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Thursday, March 29, 2007

LIFE: On our to-do list this weekend

Saturday
Opening Ceremony soiree
Echoplex
1822 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles
We’ve become a regular at the New York boutique because it offers selections from Top Shop on the second floor. Now, the trendy retail outlet is hitting L.A. DJ’s Benjamin Cho, Brian Degraw and Leo Fitzpatrick spin at the opening party.

Saturday thru next Sunday
The Real Edie Sedgwick
The Museum of the Moving Image
New York
www.movingimage.us
Those of you who weren’t impressed with “Factory Girl” will appreciate this film series which features many of the old movies Edie Sedgwick made with Andy Warhol. The autobiographical film she made right before her death, “Ciao Manhattan!” (we told you about it back in June), will also screen.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

LIFE: Guilty Pleasures, Part II


















1) America’s Next Top Model, still (love the “vogue” coach Benny Ninja)

2) Forever 21 (sometimes a spring top doesn’t need to cost more than $20)

3) Utz Salt & Vinegar potato chips

4) The self-help book, "The Secret" (corny, yes; useful, yes)

5) Shirley Temples (the virgin drink, not the curls)

Saturday, March 17, 2007

WARDROBE: Urbanism and fashion?

The New York Times' Cathy Horyn wrote a really astute journal entry about urbanism in fashion for her blog, On the Runway (which we love), that addressed a lot of the frustration I felt during New York fashion week in February. But where I see dearth, she sees possibility, explaining that “we’re just seeing the beginning of something, after seeing almost no acknowledgment from designers.” Read the article here.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

SOUNDS: It's all about UK music right now





















Amy Winehouse sparked a London moment for us in the music department. Now we can’t get enough of the progressive forms of soul that have come out of the city in the last six months. Here’s a list of our collective favorites. (Scroll over song titles to listen.)

1) 4Hero - Their new album, “Play With the Changes,” a mixture of broken beat, soul, electronica and Afro Beat, is their best work yet. Repeat-worthy: "Sink or Swim"

2) Tawiah - Selected by Gilles Peterson for his Brownswood Recordings label, this British chick’s music is how Floetry would sound if they’d only let go of the whole 5-years-ago neo-soul thing. Repeat-worthy: “Who Knows” and “Watch Out”

3) Bugz in the Attic - The words experimental and trippy fit this collective best. Repeat-worthy: “Move Aside”

SOUNDS: If our life had a soundtrack...














The opening scene: Camera zooms in on a girl sitting on her bed and staring at the caller ID on her ringing cell phone. She doesn’t answer. (Scroll over song titles to hear music.)

“Wash Ya Butt” by Marshmello


The climax: She walks over to her bedroom window and looks down on her front stoop where her ex-boyfriend has been holding the buzzer for the last 20 minutes.


“Fall Back” by Middlewood Sessions





The resolution: She walks back to her bed, inserts her iPod earbuds and picks up a book. Homegirl has no tolerance for cheaters.

“Free” by Matsi

WARDROBE: Good news!






















My shoes (okay, they technically aren't mine yet) from Colette are crossing the pond to Comme Des Garcon at 520 W 22nd St in Manhattan. The Repetto ballet flats will be available there next month.

Monday, March 05, 2007

WARDROBE: Porte de Vanves

There are many levels of flea market shopping: 1) the second-hand pill-y Liz Claiborne sweaters and Chinese bootleg Gucci bags for sale level 2) the stuffed deer heads and “vintage” Wrangler jeans at half price level and 3) the burnt orange 1970's leisure suits and dusty, old issues of Jet magazine level. Fortunately, the Porte de Vanves flea market in Paris’ 14th district doesn’t fall into any of those categories. Founded at the beginning of the 20th century, it’s got museum-worthy 16th century chandeliers and furniture for diehard antique purists and 1920's through 1970's fashion for girls like us. During our trip there we mulled over an old Givenchy coat, green Chanel suit, 1950's era jewelry and riding boots in mint condition.






























































WARDROBE: Surface2Air


























While practically every editor, model and fashion week hanger-on crammed into Colette, on rue Saint-Honore (seriously, it was practically impossible to walk around freely) to shop and be seen between the Paris collections, we wandered over to rue De L’Arbre and popped by Surface2Air, one of its younger, bastard children. Like the 10-year-old Colette, which was the first to do it, the shop pulls one of those three-in-one numbers, acting as part boutique, part gallery, and part bookstore. Unlike its progenitor, though, which stocks Fendi, Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen, this smaller shop doesn’t have a restaurant and sells clothes by younger, more obscure designers like Alice McCall, Wendy & Jim, and Henrik Vibskov.
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