when you turn your love my way

holy smokes i cannot believe the last time i posted was the end of august! actually it makes perfect sense given that september is my birthday month, fashion week and the busiest time of year at my day job... but the weather is slowly getting crisper and i am majorly longing for some new fall fashion goodies... and one of the most important investments each season is a bangin' pair of boots... i am so loving these ONE by matisse footwear presley booties (top) for every day fare and these most badass be&d textured leather ankle boots for more dressier occasions (bottom)... and since they're both under $200 they won't break my always-watched budget!

(pics courtesy shopbop and theoutnet)

truth in what we say

rumi's latest outfit on fashion toast is casual cool perfection...

(photos courtesy fashion toast)

the kind you buy in a second hand store

definitely some new cranium adornment inspiration...

(pics courtesy stockholm street style and pixie market)

find me a find, catch me a catch

all last fall i searched high and low for my perfect pair of black motorcycle boots. the criteria: at least somewhat of a heel, black leather, perhaps buckle-y and most importantly, badass. yet 95% of everything i came across didn't work or was just too expensive (champagne tastes you know!). i ended up buying a faux leather pair for about $60 from urban outfitters that have not worn so well...

the way i see it, there are 2 lessons to be learned here kids: 1) don't wait until the fall to buy your new favorite boots. all the good pairs will be gone and you'll never find what you're looking for. 2) it pays to spend a little more on a pair that you can wear religiously that will last for years. which leads me to these little beauts from my perennial fave, alexander wang. that heel! the supple black leather! the slightly 60's bent! in luuuuuurrrve!!

(pics courtesy shopbop.com)

because i'm bad, i'm bad, come on

nina peter leather lovelies at opening ceremony... the perfect way to ward off a spring chill and look like a badass... too bad it's muggy and 85 degrees in nyc right now... and many apologies for my extended absence! had a most amazingly mind blowing trip out to california that included the epic coachella, marina del ray, san francisco and scooping cow poop... do i know how to live or what?!

(pics courtesy openingceremony.us)

in fact it's a gas

like real life badass barbie shoes...

(pic courtesy stockholmstreetstyle.com)

i can't wait another day

black studded sweatpants from topshop's spring 2010 collaboration with ashish. come to mama!!!!

(photos courtesy refinery29.com)

instant karmas gonna get you

choice quotes from vogue uk's interview with lara stone:

• "I am a complete alcoholic. It used to be so easy to say to someone, 'Get me a bottle of vodka,' and they'd run and get it. Going to rehab was the best decision I ever made. The last six months have been the best of my life."  
  
• "I'd already tried everything in Holland. Anyway, I never wanted to be that model on drugs, the sort who gives head for a line of coke."
• "Men don't like me. I haven't been on a date for six months. I've just started a club with a girlfriend called the We Hate Men But We Can't Be Gay Club."
• "I shouldn't be wearing these shoes. Because I hate the designer and never wear people I hate."

So loving her right now....

i would walk 500 miles...

or maybe only 500 centimeters in these charlotte olympia beauts... nonetheless, stunning... and a rather street version of the rodarte ones, no? and i'm positively crazy for the cobweb on the undersole...

(photos courtesy of net-a-porter.com)

topshop fall 2009

leopard print peep toe booties. rawr. 

(photos via refinery29.com)

check it

came across this cool clothing/accessories/etc. website today, 80spurple.com and wasted a good chunk of work time online ogling. they've got a great mix of affordable, funky, cool high end and affordable items for guys and gals... they also do really great video and image lookbooks which i highly recommend checking out for fashion ideas and inspiration... oh and i'm most definitely craving this wildfox couture tee (midriff weather almost here!) and han cholo space invader morning star pendant (bad to the ass)... 

(photos courtesy of 80spurple.com)