CoCo Crabby

I saw the film 'CoCo: Before Chanel' last year and as far as I can tell she was an unpleasant moody brat (assuming the movie accurately reflected her). Which, I suppose, is expected from a fashion icon - but it makes the "would Chanel have liked this?" game less fun. The answer would always be no. No, she doesn't like anything anyone else does.

But regardless, it's fashion week and Chanel opened a new store in NY (SoHo to be specific) so celebrities were wearing a shit ton of Chanel. Pretty!


Blake Lively looks fresh and delightful! Plus, there are no boobs or legs in this dress, which is a big step for her.


Maggie Grace looks adorably simple. A perfect LBD. Covet. Want.


Every time I see Liv Tyler I remember that Rachel Zoe is her stylist, and then I imagine them being adorable picking out clothing together and jumping up and down and squealing. Then, I see Liv on the red carpet and she's all serious sexy-face... I feel like she coyly hiding her inner bubbly girl for red carpets, but on the inside loving the shit out of her clothes and squealing. I love it.

My dreams want me to have a Stevie Nick's moment.

A few times through out my life I have dreamed of certain articles of clothing. Then, magically I would find them. First it was a nightgown - one I still own and love. Second, it was a pair of brown suede knee high boots - which I still own and love. See a trend here? These articles were both regulars and stand outs in my dreams. Meaning, I have cloths in every dream (mostly) but certain things stick with you, and these did.
Anyhow, my recent dream accessory is a yellowy/suede hobo bag with, wait for it: Fringe.

This is pretty close. I just found this on Google images, and it seems to just be a knock off of something. So I have no leads. The "bag of my dreams" was lighter, but this basic shape.

Here's the problem: Fringe. Really, dream-me? I'm not sure I can make this happen...

Tell Em' Kath.

Everyone's favorite Ginger, KG, knows just how I feel today. Today is labor day, also known as, the last day our pool complex is open for summer. We had plans of grandeur - laying and drinking. Now it is storming.

3:04pm:
...this is supposed to be a gif of Kathy flipping off the Emmy's. Hrumph. Why is blogger ruining gifs? Today=no fun.

4:15pm:
After looking into blogger forums I have discovered I now have to create a photobucket account for my gifs and use their direct HTML and photo URL. I can't even host the gifs on my own site.

4:16pm:
Too lazy to create a photobucket account. Kathy shall stay still.

Jacobs and the Lady.

LOVE THIS. I know there is a lot of GaGa hate out there, but I don't care. This the V Magazine cover for the "New York" issue. They have declared GaGa their muse... and then just added Marc Jacobs to cover. But Jacobs and GaGa make perfect sense together. Check out this description, from www.stylelist.com, of his Fall line at Fashion Week:

There were no bells and whistles this season, cardboard was literally stapled to the walls. The centerpiece was a large scale box, covered in brown paper. When the clock struck 8, exactly, Jacobs and his business partner Robert Duffy pulled the wrapping off to reveal the show's 56 models standing inside.The models walked out one-by-one to a romantic remix of "Over the Rainbow." The all gray opening looks (a popular shade so far this season) indicated that Jacobs wasn't going for his usual colorful hybrid mash-up, but intended to channel the menswear trend instead.
Initially serious, the mood shifted toward fantasy. It seemed almost as if a modern, professional woman was time traveling back to her childhood and her beloved games of dress-up as piece after piece became gradually more fanciful than the prior.

This was also briefly shown on Rachel Zoe this summer. VERY COOL. Check out some of his pieces from that collection.

I love the bow dress. How pretty!

Take a shot everytime Mad Men, Glee, 30Rock win something! (Get Drunk)

I have conquered my hangover via some well timed naps, water, and now wine - and it was just in time. The Emmys!! I LOVE me an award show. The gowns, the tears, the awkwardness, all of it. Amazing. So, lets talk gowns.

Here is Christina Hendricks in Zac Posen. Um. Well. I hate this, which breaks my heart because I love everything about her. I feel like it doesn't fit well below the waist... and then there is the poor bird puppet which had to give its life to be adorned onto her sleeves and train. Fail.

Then there is Mindy Kaling (who I highly recommend following on Twitter, @mindykaling, girl is funny). So I love that she took risks with this Aguri Sagimori. She isn't the star on The Office and mostly works as a writer so the risk is even more daring. But fail. Just fail. Sorry Mindy. I still want us to be best friends someday.


Slam dunk Kyra Sedgwick. I love the romantic look without being too mushy and obvious. Monique Lhuillier was the perfect choice. The hair is soft, which is fitting with the dress and its all very age appropriate. Also, props to her for finally winning!

...and this is how you do romantic badly. So badly. Jewel, really? Ew. I don't know who Zuhair Murad is, but I would recommend burning this in all its satin-bow glory.



It should be illegal to look as hot as Mariska Hargitay, but then its hard to fuck up a Vera Wing.

Prom goes to the bar.

Through my hangover I found a few pictures to show off.

Trailer Park Princess Goes to Prom - A Retrospective

There are three things that never fail to excite me:
1. Award Shows
2. The prospect of afternoon drinking, and
3. Formal Dances
I LOVE every last part of formals. My beautiful and fun friend Alicia is throwing a prom for her 30th birthday tomorrow evening. Needless to say I'm giddy (refer to list above). My husband will be DJing and a local bar has been rented. This has the makings of an amazing evening. I purchased a gown - and I use the term gown loosely - that no self-respecting 17 year girl would wear. I can't wait to debut what prom looks like at 25 (my age), but it got me reflecting on my past formals. I'm a bit known for my dance attendance records. I went to proms that weren't even at my school. Yep - I love them that much. Fortunately, my public school career was just on the cusp of affordable digital cameras and most of the film has been lost. I was however able to locate a few samples. I have selected the more embarrassing of the ones I dug up - because lets face it - those are more fun.

The Tailor Park Princess Goes to Prom - A Retrospective. The innocent have been cropped out or their identity has been protected.

Age:14
Dance:Promotion
Thoughts:OK, I hadn't quite lost all the baby weight yet, but I was already 5'10" with DDs. It is in no way shocking that 14 years old me opted for a python skirt and strappy heels.

Here is the whole lot of 14 year olds. Note that I'm like a foot taller. This ended in many issues - but props on showing some leg.


Age:16
Dance:Prom
Thoughts:Its hard to see here, but I'm rocking an eyebrow and nose piercing. I look quite angry here - probably because my hair is too tight and the girl next to me is 20 pounds lighter than me.


Age:17
Dance:Senior Prom
Thoughts:Note that the front strip of hair in my glorious up-do is bleached blond. That was a great look. I still like this dress, but its all sorts of nylon and poly-blend. I'm pretty sure it was from Vanity. I'm also reasonably certain that some partying happened before this picture was even taken.

E-Mail me your prom pictures and I'll post ASAP.
I can't wait from Bar-Prom tomorrow. I look forward to showing off my "grown-up" prom look.

Notoriously Voluptuous

Can we talk for a minute about this E Online Post about Jessica Simpson? A big F-U to E Online. They say,

"Fresh pics of the singer, looking, uh, very voluptuous, have been released—causing an uproar similar to the now notorious "fat pics" that were snapped of her wearing mom jeans at a concert in January 2009"

Let's take a look at the gigantic, ugly, obsess, whale that is Jessica Simpson:

Hold the phone. Girl is hot. I'll admit her hair is a bit of mess with this dress (shame on you Ken Paves), but va-va-voom - girl looks good. Her tatas are out in full force and her legs look amazing. But frankly, even if the dress was awful she is still hot underneath it. I would guess a size 8 or 10? Even in unflattering sweats she would look like a athletic and healthy person. So E, or whoever, back off.

Later in the E assessment they grant Miss Simpson an excuse for her "notorious" inability to stay thin: Men. She eats when in love. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess she eats everyday.

"Notorious inability to stay thin"... Everyone use that in a sentence today and report back.

Once More - With Feeling

Well, its been awhile. A year in fact. I am now a wife and 2nd year law student. I all but thought my blogging days were behind me - but alas I'm much too narcissistic to leave this behind me. I need the daily reprieve from law reading. So, with that out there, lets talk shoes. Tom and Lorenzo already did an amazing job covering the "Vivienne Westwood Shoes: An Exhibition 1973- 2010" show in London, but I wanted to share a few of my favorite pairs.

You're kind of a bitch if you don't like this shoe. It appeals to every 10-year-old part of myself.


Every pleated skirt I've ever worn has been crying out for this shoe:


I think the balls on the back really class it up:


Expect more from me!

BJ: Ready-to-Wear

The 2009 Betsey Johnson collection arrived awhile ago, and the term ready-to-wear is yet again used liberally, as it is with most designers. Although I'll admit it, I'm swooning. It's no secret Betsey is a favorite of mine and a few pieces I would wear straight off the runway... minus is bowler hat and bob wig.

But this? Ready to Wear?


This, however, is adorable and I would wear it today if I could.


Last - and I'm sorry to do this, but I've got weddings on the brain - two of her bridal pieces are beautiful and SO wedding ready. Betsey, make me one, please?



If you need me I'll be combing through the 2010 resort wear collections on style.com. Sigh.

Dear Branden,

Yay! Good for you! Love, Me.

Branden won "Make Me a Supermodel" last night. While both Sandhurst and Jonathon are beautiful men with futures in modeling (I have no doubt) I was rooting for Branden. He just looks... well, like a model.


Calvin Klein much? Actually, this kid screams Marc Jacobs to me but I'll get to that in a moment. First, how HOT did they all look together?


This is now pose my future hubby and groomsmen will be striking in the wedding photos. Drool. So fierce. Frankly, these boys blow just about anything Tyra's girls have ever shown us out of the water. I loved Mountaha, but the boys deserved to be there. Also Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, you're amazing. Best photographer they've had. Now, back to that Marc Jacobs thing...



Branden fits in here, no? Pale, slender (Jonathon and Sandhurst were too "built"), air of adorable cockiness. I realize this is Marc Jacob's 2008, but it's close enough. Branden looks right. He just does.

After disagreeing with Tyra cycle after cycle of ANTM I'm so pleased with "Make Me a Supermodel". Plus their judges seem to actually know stuff about fashion and modeling because, um, they actually still do it.

A. Maze. Ing.

Kathy Griffin will appear on the new season of Paris Hilton's My New BFF!! Not only do I have a fascination with Miss Griffin, but I have a mad fascination with Miss Hilton's "New BFF" series. Squee!

Eonline interviewed Paris about the upcoming season. In which she actually says "...because I'm not totally that airhead." I love that she says "not totally", implying that she is a little bit. I repeat: Love. It.

Last - is it me or is the dress she wore (pictured above) to last night's VMAs totally a ice-cream-cupcake-magic-fairy-land-Barbie mini dress? She is either a marketing pro who totally understands her niche or she has the intellect of a four year old. ZOMG!1! Pink Ruffles!!

The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Rode Hard & Put Away Wet.

These chicks look rough! Am I right? I'm thinking there's been a touch too much tanning and Xanax here.


(shown here with one of the NY gals)

Especially that little one in the blue all the way to the right - Teresa. That hair is hot MESS. It reminds me of how I wore my hair when I was 7 and wanted to emulate Shirley Temple.

Also, Jacqueline Laurita, FIRE YOUR STYLIST (or hire one). You are neither chunky or unattractive. In fact you are the most natural looking and pretty of the bunch. So whomever encouraged you to rock the short shiny hot pink satin, that is clearly too thick to rock as a wrap, should be shot. That is all.

I've always wanted a ginger friend.

Kathy Griffin. She's unfairly judgmental, hypocritical, and obnoxious. I totally want to be her friend. Can you imagine the 2am conversation out on the porch after finishing a bottle of wine? Fab-u-lous. What makes her even more alluring to me is that she is one of those celebrities I feel like I actually know. I'll read something terrible about Speidi or Lindsay Lohan and think, "Omigod, I should call Kathy and tell her!" It's then I remember that I don't actually know this person, nor do I have her number and I would probably end up with a restraining order. Yet somehow I've had this thought more then a few times. Like when her dad died on her "My Life on the D-List" show - I cried. Then when she went to Ireland to spread the ashes - I cried harder.

The last time, however, that I really wanted to call up Miss Griffin was when I saw her bikini bod in OK! "Omigod, you look amazing - congrats!"


Then I remember. I don't know this person. Congratulating strangers on their rocking bod is creepy.

Owning your sexuality doesn't mean "be slutty"

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Forgive me Father, for I have Zarined.

I like Jill Zarin, and while I'm not sure what sin that would be I have no doubt that it is one. She's totally my favorite Real House Wife of NY. Also, I love that she's publicly discussing getting a breast reduction and lift. I right there with ya girl - kisses! Her boobies look spectacular in the dress below.

Moving on, I'm pretty sure that the dress she wore to the Memorial Sloan Kettering's 2nd annual Spring Ball held, at The Plaza Hotel last night is also a sin. Yet, again, I love it. I would wear it. Sadie at Jezebel.com relates it to "Fonda-era aerobics" and several commentators say that it reminds them of a "bad sci-fi warrior alien princess". Luckily those are two descriptors that indicate I will most likely like the frock.

This is why we shouldn't let 4th graders dye their hair.

I stumbled upon this story, and actually laughed out loud.

An Oregon woman sued her salon because her hair snapped off an inch from her scalp after it was bleached. She says she is owed $50,000 for humiliation, depression, and the cost of extensions.
Sarah Jane Ward sued the salon Rumi Simone Inc., where she had her hair bleached three times to a platinum blonde. Ward said when she showered, she noticed clumps of hair falling out and thought she might have cancer. She said she has colored her hair since fourth grade, explaining, "My mother told me my hair was dirty blond, and it wasn't attractive." She claimed that an inept stylist was to blame for her hair loss. A lawyer for the salon said Ward teased and hot-ironed her hair, and used hair elastics, against her stylist's advice. After listening to three days of testimony, a jury concluded 11-1 that the salon was not at fault and owed Ward nothing for her bad hair.

First - Your mom is a bitch.
Second - You think a symptom of cancer is hair loss? Really? You never put together the whole chemo is actually the treatment thing?
Third - Since when is peroxide bottle blond more attractive then a natural dirty blond?
Fourth - Man, your mom really is a bitch.

Swoon!

Could Miss Barrymore have been more beautiful at the Gray Garden's premier yesterday? I think not.I LOVE the glam. Amazing.

Team Bloody Nose

So I'm not even going to touch re-capping America's Next Top Model because there are like 500 amazing blogs that do that already and better then I ever could (Rich's is my favorite - and where I stole the below pics from). But, I do need to express my deep appreciation for Allison on this cycle. Not since Elyse Sewell on cycle 1 have I liked anyone on this show so much.

First - she's hilarious. Both in her essence and in her appearance, never intentionally. The crazy big yellow weave Tyra gave her only makes her funnier:


Second - she manages to look very over emotional without actually emoting anything on the show. She is one of the least dramatic potential models on the show, yet in every screen shot her face is ripe with emotion.


Third - I think she looks very French Vogue. She might only really have one face, but damn it's trendy and arty.


Last - The girl openly admits she's obsessed with blood. She is, in fact, jealous of those of us who have had bloody noses. She even creates drawings of Tyra with a bloody nose. I find this delightfully creepy.


I, for one, am on Team Bloody Nose. Allison for ANTM!

fauxmosexuality.

Well, well, well. I'm still struggling with my wanting to hate Katy Perry. I ran across the term fauxmosexuality this morning and immediately thought of her. Then I thought - how sad! She will forever be linked to a false since of sexuality that her song proclaims is only OK "if her boyfriend don't mind it" (seriously, if you're going to be a faux-mo just stick it to your boyfriend). This adorable picture of her does, however, beg the question - does the air also taste like cherry chap stick?

PS - I should be ashamed of this, I'm sure, but I love the hounds tooth cloak thingy. With the bob, and the booties, and the tights, it's all so 1920's hot.

I got an ur-gin to be a great sturgeon!

Sigh. I remember this from my youth! I needed this today. Thanks lady muppets! It's nice to remember that if 'I got an urg'n to be a great surgeon' I can do it!

However, I don't see this airing today. But the question is why. I like to think it's because girls today readily know they can be anything, and the message is antiquated. Half of the students in my first year law class are women and plenty of my girlfriends from high school are in med-school - our daughters know they can do whatever they want. Then again, we're the age that grew up with this video (or at least something like it). What about the girls now? The ones running around with "Juicy" written across the butt on their sweatpants. Maybe I'm just officially old, and those girls will be just fine. But I have my fears. Let's face it I looked like an underage crack whore in high school (due to my dressing decisions, not my drug decisions...) and I'm still heading off to law school. Perhaps the Juicy youth will do the same.

OMG! The dress from the front! WANT.

The dress from the "Snobs and Bitches Unite" picture I posted a few days back (check it)! Here it is from the front - and while it's not exactly what I expected, I WANT it.



PS - Chris Kardashian is many things, but thankfully one of those things is baby-maker. Those girls are stunning.

Laughed so hard...

...I almost peed a little. I'd put $20 down she bought it, and wears it thinking she's being cleverly ironic.

I have nothing against Kim Kardashian, actually I like her. She's sort of funny on their show, and she's got an amazing body that even I can actually aspire to (well, aspire to while still eating the occasional mozzarella stick). But this was too good not to post. A true paparazzi gem... that she apparently posed for.

PS - That dress she's wearing, I'm pretty sure I WANT IT! If only we could see the front a little clearer! boo.

That boy could use some Prozac, or heavey drugs, or group hugs!

Check out my past post on Ginnifer Goodwin. The girl needs some Prozac. She's STILL sad! Check her out at the Metropolitan Opera's 125th anniversary gala last night.


Also if you caught the Rent reference in this post, you get 10 points (which is meaningless, but still fun).

Anyone else rember Pinky and the Brain?

I'm hungover today, but generally happy. This, however, took me to the next level of pleased. Learning about my brain helps me forget that it hurts: