Hail Galliano

Um. Wow.

I'm staggered.

The Dior Spring Couture collection is so beautiful I may actually start tearing up a bit.

I promise more real coherent thought and commentary when I have composed myself a bit.

Score: Uluru Cashmere Dresses at Sample Sale

I am late to the sweater dress trend only because I couldn't afford the ones I like at full retail. The cheap ones just hang and fit all wrong. And then, like a voice from heaven, came the announcement of the Uluru sample sale. It's still going on. These are my scores. Stuff looks to be 70-80% of retail.

There are also some Karoo ones on sale at Shopbop but:

A) they are final sale. If they fit wrong, I am stuck

B) they are described as semi-sheer. I don't know what that means but since its final sale I would be taking a chance

C) A good friend tells me that Mark Eisen is a Bad Person

The sale is at 902 Broadway - 20th floor. All dresses are $80-$100 and there are sweaters from $50. Today is Day 2. Go. Now.

I love Uluru. They fit my curves, can you believe it?

No, I won't go there....

I'm not going to comment on the Golden Globe outfits.

Frankly, my primary reason is that I think most outfits were boring. It looked like a giant prom. There were less than a handful who looked adult/sophisticated/truly fashionable. Angie over here was actually one of the better ones. No weird poufs or gold lame.

And in case anyone has noticed, awards ceremonies, or at least pictures of arrivals, happen during the DAY. How wrong do many of dresses look under the bright california sun? Does this bother no one else? Where are the pictures of how these outfits look in action? At dinner? Dancing? In short, how do these party dresses look at an actual party? I don't think we will ever really know.

Meanwhile I will be wearing a boring little navy sheath with chiffon straps to an actual cocktail reception this evening, and I will have fun. A lot more fun that I am sure Angelina had at the GG's and she knew it judging from the look on her face.

Adam Arnold

A label I saw mentioned in the NYTimes Styles store review.

I want this dress so badly.

So very very badly.

www.adam-arnold.com

I need to go shopping very badly. I have been at a conference all week and it seems all I have done is eat. Shopping is the only thing that will get me back to eating like a normal human being before things begin to not fit.

Loehmann's shoes and I have a date this evening.

Clip it to me

The Thursday style section this week had a slide show on Large Button clip-ons. Again, something that's been gone so long, it's fresh again. I am digging the look even though it's planets away from my own earrings. All fishooks drop earrings. My earrings must move. Posts hurt my ears and clips make them go ow and then uncomfortably numb.

But I still love these.

I know I am going to get a lot of flack about this post as I have been so anti-bling this fall. No jewelry. None. No earrings. I've even layed off the engagement ring (with zero symbolism, thank you). Just anti-bling, taking my usual lack of effort with jewelry a little further.

I make such a bad Indian girl. My mother doesn't know where she went wrong.

True Blue for the New Year

Happy Holiday Season and New Year to all my imaginary readers!!!

I have been meaning to write about my recent obesssion with navy and bright blues recently. They were never my faves but recently I can't seem to stop. The right blues work well with my complexion, which can be a tricky feat with bright, primary blues. So proceed carefully.

I think it started when I realized that I have some suits that only work with navy shoes. Once last year, I tried wearing one of them with black shoes. I knew they didn't work. The local office sartorialist shook his had at me and let me know how disappointed he was in me. I was ashamed of myself. But still, I mean, navy shoes? Navy pumps?

Then I discovered the secret to navy. Its very power is in its dowdiness. Take the trampiest shoe and make it navy? Instant respectibility. Chic vs. well....um...Country (tx. Brit. kisses.)

I dare anyone to find an article of clothing that this doesn't work for. Within reason of course. As my new acquisitions arrive, I will debrief you all.

Anyway, this line of reasoning quickly brought me to where I am today. Desperately looking for shiny patent navy shoes with hardware. I am not committed to the hardware (see Delmans, top left) so we shall see. I have seen some online but as I am hitting SF again in the next few weeks, I hold out hopes that the Loehmann's Shoes there will deliver me.

So as far as the primary bright blue I mentioned earlier. There was an article in style.com recently about the emergence of IKB, or Internation Klein Blue on the runways. It seems so very new to me, although I sure I wore it like crazy when I was a tyke. Its a very punchy but pure blue first developed by Yves Klein. It think many of you may have seen it recently in a collection in the Armane Exchange stores. It think its that same blue, I could be wrong.

Since this blue is such a statement in itself, I don't think it needs a whole lot else to go with. I thought it would be the perfect color for a spring T-shirt dress like this one from Americal Apparel. They have some amazing dresses for those who haven't checked it out recently. Given that spring is SUPPOSED to be about the T-shirt dress. I'm not sure how you can go wrong. Its $32. I mean, really people. I also saw something in the store recently about how if they don't have the size/color there you want, they will ship it to you free.

BV wishes and Thomas Maier dreams

I've been bitten by the Bottega Veneta bug. It struck some time ago and the infection started small but has grown to where spending $3K on a dress or handbag doesn't sound as alien as it should be.

There's something about the current aesthetic that embodies the word "aspirational" for me. Anti-logo, super luxurious, announces its presence only to those whose opinion you might actually care about. And so agonizingly expensive.

Lily Bart (House of Mirth) would have had loads of BV. Well, would have wanted loads of it anyway. I feel her right now. I really do.

Below is a Desmo woven leather bag that is about $140 on smartbargains.com. It's about as close as I can get right now without those "oblong envelopes", you know what they are, getting the better of me.