Loved these shoes and had to post the image as well as reference you to the New York Times article, Smooth Translations, and their slide show on some of their yummy finds on the genre. Have you found any you’d like to share? I’d love to hear from you: send your image to me to post an I’ll be sure your name is listed with it and whatever the source of the image is.

Shoes, $350.00, from Opening Ceremony, NYC.

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According to New York Times fashion critic, Cathy Horyn, and “On the Runway” blog fame, Bill Blass once said you should dress for the room you will be in.

I’ve been pondering that sentiment for awhile now and finally needed to blog on it. Like what would the room look like that would match one of Balenciaga’s Spring 2008 pieces from the catwalks of Paris?

And I decided this room would work with that color composition. It had to be at the very least contemporary….and white.

But this room would work as well:

How about you? Do you wear clothes that match the rooms you’ll be in?

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Some combination of Asian, tribal and Victorian, designer Mei Hui Lui, makes reconstructed garments with raw finishes in which she uses Victorian lace and antique trimmings to make limited edition or one-off garments. Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, Mei Lui is 32 years of age and is now based in London where she recently opened her own boutique, Respiro.

The whole look including the henna type tattoos on the face matching the lace is such an inspired look; so much so it’s quickly become one of my favs. From Surface Magazine.

So, when I came across these…….

I couldn’t help but think how above girl and etched patterned glass lamps matched.

Outdoor hanging etched glass lighting holds pillar candles that lights gently for hours. From Domino online, look for a World Market store nearest to you @ worldmarket.com.

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I could not help but love this patchwork design by Christian Lacroix. So smart, and good colors.

Lots of Satin. Vegas or Macaow Resort Clothing. Prints on an Artistic Scale. Tactile fabrics. LOUD colors and Bad Taste in a good way thanks to Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcon.

You’ve got to love her.

Paris is in a playful mood! That’s my final take.

I’ll post more images tomorrow…I just wanted to get this out.

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marc jacobs fall 08 ny, ny……………..diane von furstenberg

You probably didn’t think Marc Jacobs and Miuccia Prada could be uttered in the same thought breath….and both might be insulted or flattered depending upon the day if you did, but both managed to bring that infamous liberated Charlie Girl from the 70’s right smack dab into the 21st century (both shown below). In Jacobs case liberating her from constricting perfect cut and hard to wear much less live up to clothing while Prada lets us wear our more sensual sides on our sleeves so to speak without screaming we have one. Praise the fashion Gods, the Woman, I say, W-O-M-A-N, has arrived…..Lucee, let me ’splain.

To begin, the fall shows themselves have put us sideliners, insiders, sidewinders and editors on a roller coaster of thought waves and patterns while being taken from the ridiculous to the sublime in a matter of weeks; but that’s been, strangely, half the fun. With a decided lack of direction from our fashion bellwethers for fall, nothing took shape quite literally until now. Thankfully there is light at the end of this tunnel we call runway fashion, and surprisingly for me it took Marc Jacobs to drill the first hole to the surface.

DVF Fall 08

I’ll admit Diane von Furstenburg’s collection held sway over me and thus emitted a ray of hope (sticking with the metaphor) because of it’s ability to allow us to mix and match our wardrobes…..a lovely and fun thing to do and, given the times, economically sound too. Then Marc Jacobs really gave our sportswear image in the states a lift by plopping us squarely (again, almost literally) into the 21st century. Slouchy comfortable and sleekly streamlined (all in one outfit?)…isn’t that something our lives call for as we multitask our way to the top and back and up and back again to the kitchen?

Then along comes Polly….well not exactly, it was actually Raf Simons at Jil Sanders, but no less upsetting (as the likeable and messy Polly that Jennifer Anniston played was to the uptight and o.c.d. character Ben Stiller played in the movie with the same name) to the most sensibly stylish of us. Simons expertly created evening wear without one ounce of bling; he may have considered origami, but only for a second before he and his patternmakers-cum-designers created sculpted looks only an imperfect lady (named Charlie I think) could wear, simultaneously turning the season and dressing up, upside down–pleated tweeds, whoever has heard of this much less done it, worked it…had it work. I’m at a loss for words to describe what he’s managed to pull off.

And once that had sort of sunk in, oh heavens forbid (and how they’ve tried), here comes Miuccia Prada, telling us to “take it off, take it off, take it allll off.” But, you know Prada, not in such direct terms. No, being direct is not in Prada’s oeuvre ….everything was done with subtlety and care and with a process that brings the more shy-lings among us along and then, plop! puts us once again, squarely into the 21st century face to face with ourselves.

It’s been a complicated and messy affair this Fall ‘08 runway biz for many reasons too many financial to speak of but luckily for us, salvaged. And we still have Paris! So, since pictures are worth a thousand words and I think I’ve gone over the limit, let me show you what I’m going on about while we let fall ‘08 on the Paris runways begin.

Orange, You Burnt or just Red?

ohne titel……………………..halston………………………bottega veneta

Who’s That Girl? Charrrrlie. (marc jacobs)

Jil Sander

Prada, Prada, Prada.

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