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February 5, 2010

Lily of the (Silicon) Valley

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When I bought this cardigan a few days ago, for some reason, I thought its lovely flowers were lilies.  Duh, they’re carnations.  I like my post title so maybe we can pretend that they are lilies?  :)

In today’s pictures, I wear a Moschino Cheap and Chic cardigan, Forever 21 shorts and blouse, a no name red patent leather belt, Wolford tights, and YSL booties.

Luckily, it has turned out to be a pretty, sunny day, instead of the forecasted raining cats and dogs, so I’m heading out the door.  More soon.  — Carole

February 3, 2010

From The Weekend

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I can’t believe that I just now downloaded these pictures from my camera, but there you have it — it’s been another busy week for me.  Better that, I suppose, than not having enough to do, right?  Anyway, in these pictures, I break out my Ralph Lauren ruffle sweater (worn backwards) before the weather becomes too warm and wear it with an Akris Punto skirt, a Peter Som belt, and Miu Miu pumps.

The skirt makes its debut on my blog and the coolest thing about it is the pockets which zip open and closed.  I’ve tried to show you that feature in the above closeup, but I’m not certain that I was terribly successful.

And before I left the house, I threw on my Moschino trompe l’oeil (aka Kill Bill) coat …

I decided I should wear the coat too while it’s still cold enough and because I really have a thing for trompe l’oeil.  :)

That’s all for this quick post, but I am currently working on a big post that I originally did for my first blog on July 11, 2008.  I’ll tell you more about it when I post it to this blog.  See you soon.  — Carole

January 28, 2010

Trompe L’oeil on Trompe L’oeil

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credit: Oscar de la Renta Spring 2009 show

Let me begin this post by apologizing about the poor editing on the image above.  What can I say?  My talents lie elsewhere.  :)

In these pictures, I wear a fun trompe l’oeil dress from UK high street brand, Oasis.

This was my first order from Oasis in several years and wow, how the sizing has changed!  Maybe it’s just this dress, but maybe not.  If anyone can comment on Oasis sizing, it would be appreciated.  Anyway, the dress runs ginormous.  It is so large, I am actually going to break out my sewing machine and run a couple of seams down the sides to bring the dress in.  My talents don’t lie in sewing either, but this dress was very inexpensive so I can’t justify paying someone to do this for me, nor can I justify return postage to the UK.

I also wear Prada shoes and Wolford tights.

Thanks for reading.  More soon.  — Carole

January 27, 2010

Escape From The Rainforest

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credits: destinaton360.com, arizona.edu, exzooberance.com, felineconservationtrust.org, wildlifemanagementpro.com

Whew! That was close. I think those ocelots didn’t care for my ocelot print coat. That’s OK. I like it enough to make up for the cats’ grouchy attitudes. In these pictures, I wear a silk, bubble-hem, ocelot print, trench coat from Moschino Cheap and Chic …

I think what I like best about this coat is the various shadings throughout the print. When Moschino does a cat print, they always include the shading variations (Dolce & Gabbana does too). A fabric closeup …

I wear my trench with YSL booties, which I’ve been wearing a lot (a closeup is available elsewhere on my blog, so look around if you want), and Wolford tights.

That’s all for now. See you soon. — Carole

January 25, 2010

Shoes Glorious Shoes

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Each season, I either feast or starve on Prada (and Miu Miu) shoes. The past couple (or maybe three) seasons, I wasn’t all that excited about their shoe offerings, so I didn’t buy any. This season, Resort 2010, they’ve stepped up their game and they are on. In this post, I show you one of two pair of Prada shoes I’ve acquired recently (you’ve already seen the Miu Miu pair I picked up, if you read my blog).

With my shoes, I wear a Pucci dress (from Christian Lacroix’s time at the house), a no name neck warmer, and Wolford tights.

Here I look annoyed with the camera, when it’s the photographer (me) I should be annoyed with :) …

Now, the shoes …

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. More soon. — Carole

January 23, 2010

Phoenix Rising

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Like many fashion lovers, I tend to have names for some of my more special garments. I call this coat, “Phoenix Rising”. As you can see from the coat’s pleated skirt, when I spread its “feathers”, it’s just like the mythical bird that never dies.

The trench coat is a super-heavy, coated, wool gabardine and is by Jean Paul Gaultier. I remembered that I have this coat after seeing some of the Gaultier for Target pictures that are all over the Web. Yes, I *do* get a bit absent-minded about some of the stuff that I have. :) I also know that it needs a trip to the tailor, but I’ve been very reluctant to allow anyone else to touch this amazing garment. I actually have a few items I feel that strongly about. So, I may get the coat tailored or I may not. I’ll have to think about it. Here’s a view from the front …

Underneath the coat I wear a Rodarte for Target lace cardigan, a belt from Akris, a top from Target, a camisole under the top from Vivienne Tam, a skirt from Forever 21, Wolford tights, and my YSL booties, which are currently my favorite shoes.

Under the cardigan …

When I get the time, I like to read action/suspense fiction. As I was reading one such book, I came across the name, Gianni Agnelli, as the author was setting up the plot.

src: mensencia.com

I looked up the late Gianni Agnelli and discovered that he was an Italian industrialist (Fiat) and Fashion icon. Askmen.com did a feature on him and if you’re interested, here is the link. One of his “quirks” was to wear his watch on the outside of his shirt cuff. I took my inspiration for today’s post from him and wore my Michele watch over my cardigan cuff …

That’s all for now. See you soon. — Carole

January 22, 2010

Alien Abduction

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Hello Dear Readers, It’s been several days since I last posted … I don’t suppose you’d believe that I was abducted by aliens, would you? What if I could prove it?

spaceship credit: Shutterstock

See? Fortunately, after I explained how much I enjoy blogging, they decided to return me. So, now I’m back.

I wear in these pictures a top from Akris Punto, a Rodarte for Target navy tulle skirt, a belt from Marni, and YSL booties.

A closeup so you can see the color palette …

As you can see, the top is a striped medley of forest green, brown, dark gray, and navy. The belt is my very first Marni purchase and is from 1998 or 1999. I was smitten with its brown and red ponyhair flowers — an oh-so-seventies “flower child” vibe, which I love.

And the YSL booties are from the most recent Saks 70% off sale …

I have more posts coming soon. I promise. — Carole

January 11, 2010

Feeling Groovy

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I was feeling a little like this before going to dinner last Saturday night …

Hippie Hound; src: hubpages.com

So, naturally, I pulled out my tie dye, cashmere sweater from Michael Kors …

It’s not really in my nature to dress quite as casually as Hippie Hound, so I paired the sweater with my pink, washed leather jacket from Burberry Prorsum; a magenta tweed, bow skirt from Forever 21; my favorite necklace from f21; and my brown, Ostrich Claw pumps from Gucci.

If you read my blog regularly, you know that I’ve had quite a time breaking in these pumps. I’m glad to say that they are (finally) getting more comfortable. A closeup …

I also wore Wolford Honeycomb tights in Mocca.

Peace, everybody! More soon. — Carole

January 8, 2010

The Banker’s Heart

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I’ve talked a good game for some time (both here and elsewhere) about my Moschino Heart bag and today I deliver. It’s a great bag, but like most of my bags, I don’t carry it much. Perhaps I channel a bit of Carine Roitfeld, since I’m not much of a “bag girl” either. I call my bag “The Banker’s Heart” because it is black and heart shaped. :) Mr. Sasy and I used to walk past the sculpture with the same nickname back in the days we were spending quite a bit of time in San Francisco. Here’s a picture of the sculpture …

Here I wear “The Banker’s Heart” with a cream and dark gray Narciso Rodriguez sweater, and a Michael Kors charcoal gray skirt …

A closeup of the sweater …

The next part of this post is for Joelle at The Owls … It seems that she and I share a fondness for Stevie Nicks -style “wizard” sleeve garments. When Joelle asked me for photos of my “wizard” sleeve jacket, I got the jacket out of storage and snapped several pics of it for her. Here are the pictures of the J. Lindeberg jacket …

Here I show the trench-style jacket closed. Notice how when it’s fastened, the jacket’s buttons are hidden …

The “wizard” sleeve …

The back of the jacket with its cute “disco duck tail” pleating. Shake those tail feathers …

Since that untied belt lends itself so well to getting trapped in car doors, etc., this is how I usually wear it — tied in a bow …

Even the lining is done in what I think of as “Banker’s Tie silk” (though this lining is likely rayon or acetate), fitting in with my banker theme :) …

This jacket is from 2004 or 2005 (IIRC) and I used to wear it all of the time. Truth be told, though the “wizard” sleeves look very cool, they are a major pain. They “drag” across everything, so I would usually cuff them up and THAT was not a very cool look. :)

And, finally, the shoes. I picked up these suede YSL booties at the most recent Saks 70% off sale …

I also wear Target ombre tights in charcoal gray & black, a J. Crew “dangling flowers” necklace, and vintage faux pearls.

That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. — Carole

January 7, 2010

Fashion Is Sculpture and A Broken Resolution

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It’s no secret that I love fashion with architectural and sculptural details and wear some today for us. I wear a vintage Gianfranco Ferre skirt, a Chloe blouse, and a necklace from Steven Dweck.

This Ferre skirt is one of my most cherished vintage treasures. It’s basically a pencil skirt with the most amazing diagonal ruffle. The ruffle also has zig-zag trapunto stitching. Though a straight trapunto stitch is common enough, I can’t recall ever seeing it done with a zig-zag stitch before. Here’s a closeup of the ruffle (and yes, I know that running the lint brush over myself wouldn’t have killed me :) ) …

I also show the ruched bishop sleeve detail on the Chloe blouse …

The Dweck necklace …

I never really make New Year’s resolutions, but do set general guidelines for myself (that may or may not coincide with a new year). Last month, I sort of thought that maybe I would eliminate or at least scale back greatly on black clothing and shoe purchases. You see, I seem to have quite a lot of black in my wardrobe and I don’t consider myself to be a person who willingly chooses to dress in black. Would you believe that only 2 or 3 years ago, I had practically no black in my wardrobe? Well, only three days into 2010, I bought a pair of Nicholas Kirkwood shoes in … yep, you guessed it … black.

Like “The Thinker”, I contemplate my shoe behavior …

So, what happened?

Was it the killer 65% off Nordstrom sale? Nope, I’m (mostly) great at sticking to my resolve.

Maybe it was the fact that shoes in my size aren’t the easiest things to acquire. That’s always a consideration.

Could it have been that Nicholas Kirkwood shoes are nearly impossible to get in suburbia? Nah, where there’s a will, there’s a way. :)

Most likely it was that I spotted this shoe & thought (without even knowing who the designer was), “What a cool shoe!” Ding, ding … we have a winner!

Ok. Enough thinking already and more pictures …

I have to admit I didn’t care much for Kirkwood’s designs when he burst onto the scene a few years ago. Lately, however, his sculptural aesthetic has caught my eye. I would definitely consider more of his work and I’m going to enjoy these shoes completely.

That’s all for now. More soon. — Carole

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