Coral, Red, Orange?

Guess what colors I am loving at the moment

I am drawn to

This on Vogue.com

The new Ikram store in Chicago

How incredibly Chic and Bold

This Nail polish

Summer Toes

This Proenza Schouler Bag

A classic shape with a fresh palette

This image on

The Sartorialist

Simplicity lifted from mundanity by a pop of intense color

and worn with such insouciance

Jil Sander Spring 2011

The influence of this collection was overwhelming!

Hair and wake up

 Living in New York and working away from home,
my daily routine of crocs and tracksuits just doesn't cut it any more......

Now I have to dress for work

and while the atmosphere is very relaxed a girl likes to put her best foot forward.

The snow, ice, freezing rain etc is a challenge I must say

particularly as most of my winter clothes are in my mothers attic

and I am out the door at 7am.

I am trying to do the clever thing of laying out tomorrows outfit the night before

.............it's a work in progress

Here are some outfits I have been finding inspriring.

All from The Sartorialist

The fabulous Phoebe Philo
Love the tailored jacket over the chunky knit

J Crew

Love these colours

another dilemma I face is what to do with my hair

This is such a great hairdo

These 3 images from Hanelli Mustaparta

This is very cool , from the Michael Kors show

but a little impractical

mine has grown quite long and I like to wear it up 

elastics hurt my head and those claw things are not very chic!

In fact I have often wondered why the world of hair accessories was extremely 

lacking in good ideas that were easy but also 

looked good.

Today I discovered these

they twist in to your hair are incredibly simple and give you that tousled bun affect

that's the kind I like

Ingenious

and they stay in

To order them online you can go HERE

Also this weekend got a manicure and eyebrow wax

......... I AM turning in to a New Yorker

NOTE: This is MY opinion and I was NOT paid any money nor given any gift to express this.........just  saying, in honour of transparency

The Sartorialist, Dublin

Today I went to Dublin and met Scott Schuman, aka The Sartorialist.

 

He gave a brief talk and then did a book signing.

 

What struck me listening to him was his humility and  genuine interest in humanity. He spoke about photographing people all over the world and differences and similarities between them, of walking down the street and seeing someone interesting and trying to figure out what it is that interests him, not if it is "fashionable" or "of the moment", but that somewhere there is a detail, shape, colour combination that speaks to him and urges him to photograph it. I think that is one of the things that separates his blog from many of the other "fashion on the street"  blogs, his interest in interesting people and characters not people who are wearing the trendiest outfit or best labels. Although many of his pictures do feature high end characters in expensive clothes, this seems secondary to the way they have put those items together.

When I first heard that 'The Sartorialist' was producing a book, I expected it to be a coffee table tome, a $90 investment. When I read this post on Garance Dore about why he chose Penguin to publish it and his reasoning in  producing a small book that could be thrown in your bag, my admiration for him skyrocketed. He is truly someone who has found his own unique path and I wish him all the success he deserves.

If you don't own a copy of the book, buy it, truly a record of these times.