If you are going to wear a knock-off, make sure there are no pretenses that it is real

I am quite verliebt with these slowandsteadywinstherace.com bags. They are super stripped down versions of famous designer bags. I love the concept and the execution. I think I'm going to get the Chanel one. It has a delicious irony to it.

Dior Saddle Bag

Balenciaga motorcycle bag

Hermes Birkin Bag

The perennial Gucci Bamboo Handle bag which supposedly the buyer for my store found in a thrift store which makes me die with envy...

Pants

For someone who wears and owns so many dresses, I've been quite enamored with pants lately. Ross got me a free pair of the above, yet-to-be-released American Apparel Stretch Twill High Waister zipper ankle pants. They run bigger than the slim slacks and stretch out a lot. Get a size down!

The imfamous Skimmer Hi-Waister Levi Capital E's that were sold out everywhere and you couldn't even find on ebay (I know, I looked everywhere) are finally back on Levis.com. Supposedly every staff member at Lucky magazine has a pair of these for whatever that is worth. Whenever I have $165 and don't want to spend it on other things...

Everytime I get paid, I mean to get these Levi's eco skinny jeans in Chamomile. But you know how money goes...

I like the asymetrical positioning of the buttons on these linen pants. I have a fantasy of living on the meditererrean and going to farmers markets wearing these pants and having my hair in pin curls. Please don't ruin it.

On an unrelated note, isn't this Tibi blouse amazing? It's so dutch painter meets nautical. I love it.

I always want something I can't have

I'm in love. I'm about to finally begin sewing my orange and navy blue stewardess dress. I need to find a way to alter a pattern into becoming this Marc Jacobs amazing-ness.

Like a secret club...

I am fascinated with this website Charlesandmarie.com. They sell all of this neat stuff, but half of it you can't see unless you've been invited by the Charles or Marie. It's like oink (RIP) or waffles in that you have to be invited by a current member and each member only has 10 invites. It makes me really jealous. I don't think I know anyone who would be a member. In Oprah's living magazine, they had an iPod player that looked like a gramophone, but I couldn't find it on the site. Maybe it is in the private section.

They also strangely have a large assortment of aesthetic vibrators

Sorrows over money and Marc Jacobs

I want to completely start my wardrobe over again because I'm moving and I want to become a new person. This sentiment usually accompanies any locational move I make. My new haircut is fierce and I love it. I'll have to fly to New York to get my hair done now because my dearest Curtis is moving there.




I want to be colorful. My graduate school stipend can't support a shopping habit. I'll have to take some clandestine side job.

Sweater of my dreams

If I had a son, I'd dress him like this


http://www.photobasement.com/41-hilarious-science-fair-experiments/

My future home (though perhaps quite far in the future)

Since I now know that I am moving to St. Louis for graduate school, I am quite excited with the prospects of decorating a new apartment. This is combined with my new friend Kitson who also works at Design within Reach and surfs design blogs and such with me all day at our work. Some of these are within reach (pun intended) and others are not at all...
Ikea

DWR

Ikea

Moma.com


DWR



Moma.com

DWR

West Elm

Moma.com and DWR

Perfect DWR office

Ikea

Established and Sons


Chilewich (which I can get for wholesale at my job!)


As you can see, I love faux bois...With my Saarinen knock-off ikea table and amazing matteo linens, my apartment would be particularly stellar.