Confessions of a Fashion Fanatic: Pop Goes The Shop.

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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Monday, August 30, 2010

Pop Goes The Shop.

The novelty of a fashion collaboration has long worn off (or, to some, the idea has overstayed its welcome), but to me, as long as both sides of the collabo equation are relevant and covetable, I'll still like it.

My pal Michelle Rizzardo, the adorable proprietress of much-loved One of a Few, teamed up with lily + jae designer Judith Feller to open a pop-up shop in the Gastown boutique's open loft (which, I believe, was built by Michelle's hubby Trevor Fleming of Lifetime Collective).

The pop-up shop has Fall 2010 pieces -- like 100% silk dresses and cropped sleeve blazers -- from Judith's local line, among all the other covetable labels Michelle has hanging from her racks (read: Lover, Kaylee Tankus, Ashley Watson recycled handbags). My greatest love, though, are the super cute water color paintings of pieces from the fall collection that were not only on the launch party invites, but on the wall beside the pop-up shop loft.

Here are two shots from the launch party, one of the water color paintings and one of Michelle (in the frames) and Judith.

Happy Monday!

Besos,
Haute Hippie

I'm Lovin' it: Daria Werbowy walking in Balmain.

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Music of the Day: Model-blogger Eric Lodwick, who happens to be the little brother of Vimeo co-founder Jakob Lodwick, also has a Brooklyn-based band called Brahms. It's very good, I think. Check out "Subtext Is Deadly".