Rockin' Red

Let’s start with a confession: I didn’t watch the Golden Globes.

But I’m sure everyone looked really nice.

Hokay.  Haiti.  Lady Gaga.  ”How can I possibly show my intense love and support for both?,” you say?  SOLUTION.

If there’s one thing I like, it’s rainbows.  That doesn’t make a lot of sense, but level with me.  Flipping through our First Lady’s courageous course through colors makes me really happy.

Another thing that makes me happy is collecting.  I’ve often said that I’m a collector, at heart.  I just like having variety.

So, to combat the haters who like to think numerous scarves is a silly collection (“You can’t even wear them year-round,” they say), I defy you! #problemsolver

Yes.  That was a twitter thing, that hash tag.  Here’s another one.

I like that quote.  It’s like it justifies my incessantly black wardrobe.  It’s slimming!

Anyway.  A little bird tipped me off to a pretty cool post about vintage broaches.  Lots of us have these really amazing pieces of jewelry, but aren’t sure how to make them work.  Thanks, little bird!

I will leave you with something of a fantasy land.  Just in case you ever feel like spending over $200 on a scarf, here’s a great place for you.  But if you just want to get lost in something adorable, you could check it out, too.  (Click “Travel the World.”)

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The month is half way over and I’m still wasting pen ink as I scribble out mistaken 09′s on forms. Why am I filling out so many papaer forms? Maybe I just like writing name. We all have our things.

I digress. Let’s see what went down this week in the webby world of fashun.

Boy, Girl. Dawn at A Dress & a Bike takes a dive deep into an intellectual quandary of this recent NY Times article. The Times maintains that fashionistas have forgone girly and instead are looking to torn leggings, clunky boots and motorcycle jackets as the “new sexy.” Dawn’s (mostly opposing) points are many and well-thought out. My favorite is the connection she draws between the androgyny that’s hot today, and that of the 1920s flapper era and ’90s grudge. Touché.

Beginning of the End. You’ve heard about V Magazine’s “size issue” featuring plus size models, correct? If you haven’t, please come out from that rock and check out the debate. The Curvy Fashionista discusses whether the recognition of these very beautiful ladies is a fad. Find out her answer. My two cents? This issue reminds me very much of Italian Vogue’s all black model issue…which did break molds, but deeply ingrained cultural characterizations of beauty? Eh…

So High. Really awesome “runway to real way” style post on Le Quaintrelle. This girl creates eight ingenious outfits derivative of Herme’s FW09 Amelia Earhart inspired collection. All she needs are a few more flying scarves and she’s ready for take off…

Eviction Notice. Love this post by Erika at Cafe Fashionista. She details some fabulous methods of achieving fabulousness. I’m particularly drawn, for some reason, to “write a message in the snow” (perhaps because we’ve got a white-stuff surplus ’round here). I’ll get back to you with my neighboors’ and apartment admins’ reactions to my display of fabulousness.

Last but not least, I want to share my current favorite street style site. I love the subjects’ tendency to dress with such interesting mixes of textures, yet very few prints.  Also if you notice, the Copenhagenites Copenhagenians natives love them a scarf! Denmark here I come.

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