tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822087574534570502024-02-19T06:50:01.982-05:003snaps - Mihal FreinquelMihal Freinquelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324926710004458570noreply@blogger.comBlogger385125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-1781432482263048372013-02-07T18:07:00.000-05:002013-02-07T18:18:20.377-05:00The Hard TruthLast night I scurried over to the Hammerstein Ballroom for the Heart Truth Red Dress Collection fashion show; a parade of mostly B-list celebs, trotting down the runway in red designer dresses to raise awareness about heart disease in women. Said celebs included Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels, the less famous family members of the uber famous Kardashian sisters, a few daytime TV hosts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-70808115017683112642012-10-24T18:47:00.000-04:002012-10-24T18:50:21.023-04:00Margiela for H&M Jeans...aka the updated JNCOWell I never thought I'd see the day. JNCOs are back, guys. Only now, instead of being worn on skaters, punks and weirdos with chains and glow-in-the-dark stuff, they're disguised as some weird accessible-high-fashion-collab between Maison Martin Margiela (MMM) and H&M. If you ask me that's too many M's for one collaboration.
Anyway - the ultra baggy saggy pant is back - check out 90's JNCO Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-1461042960396743572012-09-28T16:02:00.000-04:002012-09-30T16:25:48.171-04:00In which No Doubt's people rip off Kate Lanphear's people...Obviously I'm a 90's girl all the way, and I have a profound soft spot in my heart for the band No Doubt - and Gwen Stefani in particular. But dammit guys!! Somebody's doing somebody a huge amount of dirty...
Two years ago, jewelry designer Eddie Borgo convinced his friend (and ELLE style director) Kate Lanphear to model for his online campaign. It was shot by the superbly talented Paul Maffi, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-7265468629738442452012-08-16T14:45:00.000-04:002012-08-16T14:45:04.835-04:00where culture meets style??
Is this seriously a New York Times headline - "Where Culture Meets Style"? WHERE DOES CULTURE EVER NOT MEET STYLE? Ugh NYT, I really do want to love you, but you keep giving me reasons not to. Stop that. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-57996331178737838042012-06-12T15:52:00.000-04:002012-06-12T15:52:34.828-04:00LEATHER OVERALLSIf I don't get my hands on these when they come out, I will surely cry. And I know I won't, because they will definitely cost more than my rent. So please pass the tissues...
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In other news, I know I've been so sucky at posting. I've been doing things like this instead:
If you're inclined to follow my yoga thoughts instead of my style thoughts, you can follow me on the Strala Yoga Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-59269911872500458632012-05-01T09:52:00.000-04:002012-05-01T09:52:19.987-04:00Strala-la-la-laHey fashion & style weirdos,
I've got some news! Though my heart lies in all things style, my mind & body are recently fully consumed by yoga.
I met Tara Stiles, the owner of Strala Yoga, after hitting up a few of her classes in SoHo. Everything about that place is charming - the teachers know everybody by name, they play music during the classes, everybody is always smiling and happy. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-71542590007813447732012-04-19T11:36:00.000-04:002012-04-19T11:36:13.095-04:00NYTimes says shredded denim is...back?Dear New York Times,
Look, you know I love you...but cotdamn sometimes your trend reports are so very sad:
You say shredded denim "has turned up again"...as in, it went somewhere...and now it's like, back...so now it's a must-wear...again.
Shredded denim - like leather jackets or white v-necks or or trench coats - isn't new, it never left, and it probably never will. Granted, if the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-90875065044376434852012-04-19T10:04:00.000-04:002012-04-19T10:04:16.113-04:00more fun with Jezebel
I wrote another article for Jezebel! I actually wrote part of it on here first, then took it down after they accepted my pitch to write a full-length post on the same topic. So if you think you've already read it, you haven't. And you should definitely click HERE and check it oooouuuut. Gracias.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-25288199037777698762012-04-16T16:41:00.000-04:002012-04-16T21:59:29.090-04:00cobalt cobalt everywhereSomething seriously cobalt is going on here. I don't know how or why or when, but suddenly cobalt pants are everywhere.
In all honesty, I love cobalt. I think it looks good on basically everybody - and if you're curious about the cobalt pants trend, you'll probably be good money trying it out (it's a tough one to fuck up).
In even more honesty, when so many people are doing one Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-63137437834865934582012-04-01T20:03:00.000-04:002012-04-01T20:12:17.399-04:00god bless the LunarGrandThere once was a boy named Jeremy - a dapper young man with an eye for beauty and a true appreciation for craftsmanship.
Typically seen in high end dress shoes, but with a closet full of sneakers, Jeremy was very pleased to find that Cole Haan was releasing the LunarGrand Wingtips: a shoe with the body of a classic suede wingtip, with the sole (and soul) of the Nike LunarGlide running shoe:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-58409795357616283532012-03-19T10:03:00.000-04:002012-03-19T10:03:01.208-04:00The Isabel Marant sneakers...just "high fashion" Supras?In the past few months, a new and very major shoe has surfaced as the "it-shoe". Last season the it was the Miu Miu Glitter Pumps. This season...Isabel Marant Sneakers:
They're hightop sneakers with a wedge, and it seems every model, blogger, editor and celeb owns a pair - retailing from between $390-$899 (some are up to $1,399.00 on ebay!).
And now, an exercise in cultural relativism.
Ever Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-39629814829912042032012-03-04T21:49:00.000-05:002012-03-04T21:49:00.320-05:00A.F. Vandevorst: Covered up in ParisI was pretty sad when NY Fashion Week was basically completely lame, but missing Paris Fashion Week really broke my heart. I'm fairly certain I'm destined to be there - each show seems better than the last.
I ADORE (oh, should I be saying j'adore?) what A.F. Vandevorst came out with this season. It's like the designers said to themselves: no need to make a big hoopla about the models - what's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-55982413325174940692012-02-28T20:09:00.002-05:002012-02-28T21:27:56.525-05:00layonbone: positives & negativesMy obscenely talented friend Cleon Grey recently featured me on his site Layonbone. This dude has vision to the max, and I'm so honored to be involved. Below is the series he shot of me - Positives & Negatives:
click HERE to see images full sizeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-62701835999338097612012-02-25T16:35:00.002-05:002012-02-25T16:39:11.757-05:00I get down with Neutrogena (an UNPAID endorsement)A great eye-makeup remover is hard to find. Believe me, I've been searching for a really long time. So I thought it fitting that - once found - a video should be made in its honor. It's basically a before-and-after, showing a really shitty remover vs Neutrogena's (the results are pretty astounding, really). If you like watching me blab on and on about stuff, you're really gonna love this one...
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-53768060556280280452012-02-21T11:59:00.000-05:002012-02-21T11:59:44.216-05:00trousers gone slouchyWell it's no secret that this season's NYFW didn't thrill me. I inadvertantly ended up skipping more shows than I attended, most likely irritating more than a few publicists (sorry, guys). The fashion scene was blah, the parties were snoozy, the clothes were meh...
BUT!!! But...I'm very happy to report that there was one thing that stood out as awesome. SLOUCHY TROUSERS. Baggy. Relaxed. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-2586687062482677762012-02-11T10:05:00.000-05:002012-02-11T10:05:33.368-05:00sometimes we do thisHe met me for dinner fresh off a plane from LA, where he's been living the last few weeks. Despite hardly communicating on this day (save a few dinner logistics texts), and despite his recent warm LA climate (and my winter(ish) NY one) - my best friend Dushane and I still encountered one another dressed like this:
In case you're a dummy, I'll walk you through the alterna-matchiness of these Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-35028686012730412342012-02-10T12:54:00.002-05:002012-02-10T12:59:06.943-05:00fashion week smashion weekOk so...something has shifted in the New York Fashion Week scene - and I have this nagging suspicion that we're now at the point of no return.
Chairs that used to throne editors and industry titans now cushion the boney asses of overpaid (and over-endorsed) bloggers. The Chanel skirt suits and click-clacking classic pumps, formerly donned by the upper echelons of fashion and pop-culture Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-84312930753140986542012-01-29T19:51:00.000-05:002012-01-29T19:51:12.750-05:00the only way to make rock 'n' roll uncoolSo ok, obviously rock 'n' roll is in. It was extra in in the 90's, it was even in in the early 2000's when it was actually out because pop reigned supreme...but it was still in because it was so out. Now it's especially back in, not just because it's cool - or because it's uncool - but because it's also nostalgic. And "nostalgic-in" is arguably way weightier than "cool-in".
So, one could ask, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-33225138731267973592012-01-21T17:20:00.000-05:002012-01-21T17:20:24.583-05:00a kiss from gawdTwice a year for about one month, my favorite writer in the whole wide world gets to tweeting. She tweets things like:
Lots of hair gel going down in Paris, now at a less hectic Galliano. Checks, belted coats, more silver toecaps.
or...
Keep thinking Rei K was doing a punk Jane Eyre.
That's right, Cathy Horyn tweets about fashion week in every city she attends - and there's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-25202210850405740502012-01-12T12:14:00.001-05:002012-02-21T17:41:16.771-05:00i'm gonna have Givenchy's Pre-Fall 2012 babiesGivenchy's Pre-Fall 2012 collection makes me weak in the knees and wet in the undies.
Ugh, sorry. I couldn't not take it there:
Like, those textures are so good, they remind me why I looooove FALL. Not that I needed a reminder. And those colors?! I fall so hard for vivid neutrals. And the lookbook is shot randomly on the NYC sidewalks, with parked cars and street signs and joggers running Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-85764121531203157242012-01-04T11:08:00.001-05:002012-01-04T11:09:44.973-05:00American Apparel Winter Coats BLOWJeeeeeez American Apparel - you know I feel affectionately toward you, but DAMN - your winter coats are not only horrendous, but embarrassingly overpriced...even for you.
I know AA is supposed to fill a "basics" niche but shit, there's a difference between basics and straight up boring. My suggestion to you, AA (not that anybody asked) is to stick to what you do best: v-necks, sheer things, andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-82674828834891578452011-12-28T19:50:00.004-05:002011-12-28T20:03:17.783-05:00the tie dye onesieAnybody who knows me knows I'm pretty adamantly against tie dye. I was raised in Oregon surrounded by too much of it - suffocated by it really - and have grown to associate tie dye with the pungent smell of patchouli, and the moist-dirt taste of tempeh generously sprinkled with hemp seeds.
That said, last week in Oregon...I bought a tie dye onesie.
Not sure if I did it ironically, or perhaps Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-39554153981020217802011-12-23T15:13:00.001-05:002011-12-23T15:14:19.184-05:00oh hey MTV!Today my words were featured on MTV, and for that I am a very happy camper.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-1170588909033432372011-11-28T20:31:00.000-05:002011-11-28T20:31:52.514-05:00slit prayers: answeredRemember yesterday when I really wanted a slit dress? Well Zara has answered my prayers in their new lookbook for "evening":
Without being totally dramatic - it's everything I could have ever asked for. I mean, it's everything I did ask for!! Seriously Zara, I love you...now come to mamma.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982208757453457050.post-23169148357134937152011-11-27T12:49:00.001-05:002011-11-27T12:53:24.761-05:00Holy Slit!Last week I found myself admiring some old Jessica Rabbit photos, which ultimately lead me to watching this:
Now aside from the fact that Ms. Rabbit is arguably the sexiest cartoon character ever, who manages to seduce real (aka non-cartoon) men, and who walks on her tippy-toes in seemingly zero pain, what I really can't get out of my mind is that slit.
The way it sways with her hips, how it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0