Edited by Fashion Pulse Daily
Reading through the links this week, I realized that fashion week or no fashion week, fashion will most certainly go on! A winter snowstorm couldn’t even slow down New York Fashion Week, and the links below are testament to the wonderful style that exists beyond the runway, such as Ode to Awe‘s jewelry discovery, how to look chic while lounging by Cafe Fashionista, and tips for vintage shoe shopping by Wicked Whimsy. Don’t get me wrong, I love being ‘in the know’ on runway looks and trends, but how you interpret them and work them into your personal style is so much more important than remembering which designers showed one-shoulder looks this season!
As expected, there was a fabulous round-up of links in the forum as well, all worthy of your eyeballs!
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“Zach Genin” via BOOOOOOOM
1. Zach Genin: Loving the photography collection posted by BOOOOOOOM. So simple and unaffected, and pure beauty.
2. How They Became…The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips explain the origins of their band name, and some of their favorite/most hated band names out there. (PS: I am tingling with anticipation about seeing them live next month, so prepare to be inundated by Flaming Lips stuff from me.)
3. Top 10 Plants for Removing Indoor Toxins: As if I didn’t have enough to worry about, now I have to be concerned about INDOOR POLLUTION in my house. Ick. Fortunately, there are some plants that can assist me in cleaning my air, so I don’t have to go around my domicile with one of those creepy face masks.
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Clockwise from top left: TemptationLight (365), Katarina 2353, Cassandra Mélena, Elsa Prinsessa
1. Memorize the names of all the world’s seas.
2. Write a list of 10 amazing adventures you wish to have.
3. Wear a pocket watch.
4. Collect daggers.
5. Invent a new milkshake flavor.
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I wore this little number to the IFB Conference on Evolving Influence, which I will be reporting on in more detail later. I adore this dress, which I snapped up at the local Goodwill a couple of months ago. The color palette is so warm, and the gradation of color is still as fresh visually as it was when created lord knows back when. Also, it fits me rather wonderfully.
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February 12, 2010 Ok, I’ll admit it: I kind of boycotted the MBFW this season. There are numerous reasons why, but specifically, I basically felt (and still feel) like the tents don’t really do anything to support the blogger movement. I will probably go on about my reasoning in a future article. Regardless, I had a plan. However, just as every good plan is wont to do, this plan went awry. For what should arrive in my inbox during fashion week than an invitation from IFB to join in a “Tweet Up” in the American Express Lobby Lounge at the park. Well, drats. So much for that idea. Where did I put my nice shoes…
More photos, and video after the cut…
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“Magazine Wall” via Poppytalk
1. Magazine Wall: Yeah, I know about that pile of NYLONS and Elle magazines slowly piling up in closet, and I have the solution: BUILD YOUR HOUSE WITH ‘EM. You’re welcome.
2. eBay to Launch “Fashion Vault”: eBay is jumping on board the fashion flash sale train, and plans to launch a site similar to Gilt Group in March.
3. eBay to Launch “Fashion Vault”: eBay is jumping on board the fashion flash sale train, and plans to launch a site similar to Gilt Group in March, as well as create more “fixed price” listings – I imagine to compete with Etsy. I guess they’re finally getting the credo of the internet: change or die!
4. Shoe Stalking Fashion Week: Refinery 29 collects some of the hottest shoes they spotted during New York Fashion Week last week. Prepare to drool.
5. The Tiniest Terrarium: Wow your friends and dazzle your home by making this sweet little terrarium in a light bulb.
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Edited by Retro Chick
With the Fashion Week season in full swing and Fashion Pulse Daily live blogging from the IFB conference it can be easy to forget that there are other things going on in the world, where real women are shopping and dressing for real occasions.
There were actually surprisingly few Fashion Week oriented posts submitted this week. Possibly the Fashion Week attendees are still too busy to partake in Links á la Mode, but what I did find was a lot of posts focused on fashion, style and image in the real world. A Typical Atypical calls for a low fashion revolution and Idiosyncratic Style urges you to bring out your cocktail frocks for every day. Meanwhile, in the body image arena Intrinsically Florrie learns to love her specs, Sugar & Spice discusses tanning and Mariels Castle weighs in (see what I did there?) on the body size debate.
It would be impossible to leave this weeks links without mentioning the untimely and incredibly sad death of Alexander McQueen. There were posts submitted on this issue but I made the decision not to include them, not because they were bad, but because I felt that if I included one persons post I would need to include them all. There has been so much personal reflection on the life and designs of this amazing man in the fashion blogging world that to choose a small selection seemed impossible. If you would like to read these posts then, as ever, the full list of submissions is available in the forums.
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Clockwise from top left: Little Doodles, Elsa Prinsessa, poveralice, poveralice
1. If you had to choose one color to wear for the rest of your life, which would you choose, and why?
2. Write a haiku on your fingers.
3. Make up new names for flowers.
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It is a difficult thing to go to Bryant Park during Fashion Week. It’s a little stressful – there are lots of people with cameras, and crowds, and people wearing wobbly shoes. Add to that the fact that there is still a significant quantity of snow on the ground, and it becomes a veritable war zone.
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February 11, 2010: In snow-filled Mahattan, a steady stream of poshly dressed socialites in rather precarious shoes for the weather could be seen making their way down a darkened alley off of Lafayette. No, this wasn’t some nefarious large-scale-snow-bunny-designer-drug transaction, but the location of the presentation of the newest collection from up-and-coming designer Karolina Zmarlak.
More photos and a video interview after the jump…
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