Fall '09 Fashion Week: Rachel Roy

Outside the building where the show was shown

Love the mirror necklace

Love how there's feminine silhouettes like bustiers mixed with tailored menswear

Andre Leon Talley was there!!

Olivia Palermo from the City was also there, snuck a pic of her

My friend David, who interns with a stylist, had some "ins" for Fashion Week in February and brought me along. I WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZED. Rachel Roy's collection was absolutely stunning...such a great color palette!!

Anna Wintour: Vogue's Editor In Chief

Anna at "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at The Met

Signature Chanel suit

Signature Fur and Sunglasses

Anna in the 90's

Anna in the 90's

Anna style collage

Anna's first Vogue cover as Editor in Chief

Anna with Sienna Miller (love her)

I am absolutely in love with/terrified of the most powerful and influential fashion icon out there now: Anna Wintour. I am reading this book called Anna Wintour: What Lies Beneath the Chic Exterior of Vogue's Editor In Chief, which portraits "a fashion-obsessed teenager in Swinging Sixties London who claws her way up the ivory tower in New York."

Not even finishing high school and donning a bob since her early teens, Anna Wintour has always had only one goal in mind: to be the Editor In Chief at Vogue. She's decisive, bitchy, smart, charming, fashionable, and competitive -- characteristics that helped her get to where she is today.

Fourth of July

I had a fun Independence Day! My friends and I decided to deck out in red, white, and blue, but each be a different decade. My friend Ellee was the 1920's (blue), Peyton was the 1960's, and I was the 1940's!

Hair on Broadway

I saw HAIR on Broadway the other day, and it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! From the high energy of the actors to the bohemian/beatnik theme to the fabulous 70's style clothing....if you're ever in NYC i HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend it. That time (late 60's during the Vietnam War) was so riveting including the style. After I got out, I immediately wanted to completely deck out in 70's garb, especially FRINGE. I've been on ebay every day looking for a fringe vest, but not just any fringe vest...an INTERESTING one...with no success yet, but still looking.

I loooooooove the guy on the far right's red orange fringe jacket.

I bought this psychedelic bandanna that they were selling at the merchandise table

I drew this face for my fashion drawing class that was inspired from 70's bandanna

Vintage Hats

Edie Sedgwick

Peyton

Me

Mischa Barton

Peyton

Audrey Hepburn

I went to this amazing antique flea market held in a parking garage on 24th between 6th and 7th today, and I bought the most amazing straw bowler hat from the 1950's! I've been hating my wardrobe lately, so buying this hat instantly spruced things up.

The other day my bff Peyton was rummaging through her mom's closet and found all of these hats that her mom wore in the 80's and 90's that are now back in style. I love those discoveries!

I <3 the Union Jack

Why are the British so much cooler? I will proudly wear their country's flag, but wouldn't be caught dead wearing mine. Maybe it's their absolutely charming accents of which I frequently try to replicate (One British guy I met said that I have a "Posh" British accent, and I don't think he was referring to chic Victoria).

 On my frequent visits to the one and only U.S. TopShop, I am constantly tempted to buy purses, shirts, and wallets, with the British flag. 

Here I'm wearing the shirt TopShop handed out if you bought over $100 on opening day.

Comfort Shoe'd

PLATFORMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO ANOTHER HEEL!

Platforms are amazing. They're all I think about. They're all I want (not really). They're so comfy! 

This is the sole pair of platforms that I own (pink to the right). I took this pic of my friend and my platforms on a night out. (H&M and Alice + Olivia for Payless)

I've been looking for wedge platforms, and I was shopping in SoHo today and found THESE at LF. 

Jeffrey Campbell, 5 inches, $125. 

Are these not the most beautiful shoes? In 50 years, these will be vintage museum worthy.