how was california, man?

gold rush boomtown, iris nebula, rumble fish trailer, rodarte spring 2011

in celebration of the space-on-clothing, i was sifting through the nasa astronomy picture of the day archive. november 12th's iris nebula reminded me of rodarte spring 2011, and all these pictures was a mutation of random ideas put into one thing. of course the golden-like aura of the hair and makeup and some of the knits in browns and beige in the rodarte collection gave me ideas about california, particularly the california gold rush, behind the collection, and the messy hair and some of the baggy clothes just made rumble fish pop up. the material of the motorcycle boy's jacket just screams rodarte spring 2011 to me. think....a tough fairy with a short temper that arose from a pile of gold in the middle of a starry night?

xoxo.

if a new wave girl crashed a high society ball.

of course i would raise both arms and legs if i was asked if i lusted over the lanvin for h&m collection, but it took me a while to process how to actually speak about it. after some thought, what came to mind was new wave, specifically the patterns and accessories, with high society, especially the silhouettes and ruffles of the clothes.

so this whole vogue italia shoot is one of the best photo shoots i've come across in quite a while. it's not so "commercial" as some fashion magazines intend their photo shoots to be, and there's not a full statement that it's "pretty". it's implied...when you take a look at it for a good while. i thought it was a bit 1950s classic private school with a good mix of a 1970s high school.


but it's not in that totally "commercial" way. and i liked how they combined two different concepts, because usually when you first see the fall 2010 prada heels, you think that in a magazine, you need the 1950s cliche to pull it off in a way that seems presentable to readers. but this is so not presentable it is so presentable. and it's really cool. the hair and the collars in the photo shoot also reminded me of

in a way, it's also including this whole 1970s vibe that came from the spring 2011 runways.

xoxo,
nicole

nothing's better then a vintage baddie.

so the outsiders. the topic was stuck in my head to be up for a discussion for quite a while, as the outsiders film was the birth of my love for the 1980s, and the outsiders novel was the birth of my adoration of s.e. hinton. and even though i utterly loath everything the tabloids have to offer, the ONE GOOD THING tmz has provided for me in my life are these behind the scene pictures from the set of the outsiders. and let's get one thing straight: after seeing these pictures, i am not the biggest fan of high definition. low quality old pictures all the way!
ehem, now back to the point. so as the fashion freak who runs this blog {this is the purpose of the blog, to share my freakiness with people who will enjoy it}, i especially have a keen eye for the costumes in movies, and since we're talking about it, i especially paid attention to the costume design in the outsiders film. and may i say, i interpreted enough from the 1982 film that portrays the hot and bad 1967 greaser boys to make a paper doll. finally, my inspiration for paper dolls is back.
so the paper doll. it's a whole bunch of junk i interpreted from the film that i wanted to include. the model that i used, even though i was oh-so-iggnorant enough to forget her name as i sifted through vogue, is specifically one of the points of the paper doll. it was sort of a greaser girl kinda thing, how i would think of her. big earrings, big hair, lotta makeup.....you know what i'm talking about if you read the book. but the last thing i wanted her to be was sort of the cliche girl who's "different" from the greaser girls, you know, that mary sue that runs around the fanfiction world like crazy? yeah, hence why i immediately crumpled up the ugg australia add model i was about to use. the frizzy hair and the sort of dark lighting on her makes her the rawness i wanted. i didn't want it to be a flat-out greaser girl, with the neon makeup and the whole bandwagon, but sort of what a greaser guy would like like if he, persay, was a paper doll girl like this one. weird analyzation, but that's what i mean.
lace up boots inspired by tim shepard's boots. button down inspired by darry's. over the knee polka dot skirt inspired by cherry valance, except in a much more realism. and the coat, yeah, i thought that was absolute for a greaser. i dunno, another tim shepard? it also reminded me of john bender's, but that's not outsiders related, BUT IT'S STILL 80S FILM, RIGHT!?

mhm. so yeah.

xoxo,
nicole

spring 2011 runway: the good, the fads, and the fabulous

IT'S SO MINI AND GORGEOUS!
So like, if you're a Spanish bullfighter and need a portable Hermes bag, then BUY THIS! oh, and make sure you get me an extra, because this is possibly the best thing that has happened since Miu Miu Spring 2010 platforms....*sigh* ah, the spring runways...
on another note....
WHO WATCHED PRETTY IN PINK ON FRIDAY?!?!?!?!?!?!
I DID, for the first epic time. Thank goodness my friends were aware of my ultimate love for 80s movies, and...an honorary friend called me about 10 minutes before it was on and thanks to the help of my mother, we found the channel which I was desperately trying to search for on the last grueling minutes of searching for it with google {the only tool of the night that didn't help me...but isn't internet supposed to be a big step to making life easier...?}. okay, enough of this story and my rant about modern technology, ON TO MY POINT.
So, don't get my started on the costumes.

Thank you, John Hughes. Thank you, 1986. If only dressing was still like that....Duckie is like the hipster before hipsters were even cool and lemme just say, HIS ensemble was simply volcanic. Andie's wardrobe couldn't get any better, that girl is incredible.
"If they don't believe in me, I can't believe in them..."

xoxo,
coco

spring 2011 runway: the good, the fads, and the fabulous

And even though the runways have been swarmed with 60s fashion and those Asian influences, can this season's hair truly be honed by a Johnathan Saunders 40s prom queen or a Prada 30s flapper?
I am {or perhaps was..?} a firm believer in the simplicity of hair. I have always been the type of girl who washed her hair every day but don't go overboard with it with a BRAND NEW HAIRDO EVERYONE HAS {curse you, deadly side bangs!}.
This season, though, I just wished that Guido Palau could work for me and give me those TO DIE FOR VINTAGE HAIRSTYLES {vintage. hairstyles. people.}. *sigh* Only runways serve as propaganda to hypnotize me in a love of hair....
But I'm too chicken to cut my hair.

xoxo,
nicole

spring 2011 runway: the good, the fads, and the fabulous

This Spring 2011 Fashion Week season, I have my eye on the accessories, which catch my eyes all too much this season. Starting with Prada, I'm taking you through THE GOOD, THE FADS, AND THE FABULOUS!
The Prada had some of the quirkiest coolest accessories you could ever see, and yet again I simply fell in love with the glasses. And yet again, Prada doesn't fail to impress me. And I love my long hair so very much but that amazing shortie haircut is possibly the best hair I've seen in this season.

fall trend report: part four

.....isn't it?
This trend was more frequent at the French designer shows, such as Celine or Chloe. In the picture above, models strut their stuff at Chloe in plain camels and beiges, with the simplest touches that work well. No wonder the silk button down has become so popular, it's one of the key pieces to pull off that amazing minimalist look.
And it looks like that you don't have to put away all-denim like this Spring, because the denim look has been passed from the Spring runway to Fall.
Don't think that you just simply need a new accessory for an outfit, a sensible belt and camel trench coat do the trick, doesn't it?

xoxo,
coco