best in show redeux

my thoughts on by far the most interesting part of a ho-hum ceremony...


i mean really, the show stopper for me was anne hathaway in marchesa. if i had coloring like hers i would stay pale and wear red all the time. another presenter, penelope cruz, looked amazing in chanel.


ooh, and more marchesa. i know this is very similar to the anne hathaway red, but how good does jessica alba look? and i'm not really a fan of hers. but she gets points for rocking this one while pregnant. seriously, she looks as good in it as the presumably stick thin runway model.


i love the relative sublety of calista's vintage valentino. she's not there as a nominee or a recipient, just on the arm of harrison ford and not trying to be anything more. well done.


black wouldn't be my choice for such a night but laura linney does look elegant in michael kors and cathy waterman jewels.


why were so many people down on cate blanchett's choice? love the color, her hair and makeup is gorgeous and she's sooo pregnant. let the woman wear whatever cut she wants! big snaps in my book.

the last sitting

check out lindsay lohan on this week's new york magazine cover as marylin monroe. the cover story, shot by bert stern, is based on stern's iconic last sitting from 1962, featuring marylin. surely much will be made of li-lo and her personal parallells to marylin's drug abuse story. whatever.


anyway, i have long been a fan of the book which shows an amazing range of emotion in the star, shot over several boozy sessions just prior to her suicide.

probably this is my favorite image, which i first saw on a friend's wall years ago and has made a lasting impression of the woman behind all that legend.



and as for the rest of the photos, it's easier for those of us in a (slightly) later generation to see what all the hype was about, and why so many stars today refer to her.

happy sunday

best in show

how cute is uno the beagle?!? how funny are his competitors? love the annual westminster dog show!

happy valentine's day

window shopping

it's valentine's week on bleeker street and i just had to try to capture the lovely windows at marc jacobs. i don't think the detail totally comes across in the pics but these are full on walls of (silk) flowers, happily carrying over to each of marc's now 4 local stores.


which sit just down the block from the mail boxes at juicy and tommy hilfiger's rather stately pink wooden accents...



happy valentines window-or-other shopping!

japanese fabrics at purl

for any lover of fabrics, purl is a must-shop when in new york. fortunately, the little store is so close to my apartment that i can stop in and do whatever you do with your local stores -- buy things you didn't realize you needed. one of the first purchases i made was this bird fabric that turned in to a curtain for a closet with no door.

ah, and now i see the etsuko furuya upholstery weight line is getting bigger, happily in the same color family with some logical options for curtains and pillows:




away from the heavier weights, purl carries a line of super-soft cotton fabrics, kokka nani iro. the watercolor-like prints don't show nearly as well here as they do in person. suffice to say, this top pattern made the lovliest napkins for my friend elizabeth's birthday.



no idea what i am doing with these two, my recent purchases. the top one looks so valentine-sey. i may have to do cocktail napkins for holly's girls' party that night.

reform school rules

ah, thanks to poppytalk for directing me to yet another groovy online store, reform school. they sell lots of cool crafts like posters and cards which i can't seem to get enough of.

i have never bought a guitar post breakup, but, hmm, maybe i should've. i've always fancied myself a bit the rocker chick.




how many butter dishes are too many butter dishes? surely i can fit one more in this bitty kitchen?


nice! had to kick in this cool line of clutch bags made out of skateboards, presumably making them constructed of some sort of fiberglass, but recycled skateboards! back to the rocker chick thing...



and to round out any shopping experience for me, there's plenty of literature. from funky design manuals to classics:

happy sunday

rosettes

remember when sjp's carrie went corsage-mad? i loved the look. i love flowers in every incarnation (ha, in-carnation!): real, good fakes, floral prints. i, too, wear flowers on the lapel in that charming old-lady way. so i really dug the images in the domino mag editor's ode to the rosette, with entries from kate spade, target and some site called oromono.com:




i've also been eyeing these vintage looking rosebuds from caralyndon.



a nice addition to the little japanese button earrings i already have from them.



ok, yes, yes, i am done using the domino feb issue for blogging ideas.