:

2. store: African Touch, Hornsgatan 64B. i'd been after large mugs for a while but couldn't find any i liked-- this ceramic mug is one of a ton of different styles there, made by a group of artists in south africa, and i want all of them. the bottom of the mug is signed by, i assume, the artist who made it. anyway, if you're in the area check it out, the things aren't cheap but the quality is excellent, they're gorgeous, and they support the artists. this mug was 349kr. if your place is super scandinavian minimal, small things like this will add a lot of personality...

2011-09-03T16:40:00.006-04:00

ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON

revisiting and loving alfred cheney johnston's photographs of the ziegfeld follie's girls, some of which, either from the scanning or just their quality, have such nice pure blacks and whites. i can imagine robert mapplethorpe being inspired by them. i hate having my photo taken, but if i ever wanted a professional portrait done, i'd like to raise johnston from his grave...it's probably boring that i'm so obsessed with the 20's and it's all i ever really want to post about (on the blue moons that that happens) but i can never get enough.

a cigarette ad from the 30's-- bonjour cocteau. how much more interesting, and how differently would people think about shopping, fashion, consumerism, etc if ads were this good today?

photos from flickr mainly.

2011-08-15T12:13:00.001-04:00

KATE + LILA GRACE

love this photo by mario testino:

in US Vogue

2011-08-06T13:14:00.005-04:00

AND YOU SEE YOUR GYPSY

got this scarf from h&m today-- made of soft (yes, that's a fabric) and cut to be worn as a cape. totally perfect for confused-weather late summer nights. it's essentially a blanket, so this is just livin' the dream.

my vintage bra from new york several years ago-- i always forget that i have this, and then see it poking out under old socks and am reminded how much i love it.

i'm getting my hair cut on tuesday so this situation won't continue much longer thankfully.

super soft sweater: stine goya. love the gold zipper detail at the back neck, which continues around the front neckline.

our room, my 'side', with a blanket we bought in the navajo nation this summer.

finally found a desk! the orchid is from paul, so beautiful..

got these amazing gold, super super heavy bowls as a birthday gift. made by olof kolte for skultuna. they feel really good to hold-- i love, love substantial-feeling, great design.

better photo from their website:

i buy a lot of things because they feel heavy.. like this glass from iittala, which i also got in a nice mint green.

that's all for now folks!

oh yeah and i turned 26, which in sweden means you're no longer a youth. my youth is gone! :D (panic)

2011-08-05T13:24:00.002-04:00

NEW STAPLES?

black boots and i... we will forever be inseparable. my love and downfall. been staring at these at browns for a few weeks now. so perfect for what i'm into right now, and seem super doable for everyday takin' care of business activities. i've not gone off the deep end yet though, so will just continue my staring instead.

by gianvito rossi (son of sergio-- whose black boots are sitting in my closet.. see, inseparable.)

2011-07-23T19:20:00.002-04:00

BLOPPIS

a friend of mine told me not so long ago that i am very "angular". here i am making some more angles to go with my angles:

today i spent some hours in the nationalmuseum looking at beautiful things in beautiful rooms and also wishing i lived in that building. later at home, i decided to tackle my disastrous clothing situation and the results will possibly be on a bloppis (sale blog) that i'll create! the issue is that i do not have room for all of the nonsense i've accumulated and now it's stressing me out. (plus i don't really wear any of it anymore). shoes, accessories, and loads and loads upon loads of CLOTHES. bloppis to the rescue!

2011-07-06T14:09:00.000-04:00

BOOTS

mcqueen, margiela

2011-07-05T15:32:00.002-04:00

BLUE BUNNY

taken in our last apartment.

2011-05-12T14:42:00.000-04:00

INSPIRATION

i save photos i like or photos of things i like at work, found while researching all sorts.

the sin of nora moran

this is how you fucking dress for coachella. love dita.

coats i wouldn't mind having next winter, from véronique leroy

capri

always wanted red hair.

even a baby has THE coat!

af vandevorst f/w 2011

a bill of divorcement

my best friend precious wears missoni to go hiking volcanoes in nicaragua

want this dad, for his perfect style.

long leather vest in a really good cut

gorgeous blue and perfect casual spring mens sweater-blazer

just obsessed with this time period in general.

audrey hepburn is not a style inspiration to me at all, but i like this photo of her!

lots more photo dumping to come.

2011-04-27T13:01:00.002-04:00

THIS GODFORSAKEN COAT

i have been on the hunt for this coat for probably a year. in that time, i've collected many photos of it (these are only some, and several of the same girl even), just building up on my desktop and irking me. like an itch. i've looked in so many vintage stores to find one with that hair-like fur to no avial; thought originally it might be isabel marant but have concluded it's not; ebayed, etsy-ied, etc. and nothing; therefore, still on the hunt. HELP!!!!!! [ps.... i really don't care that it's not even coat time anymore in stockholm. i'd wear this in the sahara...]

2011-04-10T14:06:00.002-04:00

GROWN-UP WALLET

just ordered a wallet, the kind i sort of associate with much, much older women- do not ask me why. like a "planbook". i've had a brilliant pebbled leather a.p.c. one for about 5 years and it's done me a world of good, but i have too much crap for it's tiny size and realized i'd prefer a bigger wallet than do any crap reduction; i'm just being real with myself here. and though i love everything in black, to be real with myself again, i'll never find it in my black hole/abyss of a bag if it's not in a color that shouts at me! SO EXCITED! :)

comme des garçons from tobi.com

2011-03-27T08:05:00.001-04:00

VOGUE MEXICO-APRIL

crystal renn is classic.

see the making of the shoot below.

2011-03-27T08:04:00.001-04:00

2011-03-08T17:27:00.003-05:00

SILLY STUFF I'M LIKIN'

this list is somewhat in order of importance/urgency of need.

shoes, robert clerergie at opening ceremony. the clear ones- !

hat, maison michel for opening ceremony. god i love these colors. waaaaaaant.

the lake and the stars garter brief, from creatures of comfort-- this is kind of perfection to me.

bag, steve mono at opening ceremony

asos selvedge shirt

earrings, AMO by tom binns

top, nastygal. kind of a pointless addition to the list but who am i kidding, i like it and would probably wear it a lot.

top, house of balfour from pixie market. i just like the back..

2011-03-02T16:24:00.003-05:00

INTO THE GLOSS- TOP SHELF

...HI BLOG!

oops. i'm still here, sort of.

just discovered this website today- into the gloss - and have been completely immersed in it for hours. in fact i feel like i'm underwater in it. into the gloss is a beauty website with a category called "top shelf", which is the selby-is-in-your-home-style reporting on similar kinds of fashion creatives; a really great style. are we just nosy? i certainly am. beauty sections in magazines though almost always bore me, i breeze right past them. they seem all the same to me! i like personal recommendations, even if they are from people i don't know personally.

anyway, i am a huge fan of PRODUCTS. mostly the packaging- i will, dead serious, buy pretty much whatever if the packaging is good. good packaging doesn't always equal good product though, but i like trying new ones regardless so it's rarely a complete waste.

i've already made notes of several new products i want to try from into the gloss. maybe i will do one of those top-shelf summaries of my stuff-- well, my boyfriend is in london right now so i have a lot of time on my hands!

screenshot:

2011-02-09T18:14:00.005-05:00

OBSESSED WITH JOHANNA F.

new faces at stockholmsgruppen. she was in the kendall johansson video with heidi nilausen that kills me...

2011-01-25T13:28:00.000-05:00

from last summer

2011-01-25T13:20:00.000-05:00

2011-01-11T15:14:00.002-05:00

MENS

somewhere along the line, i became really interested in WW11-era fashion. menswear, i have always adored. but now that designers doing it all across the board, we're seeing a ton of amazing ways to style menswear pieces that will always feel fresh and elegant, but childish at the same time- and i mean that in a good way. sweet.

PRE-FALL 2011

rochas:

burberry + celine

stella mccartney

and more stella. GOD I LOVE HER

so many pieces in her collections (almost all of them) are so smack on the dot what i want to be wearing. even when i look back at collections past, i still feel what i felt when i saw them for the first time.

photos, style.com

2010-12-12T07:26:00.005-05:00

KA-CHING!

i always tell my friends and family who plan on visiting stockholm to save all their shopping money for here. in my opinion, this is the best city ever for shopping.

here are some of my favorite "recent" (some are not recent at all.. i am just the laziest blogger on the planet) buys:

shearling-lined boots from whyred. these are brilliant for many reasons, but mainly because in the winter here, the snow will ruin your shoes unless you wear snowboot type no f'ing around shoes. i'm never prepared to put my shoes through that abuse so i end up looking and feeling like a big boring schlump (just made that up) until may. whyred felt my pain, i suppose, and came up with THESE. they are warm, unbelievably comfortable, made of the right winter materials and the gummy soles help me not die on the ice. i am so grateful...

leather jacket from acne. the hood is lamb fur, detachable, and makes the world alright when i have it up.

motorcycle-style cotton jacket from acne also. the acne archive is right down the street from where i work which is why my wardrobe is possibly over acnefied-out. this jacket was a sample piece and never went into normal production. it's really soft!

bag from givenchy. i spent a good several months straight stalking this bag, hoping it would go on some kind of a "reasonable" sale, and eventually, it did! tack, mytheresa.

fun lucite emerald green magnetic bracelet from whyred.

suede kitten heels! from cc skor.

fake leather fringe jacket, h&m.

bear top from weekday's collaboration with mariel manuel.

acne dress.

fake fur coat (that sheds absolutely everywhere) from zara.

i think i'm singlehandedly boosting the swedish economy (besides the zara coat). i love swedish fashion!

2010-12-05T13:41:00.013-05:00

ÖNSKELISTAN

christmas dream wish list! :

alexander wang dress, from creatures of comfort

leather pants, jean-paul gaultier, opening ceremony

gloves, undercover, from yoox

gloves, prada, from yoox

derek lam sunglasses, from yoox.

margiela (MM6) wallet, from yoox

laurence decade boots, from browns

yow. jean-paul gaultier, from opening ceremony

opening ceremony boots

suno beaded hat (because it's so 20's), opening ceremony

alexander wang velvet pants with pearls, opening ceremony

asos leather backpack

rachel comey pants, opening ceremony

toga goat hair gloves, opening ceremony

2010-11-14T12:42:00.002-05:00

ITALY!

a very good friend of mine from california, who is now living in london (yay!! not stockholm but so much closer.), suggested we go on a little sojourn to italy soon. i have been to milan before, but know there is a ton more to see.

after staring for too long at luxirare's incredibly alluring food photos from her trip there, i think it needs to happen. if only just TO EAT!

f everything, i just want to eat.

photos, luxirare

2010-11-03T15:26:00.004-04:00

YSL TRENCH

in my fashion dreams of dreams, this is exactly the kind of piece that would hang in my closet. except it would never hang in my closet because i'd be too busy wearing it! i would sleep in it, go the grocery store in it, wear it with lingerie and combat boots, walk ANYWHERE and everywhere in any city or ranch or what the hell else ever:

sold out on net-a-porter. heartbreaking! it's entire existence is heartbreaking.

2010-10-17T09:05:00.002-04:00

HAIR

i've amassed quite a few hair photos over time, but what's particularly inspiring me right now is pouffy, curly, mane- hair done right. i don't have a natural talent for hair styling (or a curling iron) but these are looks i want to try when my hair is long again:

photos: style.com, the facehunter

2010-10-11T12:44:00.002-04:00

STRAPPED IN AT TEMPERLEY, S/S 2011

photo, style.com

how incredibly more sexy and unique is this (pretty, though rather plain) white dress made by that incredible waist/shoulder harness? similar accessories at lanvin as well. fresher than suspenders and a perfect compliment to clothes that need a little kick from the "reins".

love it so much!

2010-10-10T11:04:00.002-04:00

BLUE MOON

this is one of the most beautiful and inspiring videos i've seen in a long, long time. i think already in my top ten. it's a perfect and equal combination of the gorgeous melody of kendal johansson's cover of big star's blue moon, the cinematography, and heidi nilausen's completely incredible designs and styling. to me this video is many things, so entirely accurate and gracefully done: the teenage story, and to a lesser extent the 20-something story. and the model, (i'm obsessed with red hair), is amazing. my favorite part of the video is when she is 'branded' with the blue paint. she is in total freedom with the people who accept her. i might be reading more into it than they intended, but that's what i see and why i love it so much. please watch:

Kendal Johansson / Heidi Nilausen from Zubicky-Tempelman on Vimeo.

and finally, this photo of kendal johansson could not be more beautiful. i feel like i could stare at it for infinity. i want a print of it for my wall. general obsession with that, the song, and the video.

2010-10-08T03:31:00.002-04:00

a lot of older photos of her really take my breath away. she has a magic that makes her incredibly fascinating even when she is just hanging out. (well, actually i think my favorite photos of her are those anyway)

via tavi, via sweet cherry tulips

2010-10-07T17:18:00.001-04:00

FRIDA

after the louis vuitton show, i'm guessing:

from caroline's mode

2010-10-07T05:12:00.003-04:00

TORSDAG

[click the image to see larger]

stockholm sky in the morning; my charles jourdan vintage pumps- from 59 vintage on hantverkargatan.

my guess is they are from the 80's. (which doesn't realllly make them vintage, but..!) i've been (well am perpetually) on the hunt for helmut newton-style, severe and simple things. i troll ebay all the time for old helmut lang stuff (accessories and shoes mostly) and remember when the helmet lang website would post the entire season's accessories on one long, white page- i would look at them every season. i was pretty young but had a real fascination with helmut lang. he was probably my favorite designer ever, for reasons i can't really articulate, i just GOT the stuff and wanted it all.

2010-10-06T04:50:00.002-04:00

MODEKUNGEN

modekungen.se always has cute things for decent prices. i love this shirt in both colors, though i wish it was made of some kind of soft cotton instead of poly. it's sweet!

2010-10-04T02:51:00.002-04:00

SVART/VIT

frida g/abbey lee

so good

2010-10-03T12:04:00.017-04:00

S/S 2011- INSTALLMENT 2

i must be responsible for a good old chunk of style.com's recent web traffic because it's pretty much all i've been looking at the past few days. it's been completely consuming, but in the best of ways. the light is slipping away from stockholm faster than i am ready to accept, if i'm honest, but these have compensated for that quite a bit.

here's my second big blog dump of the particularly great s/s 2011 offerings:

ANNE-VALÉRIE HASH: hash always creates the most perfect french woman looks, androgynous and girly at the same time, simple, comfortable:

AQUILANO RIMONDI: i bet these prints are mesmerizing in person. and frida g looks so totally natural in that dress, judging from the many streetstyle shots of her it totally seems like her the kind of thing. it is gorgeous.

BALMAIN: (is kind of annoying) but i love that that motorcycle jacket is a bit loose and less structured than most are. the heels are totally what i'm into right now as well. i've just bought a pair of vintage charles jourdans just like those- so useful and versatile. they will just never be un-trendy.

love the leather pants and jeans, particularly the length. perfect. a bit of ankle and black unfussy pumps are so great for fall.

CARVEN: flo gennaro is so cute, though her haircut and this entire collection border on too alexa chung-y, who is all well and good but is nobody else tired of her? anyway this collection is still fantastic!

DAMIR DOMA: powerful, photogenic, and amazing models.

DRIES VAN NOTEN: these pieces are like paintings, and i'm glad they weren't over-accessorized:

DURO OLOWU: can always count on duro olowu to be great.

ERDEM: will never get enough lace. love the impressionistic and geometric florals.

ERIN FETHERSTON: the look on the left is such a great everyday one, i would kill for a perfect white shirt like that. and the dress on the right might be the most boring one on the planet, but it is as perfect and easy as you could possibly dream up.

HAKAAN: love this dramatic silhouette.

HAIDER ACKERMANN: it's nice to see different ideas that are totally out there but make sense. and the shoes are sooooo gooood..

JEREMY LAING: for my daily pleasure:

J. MENDEL: i love this color combination:

JIL SANDER: those DRESSES. the everything.

these bags should be in glass cases:

the colors!

JONATHAN SAUNDERS: great unexpected combinations, so ladylike and fun:

LANVIN: style.com's detail shots really improve life. can't express how much i love the leather harness belt-choker things (how much more interesting would a normal t-shirt be with those? NEED), on their own but are so sweet with the necktie bows. how romantic do the skirts move too? ohh.

LUISA BECCARIA: amazing one-off favorite from luisa beccaria:

MARC BY MARC JACOBS: the grey dress looks like it feels so good, and you don't get that often while being able to feel sexy. the coat-dress is also nice. the marc jacobs show itself was on the other hand too sonia rykiel.

and had to stick this one in here because of THOSE LEGS! they do not ever end:

MOSCHINO: need these jeans:

MARCHESA: why don't actual princesses and queens wear marchesa? ?? COME ON!

this purple..

MICHAEL KORS: when i move to la (in my dreams. ah well who knows) i'll be wearing this next to my pool:

NINA RICCI: ohhh this coat is so nice, but i would choose a different belt:

dreamy:

PRADA: really disappointed by prada, but love this dr. seuss useless fur:

RALPH LAUREN: ralph lauren will always have you covered when you have to move to wyoming and still need to LOOK GOOD. i love the combination of the plaid shirt with that mega luxe sequin (?) silver skirt, and that long white dress is such great wedding material:

ROCHAS: the blue eyeshadow:

SHIPLEY & HALMOS: the actual clothes.. well.. but the presentation is so FUN!

s/s 2011 has surprised me quite a bit in that the designers who i normally love have been mostly dull, and others have been very interesting. and there's still so much to see! what a great time of year!

2010-10-02T12:41:00.002-04:00

FYND

i got this vintage fur coat last weekend from a vintage event last week here in stockholm. it really suits my interests right now and it's always satisfying to get things you crave. it's super warm as well, which is sort of a non-negotiable when you live in sweden. the inside fur is reddish brown, and the back has some nice leather piping. yay!

2010-10-02T09:57:00.003-04:00

BLOGLOVIN'

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2010-10-02T03:51:00.003-04:00

DOLCE & GABBANA S/S 2011

this collection needed its own post! essentially every look is a dream to me. i won't waffle on about each look, but will just say that this would be my everyday wear ideally. so light, romantic, beautiful. couldn't i just borrow these for a trip to sicily? i.e. godfather I...

all photos, style.com

2010-09-28T14:56:00.007-04:00

A LITTLE S/S 2011

sometimes i like to wait until ALL fashion weeks are over to go through the images, then it is like a giant present, from style.com santa. then i realized i'd never get through it all so.. i peeked! i cracked.

D&G:

a lot of minimalist fans and good old helmut lang-type fashion "purists" -ha- tend to stay miles away from milan, but at the bottom of it i think some pieces from d&g, for example, would stop them on the street. it's hard to imagine the clothes outside of the runways, and it's easier to mentally restrict them to that space. BUT i truly believe a lot of this would just be heart-stoppingly gorgeous in the sun, walking down 9th ave (heaven forbid). in a dream world i'd honestly do these looks almost head-to-toe, anna dello russo-style.. but not to her level. i might mix it up with some kind of rough busted up looking black leather big bag. but the flower patterns with more flowers (and these are the most gorgeous of prints), lace + lace, the waist cinch, serious platforms, well i think d&g surprised even me, who was already not so opposed to their offerings! "i die"..

CALVIN KLEIN: and in the most opposite of directions, this was the most incredibly subtly perfect perfecttt minimal collection. that V!!! that almost non-existant but never more vital waist tie!! the shoulders and collars! pains.

ANTONIO MARRAS: for those particularly cheeky summer swedish days when you want to wear bright totally non-swedish outfits:

ANNA SUI: not sure if i've ever spoken a word about her on this blog, or even out loud to anyone else, but she's always been great. even if i've only made secret notice. her girl is free and happy, the clothes are easy and hippy but more the intelligent and less annoying kind. in fact this collection reminded me quite a bit of chanel's last resort collection, a bit too much. but both i liked and anna sui's still definitely got her own thing going on. it's not what i'd choose to wear every day or even that often but don't most girls wake up feeling the early 70's?

ADAM: some time- and trend-less pieces i'd wear to class or anywhere else equally routine-related.

BURBERRY: just happy to see at least ONE leather, motorcycle-style jacket with a fresh length, even if the jacket itself is nothing soo unique:

ARAKS: always dreamy and at the very essence of what i like the absolute most in fashion:

A DETACHER: i think of two things here: 1) YUM this would be great to do nothing in at home, and 2) a belt, one million bracelets and some pointy stilettos and it's cocktail time:

3.1 PHILLIP LIM: i think i'm admiring more these days the light touch- the thinnest fabrics with the most romantic of details. and loooong. no more ho lengths. (at least not for right now)

fabiola beracasa's gorgeous dress, perfectly paired with the belt and boots:

and byrdie bell's dior shoes, from stylelikeu: (WHAT SEASON WERE THESE? WHERE WHY HOW???!!!!!!!!%^&%$#@??) hurt hurt hurt! helvete!

all photos unless otherwise noted, style.com

2010-09-17T03:07:00.001-04:00

A CLOSER LOOK

l'autre chose

2010-09-17T02:59:00.002-04:00

LEATHER PANTS

åhléns had a tiny rack of last-call sale items and because of this i was able to go home with a pair of rodebjer leather pants! they are divine and were cheaper than my groceries yesterday (which were cheap).

wearing them with my l'autre chose platforms and cos top.

2010-09-09T03:38:00.002-04:00

RADAR SHOOT

a shoot i styled is now up on radar mag's website, check it out!

photo: sandra myhrberg

styling: me

hair/makeup: maria oldenstedt

model: elcee/elite

2010-09-08T05:23:00.002-04:00

STREETSTYLE

some more street style images i love and have collected:

top image, elin kling; the rest, streetpeeper

2010-09-03T16:21:00.003-04:00

NEW HASBEENS COLORS

these boots have been my near daily footwear (in black, with black soles) for a year now. i'm falling over myself a bit over the blue, i can easily see myself in them every single day for the next year. also loving some of the other new colors, and the stripes! want!

2010-09-03T15:25:00.002-04:00

MAXI

i got this dress at topshop recently and love it. it's nearly a floor sweeper, and has a super low back. feels, and fits, like a glove. worn with my bandana-patterned belt/sometimes headband thing that i got for the equivalent of a dollar here.

2010-09-02T04:56:00.002-04:00

SCORETT

i've been looking for these in scorett stores here in stockholm. where are they?? i am impatient for all the great fall stuff from everybody to come out! it's already fall here! on that note, the crisp air is totally delightful and reminds me actually a bit of living in santa cruz. heaving contented sighs.

2010-08-28T17:37:00.003-04:00

INSPIRATION UNLOAD

i've kept these files on my desktop for some time. these are some of the things inspiring me recently:

dorothea

perfect jeans

abbey

elie saab couture

jean-paul gaultier

the girl on the left

dior

this is a funny coincidence.. i saw this amazing woman on the street in copenhagen this summer, and she was wearing these shoes. from the photos it is not clear that they are AMAZING, but they were. in fact they look quite plain here. i would have asked her if i could take a photo of them but she was on the phone, and for me, that falls under the same category as people eating- you just don't bother them then.

a look which i have plundered nearly exactly in the past few weeks:

images, from all over. refinery29, facehunter, vanessa jackman, style.com, stockholmstreetstyle.

2010-08-21T07:46:00.001-04:00

OH PROENZA

just the kind of thing i'm into at the moment (well, always).

at opening ceremony

2010-08-18T14:45:00.003-04:00

CAN I HAVE THEM... ALL???

all, maison martin margiela, from project no.8.

2010-08-05T12:36:00.005-04:00

CHANEL FALL 2010 COUTURE

couture time has come and gone, but i was not by a computer long enough in july to go through all the images. it feels so good to finally see what i've really been excited for, which of course is the chanel show. nothing is ever more exquisite than chanel couture. some of these pieces are so utterly, idiotically luxurious i just can't believe they exist. and that they were made by humans. i think i've said that before, but it's certainly still true.

these two are like spiderwebs after it's just rained, where you see a million tiny and separate droplets of water, that get reflected by the light...

my only gripe with the collection (and i hate to even offer one since the rest is so precious) is that there were a handful of pieces that were just... puffy?? puffy as in, for example with this coat, an air mattress that has only been inflated to 80% capacity. to me it just does not look right.

this red coat falls under a similarly unsettling category. the proportions are just so strange, she would need to be another two feet taller and equally larger for me to be able to digest this visually.

anyway back to the insanity:

i love all of it so much that if i stare at the images for too long it literally is painful. and by long i mean about 1.5 seconds.

couture is an interesting concept today. virtually nobody can wear it, because nobody can afford it. does that mean it shouldn't exist? to me, that is like saying painters should stop painting. or sculptures should stop creating great works of art. yes, a magnificent amount of time, money and labor goes into the process but what comes out of it is so special, historic even. to me these are sculptures. equal to the grandeur of the egyptian pyramids. why not? everyone appreciates art differently.

the embroidery and designs recall to me medieval tapestry paintings and illuminated manuscripts, and of paintings of royals/nobles/aristocrats from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries that i learned about in college, studying art history. i wonder if karl was looking at similar works.

all photos, style.com.

2010-08-05T05:59:00.003-04:00

STEVIE NICKS

swoon over some photos one of my all-time faves, stevie nicks.

watch her be ridiculously amazing here:

and check out my great friend jody's awesome website, where i first saw this video, here.

all photos, google image search.