Once When I Was
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Here is where I share my fashion and beauty inspiration, my daily life as a fashion stylist and personal style blog. I have a major obsession for accessories and love discovering new designers.
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Happy #valentines day @barnettcohen from #nyc
#empirestate #nyc #views not the #moon #iheartny (at Thompson LES Hotel)
I miss the decorations in NYC this time of year.
It kills me to miss the BG windows.Holiday Windows 2012: Behind the Scenes with the Coveteur.
Stay tuned.
Monday’s musical memory lane.
Isn’t it weird the way music always brings you back to the same memories? Even if you spend years piling new memories onto the songs they still go back to the original thoughts and experiences.
Everything returns me to NYC in my mind these days. It’s lovely, perfect weather here in LA. The other day it rained and for a minute it felt like a cold fall day. Around this time in NYC there are certain songs I always go back to because they make me think of winter coming. Music always makes me less anxious for events I don’t really want to experience. Which is how I always felt about winter. Just a few snippets of lyrics is all it takes to make something feel cinematic and beautiful.
“Flying jerky patterns
Like snowflakes in the air”
“In blizzard of ‘77
The cars were just lumps on the snow”
It doesn’t even matter if the words are from the same song. When Let Go by Nada Surf came out we still bought CDs and I walked around with a Walkmen. I would listen to the whole record in a way I just don’t do anymore with music. Just walking around the city, it was the perfect soundtrack for the way it gets so misty, wet and sparkly in late fall at night.
“Geometric patterns
Smearing out of control”
“But in the middle of the night I worry
It’s blurry even without light”
Marc Jacobs FW2002. Velvet and Sequins.
dreammason
life:
Margaret Bourke White. Just doing her job.
Just another day in the life of Maggie the indestructible.
Bad ass women.
Diane Von Furstenberg at The Rainbow Room, 1972. Sequins and Fur at my favorite NYC landmark. I was lucky enough to attend while it was open.
She is so stunning. What? No more Rainbow Room?! I had cocktails there once. Super views and super swank.
Alice + Olivia by Stacey Bendet SS13
I am in LA but my heart is in NY and all the bad storm news has me needing a breath of fresh air. Stacey Bendet’s Alice + Olivia spring collection can help brighten up the sky. I know we are well into fall but I just needed to revisit these snaps I took during fashion week in September. Surrounded by smiling models holding candy filled clutches, it was one of the funnest presentations with flowing champagne, cake and ice cream.
Gazing at spring fashion is all well and good, but to really help NYC the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City is accepting financial donations to support Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. One hundred percent of donations will be dispersed directly to relief organizations. For more information or to donate go to www.nyc.gov/fund.
oystermag: Hurricane Sandy: Instagram Edition
This is the most spookiest yet beautiful photo of the storm I have seen from NY. I spent nearly every 4th of July in this park in Dumbo for the past 10 years.
Lower Manhattan is going dark, but Times Square still has power.
So crazy looking. It feels so weird to be in LA.
Hurricane Sandy’s northward track over the past few days (top middle of your screen), animated from images captured by NASA’s GOES-13 satellite.
Stay safe, Northeastern friends. Earth’s just working out some aggression because of how stressed out all this climate business has her. We’ll see ya on the other side, and we’ll try to make it up to her.
Thinking of all my friends and family on the NorthEast.
(via geologise)
Where to Shop: Indie Designer James Coviello
I am having an “I Miss NY” moment. The designer @JamesCoviello has the quintessential Lower East Side shop. It is a gem filled with gorgeous dresses, hats and handmade jewelry. The walls are adorned with vintage art and curios. You walk in and know you will find something unique and attention grabbing. I fell for this vintage inspired day coat, but I won’t be needing it where I am now. There are stunning maxi dresses with hidden prints within prints.
You can visit him on Orchard Street below Delancey. Tell him hello for me! But if you can’t get to NYC you can shop here.
Uncovered another old journal. Thus is from waaaay back in day. 95?
