katie eary

i can't decide what i love more about this collection: the clothes, or the headdresses.
images via das haus

current favorites: jewelry

items from my jewelry box getting the most wear at the moment:

talon necklace: via the stylish wanderer, rhinestone cluster necklace: iosselliani, brass bangle: fallon, spike and rhinestone necklace: fallon

gold chain necklace: diy, bullet/crystal necklace: rackk and ruin, bracelets: diy, spike ring: made her think, katie knuckle ring: heist, large rhinestone ring: anthropologie

large gold bracelet: forever21, indian motorcycles pin: vintage, scorpion ring: litter, spike bangle: noir, rhinestone bangle: nadri, rhinestone cougar bracelet: vintage, rings: urban outfitters, all others diy.

layered bracelets: day

layered bracelets: night

get your badass on

ko. there are no words. i heart you.
via yeahyeahyeahs.com

chanel jade and the green polish trend

everyone's been gaga over chanel jade ever since the runway show - myself included. on new year's day 2009, i saw a girl wearing green nail polish at intelligentsia in los angeles. i had to have it - unfortunately, she didn't know the name of the color, and i've been looking for the perfect green polish ever since. i bought polishes from zoya, essie, opi, color club, knock out, and the drugstore, but nothing was ever quite what i wanted. chanel jade, my friends, is it. below, for comparison, are jade and three of my other favorite greens - decide for yourself (or find a substitute if you don't want to buy the chanel. i recommend 8ty8, head2toe, and transdesign for all the major polish brands at reduced prices)
L-R: chanel jade, opi hey get in lime, knockout liberty, and essie greenport (favored by alexa chung)

c'n'c costume national ss10

not really finding too much to get excited about on the spring runways. too much pastel and floaty shit. BRING BACK THE BLACK AND THE STUDDED.
image via nymag

fall lust lust lust 2: forward by revolve

another round of if money were no object, this time from forward by revolve:

rachel comey fur traveler's vest: the perfect piece to satisfy my fur love (peta hates my face, i know that already) in a climate with no winter. while i love the contrast of the green and beige in this picture, what this really needs is black skinnies and vintage concert tees. and the wang coco bag.

preen blade blazer: whenever i don't know what to wear, i put on my black elizabeth and james blazer. i love that thing. i thought it would be my all time blazer love forever. this one threatens to take that all away - if only i actually owned it.

shipley and halmos price dress: this one requires actually imagining oneself into fantasyland, because first it's if i had $685 to spend on a leather dress, and then if i had anywhere to wear a leather dress ever, and then if i had alexa chung's legs so i wouldn't look ridiculous in such a fantastic but rather bold dress. answer to all of the above in any place other than fantasyland is no, but in my happy place i'm prancing around in this dress, with sex hair, messy eyeliner, and more jewelry than can be found in the entire tower of london. sweet.

alexander wang crepe jersey skirt: oh alexander wang, be my best friend. dress me up and we will frolic in all kinds of dark dingy bars, go to rock concerts, and lounge around your amazing studio. it'll be fantastic, truly. i never wear skirts, but your fall collection is making me seriously rethink that.
[note: i love alexander wang. i hate piracy.]

alexander wang diego bucket bag: i have three handbags (okay, i lied, actually i have four, but the fourth never sees the light of day so it doesn't count) - all are alexander wang. he and i are exclusive on the bag front. three should be enough. three totally is enough. but then i see the diego bucket bag, and i think of all the things i could tote around in it, how awesome it would look with a couple of foxtails hanging from it, and then i wonder if it is so wrong for a girl to have four alexander wang bags.

elise overland gunmetal tunic: i fully admit to wearing the same thing almost every day - black jeans or jean shorts and a tshirt, with a lot of jewelry and a wang bag. i spend all my money on accessories, so most of my clothing is pretty boring. but deep within my little heart lies a burning ambition to become karen o, or at least christian joy. and then i want to leave off the tshirts and the black and go running around in sequins and leather. this would be perfect for that - add some lamé leggings, a studded leather jacket, and some neon makeup and start yelling that you've got your leather on.

pamela love human heart necklace: the talon has been covered. everyone in the western world, including me, wants a talon. so now that we've established that, we can move on to the other pamela love item i clearly need, which is this necklace. perfect for layering, the silver's not too shiny, and i love love love all things anatomy.

omg

lindsey thornburg snow leopard coat. also excellent in the full length. and at $1000, slightly out of reach. anyone know where to find snow leopard print cashmere for a diy?

images via lindsey thornburg, dazed and confused

holy crap

from modelizing's photos of naeem khan ss10:



the amazing jewelry of amazingness and wonder is by glynneth b and thanks to a sweet and merciful jesus is being sold at several stores in los angeles. tomorrow i am going stud hunting - pray for me that it will be something maybe possibly somewhat close to what i can afford (unlikely, but a girl can dream).

i will love alexa chung forever

just because of this picture:

the awesome studded in this one doesn't hurt either:

images via the fashion spot

fall lust lust lust 1: barneys new york co op

if money were no object - fall wishes from the co op

3.1 phillip lim petal sleeve blouse: stunning in person. the burnout velvet is too soft to be believed. to wear with black skinnies, frye engineer boots, and a ridiculous amount of jewelry.
helmut lang black zipper dress: bad ass print. ripped black tights, elizabeth and james blazer, super messy hair, and too much jewelry, plus a little more jewelry

alexander wang shirt dress: big big hair, talons galore, rings on every finger, black flats. is the wang fetish original? no, but i can't help myself. he's too good.
3.1 phillip lim leather flight jacket: this jacket defines lust lust lust - i need a sugar someone stat so i can own this. how can i wear this? let me count the ways: with ripped jean shorts and an oversized white tee (alexander wang, of course), black skinnies and a great tee (something by pop killer?), with t by alexander wang dresses, with lingerie and bare feet in my apartment...
bensoni double breasted cape: i have a not so secret love for capes - last year, when i was living in new york, my roommate and i had matching black zara capes a lot like this one, but definitely not as nice, and we wore them everywhere. we're both reformed smokers, and whenever she would get a craving, she would dance around the street flapping her arms in her cape, singing that in her future life she would be reincarnated as a bat who smoked cigarettes. true story. now i live in los angeles, where there is little need for wool capes, but i'm sure mine will make an appearance on this blog at some point - you can't keep a good cape down, and you know i brought mine with me when i moved.
iosselliani melded skull ring: i also have a very serious jewelry problem. i have piles and piles of it lying around my apartment - some expensive, most not, and a lot of homemade as well - and i never feel like i'm wearing enough. if 5 rings are good, 8 are better. ditto necklaces. i literally sit in front of my mirror, rummaging through the boxes, trays, and hooks that i store it all in/on, and throw it on. once i feel like i'm wearing enough, i add at least one more piece for good measure. this ring is big and badass enough that it might be enough to fill one whole finger.
iosselliani crystal wrap ring: sadly, not enough to fill one finger (it would definitely need some help), but still fantastic. have i mentioned that i also have a thing for feathers?
giles and brother chandelier necklace: imagine with all of the above, plus a pamela love eagle claw. enough said.

all images via barneys.com

diy 1: studded!

inspired by lou dillon as photographed in purple diary:

just cavalli ss10 rtw

not usually a fan of cavalli but loving these looks from the show:




i see a sewing project with black chiffon in my future...
images via nymag

ring porn

must haves from fleathers

it's here!

outfit post to follow