Cardi Party

Sure, sure.

It's not really cardigan season yet, but with the current stormy weather hovering over us and summer halfway finito, there's absolutely no harm in preparing for upcoming chillier days and nights.

Cardigans used to be synonymous with librarians, old maids, grandmothers and pocket-protector geeks. Shapeless, unflattering in color and just plain boring, boring, boring. Well, stop your yawning -- and your whining -- because Sonia Rykiel has put out a slouchy, shirred version in this season's it-color: yellow (well, citrus in this case).

Awesomely awesome e-tailer La Garconne carries the three-quarter length, light-as-a-feather cardi, which is divine for layering. I even love the rest of the outfit it's thrown together with.

So all for you jeune filles (French to English translation: girls) out there, La Garconne -- and Sonia Rykiel -- may just be the thing for you.









I'm Lovin' it: The huge, annual Coachella-ish concert event -- that goes down in Japan -- best known as Summer Sonic '07. We're not talking cheesy asian pop groups or quirky rock bands like Puffy AmiYumi. We're talking everyone from The Black Eyed Peas to The Pipettes to The Editors to the Arctic Monkeys to Gwen Stefani to Interpol to 120 Days to The Long Blondes to DJ Shadow to Hot Chip to LCD Sound System to the Klaxons. Dope, dope line-up for sure. And you can bet your bottom dollar that even the non-English speaking, dancing "kawaii" girls and boys will know the lyrics to every song. All while flashing the peace sign.







I'm Over it: Uh, how did Sugar Ray make it into the Summer Sonic '07 line-up?!?!


Concert Announcement of the Day: Oh. My. Gah. Kaskade is back in town this October 5th, DJ-ing himself out to a sure-to-be-dancing Commodore Ballroom crowd. My girl Seems D.'s other half is throwing -- and is the guest DJ for -- the event, so it'll be double-y wicked times. Didn't get to catch the Kaskade show last time, but I'm making up for it by getting my ticket tomorrow, which is when they hit the sales tables. Make sure to pounce. Tickets will sell faster than Anya Hindmarch's "I'm Not A Plastic Bag" eco-shopping bag (which was basically in 15 minutes at all Whole Foods stores in New York yesterday).






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