Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Jumpin' Jack Flash

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, July 31, 2008

Jumpin' Jack Flash

The tee market is getting mighty interesting these days, especially with the advent of companies and sites like Threadless and Design By Humans.

These sites allow readers-slash-artists to submit their own designs for selling, ranking and voting. Plus, the tees turn out to be great conversation pieces.

Another tee company on my radar is Public Domain, which isn't really designer-submitted stuff, but the tees still rate as great conversation pieces (and an awesome wardrobe addition for any boyfriend).

Admittedly, I'd rather throw on a slouchy Alex Wang top rather than a tee, but if this Flash! shirt landed in my mailbox, I'd most definitely rock it out. Especially with Polaroids becoming extinct, thanks to its discontinuation by Kodak.

You know who needs this tee??

Serial Polaroid photog Jeremy Kost!

I'm Lovin' it: This romantical black and white photo of designer Erin Fetherston and her homme, Hedi Ferjani, at a recent event in NYC.

I'm Over it: The person who brought their perpetually crying baby into my office away from my home office. That baby is blowing my eardrums out and making me lose my patience very, very quickly. It's the best contraception ever.

Track of the Day: My girl Ovitch and I were in blast-from-the-past mode yesterday, YouTube-ing and Imeem-ing every old school 90s hip hop and R&B song we loved. There was a little TQ, a lot of DJ Quik, some 112 and one or two Dream Warriors. But hands down, I was all over DJ Quik's "Pitch In On A Party". Fo' sho. Oh, and for sh*ts and giggles, I've also added TQ's "If The World Was Mine".