Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Pre-Fall Madness

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.

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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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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Pre-Fall Madness

Woo hoo!

Pre-Fall 2008 madness is going down right now. Yes, we still have yet to exit the real winter season but what fashionista doesn't already like planning her outfits for next fall?? Get me some those Baleniaga slouchy boots, stat!

Anyway, my girl Reems warned me that Chanel's Pre-Fall collection was kind of whack and unwearable -- after browsing nearly 70 images of outfits from K. Lagerfeld's presentation in Paris, I only saw three that I'd wear if I had couture money burning a hole in my pocket.

I did really like the oversized bubble sweater skirts with huge ribbing that littered Karl's runway. Doesn't Anouck Lapere look great, by the way? The skirts looked Stella McCartney-ish, which equates comfortable chic at all times.

That being said, however, I'll leave the beehive 'dos to Amy Winehouse for now.

I'm Lovin' it: These black boots from Balenciaga.

I'm Over it: Awkwardness between friends. There's definitely going to be a change in social dynamics within one of my crews (breakups between close, socially-bound friends...not that easy), so we're just gonna have to see how this all pans out.

Art of the Day: The new Equinox fitness club ads, conceptualized by advertising agency Fallon and shot by fashion photo/filmmaker Ellen von Unwerth (yes, the same Ellen who did Erin Fetherston's "Wendybird" short film). This campaign is supposed to play on the whole fairytale-slash-happily ever after theme. I'm not sure how much the ads say fitness as much as they look like editorial spreads, but they're fantastical anyway.