It's All About the Contrast

I simply will not leave my apartment unless my hair looks precisely like the little number above

Well, or below

{Images via Guy Aroch}

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More Cheese Please

{Image via Pink of Perfection}

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Beauty By Bardot

{Images via Vanity Fair Italy}

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Needs

{To work the oldest-newest trick in the book, Balenciaga-esque volume and shapes}

{Something from Stockholm: A just-as-chic mini me}

{A terribly messy, terribly beautiful updo, from one of my absolute favorite inspiration sites}

{To use the phrase "divine" more and get a kick start by pre-ordering Tory's Look 25}

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Tote-ally Cute

New York, Paris, LA blah blah everyone knows the coolest major cities around. But who wouldn't want to be from New Orleans or Oklahoma so they could sport one of these fun little totes around?

My only qualm is that they don't have a Pittsburgh version quite yet



{Images via Maptote}

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Glamour Amid the Gloom

An interesting article about the "new" high and low dressing here

For good measure, some looks from Oscar de la Renta, the master of American Glamour


{Images via WSJ, Style.com}

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Typefaces/Scripts/Fonts

Everyone should go see this now

{Image via Down and Out in Pittsburgh and New York}

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(Wo)Man's Best Friend

Why not me?

PS - He's Best in Show!

{Image via FGR}

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The Two Step

{Image via kate spade's twitter}

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Let's Hear It For the Boys

Obviously I'm obsessed with women's street style, but there's something uniquely wonderful about sartorially conscious men

Exhibits A (casual tailoring), B (amazing shoes), and C (smart socks)

{Images via The GQ Eye}

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Get In the Mood

{Tommy Hilfiger}

Though I won't soon forgive VOGUE for it's as-of-late heniously unfashionable covers, I can't get enough of these mood boards! Here's my favorite crop to date

{Marchesa}

{Michael Kors}

{Oscar de la Renta}

{3.1 Phillip Lim}

{Images via Vogue Daily}

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The Bigger the Better the Bird of a Feather

Should I embarrased that I'm so in love with a citrine peacock duvet cover (above)? I supposed I'd need to have an all white bedroom, but there's something so lovely about picking and choosing things that you're totally enamored with, regardless of the total look

If I can't take the leap, there's always the dove (below)
{Images via Design*Sponge}

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"I don't care if it's freezing or cold or raining - whatever is part of the look."

Anna Della Russo, the fashion director of Vogue Nippon, is famous for her tendency to wear looks yanked directly from the runway

The New York Magazine Spring Fashion Issue just came out, and they did a lovely little Q&A with the clotheshorse




{Images via New York magazine}

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My Life In Three Phrases

string of pearls, cashmere scarf, faux croc clutch.

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sunday obsessions

{Sally Draper's Cocktail Cheat Sheat}

{Glamorous power couples}

{Being happy about nothing}

{One of the few instances where pink doesn't cheapen black}

{Neon socks in a real-life application}

{More mood boards, this one care of Carolina Herrera}

{60's minimalism, especially in new ways}

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"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees."

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope it's filled with romance and love and all things beautiful

{Image via UO Inside: Modern Lovers}

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