Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Oochi Koochi Gucci

Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic

The daily chronicle of a fashion-and-beauty obsessed, style-writing, pseudo-Angeleno who made her way from the Great White North to La-La Land -- otherwise known as Los Angeles, California -- and back again. Till the next big city calls out her name, that is.

: Name: Haute Hippie; Location: Everywhere and anywhere

I'm a Vancouverite who moonlighted as an Angeleno. My momma is the best in the entire world, and I'll argue you hoarse on that one. I've been in love only once in my life. The East Coast calls me but the West Coast is in my blood. Social butterflies -- and party animals -- are a great species. Fashion and writing will be the death of me, but what a way to go. Carine Roitfeld is fabulous. I would die a painful death if art, design, photography, fashion, music and dancing did not exist. Always kind of wondered why Smurfette was the only girl in town. I can't draw. Absolutely believe everything happens for a reason. I feel so lucky to have the girlfriends that I do. I'm a total sun baby. Think I might be a workaholic. I may have slight road rage. Ice cream and hockey are religions. I buy too many glossy magazines. Nothing beats someone with a killer sense of humor. Chivalry is really not dead. I'm a victim of minor vertigo and a serious lead foot. Always up for meeting people from paths different than mine and crossing paths with old friends. At the very end of it all, I want to be able to look back and say: Yeah, I sure lived a damn good life.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Oochi Koochi Gucci

I know this may be a tired topic, but all hardcore fashionistas agree that there will never be a more perfect man than the one below:

Tom Ford

Just wish he was STRAIGHT! Lucky ducky Richard Buckley. And according to a very good source of mine, Mr. Tom "Gucci/YSL" Ford -- the man who single-handedly brought glitz and glamour back into the fashion industry -- is the nicest, most loyal employer to work for. Word on the street is he's opening up a studio here on the left coast next year, and you can bet your bottom dollar a thousand copies of my resume will deluge his office until I'm part of his team!

Expect his collabos with Estee Lauder, Vanity Fair, and Hollywood to come out soon. Is there anything he can't and won't do?? Not only is this man a fashion icon, he is becoming an institution. All hail Tom Ford!

I'm Lovin' it: The Tom Ford coffee book. Plain black on the outside, but full of fashion goodies inside. Hefty at around $100 but so, so worth it. I'll even give up eating Coldstone Ice Creamery for the rest of my life to get this. Ok, maybe not.

I'm Over it: Hippie skirts. I may be a '"fauxhemian", but I never quite caught on this trend. Maybe it's because it just doesn't look that good on me. Yeah, that's it.