It's true
You can't help who you fall in love with.
Don't knock it till you've read it and dog earred every damn page, fools.
International Magazine Swap UPDATE
Domestic (US) spots are full; we need more international participants, so if you live outside of the US and would like to participate, please e-mail me!
Be sure to include your address in your e-mail.
International Fashion Magazine Swap
Lula $16 at Barnes and Noble and other super cool stores
SO, I've wanted to do an International Magazine Swap for some time and here it is...
I am limiting participation to 20 people for the first swap: 10 international (non-U.S.) swappers and 10 domestic (U.S. swappers)
Sign ups will end on Thursday, July 27 at 6pm EST (or whenever we reach 20 participants, whichever comes first). E-mail me to sign up.
I will send out addresses by Sunday, July 30. You must send your partner's magazines by Friday August 4.
You'll need to send TWO fashion magazines from your country to your partner and in turn they will send two two you.
Obviously, you must be willing to send internationally (DUH!)
Magazines should be CURRENT issues (not an old In Style from 5 years ago, please)
If you can't comply with any of the above, I love you anyway, but pretty please, don't sign up.
If it goes well, I will do more of these!
101 Extraordinary Uses...
...for Ordinary Things
in this month's Real Simple
(You'd be amazed what you can do with a roll of tape!)
Gold Lockets Galore
As ripped out of the pages of In Style April '06
March Teen Vogue
On the cover: Camilla Belle
And inside:
Cupcakes are cool (duh!)
Ruffles
Oversized bags
February In Style
On the cover: Uma
And inside...
skinny belts
valentine's gifts
a great little jacket
a valentine's cocktail party
February Teen Vogue (Finally)
On the cover: Gemma Ward (I'm old enough to be her mother)
And inside...
DUH! Sienna
Marc Jacobs Wristlets (In IM Speak: TDF)
And a Valentine's Day Tea Party
God Bless the Brits
As seen on Messy Muse:
Jan / February Domino
On the cover: A pug!
And inside...
teapots
thank you notes
throws
January Vogue
Yeah Sienna!!
A Broadway Play I can't wait to see: Barefoot in the Park (it's back!)
The Libertine starring The Amazing Johnny Depp, is not to be missed
Adorable new Stella McCartney ad
The Cover Girl
January Bazaar
Skinny, but packed full of good stuff.
On the cover: Julianne Moore.
Inside:
Rope accents
Girly sailor jackets
Sea shells
adorable outfits for Spring
a great wrap sweater for the transitional seasons
Sienna: eternally perfect
January Domino
An excellent issue...On the inside:
My favorite brunch food (eggs benedict - just as good without the Canadian Bacon by the way)
A color-me-green-with-envy gift closet:
A furniture designer's super cool apartment:
Gift wrap + bows:
A great gift guide:
December Vogue
On the outside: Keira Knightley
On the inside: Good stuff just in time for the holidays.
Jessica Joffe seems cool:
Words of wisdom from Mrs. Exeter:
La Nouvelle Gucci:
Everything is coming up roses:
Shopping with Lauren DuPont: (file under: people whose bank accounts I wish I had)
December In Style
On the cover: Gwyneth Paltrow
And inside: Lots of holiday goodness
Leopard dresses (perfect for a Holiday Champagne Toast):
Cute outfits (perfect for a Holiday Brunch):
Pink heels (perfect for Kissing Under the Mistletoe):
Vintage-framed bags (perfect companion to any Holiday Outfit):
Mini cupcakes (perfect for a New Year's celebration...or any old day):
Sienna Miller (Just Perfect):
December Bazaar
Another exceptional issue.
On the outside: Kate Winslet (we think she's great)
On the inside...here is what you'll find:
Argyle with a twist:
Bangles on Sienna and Vintage Charms:
Vintage cups and saucers from the Vintage Tea Shop at Bergdorf's:
More flats (amen!):
Lots of bubbly ('tis the season!):
Dec/Jan Teen Vogue
On the cover: Joy Bryant
And inside...
Kate, Kate:
and more Kate:
(no matter what, she still has great style).
Kirsten:
The white lace blouse (that's Hilary Swank waving at you):
White tights + white peep toes:
And a totally adorable tea pot:
December Nylon
On the cover: Fiona Apple (looking positively scary)
And inside...
Party Dresses ('tis the season, after all!)
Clara Bow:
Franz Ferdinand:
and Fiona Apple wearing these gorgeous shoes by Stella McCartney:
(my mouth is watering)
Jane magazine post-Jane Pratt
Gold trinkets = Granny Chic
A Totally Inspirational Inspiration Board:
Trends to watch: Skinny jeans, ankle boots, vintage lace
(Note To Self: Get Skinny Legs!)
Tights + flats in bright colors
Don't knock it till you've tried it
I'll admit it, I love Seventeen magazine. Its 1048238 times more sophisticated than when I read it as a teen. Take a look:
Super-easy bake-able gifts:
Boots:
Fancy layouts:
Fondue:
This is not the Seventeen of days yorn. (All of the above from the December 2005 issue of Seventeen.)
A little tip, from me to you
It would be wrong of me not to tell you about Discount Magazines.com Do yourself a favor and take a peak. (I'm always working to save you money)
I'm not a big fan of magazine subscriptions, but the prices are too good to pass up. I just subscribed to four magazines for the price of one copy of Italian Vogue.
I've got your back people.
I Got Domino
(Not as much fun to say as I Got Lucky, but exciting, nonetheless)
Chairs that make my want to sit on my You Know What all day:
Contrasting colors:
Inspiring decor:
Thanksgiving leftover ideas:
Unexpected holiday plants:
.
In Style this November
Closet fix-ups:
Kirsten:
A guide to Little Black Dresses:
Party ideas:
Thanksgiving...
The best of the Web:
(All in the November issue of In Style)
Vital Signs
I highly recommend taking a peek at the winter 2005 issue of Vitals magazine.
Some highlights:
Cameos
Clutches
Cocktail dresses
A lady named Valentine
How to Party like Sophia Loren (in case you didn't already know)
Stuff fit for a royal (like you!)
Totally cool photos
And a little something for the interior decorating voyeur in all of us
November Teen Vogue
Hits from the November Teen Vogue
Boots:
City Slick:
Cropped denim for Fall:
Preppy-Chic:
Strands-o-gold a la Sienna:
Nylon: Oh la la
I started reading Nylon again recently when I found a copy that someone had put out with their recycling (please don't seem surprised, you know I have no shame). It was the issue with Maggie Gyllenhaal on the cover. And I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised. It was more grown-up and sophisticated than Jane, but not as pretentious as Vogue. (You know I love Vogue, but it IS pretentious).
I was eager for the Paris issue to hit newstands. And today, after much searching, I found it.
Vintage shopping in Gay Paris! Who could resist?
Colette's Paris address book. Because I love city guides. Especially illustrated ones.
The obligatory article about that je ne sais quoi French women have:
How could you not read an article about a woman dubbed "one of the best-dressed girls in Paris"?
Ludivine Sagnier. The babe from Swimming Pool.
I don't want to give too much away. You should pick up a copy and give it a shot.
Merci bien, Jackie!
Goal: Brush up on my French
Method: Read French fashion magazines and watch French movies
So, God Bless my friend, Jackie (and her boyfriend), who brought me back not one, but two magazines from their recent trip to Paris, to get me started. (Jackie knows how much this meant to me, and I think it scares her a little.)
Elle highlights:
Une French Pug!
Charm bracelets...Which inspired me to buy this book:
et...photographs that look like this:
As Coquette would say <le sigh>
Vogue Highlights:
Section entitled en Vogue which made me want to take pictures with a Polaroid camera.
Article on Georgina Chapman (accompanied by to-die-for font)
Kate!
Nicole!
Absolument parfait. Just like American Vogue. Mais Francais.
Another Kate, Who's Great
Great article about accessories pioneer Kate Spade in the October, November issue of Pink (It's a new magazine for professional women).
In other Kate Spade news, Kate invents film snipes.
This month, I primarily read it for the articles
What I loved from the October Vogue:
This article about Claire Danes' new movie, Shopgirl. It opens in NYC on October 21st. I have already recruited Lisa and Andrea to go with me on Opening Night. Listen to this:
"In the early scenes the costume designer, Nancy Steiner, conveys Mirabelle's ambivalence about her job by putting her in mismatched blouses and skirts. Mirabelle's wardrobe looks lived-in: It combines high vintage notes (a red dress by Diane von Furtenberg, for example) and lower vintage pieces, (a wonderful coat that looks like the character found it in a thrift store back home in Vermont)."
I want to see the movie based on that description alone. You Go, Andre Leon Talley!
[Side note: Has anyone read the book? I haven't, I guess because I was skeptical of Steve Martin's writing abilities, but joke is on me because supposedly it's really good.]
This Jude Law-inspired article about [pretty] nannies and the women who hire them. I found it very interesting - and [like everything else in Vogue] extremely well-written:
This article about Victoria Foyt's new movie, Going Shopping. It's about shopping. Need I say more?
This photo. Just because.
"Cabinet of Curiosities", an article by Tim Blanks, about fashion's "fascination with quirky collections of offbeat souvenirs and odd antiquities" [If you know me at all, you need no explanation as to why this article was of interest].
"Amours fous" - "Frenchwomen may not get fat, but as two new books attest, they're not immune to mishaps of the heart." Tete a Tete (and forgive my lack of accents as I have no idea where to find them on Typepad) is about the relationship between Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. (Their relationship is described as "what many regard as the greatest literary love story of the twentieth century." ) How could you NOT want to read that?
"Scotland Yards"
[That doesn't sound half bad, does it?]
Because this is exactly what I'd look like on a bike [in a parallel universe]
a fedora (or 8)
This month's In Style has me itching to spend some money on accessories:
Like ballet flats from aeropostale (these are $20!)...
...this adorable snakeskin clutch from Express...
...this Cynthia Rowley number...
...a fedora (or 8)...