you gotta lose your mind

i may now be back living in a new midwest zip code but i still love me a dishevelly-chic downtown look... VERY detroit rock city! i ain't ashamed to admit my plans to totally going to crib this exact look right down to that amazing metal belt from mango!

(pic courtesy columbine freshet)

time to trust my instincts

a few things i'm loving lately:

• Alice + Olivia's mismatched striped suit for Fall 2012
• Abstract floral print nails at Calla Fall 2012
• Reverse colored ombre hair as seen in Luv AJ's new style book

(top two pics from style.com, bottom pic from fashion gone rogue)

a different dimension

a little bit of pattern play inspiration... dying for a pair of vertical striped skinnies right now... although these are from balmain and disgustingly out of budget range, i'm sure i can find a decent pair at trash and vaudeville on st. marks place... where i also plan on picking up a cheapo neon beanie... it's finally sorta winterish here in nyc!

(collages made via polyvore)

this city is on fire tonight

miss moss demonstrates a killer holiday look... honestly, can you imagine what her closet must look like? mecca!

(picture courtesy fab sugar)

all i ask for, all i pray

so loving rosie huntington-whiteley's sartorial choices lately... those cap-toe heels in the second pic are ridic!

i need an easy friend

jean shorts, a tee and a blazer.... easy peasy style perfection!

(pics courtesy stylemint)

one thing i'd like to pull off

who doesn't love some model-off-duty style snaps? i am totally going to crib arizona muse's chic black ensemble...

(pics courtesy the cut)

will you won't you want me to make you

things i am loving lately... old school tailfins, chunky black platform boots, hand tattoos (my new one is imminent... sorry mom!), beat up shorts & belts, kate spade's snake print licorice pumps and nadine strittmatter's steeze in this soup #2 editorial...

(pics top to bottom: fashion gone rogue, knight cat, fashiontoast, lyst and fashion gone rogue)

up for grabs, up for a price

marc by marc jacobs spring stripes on the mad cheap yo! wood wood nelin dress now only $50 at gargyle...

(pics via style.com and gargyle)

had your chance to make a change

chic layer inspiration for nyc blizzard round 2!

(pic courtesy elle.com)

until the end of the world

simple, striking and thought provoking, no?

(pics courtesy advertising photographers of america)

something to believe in

refinery29's top stylists of the moment... this feature was posted back in late november but i keep coming back to it to remind myself about the amazing people out there with amazing ideas that i have yet to meet and be inspired by... and heeey they're all chicks! girl power!

(pics courtesy refinery29.com)

if i could say what i wanna say

one of my new year's resolutions (the one that i actually might keep) is to step up my style. never get complacent kids! Scott Schuman's (aka the sartorialist) new book The Sartorialist, is over 400 pages of street chic to get those wheels a-turnin!

there are worse things i could do

chic leg warmers... three words i never thought i'd use together... 

(pics courtesy stockholmstreetstyle.com)

but i can't see you every night- free

been feeling like liquid leggings are a bit played out but these elle street scenes give a new jolt of inspiration to my worn kova and t's... 

(photos courtesy of elle.com)

they talk of days for which they sit and wait and all will be revealed

loving the new vogue.com feature "5 days 5 looks" where one office gal shows her weeks worth of outfits... very intriguing to see what anna's assistants and the other voguettes don a daily basis! (also love the model wall posts, although it can get a bit depressing reading age: 16, age: 17, etc. over and over again!)

(pics courtesy of vogue.com)

dear anna wintour...

if american vogue's covers were even remotely as cool as vogue italia, i'd consider reading it again...

bodacious

definitely going to employ some thigh high stockings into my night out wardrobe rotation. an inexpensive, yet supremely sexy addition methinks! i also recommend you check out fashion blogger rumi neely of fashiontoast in revolve clothing's latest style guide. dude, it's like, the totally tubular 90's, alive and kickin summer '09. 

(pics courtesy of revolveclothing.com)

M.O.D.

mod stands for "models off duty" and is quite the sartorialist scene these days. designer darlings like alexander wang cite mod style as collection inspiration and some leggy ones have even parlayed their casual cool into behind the scenes work as stylists (see erin wasson below). some of my personal faves? 

• agyness deyn- just for the pure what the f-ery of her getups. psychedelic grandpa sweater with over the knee socks and loafers?! sure! why the heck not!?!
  
• kate moss- duh. 
• erin wasson- she was at the forefront of the early 90's grunge return that we're really starting to see all over the place. 

elle.com has a really great mod slideshow at the moment and the sartorialist never fails to find a few runway walkers out and about as well. check it and add some real mod style to your life. 

(top to bottom photos via buzzphoto.com, stylefrizz.com, denimology.com)

inspiration

whenever i l feel like i have no clothes and nothing to wear i always pull out amy arbus' "on the street 1980-1990". capturing innovative, gritty and sometimes outlandish on-the-street styles in nyc in the 80's, it never fails to get my creative fashion juices flowing.