A while back, I wrote about the magic that was the invention of the jegging–a portmanteau of jeans and leggings– for Missbehave. And now, Siwy has essentially introduced us to the jight–a combo of jeans and mesh tights. (Wait, should I have just said that out loud? Should I patent the term before it gets out to the fashion public?)
I tend to wear mesh tights under my denim shorts anyway, so these Siwy Mesh Panel jeans are kind of creating an easy shortcut to getting dressed– and I do love shortcuts.
But do built-in tights really make for a $242 price tag? I’m sure Forever 21 will be in on the jight game in 3…2…1…
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I NEED one of these jackets from the MadeMe Fall ‘09 collection like the desert needs the rain.
But I don’t 550-dollars need them… Then again, I don’t really need an iPhone either, but need is such a flexible term these days. So, which is the sounder investment half a grand? Bomber or Motorcycle Jacket? Decisions, decisions.
And if you can’t get the full effect of how amazing they are from the tiny snapshots, click to see them in action in the lookbook.
Continue reading ‘Must Have Now: MadeMe Rose Leather Jackets’
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Music I’m Feeling: Baby Monster
So I have to be upfront. The initial reason I decided to even listen Baby Monster is because of this pic I saw of of them: because the guy on the right looks really similar to a Chinese pop star I used to have a major crush attack on as a kid. But their track “Ultra Violence and Beethoven” would still be awesome even if one half of the duo wasn’t a hottie hapa.
Hailing from Oregon, these guys have already started to solidify their presence on the music blogospheres as the next big thing, a la MGMT. But I guess we’ll just have to see what happens when they make their first big debut at this year’s CMJ festival, where you can catch them later this month doing showcases at Brooklyn’s Cameo Gallery (10/21) and Santos Party House (10/23).
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Back in the day, American Apparel came out with one of those “wear it 50 different ways” thingies. They even had a little video playing next to the display so you could see a girl creating all the different looks. Looking back, I’m realizing it was just a long piece of colored cloth… but at the time, I remember thinking “I’ll get a lot of use out of this.” Once I got it home, though, I couldn’t even remember ONE of the ways I was supposed to wear it, so it’s pretty much been sitting at the bottom of a drawer for about four years.
So while it’s not really related at all, this Net Top with Leggings thing from Pixie Market totally reminds me of that experience. Although this one I could figure out how to wear just from the picture, because I’m a little sharper and wiser than I was four years ago. I think…
Regardless, we’re verging into unpredictable Fall weather now, so you’re going to be needing some leggings and a scarf. So why not 2 in 1? (Although, do these really count as leggings when they don’t go any higher than knee socks?) I think I would feel a bit like a puppet in this contraption, but would you wear it?
Continue reading ‘Yay or Nay? Mario’s Net Top with Leggings’
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I’m not into live-action role playing, nor do I spend my Friday nights hanging at Medieval Times, but right now, I’m really feeling the armored look. Be it on shoulders, bags, rings, or whatever– things that make you look like you could throw down in a joust are high on my fashion radar.
So here are some items for this week’s style syllabus that will have you looking like you raided Joan of Arc’s closet.
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I never succumbed to the power of the Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony boots. I never got around to picking up the Jeffrey Campbell knock-offs either. But these Underground winklepickers (which are essentially the boot version of the aforementioned) I can work with for $173.
Ok, so they’re kind of sold out at Pixie Market right now, but if you don’t want to wait for them to restock at the end of this month, you buy them fresh off the Underground site.
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Shoulders are in for Fall– be it pointy, padded, angular, or bare. Yes, we’ve always had shoulders, but not since the ’80s have we wanted to flaunt them so much that we actually revert to using bra cups to make them look bigger. Personally, I was always cutting the shoulder pads out of my mom’s old shirts so that I wouldn’t look like a linebacker, but now I think it could look sleek depending on how you rock them.
Thanks to Elise over at the Danish blog Anywho, you can learn how to make these oh-so-editorial fringed shoulder pads.
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This collection is all about mesh and grommets– on bags, dresses, jeans, leggings, shoes, hotpants, and just about anything else that you can punch a hole in. But CK also gives us another dose of his penchant for the animal kingdom, moving on from primates to reptiles and creating a cousin piece to his now iconic gorilla-print dresses, in exchange for some vicious crocodile fangs (an item sure to be sold out in seconds). So, get your tents, camping gear, anti-anxiety medication (and of course, wallets) ready. I forsee a long queue once this line hits stores in September.
See the looks after the jump.
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DIY Friday: Geometric Necklace
For some reason, this DIY brings me back to my elementary school days of stringing macaroni together on a thread to make funky bead necklaces. But then again, a lot of the fashion right now brings me full circle back to my childhood– yet it all looks a lot cooler now than before. Or maybe I just didn’t realize how cool I was back in the day.
Whatever it is, thanks to ddlai over at Fatlace’s Ladylike, you can learn how to make this geometric bead necklace to wear with all your other “so-hot-right-now” body chain gear.
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Chloe Sevigny or Amelie?
I don’t know about anyone else, but this video reminds me of one of my favorite French flicks, Amelie. I also don’t really know how this functions as an advert/lookbook for Chloe’s upcoming men’s collection for Opening Ceremony, which will be available at the new outpost in Tokyo in August, but it gives me that feeling of French quirkiness nonetheless, which makes even the most mundane things somehow seem cutely fascinating. The only thing missing now from this clip is is a traveling gnome.
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