GREED

FRENZY

 
the Lady sporting the A. Wang booties at fashion week Milan via Jak and Jil

OBSESSED

With these wedges!!! I knew I needed them the second I tried them on, but then I saw this:

found on shoewawa

...and their coolness was confirmed. Love Aggy....

IT'S HERE!

Fall has sashayed into NYC with a vengeance! Despite most people bemoaning the end of barbecues and beach trips, I am sosososo glad.  Basically, if you like clothes, fall is your season.  Its doubly pleasurable to me that summer is over because I'm sitting here with about a zillion bug bites covering my soon-to-be-tanless legs! As a result, browsing online for skin-hiding over-the-knee boots, which brings me into my next obsesh...

  
images via Net-A-Porter

 Stella McCartney thigh-high boots! These are amazing...I have already tried on the Jeffrey Campbell knock-off of these and they are KILLER. There is a delicate balance with these boots, though. The threat of looking like a hooker is thinly veiled, but fear not. Styled correctly, these boots could will make your outift.  I suggest a short dress with a voluminous jacket, or with tights, short shorts, and an oversized sweater. Of course, there are also non-stilletto over-the-knee boots as well.  The flat version is a great day-time option. These Candela boots are my pick, of course (note the studs...), but they are already sold out of my size on Shopbop.com:

    I am also in love with faux-fur coats.  I have one that I bought years ago while studying in Florence.  At the time, I felt a little uncool  because all the young Italians were wearing puffy coats and aviator glasses, while I was sporting my teddy-bear coat with huge over-sized glasses.  Mainly, this is because of my theory that once they turn 60, all Italian women are issued a fur coat, huge glasses, and a box of flaming red hair dye. I'm also in possession of several faux fur vests and some vintage fur coats.  Still, I'm greedy for these:

Alice + Olivia at Bloomies

 

Kate Spade via Bloomies

Jane over at Seaofshoes.com is having a similar greed attack. Below are some of her fab choices, styled superbly I might add. This girl is just too cute.

Haggle Rock

Today was one of those sticky hot NYC days that makes you happy to be on the subway, just because its air conditioned.  I was in SoHo for a meeting and it sort of made me miss working there.  So much style (in between the dazed Italian tourists with fanny packs. I don't know why I'm picking on Italians, since it seems all tourists in SoHo are dazed and fanny-pack-clad). I walked up West Broadway to Starbucks and saw that a lot of the stores had closed- Big Drop, Detour, some others, and all were on sale. It so depressing, this recession, especially in the fashion corners of the world. I pride my greedy self in stimulating the economy and the fashion industry as much as I can afford to! 

I read this article in Time and as someone who works in retail, I was totally appalled. Haggling?! in STORES? FOR CLOTHES (or in the article, bacon!)?!?! I'm sorry, I know times are tough. But seriously? I have definitely had people ferociously attempt to haggle with me.  "Are you suuuuuuuure this is $____? What if I buy two of them? Are they stiiiiiiiill that much?". Please, this ain't Chinatown, honey. We aren't haggling over 2 for 1 "I Heart NY" t-shirts; these are 200 dollar boots that are not on sale!  It makes me feel all funny to have to repeat 5-6 times that no, I cannot give you a deal on those. I mean, I know you are a special snowflake, but those shoes are priced as marked! Not to mention that people of late feel enTITLED to a discount, as if we owe them that much because our clothes are expensive. All I'm saying is that retailers are struggling, too. Perhaps if I was the owner I could hand out 10% discounts like candy (which he definitely would not!), but now right now.  Anyway, I just had to rant that out. What do you think? Would you haggle? In a boutique? In a grocery store? Exhilarating or downright humiliating? Tell me what you think!

Spring, FINALLY.

So, uninspired but the gray chilly weather, I have been delinquent in my blogging habits. But, I'm baaack!  A couple of weekends ago, my friend B. and I went shopping at the Brooklyn Flea.  I scored majorly on a batik top and a jumpsuit.  A very 80's purple washed-cotton jumpsuit. It is probably the find of my life.  Photos. Soon.

Meanwhile, for the hubs' b-day, I needed a new birthday outfit.  I of course headed to Dear Fieldbinder and sharked up this floral number by MINKPINK, an Australian company that makes adorable and very reasonably priced frocks:

I am enraged that Urban Outfitters is now carrying this, even as an online exclusive! Ugh now every NYU undergrad will be sporting this at Santos Party House before I know it. At least I have the satisfaction having bought it first and also for ten dollars less than the Man (UO) is charging for it!

Anyway, I wore it with something similar to this jacket:

Lets just ignore the fact that this model is wearing tights that are not completely opaque. Ick and Ack and EW! Whoever styled this on the Forever21.com site was clearly late to catch a train on a Friday or something because this nastiness flew under the radar. Harumph.

The party was fun and a fabulous cake in the shape of TN (which matches the hubs' tattoo, heh) was made by dear friends and then devoured mercilessly. The next day, I was miraculously not hungover and we went on a birthday shopping spree for him! After Dumont burgers and bloody marys, we did a little shopping in Williamsburg and stopped into Oak, which was sweltering. Got these for D. and he wore them out (it was 90 or so degrees). DISCLAIMER: Those are not his legs!

And then a stop into Shoe Market on Bedford and North 6th for these, the first pair of men's shoes EVER by Jeffrey Campbell which he also wore out of the store:

I love these. I was actually wearing a pair of Jeffrey Campbell's from last summer that are SO AWESOME that they have been brought back this summer!  I'm not gonna lie...we looked a little doofy walking around together wearing these VERY similar shoes...le sigh. WE ARE COOL. Couple fashion, bringin' it back!  Whatevs, probably not a first on Bedford Ave.

I reccomend these so very highly. I almost want another pair... But, so greedy for other things, such as these:

Also, just for discussion purposes. I saw a girl wearing these in the coffee shop on my block in Bushwick (a GREAT place for people watching. I have literally seen it all come through there in the morning. Even the nuttiest nutballs need coffee to function in the morning. This should be a separate post altogether!).  The crazy, mind-blowing, soul-crushing thing about this is...they looked cute! Even though they appear to be just a younger, cooler cousin of the UGLIEST SHOES IN THE WORLD! Sometimes, these things cannot be explained. BEHOLD.

Discuss amongst yourselves.

Blazing Greed!

Hello dear readers,

    This silly gray weather has put a damper on my greed! I need spring, and I need it now.  I also need BLAZERS!

    I use my weekly bank run at work to stop into one of my favorite Brooklyn boutiques, Dear Fieldbinder.  I am very susceptible for this store, so sometimes, I don't even walk past for fear of weakness (and credit card debt).  They carry an assortment of brands such as Madison Marcus, Charlotte Ronson, Corey Lynn Calter, Ted Baker, and more.  I AM GREEDY FOR IT! I have many really great pieces from there, such as this oversized silk shirt with OWLS (!) all over it by Corey Lynn Calter. OWLS!!! OWL SHIRT!!! Whew, sorry, just had a small owl attack. 

    Anyway, where were we? Oh yes, BLAZERS.  They look so great with boyfriend jeans, ripped up denim of all varieties, dresses, shorts...its the perfect spring jacket!  I found a great one at Zara that is easy on the eyes and the wallet.  But I wear it so much, I'm already on the lookout for more.  Well, at Dear Fieldbinder, I spotted this Lauren  Moffat boyfriend blazer:

    This came from the Lauren Moffat website. Honestly, the styling is a bit...9 to 5?  Clearly, its a Chloe-Sevigny-friendly look. But hey, if I was going to sue someone for sexual harrasment while listening to Duran Duran and eating pop rocks...I would want to be wearing this. Or, if I was going anywhere, at any time, RIGHT NOW! GREEDY.

Urban Renewal boyfriend blazer. Cute. Not nearly as delightful as the Lauren Moffat jacket, but cute.

 
Ugh, this is sold out and I WANT IT. In fact, I want the whole outfit!. Mega greed factor for this one. From Pixiemarket

More Pixiemarket


A burst of color from Stella McCartney at Net-a-Porter

The pointy shoulders on this one is the greed-inducing detail.
again from Pixiemarket

    I would wear any of these blazers with these:

 

These are Current/Elliot and they're called the "Alice in Charm". Alice is charmed, indeed! (Sorry, had to say it)

Motel top from Asos

My new Jeffrey Campbell "Acme" boots! (PS: Check out me and my grandpa in the background) Pardon the terrible iPhone photography!

Greed. Pure and Unadulterated.

Let's just get it out in the open. I'm a little on the greedy side. I covet, I crave, and I yearn.  I'm greedy for fashion and good design. I work in fashion (by way of retail) and spend all day, every day, surrounded by fashion, thinking about trends, and stalking it all for myself. I'm going to use this blog as an outlet to share what I'm looking at and WHAT I'M GREEDY FOR! So, lets get to it!

What I'm Looking at:

For some insane reason, all I could look at today was The Enemy...bathing suits. Every once in awhile I would look up from the computer screen and out into the 10 inches of snow covering Brooklyn and sigh. The cold weather is really wearing me down, people!  But, don't worry, there is hope. As in, hopefully I will be sporting one of these cute little numbers in the coming months. I'm loving the retro, forties pin up style suits.  More bum coverage, please! Better start workin' on my fitness...

check it out at anthro


here is a itsy bitsy one from Shoshanna!
shopbop

leave it to Betsey Johnson to make my ultimate favorite bikini!!! GREED ATTACK!


LOVE LOVE LOVE the print of this! Milly, I heart you.


Mmmm, dots, bum coverage, sweetheart neckline...perfect object for coveting.
Not expensive, either! Check it at Urban.


Its more Betsey, duh.

I think thats enough pictures of skinny bitches to sufficiently motivate me to hit the gym. HURRY, SUMMER! We need you!