the velvet underground

at this point in time i would like to reupholster my life in velvet - anything and everything. bedding. couches. chairs. wardrobe. rugs. curtains. i wish i was like that guy from the Skittles commercial, only i want everything i touch to turn to velvet.
I found this incredible marc jabobs dress on net-a-porter (@Luxury_Fashion) but i wont bother telling you the price because i know how it crushed (velvet) my dreams.

tanja s london - 5 words

that's all folks.

oh, and tanja savic - you are a g-d!

Where The Wild Things Are

@openingceremony has gone where the wild things are. i WANT TO GO WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - WITH MAX and ALL OF HIS FRIENDS.
Check out the entire collection here
you will love, love, love it!

Feathers and Fringes for Fall

i like feathers - and what is it aboout fringes making an unanticipated comeback every few years? Who cares! i like fringes too. Here are some good casual finds from Goldie London (click here for website and here for blog).

Creatures of the Night

Fangs are IT (they are notably fantastic) for @WILDFOXCOUTURE's Fall 09 collection.

I LOVE.

Bridging the Gap

While i was in that awkward "do i shop at Gap Kids or The Gap" phase that i'm sure you all went through, i chose to wear the size 14-slim jeans (with waist adjustment elastics) because no matter how awful they were they were better than buying the same jeans as my grandmother. Gap was all over the place - for years when i pictured GAP a imagined a multi-generation focus group eating granola and talking about slacks - effed. But that's what i always saw in the stores - a modern "mom jean", a pattern of the season (so that the whole family could co-ordinate), and lame, overpriced accessories.........

I recently visited Gap and was pleasntly surprised. I bought LOTS - even my deadhead boyfriend (who in the past 3 years i have never seen buy new clothing) bought LOTS...
And so i looked into it - and my thanks go out to Patrick Robinson (@Patrick_at_Gap), the man behind the brand reinvention... the man who may or may not have told the Gap that in order for their clothing to sell they should probably narrow in on a more close knit target demographic than one that includes the ages of me AND my grandma.

Case in point, my congrats go out to The GAP (@GapOffical) for finally hitting the basics bang-on.... and might i add that they've got quite the ad campaign going for their 1969 Premium Jeans (check out the facebook link here). All up in the social media frenzy - so basic, so BRILLIANT - no more commercials because only grandma's watch live TV anyway! AND the best part: the $50-$70 price tag on all the jeans.

CONSIDER THE GAP BRIDGED.

to my unfashionable life in the wilderness

I have finally returned from my summer in the woods with some of my questionably fashionable friends - the pictures below prove my point.



Some important items in my summer at camp wardrobe were my millions of soffe shorts in every colour imaginable worn high waist-ed with any top i could find. there were very few instances in which my denim button down was not thrown on top and for spf protection a vintage purple adidas (i just had to say 'all day i dream about sports/sex' in my head in order to spell that correctly) cap usually worn backwards. in other words i looked like a 10 year old dork on a daily basis but i can't even pretend i didn't love every second. Anyway. i'm back in the city now and cant wait dig back into the fashion world in real life, magazines, and on the internet. More importantly - i can't wait to devote myself completely to the launch of 140Fashion - i'll keep you posted.