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OMG: Louboutin Lion Paw Shoes

If I could only have one pair of crazy awesome shoes for the rest of my life, these would be it. Forget every sinlgle other shoe I've ever obsessed about and professed my undying WANT for - it was all just puppy love. This, on the other hand, is the real thing. I can't even exress how in love I am with these. I'm dumbstruck. The baddest shoes ever created? Oh, I think so. Curse you, Christian Louboutin and your ridiculously amazing shoes. And their $4,495 price tag. You really outdid yourself with this one.

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Obsessed: The Alexander McQueen Laser Cut Faithfuls

   Anyone who knows me knows I have a borderline unhealthy obsession with Alexander McQueen. there is something ethereal, surreal, feminine, yet distinctly dark and dangerous about his work that speaks to me as if it came from my own subconscious. Needless to say I looked forward to every new season's unveiling like a kid being given a free pass in a candy store! McQueen was the only reason why fashion week ever mattered to me, and when he passed I was sure the house would never be the same, and would never inspire the gut wrenching admiration and near primal awe it once elicited from me.

How ecstatic I am that I was wrong. Sarah Burton has produced some absolutely incredible pieces these last few seasons and although the accessories have had some serious near misses the fall 2011 collection is mind blowing! She's reinvented the Faithful bootie - which has become pretty iconic pretty quickly - and completely taken it to a new level. Actually, make that stratosphere! Fall collections are always my favorite, but this is insane. A winter white bootie with a laser cut overlay?! And the laser cut overlay is a hair on cowhide?! OH. MAH. GAWD.

I'm having heart palpitations just looking at the pic up there taken at Saks. Now if only I could rationalize a way to drop what is more or less a mortgage payment on a pair of incredibly rad shoes. At least there isn't a matching bag (that I know of!) - if there was I would pretty much sell soul for it. Someone stop me from googling..... right .... now.....

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If you're obsessing over this now as much as I am, you can grab a pair at Nordstroms for $1725.

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These Shoes Rule!

  Shoes! Ohmigawd, shoes! (100 cool points for whoever wins the obscure pop culture reference contest!)

So in love with these shoes by Andreia Chaves - I remember seeing the invisible shoes a little while back and being totally in shock at how amazing they are, but now this?! Be still my shoe loving heart. Want x's a million.

 As if the Invisible Shoes weren't amazing enough...   ... check THESE out! Holy awesomeness, Batman!   I love these so hard it hurts.

 

 

Hamilton Bay Vintage

Guess what? Our mom is on Etsy now! 

She came to us a while back and asked if we thought Etsy was a good venue for her totally rad vintage stuff, and we of course said YES. She's been collecting the most incredibly cool stuff for as long as we can remember and we thought it was a perfect fit. Don't know why we didn't think of it sooner! So, we helped her set up a shop, and she's finally stocking it! 

We thought we'd mention it here and give you guys a quick snapshot of what she's doing over there because we're just so stoked about it. Keep an eye on her shop because she's getting really into it and we have a feeling she'll be putting up some incredible finds really soon... wink wink!

 Here are some of our faves that she's just posted:

(This little owl is so adorable. We almost made her take it down and give it to us! But it's just too Etsy-licious to keep to ourselves!) 

(We wish all of the fixtures in our house were this retro perfect...)

(Hollywood glam awesomeness!)  

(And every great vintage shop needs a little kitsch!) 

It's really cool to be able to have a venue like Etsy where we can offer our crazy leather stuff and at the same time can sell virtually side by side with our mom, whose shop is filled with incredible vintage. Hooray for technology, right? Anyway, stop by and show her some love guys!! Heart her shop, send her a convo(don't you love the Etsy verbiage here? lol), pick something up if you can! And if you don't have an Etsy account yet, where have you been?! Drink the kool-aid already. 

Alice + Olivia

                                    
 I am REALLY digging the new Nail Lacquers from the Alice + Olivia collection for MAC. The frost purple color is INSANE! I was rocking it all last week and couldn't stop looking at it, it's this ridiculously metallic magenta plum color. And it happens to match my phone SPOT ON, so the 13 year old me would be sooo pleased! I just decided to bust open the teal color today and it's equally amazing. I'm in total love. Although my little MacBook cam seems to insist the color is more blue than it is! It's not, it's a righteous, bright, electric, 80's-licious teal and it rocks so hard!

 

(Pardon my make-up-less eye!)

Apparently I'm not the only person who feels this way since the collection sold out really fast! I wish I had known this collection was so sought after, I would have bought some spares - I tend to run through my favorite nail polish relatively fast! Oh well. Hindsight and all... I'll have to hoard the bottles I have now and plan ahead for the Rodarte collection coming out in September! I have a feeling it'll be an all out war for that stuff!

Imaginary Shopping List

    I'm going to share with you guys my (not so)imaginary super luxe uber glam borderline unattainable shopping list. Imaginary in that I will never realistically buy these things for myself, or probably more likely not have anywhere to wear them if I do!  BUT, if in the next month or so I find out I am the only heir of a massive fortune bequeathed to me by a long lost secret relative nobody knew existed (OR maybe the DID know and hid it from me all these years because of deep dark and explosive family secrets!), or B.) win big in Vegas(simple enough, eh?), or C.) sell my fledgling but GENIUS business to Gucci Group for an unheard of sum, THEN these little goodies WILL BE MINE! 

MINE!!!!!!!!

Up first and at the top of the list, these supa-suhweet Louboutins!

                                                  

And this killer Margiela clutch!

                                                 

Cavalli snake ring? Why, yes please!

And Fendi. Don't forget the Fendi. 

 

A Beamon brooch? Why not!

                                                 

Oh, and this Marc Jacobs bag...

                                                   

And just for good measure I think I need this Valentino,

this Donna Karan, 

 

some more Fendi,

 

and these bitchin Camilla Skovgaard shoes, cause you can never have enough shoes!

                                                       

Pretend shopping is so much fun!!
 
 

 
 
 

Givenchy Love

Random obsession of the day:

                                     
 

Givenchy crown of thorns necklace from the Fall Winter 2010 Menswear.

 I'm SO in love with this. Don't even care that it's part of the mens line.

Healthy ego?

 

I'm SO digging the new jewelry collection from Locher's!! I'm not too sure I could pull it off, but I think I know someone who can! *wink wink*

You know who you are.

Here are a few of my favorites , all available here! 

Bag Rapture.

   

 

 
    You have GOT to be kidding me. I have been searching the internet for this bag for literally months. I thought it was completely sold out, but still looked in vain hoping to find it on eBay or somewhere where it's true value was sorely under appreciated and I could snatch it up with lightning speed and revel in my astounding score! Well, when they tell you to be careful what you wish for they mean it. I got my wish, but with it comes a searing cruelty which is almost inhuman... Behold my torment:

 I found it. I finally found it. Out of nowhere! The heavens opened up and rays of angelic light shone down and choirs sang and yes, the bag was found. There it sits, in all it's black and white glory, on the virtual shelf of the pearly gates of fashion that is Saks Fifth Avenue, waiting for me. Calling to me. I can almost feel the wool and smell the leather. I can hardly believe it. I found my holy grail of bags!! The world is good and the bag gods have decided to show me favor. What more can a girl ask for in life, really. But oh, crap. Wait a minute... What a cruel and cold mistress the love of fashion can be.

 This bag to end all bags was not on sale. Not marked down even a dime, but is painfully and sadly retailing at it's original cost which is the sell-your-soul-to-the-devil price of $1995.00, a crushing blow if there ever was one. I guess I could actually sell my soul to the devil for it, or at least sell my plasma to the local medical center, but either of those options would probably cause my immediate family and friends to commit me to an institution for having lost all sense of reason. And really, how do you even get in contact with The Prince of Darkness anyway? It might be difficult to get a meeting and I don't imagine negotiations would be easy either. He probably has lawyers. The logistics there are just plain nuts.

So what is one to do? Throwing all caution to the wind and giddily and greedily snapping it up immediately at that price would leave me too guilt ridden and with far too much explaining to do to my joint account holder and business partner sister. So thats out the window. I don't think taking out a loan based on sheer awesomeness of a designer bag will fly at any lending institution. I'm PROBABLY not going to win the lottery in the very near future or come into some amazing and unforeseen financial windfall either. Oh, the torture. Why? Why did you have to appear in the middle of a recession, during the slow retail season when it's so much harder to justify large purchases? Such a cruel, cruel world.

    What Saks hath giveth, Saks shall taketh away I guess. It was a rapturous find for a moment.

We know it's been slow going, but...

Alright, I know we've been total slackers with getting new work in for spring, but trust me, we're SO on it. We have a ridiculous amount of work just waiting to be placed on our little virtual shelves. Patience people, patience!  But seriously, it'll start trickling in over the next few weeks and we have some seriously cool stuff for the season. Here's a little sneak peek!

 

 

SO killer in person too. This bad boy will be in the shop early next week, so keep your eyes peeled darlings!
 
 

YSL Love

I just stumbled upon these shoes from YSL this afternoon. Oh.My.Lord. Are these gorgeous!

 

Apparently they are Spring/Summer 2010 and if my ankle wasn't still randomly killing me I'd be trying to figure out how to get my hands on a pair immediately!

I love how harsh and structured the cage portion is, and the little black satin bow just brings it all down and makes it SO feminine and versatile. Maybe I can convince Gina to snag a pair of these puppies so I can live vicariously through her!

Gorgeous images courtesy of TheCherryBlossomGirl.
 

Melted Plastic = Melted Heart

Instantly in love. I've fallen, instantly in love, and HARD! I want a pair of these desperately! Seems like they are one of a kinds created by a design student from The Netherlands, Anna Ter Haar , but holy hell does someone need to start producing these ASAP!

The concept sounds so iffy, but the realization of it is stunning.

Check it out!

 

 
 Via Audrey Kitching's blog!

Holy Wow.

How did I never come across these shoes before now?

Good lord almighty these are to die for. Marc Jacobs hit a home run with these puppies for SURE!

  

 
 

On My Wishlist

The entire McQueen studded / faithful collection is on my imaginary Christmas wishlist...

 

 

 Whats on yours?

Happy Thanksgiving - Go shopping!!!!

Thanksgiving means family and food. Warmth and comfort. Celebration and gratefulness. But it also means a total blitz of crazy holiday shopping is peeking around the corner!

I don't know about you, but I am not a fan of the madness of Black Friday. Not in the least. I am just not down with waiting in line for sales, or waking up at 5 am for that matter.

Thankfully, there is a year round solution for everyone like me who loves high fashion and wants a steal every now and again.

 

 

This website is one of the most awesome things in existence at the moment, as far as I'm concerned!

They regularly have AMAZING designer goods on sale at ridiculously affordable prices - think a $1295 Alexander McQueen coat for $350 and $775 Stella McCartney stilettos for $128 and you'll begin to get the picture!

I seriously get a mini rush when I open my inbox and find a new email from them. In the last few weeks alone they've featured, McQueen, Dolce&Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Valentino, Rock&Republic, and soooo many more KILLER designers I can't even recall. (Stella McCatney is live right now!!) If you have even the most remote interest in fashion, you HAVE to check the site out.

You can register for an account HERE! Or email me for an invitation. You won't regret it. 

Besides, you can laugh at all the Macy's shoppers fighting over cashmere scarves while you sip tea and score some Versace from the comfort of your toasty livingroom. Thats what I'll be doing tomorrow!

Happy Thanksgiving!