you must remember this

I got back from my grandmother's funeral in Phoenix on Wednesday, and while I was there I spent a lot of time looking through old photographs. There are many of them, and they are all quite wonderful -- I'm afraid I never realized how glamorous and elegant she was, and how much she cherished beautiful things.

I love love love this dress. So simple and sweet. And those darling little shoes!

At the moment all we have is photographs of photographs, so the quality isn't great. I'm really looking forward to getting more of them...especially this one of she and my grandfather sitting at a table and smoking. They look so tough, we dubbed them Bonnie and Clyde.

This is my grandmother on her wedding day with her sister, Dorothy. I love how excited they are. The real photo is a little blurry, too, full of motion and life.

lovely girl of the moment

Another lovely girl! This is Hannah, who I've known forever and whose style is always so perfect. I love love love the contrast between these two patterns (three, if you count the couch), and the red wall behind. Almost like she dropped into a Jane Austen novel (and who doesn't wish for that?)

Her top five must-haves for the season are:

1. "Boyfriend" cardigan (bought, or if you can find a guy with nice sweaters...)

2. Chapstick!

3. Hobo mittens (that's what I call them, but I'm not sure what they're actually called...)

4. Tall boots

5. Something with a little sparkle in it. Sweater, belt, headband, etc.

I love how simple this is at first glance, but then the accessories make it -- the scarf, the little red flats.

It is my one-month anniversary today

Ah, yes, it has been one month since that fateful day when I decided to become a fashion blogger. I'm not sure if anyone is really reading this, but you know what? It's alright.

We finished watching netfllixed Project Runway: Season 3 last night. Definitely the best finale thus far. The CLOTHES! (Am I super old for liking Laura's collection the best?)

I started googling my fave people from past Project Runways, and discovered that Daniel Vosovic wrote a book! I also took another look at his collection from the show, and remembered why I loved him so much while I was watching season 2.

Can you even stand how beautiful these are? Everything is so wearable, but still different from anything I've seen since. His new collection is coming out next month, so I am very excited. Look here for some really fresh, lovely photographs of the old collection. I don't say this often...if ever...but I would wear every one of these pieces.

Remember this collar???

I love the hard, architectural lines of this jacket against the gentleness of the dress.

 She just looks so darling.

are you cooler than an 8th grader?

So, it turns out that I'm not. Cooler than an eighth grader, I mean. My mother was reading the newspaper aloud to me this morning as she always does (what will I do when I'm in college? Seriously, I won't know that's going on. The U.S. will invade another country and six months later I'll be all, "WHAT? That's OUTRAGEOUS!!!"), and then she said, "Oh, look, a story about a fashion blogger," and pointed at this picture of a girl who. Is. Thirteen. What's more, she is, as Alice would say, supes hilare. Really, when I was thirteen, I was not a cool person. I was in full awkward mode, wearing my dad's clothes and chopping off all my hair to spite other girls. I didn't even know what Prada was. Shoo.

I sound bitter about this, but I'm not. I'm just slightly embarrassed that I am sometimes still bopping around in American Eagle jeans and salt-stained boots. This is actually the first blog I've found by a girl who is legitimately fashion-forward, who has an understandable budget and puts really creative things together. Take a look, it is very apt.

So, in other news, I GOT A COACH BAG YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so lovely. We bought it at an outlet store, and so instead of being $368, it was $149. Um, hell yes.

However, it is my graduation present and so is locked away in my mother's closet until classes end. In May. I would post a picture of it, but, as I said, locked in closet.

I stumbled across Michael Kors' 2008 collection (ages ago, I know), which it turns out was inspired, in part, by Mad Men. And just look. The dresses, especially, are absolutely killer.

 

 

 

 

 

and love this tux. so clean and perfect.