stick and poke

Design your own shoes!

This website - milk&honey shoes allows you to pick a whole bunch of stylistic aspects of the shoe you want and you create it online! Check it out! its fun to play around with

click here! Milk&Honey

makeshift

wow- I was reading the newspaper this morning, and there was an article about this girl from Vancouver who decided that for one year she would wear only things that she made herself- pants, shirts, sweaters, shoes, hats, sunglasses, coats, underwear...... she had a blog(of course) for every day to show what she was wearing. I went to the blog after reading the article and her stuff is cool!! i can't believe she made the shoes....and was able to whip something up when she needed it. Its interesting to look at the blog now that she's done the project because you can read the after-thoughts and what she discovered through having to make everything herself. She concluded that it was a waste of time and energy since there are people specialized in the creation of particular things - ie. shoes- and therefore they should be the ones making the shoes instead of someone who has to put a lot of time and energy into learning how, sourcing the materials, trying different techniques, etc...

very interesting I must say....

here are some of my favourite outfits of hers and check out her blog makeshift

a new obsession

New York Times Fashion section- great articles and videos! I stumbled upon the video section today and there is a collection of a large variety of videos (not just fashion) with reviews on runway shows, fashion week, talk about trends, fashion news...etc.

This video -Ruth La Ferla on Fall's Best Looks which I was unable to embed is great- the narration is hilarious, unintentionally- but it almost sounds like a dubbed over youtube video with some of the phrases she uses, but its also a very articulate description of the direction of fashion this fall...

"in any case, did i mention the ribbon and fur trim on the fishermen sweater at Dior?"

This video I was able to embed is from Fashion Week 2010. I also find a lot of these types of videos and complete runway shows through itunes podcasts....my favourites are style videos, style studio, fashion network and fashion television daily podcast.

Also check out On the Street with Bill Cunningham, I particularly liked his overview of men's style

in Standouts.

i could walk in the garden forever

I just love wildflower bouquets! Mine was acquired from a midnight conquest in the community garden down the street. We inconspicuously crept through in the moonlight- following winding paths through thick foliage and passing through tiny wooden gates...snatching lavender and rosemary... plundering daisies, peonies and dahlias...exploding at my fingertips! and how it freshens my apartment with its smell and life! Thank you gardeners for growing these exquisite flowers.