Fashion for everyone

last week i hinted about a special project i was working on, and i'm so excited to finally be able to share it with you all! i designed a capsule collection of glamourwraps, fashioned from reclaimed antique kimonos (they're coming later this week to shrimpton couture) and styled this story to feature a few of my favorites:


~ self-designed galmourwrap + rings ~


~ self-designed galmourwrap + rings, american apparel lace bodysuit, vintage dress ~


~ self-designed galmourwrap + rings, american apparel tank, vintage suede obi ~


~ self-designed galmourwrap + rings, american apparel lace bodysuit, vintage dress ~


~ self-designed galmourwrap + rings, american apparel tank, topshop shorts + boots, vintage suede obi, ~


~ self-designed galmourwrap + rings, american apparel lace bodysuit, genetic lace 'shane' jeans, coach 'aubrie' boots ~

i'm so excited about all of these pieces. each is one-of-a-kind and can be worn in dozens of different ways! to celebrate, i'll be sipping champers with cherie, the bewitching chick in charge of shrimpton couture, tonight at the W hotel in NYC. why don't you stop by and say hi?



this informal meet-up is open to everyone, so please pop in if you're around!
***update: we'll be hanging out from 5-7! see you then

on my list of must-see, most-stylish movies of all time, billy wilder's 1950 masterpiece sunset boulevard is a serious top-5 contender.

the story of norma desmond, an aging silent film star (played by gloria swanson) desperate to make her comeback, this film is a grandiose but sombre satire, set in a boisterously baroque black + white backdrop, painted in portraits from its star's glories past.

desmond's soft-lit, heavy-curtained hollywood manse, a sumptuous shrine-to-self, is as important a character as any of the movie's actors. in perfect period pitch, her bedroom (which is rumored to have been designed after the one the phantom created for singer christine daae in the phantom of the opera) is decorated with a fairytale sleigh bed, festooned with a bounty of boudoir dolls.

these dolls, produced from the 1920s-1940s, were popular during the height of the art deco movement, and were intended to grace the beds of grown ladies. today they are highly collectible due to their important connection to the fashions of the 20s + 30s, and their continued power to inspire; the impact of these stylish figures is clearly felt in this stunning new editorial from vogue italia, shot by tim walker: