Lust for Shoes

I'm not a fan of the girl's music, but gawd damn she makes some HAWT shoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I think it's safe to say I drool over the Jessica Simpson Collection website on a regular basis. Here is what I am currently obsessed with *cough* (birthday coming up)......

GARTA

DANY

MINAS2

WINSY

GARITA2

EVONI

Kate Spade Rocks

PHOTOS BY ME

I almost forgot about this!  I attended the Women's Expo a few weeks ago in San Francisco and was lucky enough to see the Kate Spade Fall 2010 collection.  Kate Spade has always been one of my favorite fashion designers because her looks are classy and the colors are always so bold.  Another reason why I love Kate Spade is because I like to imagine that if Hitchcock was still alive and making films he would probably dress his leading ladies in Kate Spade.

Top Picks for Chanel 2011 Resort Collection

PHOTOS BY STYLE.COM

Spring is going to be awesome judging from this!  I especially love the top dress, damn the girl looks totally hot.  I wonder if we'll be seeing it photographed on a fancy Hollywood lady...I hope whoever wears it does justice.

Fall Woman

ELLE, NOVEMBER 2010

PHOTOGRAPHED BY DANIEL KING

STYLED BY CHRISTOPHER NIQUET

This girl looks like Bryce Dallas Howard!  The Elle November 2010 is fabulous btw, especially this particular photo shoot of actress Jessica Chastain.  I enjoy the pigment of the photos, it matches the vintage styling.  Seeing beautiful stuff like this totally inspires me to compose photo shoots, it's always been a goal of mine among my long list of things I would like to accomplish.  

Shiny shiny, shinny boots of leather

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VEST BY JUICY COUTURE

TOP BY BANANA REPUBLIC

SKIRT BY GAP

BOOTS BY DOLLHOUSE

Nails done hairs done, everything big

DRESS BY NINE WEST

SHOES BY QPID

BLOUSE BY LIBERTY OF LONDON BY TARGET

FAUX FUR VEST BY JUICY COUTURE 

DENIM BY FRAGILE

BAG BY HARUJUKU LOVERS

BOOTS BY CARLOS SANTANA

DRESS BY EXPRESS

VELVET BLAZER BY OLD NAVY

SHOES BY QPID

Wow, I can't believe I went months without an outfit post.  Shame on me, how dare I obsess over fashion and not talk about myself.  My current favorite piece in my closet is the Juicy fax fur vest.  It was a gift to myself for being fabulous.  I was also gifted a faux fux "chinchilla" looking coat that I am dying to wear.  It will probably make it's debut at the wedding I'm attending next month.  Speaking of fur coats, just the other day my sister brought home a white one that I am terrified of because I think it's real.  I'm all about faux fur but a) it's morbid to wear a real dead animal on thyself and b) I don't want PETA to kick my ass.

Everything Old is New Again

VOGUE, SEPTEMBER 2010

MERT ALAS AND MARCUS PIGGOTT

The problem with having so many magazine subscriptions is that one doesn't get around to look through them all as quickly as one might like.  This is such a lovely photo shoot. Everything about it is just absolutely perfect.  

Wedding Perfection, Less is More

CHLOE SEQUINED TULLE DRESS

PEEP TOED MISS HALEN GOLD/BLACK SATIN PLATFORM HEELS

GOLD PLATED TIN SMOOTH & TEXTURED BANGLE SET

OPI BURGUNDY NAIL POLISH

YSL ROUGE PURE SHINE SHEER LIPSTICK NO.14 BURGUNDY

I've got a wedding to attend next month and this is what I am planning to wear, well the much cheaper version that is.  Lately I've been into simple styling.  I think this has to do with the weather being so hot and also with the fact that I feel a bit more mature, I am after all a mother now.  I've been relaxing with the bulkiness of accessories I usually prefer and choosing one piece of jewelry to wear at a time.  I've also been toning down the makeup. Burgundy lipstick and nail polish may not be the traditional notion of simple makeup, but I've had moods where I've packed on the eye shadow and fake lashes to complete a look. Less is more.  I never thought I'd even be saying/typing this and I may change my view tomorrow, but today my mind is a bit less complicated.

Kill Me

I remember when shit wasn't complicated.  When I could do whatever the hell I wanted without any regard.  Well this isn't all true exactly because I've always had limits.  Every time I think about this I remember my favorite book of all time, the book that changed my life, PLEASE KILL ME: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. I read this book because I was obsessed with the Velvet Underground and the Ramones, which is a sweet phase that young rock n roll fans go through in life- you're young and you think that people don't understand you, you think that you're always right and you listen to "dark" music about suicide and drugs.  You're also probably obsessed with Wes Anderson and you watch Ghost World everyday, I know I did.

This is one of my most treasured books because they're a bunch of interviews chronologically put together about the birth of this awesome music genre. The characters to name a few are: Nico, Marianne Faithful, John Cale, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Dee Dee (my favorite Ramone) and the Godfather of Punk himself Lou Reid.  Lester Bangs who coined the term punk and edited the magazine with the same name compiled this book.  Of course as I was reading it I did not know who a lot of the people being interviewed were, but Bangs is such a genius to add a glossary of all the characters's names along with a short bio.

Please Kill Me tells it how it is- it's totally uncensored and you pretty much learn not only about the history of punk, but also who fucked who and who died from going overboard.

Speaking of going over the edge my favorite punk rock couple is: Sid and Nancy, RIP to the both of you. Nancy died of a stab wound and Sid of a drug overdose on a separate occasion. Sid's suicide note read, "We had a death pact, and I have to keep my end of the bargain. Please bury me next to my baby in my leather jacket, jeans and motorcycle boots. Goodbye.." Sad-Romantic and grimy as hell because this dude had 100% heroin in his body.

Seriously, this book will make you think about life as a precious gift. I'd say that 80% of the people in it died due to some stupid shit like drugs or chocking on their own vomit. Not cool at all.

Nancy's body taken out of the Chelsea Hotel

Photo by: Crime Scene Photographer

Makes Me Happy

Two weeks ago I found myself at Outside Lands Music Festival at Golden Gate Park. Being at the park brings back tons of memories- my first and last 420 celebration, the birth of the Peace Circle, and a midnight walk through the park playing hide-and-go-seek behind bushes and trees.  I also remember being there two years ago at the first ever Outside Lands Music Festival with the coolest cousin ever who I had just met a week prior to.

This year the lineup was alright.  Honestly, I looked up almost every single act the night before and added my picks to my Outside Lands App (which sucked btw!)  I was there to see the Strokes perform and everything else would be extra music goodness. Watching them while screaming their lyrics at the top of my lungs reminded me how fucking awesome they are.  I wasn't the only one singing like my life depended on it and it hit me that even though they have not released an album in four years, thousands of people came to see them play old material.

The Strokes rule, really.

The year was 2000 and they popped into the mainstream sphere via MTV.  Check it out...

I don't remember the exact moment when I first saw this gem, but I am sure I shit my pants because I was so damn happy that something had come at last to replace the bullshit that is 90's rock (I love you Nirvana).  Music critics call the Strokes and the bands that came right after (The White Stripes, The Hives) the "Garage Rock Revival."  The sound is old indeed- the instruments they used are vintage and the way this new genre was recorded was very raw and pure.  The Strokes are pop in every sense where their music is simplistic and catchy, but it's most definitely rock n roll.  It's also not in your face aggressive, thank God because that is totally overdone.  It's also extremely awesome that Julian's voice is reminiscent of Jim Morrison's.

I have so many amazing memories seeing them live.  Prior to Outside Lands they played at BFD, which is this music festival in the Bay Area.  They were one of the last bands to perform and by the time Julian Casablanca's, the singer went onstage, he was fucked up.  He had this huge white cooler full of booze with him where he proceeded to take from throughout their set.   It was a special one alright because they played all of their singles from the most recent one at the time to "Last Night."

There was also the time they played at the Concourse located in San Francisco.  I think that was the time I saw how badass Nick Valensi was. This dude had the tightest solos and I could hear exactly that he was influenced by Slash.  I was also standing on the right side front, squeezed in between tall dudes, but everyone was jumping and singing along so I did not care.  I also remember my homies kicking some punk's ass for talking shit, ha ha!

Three studio albums and an EP makes it impossible to pick my favorite Strokes song.  Frankly, it feels like having to choose your favorite child, but I die every time I hear this one, especially the music at the beginning...

Visualz!

Image inspirations from this week.  Currently watching the Rachel Zoe Project.  I've missed you!