Break It Off Here

J.Lo's newest video, "Fresh Out The Oven", just dropped to jaw-dropping moments of red lipstick!!, catsuits!!, and Louboutins!! She may have taken a tumble the other night at the AMA's, but the 40 year old, mother of twins still has that swagger.

Blogger Stalker

Sssh: the greats are talking! Vogue's Hamish Bowles & DVF

Love how Chanel's smile and her diamond-encrusted spike play off each other. Such contrast!

Alexa in red...

Alexander...Hanelli...Vanessa: love the color pallete here

With fashion and technology the way it is these days, it's so easy to fall for and follow a beloved fashion blogger. We all have our special ones: Scott...Garance...Tommy...me?! Ha! Add Hanneli Mustaparta to that list, too. A former model and Danish MTV star, she's a budding street-style photographer and "it-girl", all wrapped up into a cleverly written, well-dressed, bedroom eyed package. Her site is bare-bone magic, and really focuses on the images she captures, the outfits she organizes, and her dalliances with design. Love this recent entry of her at the CFDA dinner. Tapped to blog for Vogue, she was able to get up-and-personal with some legends, ingenues, and the like: Hamish Bowles, DVF, Chanel Iman, Alexa Chung, Alexander Wang, Vanessa Traina. Jealous....

White House Agenda

Flyer than an eagle balding: the First Couple.

Cutting edge

Spikes out...hair up...red-bottoms on!! The ol' gotcha-gotcha cometh forth...

Lady (of color)

Shala Monroque, media/fashion darling of this very, very moment, is quickly becoming a bit of a style blog star (Jak&Jill, Garance...), as photogs catch her on the stylish run! This post should only add fuel to the fire. The EIC of Pop Magazine, and the very Prada-loving gf of art dealer, Larry Gagosian, Shala has been showing up at events, only to shut them down. And what's startling refreshing about her presence on the scene, quite frankly, is that she's a brazen woman of color. I loves that, and her acerbic wit she shows off her own blog.  But even more her very minimal but unexpected approach to fashion--tonal colors, sky-high stilts/artwork for shoes, and a slick back of the hair--is so dead-on, so unfussy, so yes!! Besides, we sista's got to stick together!!

WoW!

Images that made me pause!! and clutch my pearls!! All from the December 2009 issue of VOGUE, I found myself mesmerized by Isabeli Fontana's beauty-shop apathy, Daria's gams, and the shocking neon (!!) played so well against the white spectacles! WoW!!

Cate, the Great

Cate Blanchett: one of my favorite Australian imports! A chameleon, both professionally and sartorially.

"Hey Shawty...what yo name is?"

Gaga got got!! Bey is the only artist out there who would invite you for a collabo, only to upstage you. Ouch.

I would gladly take that plastic bra in my size, however....

An Homage to Hermes

My mother and I have an implicit agreement that in a few years, simply put, her Hermes scarves are mine! I had the contractual agreement drawn up a few years ago over a mother-daughter brunch, and it's as good as legal. At least in my eyes. So after reading ELLE's, "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down" spread, I was chomping at the bit for my mother's collection! ELLE's Style director, Joe Zee, gathered 16 tastemakers and opened the beloved scarf up to their interpretation. I couldn't resist Krystal Simpson's look (or maybe it was the Christian Louboutin leopard print booties and those YSL pants she was wearing?) and that of Hannah Bronfman's. Although a great concept, it didn't really manifest itself as I thought Joe was intending. Instead of the scarves, I was much more interested in the outfits the scarves were adding a slight texture to. Oh, and all these kid's cool jobs!  

Incoming Style Storm!

Ever thought frolicking on the beach in your winter knits could ever be...well, de rigueur? Yeah, me neither! But ELLE has since proven me wrong with its "The Big Chill" spread. Styled by Camille Bidault-Waddington, red-headed trixie, Kate Somers, kicks up some sand in Vivienne Westwood platforms, Acne sweaters, Chloe sweatpants, and motorcycle boots. It's a bold romp through this season's oversized sweater trend, and gives a whole new definition to the term "beach bum"! 

Brilliant...resilient...fanmail from 27 million

Apologies are necessary, no? My bad. I've been neglectful, but I hope you don't take it too personally. Much change has happened in the past couple of weeks (WONDEROUS change, people), but still some things remain the same...like RiRi's interminable sense of style!! If the Diane Sawyer interview didn't impress you, perhaps the past couple of weeks in this lady's wardrobe will. Although the singer's fourth album (which drops manana) is titled Rated R, her look is far from restrictive. Try transgressive!