It's oh so quiet.

Black, starry, oversized, with good structure at the shoulders? You're making me blush.
Have a lovely weekend, kittens...

-Leigh

Vika Gazinskaya dress from Net-a-Porter

Dream date.

Jamie Bochert lives and makes music in Brooklyn and I want her dress so bad.

Photo by Ami Sioux from Rika Magazine

Stealing Stealing Beauty.

Course of action: wear this dress on hot July nights, hand-wash it and let dry in the sun on hot July days. Repeat, every summer for the next 5 summers. Result: a dress approximating Lucy Harmon's.

AND: One of my favorite blog posts, on one of my favorite movies.

Lucy Harmon and Madelene from Stockholm

Remember what it was like to be 19 with Le Portillon. You loved Lanvin at 19, right?

mink pink.

Here is just a tiny teaser taste of the new stuff from Mink Pink, our favorite new line out of Australia. (Which, by the way, looks like the most annoying movie ever, if you ask me.)

The jacket? Ziggy Stardust makes out, okay shakes hands with, a young-ish Michael Jackson. $86. The dress? Lady Chatterly makes a Very Special Appearance on Dallas. $80. And I swear - no one will ever know. Unless you tell them - which you should.

(These items, already at the MOST recession-busting prices, are still on sale thru this weekend.)

this just in.

Lorick, designed by Abigail Lorick. The line is jaw dropping. It has a timeless, elegant, sophisticated feel but with an unmistakable edge. (The line has something to do with Gossip Girl but I am not sure what, as I am over the age of 30. I think I am actually not allowed to watch it.) My favorite dress makes me think of Mad Men. Maybe something Betty Draper would wear to a cocktail party.

(The Internerd tells me this: Blair's mother's fashion line, Waldorf Designs, is in fact a real collection called Lorick designed by Abigail Lorick. So there ya go.)

new stuff!

We were sooooo smart this year and the items coming in are just right for late summer/early fall. Are you ready for huge bulky coats and sweaters right now? Neither am I. But how about these amaaaaazing, sheer, thin cashmere leggings? I mean really, in this age of gilded lilies, why on earth are you not wearing cashmere leggings?

This Saja dress - and this general trend - is blogged about rather eloquently here. It is gorgeous, refined and cool - and surprisingly easy to wear. Much easier to wear than you are probably thinking right now.

Okay. Look. This dress by T Lux -in the window right now - has a modern ROOSTER print. Yeah. You heard me. Roosters. It's being worn by our lovely armless model with a great, cardigan vest by LAMade, who, lucky for us, ventured into the world of extremely affordable sweaters. Featured in the foreground is quite the jaunty fedora. Seriously, there is no reason you should not be stylin' to the max this Fall.

i love this dress.

This dress is by Bow and Arrow, one of our favorite new designers. If Jackie O worked in a cafeteria, this is what she would be sporting. And it has pockets, for your extra hair net.