There's NOTHING better

than birthday cupcakes; no, I'm not talking about the kind of dreary white whipped frosting and neon sprinklers piled atop one another in a row. I'm talking about these beauties:

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. "

If there ever was an appropriate time to use the banal and jejune word "glamazon", it would be to describe Sophia Loren. The Italian actress born in 1934 co-starred along side Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra, and remains an icon til this present day. Grand Italy's Marilyn Monroe.

Ahh-autumn

In the Fall there is absolutely nothing I love better than converting all of my dresses from seasons past into glorious autumn gowns by pairing them with the most decadent of tights. A certain elan is brought about by tiny threads lacing one up's leg like a wanton spider web. Braids of nylon running up one's stems like a decaying butterfly's wing. There is only one color of my tights and that color is black. Texture and pattern quell all.














From Vogue Italia Suggestions August 2009;

That line has been crossed before

As have many other lines. This particular line - the hybrid clothing-jewelery line, was crossed long ago, but has started to emerge again by way of young jewelery designers. Seemingly avant-garde, as hip magazines may make it seem - it's not. Almost 20 years ago, circa 1990's, there was Slim Barrett- possibly responsible for the rise in popularity of the tiara in this time period. The jewelery designer collaborated with the likes of Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Chanel -Karl Lagerfeld, Versace, and Montana and Ungano; and continues designing today.

Mothra

Beast, monster, savage, kaiju!!! The Divine Moth who first debuted in a novel by Takehiko Fukunaga later moved on to films co-starred alongside Godzilla (original Japanese circa 1960s); a major enemy. Mothra will bite the enemy's tail as well as use her psychic abilities to conquer all. I just like the way Mothra looks...

Thrifty

My need to go to vintage shopping is only enhanced when I visit other areas specifically excluding the town I live in. I found so many amazing things this summer in New York... So when I came back to where I live I decided to take a look in one of the couple thrift stores around. Surprisingly I found this Oleg Cassini jacket - shoulder pads, bell sleeves, pearls and all.