Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Google Gets Style

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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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Google Gets Style

Google went and got itself some serious style in the last few days.

The internet giant recently launched its "Artist Themes" after lassoing 68 artists, musicians and designers to create skins for people to pimp out their Google pages.

We're talking Coldplay, Diane Von Furstenberg, Tory Burch, Shepard Fairey, Phillipe Starck, Oscar de le Renta, Marc Ecko, Lance Armstrong, Jeff Koons, Todd Oldham and Dolce & Gabbana, the latter whom I chose to pretty up my iGoogle.

You can personalize the page even further by adding date & time, a Things To Do notepad, news, horoscopes, a section called Places To See Before You Die, weather, Word of the Day, a YouTube search and more. Add or delete said options, rearrange the sections as you please and change up your skin whenever you want.

I'm thinking of putting up Shepard Fairey next. So rad.

And now when I want to Google some new designer, I've got a little leopard skin Dolce & Gabbana to help me out.

PS. Check out my iGoogle below!
PPS. Yes, I'm a Taurus.

I'm Lovin' it: Aims' birthday dinner last night was fun, fun, fun. She and Kid-d introduced me to this delicious -- and artery clogging -- condiment called Three Cheese Butter. Only at The Keg. And only once every year, unless I feel like a cardiac arrest before reaching 30.

Laugh of the Day: I'm not over anything today, so instead I'll post this hilarious parody of Anya Hindmarch's uber popular, eco-friendly "I'm Not A Plastic Bag". Yes, folks. It says, "I'm Not A Douche Bag". HAHAHAHA!

Music of the Day: OMG. I'm so into Grovesnor right now. Rob Smoughton -- the former drummer for Hot Chip -- is now churning out kick-ass music under the Grovesnor name, which one can only describe as being this cool mix of electro, soul, new wave, 80s and synth pop. His version of "Nitemoves" is slick, but my favorite track is called "The One". Chill as hell. Get his new album "Drive Your Car" now -- music video to the song of the same name is below.