Killing Time

BCBG Max Azria


Calvin Klein


Carolina Herrera


Donna Karan


Doo.Ri


Jason Wu


Oscar de la Renta


Rachel Roy


Rag & Bone


Temperley London


Thakoon


The best of the rest of Pre-Fall 2011. Trend alerts: Reds, color blocking, Boardwalk Empire inspiration, horizontal lines, furs, all sorts of capes, high waisted pants, and flats to name a few.

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Side Swiped

This dress would have gone completely wrong and ended up tacky on someone other than Gwyneth Paltrow.

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The Empire

I was a bit late with getting to the Pre-Fall 2011 collections. So to kick things off, I offer you a few looks that defined the Chanel collection. It all looks so warm and inviting. Don't mind if I do.

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Little Children

How friggain adorable is Elle Fanning. She is styled appropriately and so chic for a 12 year old. I'm always rooting for the Fanning sisters because they seem so down to earth. I can't wait to see the film Somewhere either.

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Top Magazine Covers Of 2010

Magazines are a dying art. I hate that you can have online editions and this and that for the iPad. Just like a book, I love holding a magazine in my hands. The cover says it all too. In order from best to even better:


The cover alone got me to start watching Mad Men. Thanks, Rolling Stone.


The subscriber's cover to Bazaar had It Girl Supreme Georgia May Jagger on it. She stands out even in a black dress with a mostly black background.


I'm generally in the minority for finding Lady Gaga a beauty. She proved she is to the haters with this one by bringing back gray hair and wearing nothing else aside from a diamond choker.


I loved Drew's Nylon cover this year also. She just keeps getting better. The spread inside was just as strong too.


Fresh and cute cover for Vogue, who is having a tough time staying on top of the fashion rags.


Yeah. Do we have to say anything here? Didn't think so.


The best bottle redhead around. The caption says it all.


Queen B really can't do any wrong.


The cover that makes every girl wish Ryan Gosling was holding their head instead of Michelle Williams.


Hot like Mexico. Rejoice!

I've been single handedly saving the magazine industry. I have subscriptions to most of these magazines and others, I never get over the excitement of seeing what's on each cover. These were my top 10 fav covers of the year. All but one are US editions - Pop is a British magazine. Gaga ruled all, Rolling Stone continues to stay relevant, and Pop managed to get Britney into a Rodarte gown. 'Nuf said.

Top Albums Of 2010

We wouldn't have fashion, music, film, or videos without the other. So, since 2010 is quickly drawing to an end, I've compiled lists of my favorite things. I'm saying it now, I don't listen to, watch, pay attention to everything. I try to do my best though, so I hope you enjoy the artists who inspire me.


10. Inception, Inception OST - The best soundtrack to a movie this year (aside from Burlesque). I can recall the scenes perfectly with each listen.


9. Katy Perry, Teenage Dream – Pop fun with sugar on top. The summer playlist girls of every age live for. I know I did.


8. Jenny and Johnny, I’m Having Fun Now – I love everything Jenny Lewis does including this team up with her boy toy Johnathan Rice. It’s like listening to a couple’s conversations and fights. With instruments.


7. My Chemical Romance, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys – Jersey pride with this one. My Chem keep coming up with albums that are more like soundtracks waiting for movies to be made to them.


6. Laura Marling, I Speak Because I Can – Laura is my age and seemingly puts all my thoughts and emotions into her lyrics to the point where my heart aches.


5. The Pretty Reckless, Light Me Up – Say what you will about Taylor Momsen, but this album is full of rock gems from the dirty mind of a teenage girl. So wrong, it's absolutely right.


4. Miley Cyrus, Can’t Be Tamed ­– Whenever I don’t want to think about anything aside from booty popping and whipping my hair, I put this on. That’s a compliment, Miley.


3. Robyn, Body Talk Trilogy – Released in three parts, Robyn put out the best collection of pop songs this year. From dealing with break ups, new love, friendship, and fake bitches, Body Talk has it all. It also features a sick song with Snoop Dogg.


2. The Dead Weather, Sea of Cowards - Alison Mosshart, marry me. Best rock album of the year. The follow up to Horehound flows better and has more teeth in its bite.


1. Kanye West , My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – The topper of every Best Of list this year. Yeezy spills his guts and tears himself down, yet forever remains better than you.

Pull Over

Feeling Dree Hemingway's sweater over her dress here. Very on point for the fall, but with a little twist.

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Black Swan

After waiting over a year to see Darren Aronofsky's new ballet thriller Black Swan and a few failed attempts to see the movie early, I finally got to witness the brilliant film over the weekend. The ballet, the score by Clint Mansell, the cast, and the Rodarte-designed tutus were everything I needed to get my ass to the theatre.

Black Swan tells the tale of Nina, a ballerina with all the talent but lacks the fluidity that comes from letting herself go when dancing. That's where Lily comes in. The new girl that has everything Nina lacks, but Nina ends up getting cast as the Swan Queen in Swan Lake. That's when all hell breaks loose. Taking the neuroses, dieting extremes, pressure, and sacrifice a ballerina goes through to a whole other level, Nina is on a downward spiral. Nina's director knows she can play Odette, but thinks she's missing the link to play her evil twin Odile. She starts tapping into parts of herself she never knew. But what's reality and what's a dream?

The Swan Queen is represented in tutus of white (Odette) and black (Odile). This always seems to be the colour choice of good versus evil/innocent versus guilty/happy versus sad. Taking the simplest forms of colour can guide the audience through who to root for. Nina is often in soft colours of white, pink, and gray. While Lily is the bad girl in black with tattoos on her back. Who does Nina end up as at the end of the ballet? I'm not going to ruin the fun for you. Until then, you're in for a wild ride through the mind of a ballerina out of touch with reality and herself. Just don't let the colours confuse you this time around.

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