Category Archives: fashion

Perfect earrings for a Perfect Sunday.

Meet Perfect Sunday!

Elephant Earrings gifted by Perfect Sunday – More pics on Flickr!

Pachyderms!

Pachyderms!

Everybody look! There are two elephants in this room, and they’re mine. And chartreuse and on my ears.

Many thanks to Perfect Sunday, who are about to pop off! First, the etailer’s website launches today (perfectsunday.co). Second, they’re hosting a Fab sale on May 8th (under the name Young@Heart).

Perfect Sunday’s team finds the quirkiest, most fun-loving stuff from South Korea and brings it to the States. And yes, they’re proud of PSY. I sent five questions to the elephant earrings’ designer Chris Lee, and he attests to the PSYchosis (Does anybody say that? Because I just decided I would.):

5 Questions for Chris Lee

What’s your favorite breakfast? Kimchi, rice and fried eggs :D

Psy: Hometown hero or no? He is definitely a hero. We LOVE him! Some folks think “Gentleman” is too much but the world seems to be loving him so there’s no reason to complain.

Describe South Korea in five words. Being funny is cool here.

Where do you get your inspiration for your jewelry? From everyday objects. And the zoo, of course.

Describe the person you design your jewelry for. Someone that’s either busy with school or work but is passionate about what they do. She doesn’t exactly have a lot of time to shop but definitely knows how to identify herself with fashion. She also loves unique fashion items, especially with jewelry, because it’s one of her favorite ways to show off her style.

I’ve never been to South Korea, but with a description like that perhaps I should move. Kidding. That would put me under too much pressure to be witty every day.

Get geared up for a happy weekend state of mind by checking out Perfect Sunday’s grand opening batch of jewelry, wall decals, and funky home decor: perfectsunday.co – and preview Young@Heart on Fab Wednesday!

Meet Perfect Sunday!

Hello, Bevel.

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Today’s a big day for self-described accessorizers. Jewelry chests, meet Bevel Trunk Shows! Bring me your weary, done, and over-it adornments. Here come the designs that trickle up to influence personal style trends, and Bevel’s got it all well before they hit mass production.

These days there are so many members-only sites that the mechanic itself is no longer original. (Even Gilt has gone in a more flash sales direction than its original sample sale inspiration.) The distinction between each .com lies completely in the curation and collections they offer. Bevel’s powered by the discerning palette of former Bergdorf, Bloomies, Saks, ShopBop, Elle, and WWD buyers and editors. This ain’t no meet-a-quota assortment.

The giveaway.

To kick things off, Bevel’s giving away one exclusive piece every day for its first seven days. The first pièce de résistance hits you smack in the face with color and light:

Visit beveltrunkshows.com and use the access code “NYC150.”

I’d imagine it’s like wearing Pop Rocks.

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Kristen Stewart, you confuse me.

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In Christian Dior Haute Couture and a Philip Treacy hat. Shot by Mario Testino.

Kristen Stewart became a name I recognized because of Twilight. I saw the first one in a theater because the only friend I’d sit through Josie & the Pussycat Dolls and Uptown Girl (“Sheets of Egyptian Cotton” is a moment I regret having embedded in my brain.) with came into town for her annual-to-biannual visit, and she picked Twilight. I don’t know if she knows she has bad taste in movies, but she does, and only for her do I deal with it.

So I’m not a Twilight fan. I’m not a vampire lore loyalist, but the ridiculous amount of teen press popping from the series just makes me wretch. And I’ve seen the interviews. Kristen Stewart is an awful representation of herself, and every public appearance she’s made (that I’ve caught wind of, admittedly not many) absolutely warrants the parodies and satire.


One night we rented The Runaways, and, confusingly, I thought she did Joan Jett fairly well. A couple of images of the off-duty actress crossed my monitor, and I was confused further: Hey, I like the way she dresses. I noticed the “snarl” that celebrity press attached to Stewart didn’t read as a snarl to me. I seriously thought, given that time on Letterman she thought that she could drive to Russia from England, that the girl just plain didn’t know how to smile. Parts of her bothered me less and less while other parts were warming up to me. Whahappened?

Yes, yes, Armani Prive dress, Boucheron cuff – but look at that dog!

And then the calendar page flips to June, and with it, the July Vanity Fair appears in the mailbox. My first knee-jerk reaction to the cover is “Ugh, Kristen Stewart!” then “THAT DOG IS SO FUNNY LOOKING.” and finally “Did they specifically choose this image for the cover because they knew the dog would make me less annoyed by Stewart?” I fastforward to the feature looking for more of that dog, and cannot deny loving Mario Testino’s shots. And then the article sends me into taking personal inventory of myself and being overly judgmental toward women and famous Hollywood types who I will never meet. Continue reading →

Semiurban outfitters.

Living Ambiance terrarium and air plants

I spent Sunday under the shade of the Bazaar Bizarre tent at Maker Faire with Bill and the Flimflammery booth. While I didn’t venture away from the table too much, I did manage to up with Wall•e a bit.

Aside from the general plentifulness of humans being incredibly creative and ridiculously smart, the consumerist theme seemed to be “pointy things” – at least for me.

Item 1: Turk + Taylor Jacket in zig zaggy interior (curtain?) deadstock.

Once upon a time, we carried Turk + Taylor’s SF-designed and made collection on moxsie. I fell hard for a pair of shorts in this fabric, but being that I just don’t wear shorts, I couldn’t bring myself to buy them. When I peeped over my shoulder from the Flimflammery booth, I immediately spotted the fabric in a new, and tons more wearable cut. Sold! This acquisition turned out to be quite timely, given how taken I was by the applied textiles at AAU’s Interior Architecture & Design graduation.

Item 2: Living Ambiance terrariums.

The Annual Maker Faire Haul

This one’s going to the office-office.

With a home office and an office-office, I’ve got double the reason to enhance working zen. Not being a fan of the standard cubicle ficus, it’s just taken a while to find something low maintenance but pleasing to the eye. Behold, across the way from our booth, Living Ambiance!

Yes, I bought two. Fortunately Living Ambiance supplied me with upkeep instructions, which I’ve noted below the jump for my own reference. *

The Annual Maker Faire Haul

Note the non-terrarium air plants that Bill killed through neglect but we still keep around because they look neat.

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The graduates of style.

The Academy of Art University’s School of Fashion turned out some amazing talent this year. Thursday’s graduation fashion show was my first time visiting an AAU Fashion event, and I was genuinely, thoroughly impressed. These students were educated in a city known for innovation but not at all celebrated for its influence in style. Seemingly they’re at a disadvantage. Yet one of San Francisco’s greatest strengths – its international blend of inhabitants – made its own huge presence in the show, permeating through each collection with levels of global refinement and inspiration that could only be achieved by people who really know how to travel and process ideas from multiple places. Judging by the major fashion houses these students are headed to for internships and work, San Francisco won’t be overlooked for fashion much longer.

So many students who showed their work deserve accolades, but my personal favorites were the collections from:

Zhangchi Wang – Amazing geometric wools. The shapes seemed embossed while still maintaining rigidity and volume. Unsurprisingly, Wang earned a scholarship that night. Oh, and an internship at Alexander McQueen. NBD.

Hely Nguyen – Looove his structured stuff! Tailored but light. There was a brushed metallic sheen to his fabrics, but it wasn’t industrial, just extremely chic.

Ethan Yang – More amazing. Totally made me think of Alexander Wang. Also, he was born in Taiwan but grew up in Athens, Greece, which sounds like a really interesting upbringing.

Julie Seltzer – I cannot get over the textiles she created for partner Jacqueline Rabôt’s collection. Ryan from Astonish got a hold of the sketches. Check these out, but imagine them in person:

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