wtf, it's already august??

yes, another ring i want.  this one is awesome - found it on refinery29.

yayoi forest jewelry

starting to look at fall 2011 today - i am so excited to move on and think about the NEW clothes and shoes and bags and accessories and hair cut that i want.

i'm so bad at this

why is the last time i posted on my freaking birthday over 3 months ago??

i want more rings.

these lady grey/mink bone rings are badass. 

@ acrimony

also these concrete rings by 22 design studio:

@ designboom

new obsessions - fall 2010

bora aksu - really beautiful, and i hate pink!

Ohne titel - never really paid attention.. but have been feeling the fall and spring 2010 collections a lot

ann sofie back - the muscle patterns that are bleached/burned out are really cool

harryhalim - jackets are so interesting

this threeasfour dress - guess they were in love with the shoplifter hair art as well for this pc.

gareth pugh

katie gallagher

omg, i want all of the leggings and one of each of everything else.

more images/info at katie gallagher

autumn/winter 2010

spring/summer 2010

the other side of the picture - olivier theyskens

someone hurry up and buy me this book.  olivier theyskens is another designer that i LOVE.  and there's something awe inspiring about the fact that he is only 1 year older than me.  god, major boner killer. 
but, he is an amazing designer and he did wonderful work at rochas/nina ricci, and it's only on some days that i feel like a failure when i think about him.

r.i.p. alexander mcqueen

this is going to be a long post (don't worry, mostly images).  one of my heroes in the fashion world took his own life last night.  and there is something so tragic about a creative genius being gone.. not ever being able to see another collection with his crazy and theatrical point of view, no more of his revolutionary visions... as of today, his work is finite... and that is a real tragedy. 

there are a few designers today that can completely change the direction of fashion as alexander mcqueen did.  we only saw so little of his career... the things he could have done next season, next year, 10 years from now.

i have been a huge fan of alexander mcqueens for so long.. it seems as though he was alway there to inspire ever since i have been involved in the fashion industry (either from under grad/post grad/internships/working in fashion), and i could have only dreamed to be as talented and as creative with such a scope of what is possible and to make fashion the fun and fantastical thing that it can be.

yes, clothes are clothes, but he gave me inspiration and hope and dreams... that you don't have to be a boring old clothing company to survive in this industry.

R.I.P.  alexander mcqueen.

here's a retrospective of some of my favorites from his various collections throughout the years.

(all photos courtesy of stylesight)

spring/summer 2010

fall/winter 09

spring/summer 09

fall/winter 08

spring/summer 08

fall/winter 07 

spring/summer 07

 fall/winter 06

spring/summer 05

fall/winter 04

only video can do the spring/summer 2004 show justice

part 1

part 2

fall 2003

spring 2003

fall/winter 2002

fall/winter 2001

spring/summer 2001

R.I.P.