Animal House

Honestly, some of the looks from the Miu Miu Fall 2009 RTW collection are quite disturbing...




Are you fucking kidding me?! The only thing missing are the heads of these animals! The outfits look very silly and the fur looks out of place like it was attached at the last minute on a whim. Maybe they double as a purse or the perfect spot to hide your shank?


Well, at least the shoes are HAWT! Booties are the ideal fall shoe and these are perfect in a nude color because you can match them with practically anything. I also adore the strap, zipper, brown piping and the gold metallic stripe down the back of the heel, very dainty and cool. Also, notice the heel, it's not CHUNKY! Could this mean the end of the chunky heel trend?! I hope not because I love love love that trend, but just in case I have plenty of skinny heels stored in my closet for back up.



All photos by style.com

October: Treasure Island Music Festival

Savvy and Electric Lady, the coolest chicks on the block.

Just saw the lineup for the Treasure Island Music Festival, it looks pretty decent...

Saturday October 17, 2009
MGMT
MSTRKRTF
Girl Talk
Brazilian Girls
The Streets
Passion Pit
LTJ Buken feat. MC Conrad
Dj Krush
Federico Aubele
Dan Deacon
Murs
Crown City Rockers
The Limousines

Sunday October 18, 2009
The Flaming Lips
The Decemberists
Beirut
Grizzly Bear
Yo La Tengo
The Walkmen
Bob Mould
The With the Get Down Stay Down
Vetiver
Spiral Stairs
Sleepy Sun
Tommy Guerrero
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

I am most exited to see Grizzly Bear and The Walkmen. Unfortunately I was not able to get my hands on some Grizzly Bear tickets the last time they were in San Francisco, they were the HOTTEST things in town! I've seen The Walkmen at last year's Outside Lands Music Festival and they were off the hook. The singer is an animal onstage, singing his heart out with such emotion, I'm sure I'll leave their set feeling happy and even more in love.




More info: http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/

DC Short Recap

I had a beautiful time in DC which included a wedding, lighting fireworks in an old Georgetown cemetery and eating a great swordfish meal. There is a lot to talk about, but in the meantime here is a photo of Abraham Lincoln and myself at the Lincoln Memorial...


This was such a special moment, Lincoln is definitely my favorite president and it was also great visiting the Smithsonian Museum of American History and seeing the Lincoln exhibit, which included the actual top hat he was wearing when he was shot to death by Booth...



I'll write a proper post when I'm not bombarded with research I must do for a history project I'm working on.

Shoes Shoes Shoes!

Jessica Simpson makes horrid music, but that gurl has a great shoe collection for sale. Her styles are very sexxy, here are some of my favorites listed on her website now...

Delsi- These puppies are so rich and beautiful. I love the velvet! This is more of an autumm shoe and I bit more proper, I would rock them to work if I did not work with children, but I suppose they would work really well with vintage pieces because they look retro.


Genaviv- Take me on vacation with these!! I feel like I should be wearing these with a nice sun dress, sexxy. This is definitely the shoe to floss right now, just be careful if you wear them to the club because you can fall on your ass and scrape your knee, yes I have a bummed knee (thanks to my new Steve Madden's).


Speaking of Steve Madden...

Partiee- Just like the name says, these shoes are for PARTYING! Partiee reminds me of a pair I purchased for New Years Eve this past year and totally destroyed when I fell on my ass, hey there was a crack on the ground! Wow, I think this is a sign that I need to wear lower shoes....NOT!!!! I love these platforms because they are quirky, fun and I would rock them with a dress to show them off.


Caged- These are the ultimate trendy shoes and they are so fucking hot and beautiful. My homegurl would say they are "prostituta" shoes.


This is the original by YSL, Cage Boot, running for $1,000...


Hmmmm, trip to NYC or YSL Cage Boots? That's an easy one! SHIT NYC!

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

This is one of my favorite places I have ever been to and my absolute favorite museum ever! You really need a whole day to visit because it is massive and there are thousands of pieces to look at, imagine, reflect and appreciate upon. My favorite exhibit is the Egyptian room, which I actually don't have photos of to share at this particular moment. The highlight of this visit to the museum (October 2008) was the Jeff Koons rooftop exhibit. My homegurl and I caught it just a few days before it was removed and I'm so glad we did because not only are the statues larger than life, but they look like actual balloon animals. By the way, the rooftop of the museum has the BEST view of the city and Central Park.

Still Lusting Over You Baby

Alice in Wonderland

The other day while doing some downtown bummin in the RDub I came across the Phantom Galleries and this particular Alice in Wonderland piece, sadly I did not get the name of the artist and I can't find it online:







My favorite is the caterpillar taking tiny puffs on the mushroom, very cute. While I was doing image research I came upon this, which I thought was very interesting because it has the same color scheme as the pieces above...


Image by Katerie Arnaud

...and then I began thinking about all the great Alice in Wonderland photography I've seen lately, such as this ad for Disney with a certain bootylicious diva/wifey of a certain rapper:


But I'd have to say that my absolute favorite Alice in Wonderland portrayal has been this fashion spread by Annie Leiboitz, which came out in Vogue a few years ago.






This Alice is model Natalia Vodianova and you may recognize some of the designers. My favorite photo hands down is the one with John Galliano, I LOVE him. He's so dramatic and creative, I bet he styled his own photo. All this Alice in Wonderland business got me thinking about the new Tim Burton film. What's up with that? I can't find a decent trailer because it may be a bit too early, but here are some cool shots of the principal characters:



Alice is played by Mia Wasikowska, and Australian actress who is fairly new to the screen and it couldn't be a Tim Burton film if Johny Depp wasn't in it (hey, I'm not complaining!) so he plays the Mad Hatter in this one. I totally can't wait for it to come out!

Alice photo by Ross/Goff photos and the Mad Hatter photo, photographer unidentified