More Peacock Pretties!

My peacock passion continues! In the form of! A $12 painted bangle!

($12, Lulu's)

Spring Fling: Dress Obsessed

Soooooo many cute spring dresses, so little money. But for those of you who still have yet to receive your Bush bucks, check out these fun frocks you REALLY won't want to get ketchup on this Memorial Day:

($196, Oasis, Asos)

So fun, so flattering, so many footwear options.

($518, Zimmermann, Shopbop)

I blogged about Zimmermann's fantastic bathing suits last month, and it turns out their apparel rules too. Love the grommets on the bust, and the fun '60s print keeps the whole thing from looking ho-ish.

($395, Julie Haus, Activeendeavors.com)

This I wouldn't personally wear, but I know it'd be cute on many of you. I like the fun Neapolitan colors.

($495, Sass & Bide, Net-a-porter)

Refined Neapolitan modness.

($198, Yumi Kim, WinkNYC)

A perfect cute, non-hippie sundress.

($204, Jenny Han, Shopintuition)

Designer Jenny Han created this piece, which has some sweet cutesy French maid action you don't usually associate with spring, but why not? Plus, 20% of the proceeds go to the Young Survival Coalition, a nonprofit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters dedicated to helping young women diagnosed with breast cancer. (Jenny Han's own VP of Sales was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 30 -- eek -- so go get yourself checked!) It's available at Intuition in July.

($154, Rhys Dwfen, ActiveEndeavors)

Irresistible and elegant.

($1495, Lela Rose, Bergdorf Goodman)

This has a very Hepburn-esque sweetness. Not so sweet? The price. Boo.

($414, Crispin and Basilio, ActiveEndeavors)

Another pretty persimmon, but way cheaper and far sexier.

($99, Karta, Shopintuition)

Speaking of Intuition, I'm pretty sure this would be gorge against darker skin or freckly complexions.

($350, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Net-a-porter)

... And I'm pretty sure this would be cute on me.

($384, Anna Sui, Net-a-porter)

Sweet '70s-ness.

($518, Thread Social, Shopbop)

Not immediately spring-y, but its short silkyness = nice and light.

($94, Grey Ant, RevolveClothing.com)

You can still look hot while drinking ghetto beer-lemonade punch at a sticky rooftop party. (Ahhh memories!)

The Proliferation of Payless Cuteness!

I haven't stepped foot inside of a Payless (get it? GET it?) for quite some time, but I'm definitely seeing cuteness online, both within their designer collections and "pedestrian" stuff (har).

($17.99, Payless)

I know. I can't believe I'm coming close to condoning something that comes close to being gladiator-esque, but I like that these don't overdo it with extraneous strappage. And the single diagonal strap is flattering, expeshully if you gots the wide feets.

($35, alica + olivia, Payless)

I really loathe a square heel, however, (don't you love how everything comes with apprehension?), I applaud the loud, fun colors. Someone out there could rock these. I ain't volunteering though. (Note: that someone also probably wears way more makeup than I do and tucks her penis... but that's cool!)

($21, American Eagle, Payless)

Cute, innocuous boat shoes in a variety of colors. And why spend a lot when you know they're gonna need to be tossed due to rank-ness at the end of the summer, you knows?

($19.99, Payless)

If you're gonna own/ wear all-white shoes, they may as well be fun and slightly slutty! Also cute like so:

Oh, but Payless, you'll giveth and you'll taketh away with that very same hand. Vile.

... But... more cuteness: check out the proposed looks for the Fall '08 alice + olivia for Payless collection (photos via Nitrolicious):

More here at Nitrolicious... And check out their coverage of the Abaete for Payless collection, which I might like even more:

Tragedy Strikes Paris Hilton!

I know, I know. Paris Hilton is about as relevant as scrunchies. But I couldn't resist this tragedy in the form of yards and yards and yards and yards of denim...

That's not hot. It's the definition of dirty denim. And it's in fact so bad that it almost makes me miss slutty, Stoli-drenched, heroin-chic Paris.

Damn You, 'The Hills' Girls!

Like you, I am probably way too old to watch The Hills, and I'm certainly too old to relate to them. But I accept the fact that fashionwise, it's Sex and the City Lite. Unlike SATC, however, I would actually wear some of the casual-cute stuff the girls wear, and I can actually afford some of the stuff too. To be clear, I condone these pieces regardless of the fact/ despite that, not because, they've been worn by The Hills girls.

A few examples:
Damn you, Lauren Conrad! Here you are at the MTV Upfronts in a PEACOCK dress, WHEN YOU KNOW peacocks are my thing solely and exclusively!

($385, Elizabeth and James, Shopbop)

And it actually looks cuter on Lauren than this chick.




The red carpet dress Whitney Port wore to the season finale of The Hills is apparently one of her own "Eve & A" designs. There's something super glam and '80s, in like a Robert Palmer girl/ Dynasty-but-refined sort of way.

Speaking of Whitney's clothing line, here's a snap from the upcoming collection:
The 20-piece "Eve & A" collection launches this fall. And by the way, in case you were wondering, Whitney's dad is Jeff Port, who owns the apparel company Swarm, which manufactures a young men's line called Shades of Gray, so it looks like she already has some exposure to the biz.


Granted, Audrina's matriarchs never passed down to her the "no-white-bra-with-darks" rule of womanhood, nor the "thou shalt not matchy-match" rule, but I love the shoes:

($175, Kenneth Cole)

Appropriately enough, they're called "Hill Top."

($89, Kenneth Cole)

Another cute Audrina pick... again, one I like regardless of the fact that a Hills chick has toted it around to Le Deux. Actually, this is probably WAY not fance enough for Le Deux, but it is perfect for Urth Cafe, no?

($79, Torn by Ronny Kobo, Intermix)

Lauren likes this one, and it's cute, but not as cute as its striped sister:

($85, Torn by Ronny Kobo, Intermix)

Hee! Check out the snake around the anchor! And check out the designer: she's like just a few injections away from being the next Lisa Rinna.

Pony Necklace: A Tribute to Thumbelina, World's Small Horse

Real quick last post of the day...

I saw Thumbelina this weekend -- the world's wee-est horse! She's only 60 pounds and apparently likes to sleep -- probably because she had kids (um, and grown-ups... guilty) gaping, hemming and hawing at her all day on Saturday, when I saw her at the Natural History Museum's opening day celebration of their new exhibit, The Horse."

Apparently she travels around in the "Thumby-mobile," visiting sick kids and melting hearts in her wake with her freakishly adorable teensy stature. She's only about a foot high! Eeee!

Sadly, I didn't get to see her for long, because I was surrounded by pushy children and even pushier prototypical New Yorky parents, and I felt bad for her (the horse, that is), so I snapped the above pic and scurried away, but her sweet, sleeping mini-horseness will live on in my heart forever.

To commemorate her, check out this horse necklace:

($34, Frozen Peas, CandyStoreCollective.com)

Sweet, and cute, like Thumby herself. Won't somebody think of the kids -- i.e. me -- and get me this? Please? I barely even got to see Thumbelina!!!


... More cute stuff:

($40, Pony Attack, LittlePaperPlanes.com)

By the awesomely-named San Diego duo Pony Attack.

($24, Caitlin Keegan, LittlePaperPlanes.com)

The rare piece of non-wearable art -- "Horse Lady," by Caitlin Keegan. I like to think of it as "Me + Thumby = TLAAF!"

And, sorry to OT for a second, but I also love this one:

($24, Caitlin Keegan, LittlePaperPlanes.com)

Peacocks! My second-fave! (Don't worry, Thumby! You'll always be first!)

My New Aoyama Itchome Dress!

It's Wedding S/S '08 season -- I have at least four between next weekend and October. I say "at least" because you never know who's gonna pull the trigger at the last minute, be it a shotgun wedding (helllloooooo Ashlee Simpson!) or one of those "fuck-it-let's-do-it-now" joints. So, of course, I needed a new dress to wear on this season's circuit.

Target: Atlantic Avenue and points south.

Budget: Under $200. Preferably well under that, but sometimes it ends up being worth it to spend more money and less time/ sanity. Although, ONE dress for $200 around Atlantic Ave. is no easy feat...

BUT...

I'd stopped into Aoyama Itchome a few weeks after it opened on Atlantic Avenue. Aoyama Itchome, by the way, is named for named for Japanese designer Hogo Natsuwa, who resides in Paris, and started Aoyama Itchome in 2001.

Honestly, I liked a lot of the dresses, but I wasn't into all of the pretty-peasant-style flowy dresses, painted silks and and other frocks in a variety of worry-doll wovens.

But I stopped by again today, and I walked out with this pretty, forgiving, flattering, and 'fordable frock:

($155, Aoyama Itchome)

Purdy, right? And in case you're interested, you can't shop the store online, but you can stop by: at 296 Atlantic Ave.

Now... shoes: I might get some pretty purple heels, or these, which I blogged about before:

($104, Pura Lopez, Amazon)

Si? Are the studs too much? I kinda think they'ze just right.

+ More Aoyama Itchome pretties:

(Aoyama Itchome, Noisette)

Sold out! BOOOO!

($60, Aoyama Itchome, Noisette)
Best! Wintery!

($108, Aoyama Itchome, CandyStoreCollective.com)

Such pretty fall colors.

($108, Aoyama Itchome, Aqui-Nobhill.com)

Purdy. Would be even cuter with some tights and flats, and not Mom Jeans.

($79, Aoyama Itchome, eBay)

Love the bib front. Git it, girl!