the things you wanted i bought them for you

New Glasses!

michelle williams rocks it in red

Homegirl does Dawson's proud.

photo via nymag.com

Unconventional Dress

I'm shopping for an unconventional wedding dress. I don't think I want to wear white, and I want to look fashion-forward and fabulous. Did I mention I want a luncheon dress and a cake-cutting gown as well? If I am forced to do the whole she-bang, then I want it to be a dress-up extraordinaire. Basically I don't write anymore... the poet in me hates myself... because all I do is shop online.

Is this dress too informal for a chapel?

What about the above pictured dress from Jcrew?

Would Alexander Wang shock too many in Lititz?

I just want to look like MKO, Kate Moss, Gaga and Scarlett O'Hara all at the same time with the unbearable cool of Debbie Harry, the natural beauty of Nico and the manic charm of Edie Sedgwick. Too much to ask?

Or I would be fine if I looked exactly like "I Want You" by Bob Dylan.

God, I'm becoming one of those girls.

Binki and Fabulous in Elle

Check out Binki Shapiro and Fabrizio Moretti in Elle. I love her long stockings!

Girlfriend is Killing It

image from perez.

you belong to me

http://charlotteronson.com/campaign/video/video_spring10.php

donald cumming is back in charlotte ronson's spring 2010 video look book. how can one boy be so tall, thin, and disgustingly delicious? someday i will write an essay on how i skipped the "dating-a-so-hipster-it-hurts-and-i-haven't-showered-in-2-weeks" portion of my life (you know, minus the not showering part) and i bet you any money the central thesis will be it's because i never did get my claws into donny.

"we'll get that peanut butter i like."
"at the deli. on ninth street?"
"uh huh, yeah. but that's not gonna keep us, like... that's not fun... the whole night. half the night, sure."

Style Icon: Aurel Schmidt

I love a hot, talented woman in glasses. Artist Aurel Schmidt's work is part of the Whitney Biennial. Her super-detailed drawings are usually mythical figures/structures made out of trash/junk components like rotting garbage, used condoms, and cigarettes. She's only 25 years old, but her "look" and her work will definitely be remembered as iconic of this hipster reality we're living in. And who said glasses weren't hot?

image from paper

Fish Tank

Today I saw Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold at IFC. Phenom! As a whole it's such a better coming-of-age tale than An Education, and I think the two films compare easily. Both are about 15-ish young girls living in England and dealing with their own aspirations, dreams of escape, and sexual awakenings at the hands of two-timing, secret-family-having sexy rogues. But Fish Tank's heroine, break dance champion of the future, Mia, kicks Carey Mulligan's tired, cliche character (I can't even remember her name) in the ball-less crotch. Mia swigs from 40's, breaks into an empty apartment to practice her dance routine, head-butts a girl in the face in the opening scene of the film, and takes a piss on said rogue/rapist's (?- I don't think the director presents him in that way nor does Mia feel he is, but the question is raised) living room carpet. Talk about pushing gender boundaries. This movie, complete with gorgeously shot Andrew Wyeth/Ryan McGinley landscapes, unsentimental familial banter and objectively presented female-female-female competition within that family, ELECTRIFIED me. It made me want to turn 15 all over again and do something really daring in my little portion of tired Lititz suburbia. The fact that the soundtrack, packed with Ja Rule, Leona Lewis, and "Life's a Bitch," only helped to fortify the film shows how amazing it is... go and see it right now if you can. I promise it's worth the $12.50 and the little over 2 hours it takes to screen. Fish Tank should be in the place of An Education at the Oscars, and Katie Jarvis deserves Carey Mulligan's nod.

Jazzy, I have got. To get. A Bike.

Everyone, please take a little 10 minute break today to rendezvous with one of my best friends, Jazzy JJ Twitter Craze (known to the masses as John Jannuzzi) on Paper Mag's blog. Paper loved Jazzy's awesome blog TEXTBOOK so much that they decided to interview him about his fabulous life. And you know what I say to that? Hands down, balls to the wall!

SOPHOMORE FALL/WINTER 09

My favorite clothing line SOPHOMORE released their new look book. Above, Aurel Schmidt and Rita Ackerman pose in the most amazing-fitting and comfortable Sophomore duds. I'm so excited for the "skater skirt" and "pieced dress" and happy to see their continued shout outs to awesome movies (Hello, Heathers.)