Hello Again…

The party’s over…well…the holiday is over & I am back in action. Thankfully, there are more holidays on the way! I hope you enjoyed yours.

Marcin Tyszka photographed model Anna Jagodzinska for Pani, Dec 2005 via Dustjacket Attic. Also seen on Simply Seductive.

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Dear Readers,

All three of you…I hope you have a fabulous Thanksgiving holiday. I wish everyone was able to take off  most of the week like me. I know you’re jealous if you are not one of those people. I know I would be if I were you. However, even though you begrudge my time off, you cannot take it away from me. For that and for you, I am thankful.

I must tell you I will probably take a hiatus from posting as often as I like to in regular life in favor of drinking wine on someone’s couch mid-day while watching soapnet, forcing my brothers to listen to my music or “helping my mom cook” which also entails magazine reading and perusing her closet. Also, there will be plenty of time spent in the tub (see etsy).

While I’m away, do a few things for me.

  • Go see Burlesque and tell me about it: so I don’t have to because I fear I’d never stop complaining about it and that’s not good for anyone.
  • Check out GoFugYourself. It is so freaking funny and I love it.
  • Try some Man Repelling. I have a serious and not-so-secret crush on Leandra Medine, the author and her man-getter to man-repeller instruction manuals.
  • Check this ridiculous website for office gifts: Knock Knock

And…if you’re interested in some of my favorite posts of late

Isabeli Fontana does tweed and it hurts so good here

I’m obsessed with Kim Noorda or did you already know, here

Laetitia Casta has the best hair I’ve ever seen here

Taylor Tomasi Hill’s style here

And Giovanna Battaglia inspires us all here

Tub Caddy made of Reclaimed Oak from a Broken Down Hardware Store

Love from the tub,

Payton

Tweed and Plaid and Isabeli Fontana

This is the gorgeous Isabeli’s real family including her son Zion and her brother Henrick.

 

 

Photographed by Arthur Elgort for Vogue US Oct 08. Stylist: Grace Coddington. Source: Dustjacket Attic.

Valentino, deer & other things.

I’ve discovered a website to adore: gofugyourself.com has me all excited. On another note and discovered via the fug girls, is it possible that Valentino really looks like this?

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Over the weekend I went to South Arkansas with my bf. It was a good trip. His family is lovely and rather un-crazy so it’s always nice to see them. This particular weekend we went to the hunting camp and yours truly happened to witness two large bucks (the deer with the antlers for those of us unfamiliar) “locked-up” in the throes of some sort of Planet Earth-worthy altercation. I was rather proud that I chose to wear knee-high flat boots (thanks forever21!) as I sauntered through the forest hoping to get a look at the Bambi’s daddies/hoping to find a nearby tree if there was any chance of getting skewered. Boyfriend and I were a little behind the action but we did catch glimpses and in the end, the bucks were freed with the help of a 12-foot chainsaw, only an antler and an eyeball were lost…and there’s a video…to be posted shortly.

Oh, Hello…

This is such a fun little fashion romp…plus I adore leotards.

Ashley Smith, Jalouse October 2010 via Oh Fashion Models

Happy (almost) Holiday Weekend

Here’s hoping we all have magical weekends complete with frivolity and fun. I’m feeling heady with the promise of a few days off next week surrounded by friends and family. My beau is whisking me off to South Arkansas where we will eat, drink, go to an island in the Mississippi River, sit by the fire and inevitably see Harry Potter. This weekend looks to be the very last warm one we’ll have before we slip into holiday season and look forward to Spring.

Beautiful images by Roland Bello.

Is She Still Plus Size?

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Who cares? She looks PHENOMENAL.

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Crystal Renn appears in the December issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Photos from Fashionising.

Simply Stunning

Elegant and timeless. I find this look to be so enchanting. Gorgeous hair, smoldering eyes and figure-flattering dresses.

Laetitia Casta in Harper’s Bazaar Russia September 10 via Fashionising

Also seen on {this is glamorous}

 

New Pieces You’ll Love Forever

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Although this editorial is from 2009, I still love it. A lot of the style cues from last Autumn ring true still. The colors, high waists and layering keep it current and Jessica Stam keeps it lovely.

Photographed by: Benjamin Alexander Huseby Editorial: “New Pieces You’ll Love Forever” Magazine: Harper’s Bazaar September

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via FGR

Beauties in Black

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How can you not dig on these beautiful girls in black? I would personally wear ALL of these dresses.

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Cameron Krone photographs Polish models/It-girls Anja Rubik, Monika Jagaciak (Jac), Anna Jagodzinska, Magdalena Fracowiak and Kasia Struss for the latest issue of Viva! Moda. The shoot was inspired by Peter Lindbergh’s supermodel shoots of the 90s. FGR