Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Military Mad

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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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Military Mad

I know that we'll be looking at Fall '09 collections in New York very soon, but this is one late style shout-out that just cannot be overlooked.

There are few things I'd bow down for, except perhaps for old school Westside Connection, Carine Roitfeld and gourmet mac 'n' cheese.

Oh, and the Spring '09 military jackets from Balmain, courtesy of Christophe Decarnin.

These Balmain beauties -- seen at Paris Fashion Week for the first time last September -- make me have to stop and catch my breath: the big shoulders, the double-breast, the jewel-encrusted detailed, the perfect length, the way it goes with skinny black pants and stovepipe denim.

It's all very MJ, no?

I'd sign up for the military in a heartbeat.

As long as Decarnin designs the uniforms.

I'm Lovin' it: Alexander Wang designed limited-edition packaging for Proper Attire condoms. Now that's some Alex I can afford.

I'm Over it: I can't deal with the 250 emails in my Hotmail inbox right now.

Track of the Day: "How Am I To Be" by The Watson Twins. Chandra and Leigh Watson make up this folksy, Silver Lake-living duo who were born and raised in Louisville, KY before moving out west. A very pretty track, in that Zooey Deschanel kind of way, but with more electric guitar in the background.