MYSTERY OF NATURE //

Ylonka Verheul by Ceen Wahren for Vogue Taiwan July 2011.

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LONG DUCK DONG //

INSPIRATION .... Plus, um....who is digging on the MM6 LONG BAG?

Me.

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SHOPBOP GIVEAWAY //

Guess what kittens!? Shopbop is giving away a $100 gift card to one lucky reader! Why not make it you? Leave a comment and I will pick a winner by 8/6!!! Just in time to get your pre Fall wardrobe started! Check out this Alexander Wang Duffel, or these ever versatile T's by Alexander Wang. Want more? Check out the Alexander Wang Sale ... all easily available at Shopbop! Sooo... I suppose this is also the time I name drop and tell you that the one and only Mr. Wang was running along side me on the treadmill the other day, yeah he ran like a half mile... but he ran half a mile while adorned in a slinky white T shirt and chic black sneakers and that famous head of shiny black locks wrapped into a chic little half knot..... chic attack!

Well, Good Luck my little kitties!!

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AT THE BEACH //

My lovely and beautiful friend Kirk works at ODIN and we were in visiting him Saturday afternoon in the East Village location and he says to me: "try this, try this, every time I am here I wear it- it smells like sunscreen its amazing!!!" and was he ever right? And man does he ever know me. This sh*t is amazing. I have a thing for coconut oil / beach scented situations (queue the tried and true NEROLI 36 by Le Labo). So if your into beachy scents too, or even interesting scents that don't remind you of a cheap soccer mom with pearls in a food court - then CB I HATE PERFUMES are for you, try AT THE BEACH 66.

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HEDI SLIMANE //

How much do you love HEDI SLIMANE? He is amazing. Beyond, I mean how can one person have such a resume? Even more amazing is the archive on his website/diary. Hours of pleasure...

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STEAMY //

This is exactly how NY is going to look tonight, its officialy 100 degrees at 1pm... crazy. NY you've got me burning up.

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FALLING FOR FALL //

Is anyone else falling for Fall like I am??... I mean it is 93 degrees and 93% humidity and I find myself drooling over these sueded, wooly, color blocked dreams ... all at La Garconne.

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SECRETS //

I generally don't like to share my secrets when it comes to jewelry that looks like you spent 300 dollars on in, when in fact it was 30... but Urban Outfitters jewelry is just too good right now... many pieces strikingly similar to ETTER ELLEN and PAMELA LOVE, no??!

Oh well - the cats out of the bag now.

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THOR //

Happy Sunday Kittens.

Soooo somehow my weekend was pretty much about Babies, Beers, BBQ's and Beards... In Brooklyn. It was pretty bitchin'

Speaking of babies, meet my good friend Naomis' baby: Thor - they just moved back to NY (yay!) and he seriously may be the CUTEST little guy I have ever seen, We are so glad they are back (aren't we kevin!? aren't WE!!?!)

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DISTRESSED BLACKS //

DISTRESSED BLACKS // Needle-punched Wools, Printed skins, Jaspe's, Marls and Marbled finishes... The new Black. Fall 2011.

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CAT EYES //

Last night over Bourbon 'Shirley Tempel's' (and duh, yes -I made this cocktail up) I taught my boyfriend about CAT EYES... I am still not sure he understood that it is actually more than "oh that black line" but the actual art of transforming your eye into that of a felines!? ... Anyway, it got me to thinking of Alexa, she just really just still is my no. 1 girl crush.

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JENS LEKMAN //

Happy Saturday Kittens. I am enjoying the dreamy sounds of JENS LEKMAN as I do a little Saturday morning cleaning. He is really amazing, a one man show taking on the ukulele, horns and guitar on his own into a late 60's, early 70's cinematic explosion ... Enjoy.

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CELINE //

I can't stop thinking about the CELINE sunnies I tried on in Florence last Friday... I should have just bit the bullet and got them. Should have. Would have. Could have.

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HEARTBEATS //

My friend Kevin sternly warned me today that if he had to read "We Knit You" one more time he was going to cry... and lord knows we do not want to see that... no sir. So how is this little editorial from Rogue? I just love dreamcatchers.

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