Fashion for everyone

last night i had the great fun of hosting a vintage swap party at what goes around comes around (the awesome shop from which this ensemble came) in new york. the concept was so cool: invite stylish people to come over for cocktails, ask them to bring a few vintage gems that aren't getting enough love, then everybody trades and goes home with neat new stuff (without spending a penny)!

i showed up happy enough with my outfit, but wishing i had a fancier handbag:

{sidenote: my 2010 new year's resolution is to bring back shoe clips. consider yourself forewarned.}

i traded in this ferragamo jacket (its shoulders were really too broad for me):

and left with a beaded clutch MUCH better suited to my ensemble:

{thanks to jesse untracht-oakner for sending over the pics of me!}

update: mimi over at brook+lyn also did a fantastic post on the event!

last night's alexander wang party ~ held at the same mobil gas station where elle.com found me last week ~ may easily prove to be the highlight of new york fashion week. i probably don't even need to leave the house again.

in the coolest catering choice ever, all the candy and red bull and tic-tacs in the convenience store were free, so the crowd was completely sugar-high by the time COURTNEY LOVE appeared onstage (in front of the carwash). no big deal, just totally surreal.

i was glad to have my favorite merry-maker by my side to geek out with, and to assure me that all the ridiculousness around us was real:

case in point? i shouldn't have been a bit surprised to run into the inimitable tavi backstage (aka: the oil change center) after the show. that's just fashion week for ya!

popped by the whitney contemporaries art party last night ~ for a high glam pressure pulse of art + fashion...

...i indulged in a bit of biddery...

...practiced my prance, panache and posery....

...hobsnobbed with a host of haute hotties...

yesterday morning, i woke up feeling a bit wonky, like real life had returned from the holidays too fast and left me spinning, so i sought refuge in a few favorite fashion talisman: a sort of dr. suess cap, comfy leopard chubby, gothic crucifixes, and charlie - brown stripes:

by night my mood had reversed, and so had my motifs. i swapped the spotted outer for a slinky leopard under, and slid out the stripes from bottom to topper:

i commonly go through many outfits (and moodswings) in a day, but this particular sartorial switcheroo was to appropriately attend the launch party for a stephen sprouse (the punk glamour god!) exhibit at deitch projects in nyc, hosted by louis vuitton. for a fun event like this, celebrating a designer like sprouse, i figured there was no way to wear too much pattern!

arriving at the gallery, the first look to catch my eye was a wild acid-stripe dress, worn with a wonderfully overdosed crucifix charm necklace - the phsychedelic version (vision?) of my own costumes of the day:

it seemed that silly skins + shiny stripes was a mini-trend-of-the-moment, and i couldn't have been happier!

i hope everyone had a very happy holiday season; i'm certain we have much to look forward to in the new year! at the very least, anticipate regular posting to resume here over the next few days...



{above photos: ringing in the new year with family + friends at austin's hotel san jose}