Lily Allen - Hippie De Luxe

Lily Allen at the Ivor Novello Awards where she won a few awards. However I would like to applaud her on her de luxe style here. I'm guessing this is Chanel as she and Karl Lagerfeld are tight and she is (was?) a "Chanel girl" (very similar to "Bond girls" only more clothed). Really lovely.

3.1 Phillip Lim JUMPSUIT

I guess I would say that this and the Issey Miyake dress are "thrifty finds," but I also feel like they kind of go beyond that because they are rare. I know, this is a jumper and I'm sparing you from having to look at the full length bottoms. Just look at the lovely 100% silk blue gray material and enamel buttons. I'm not sure what to make of this onesie but I have kept it in the corner of my eye all night which means that by tomorrow I will probably have tried it on.

Behold - Issey Miyake Avant Garde Kimono

Sweeter words have never fallen from my mouth...."vintage Issey Miyake avant garde kimono." If you haven't heard from me in awhile it is because I have bee staring at this dress which I have hung in my hallway like an art piece. It is 100% cotton, with a bottom layer of heavier perforated cotton which creates the effect of delicate quilting on the outer layer, and the cherry on top is a cashmere belt! It is so sick how much I love just looking at this dress. I really don't think that the artistry comes through in the photos either. Well, if you know me and you around stop by and take a look before I inevitably sell it!

Glorious! Tilda Swinton as La Casati

I was just looking for a drawing of Marchesa Casati to make some stationary and these images popped up! I have been jabbering on for weeks now about how Tilda Swinton would be a great Casati. I adore Tilda Swinton and I think she has great unusual style (although I really thought I had a revolutionary idea for casting Swinton in a Casati biopic). Oh well, enjoy!

Bradbury Building

I went to the Bradbury building again today, so magical. I used to always get there right as they were locking up, but recently have made it in before closing twice! I always thought that I understood and was sufficiently amazed by the detail in this structure, but until I saw it in real life, I had no idea how beautiful and intricate it is. We also went into the knife store next door which has been around for 70 years, really cool, lots of harmonicas. Anyway, if you don't know, Blade Runner was shot in the Bradbury Building.

Chanel Cruise 2011 - Highlights

Via WWD I checked out Karl Lagerfeld's Chanel Cruise 2011 collection, which has definite Hippie de Luxe inspiration. Here are some of the highlights, there were a lot of NOs for me but here are the YESs!


I can see a young Marisa Berenson wearing this on the French Riviera.


Classic Chanel with a summer twist. The shoes are glorious, I'm googoo for gladiators, even though I used to maker fun of them all the time, I gave in.

Lose the hat and give her a Hippie de Luxe bouffant.


Classic Chanel, modern fit.

Perfect.

Perfect...YES...IT IS PERFECT! I want those boots, and the body to wear this onesie.

De Luxe.

I love the homage to the classic Chanel suit, which by its very nature is not fit for Summer weather. A suit with sandals seems like it would not work either, but all of these proportions work to perfection.

Same thing as above.

Sean Young - Blade Runner

I was just looking at pics of Frank Lloyd Wright's Ennis House which is for sale in the Hollywood Hills for a cool 7.2 million and found this image of Sean Young from Blade Runner, which was shot in the Ennis House.