GREED

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.

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!