Vanessa + Lou

Here's a few lovely images from a short film directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto for Vanessa Bruno, starring Lou Doillon. Aside from being really into Lou I'm liking the spooky vibe and gorgeous colors, we'll have to wait until September to see the rest. How much does she look like her mom in the first photo?











via thefashionspot, see the rest of the stills here!

Feline du Jour

Screw diamonds, cats are totally a girl's best friend. Dujour magazine seems to agree that a frowning puffball is the ultimate accessory. Here's a peek of a sweet spread from the current issue titled "Meow Meow". Look at that grumpy face! Glad I'm not the only one that gets a kick out of dressing my cat up in bow-ties...

Cat Power

Is Mental alerted me to existence of this vintage Fiorucci swimsuit from Nasty Gal which has tragically been sold. I can only hope that the lucky buyer is a rag picker for some mass-market retailer that will shamelessly reproduce it. Who wouldn't want this?

Cat Fancy: W

I've been meaning to post these delightful cat photos for awhile, they're from the W with the awkward photos of Gennifer Goodwin.






By Claudia Knoepfel and Stefan Indlekofer, photos via the fashion spot

Things that will ruin my credit score: Phillip Lim Bags

I love Phillip Lim. He's chill, his dog is adorable, his last collection was fantastic, and I'm really into the cropped carrot pants that he keeps producing season after season. He also makes great bags; here are a few fall offerings plucked from his newly redesigned website:

I Want You!

After a long hiatus I have finally started working on the second issue of my magazine Chelsea. If you missed my post about the first issue it can be accessed here. If you want to buy a copy of the first issue send $10 (USA) or $13 (outside USA) in paypal to chelsea@chelseamagazine.org. Anyway, I am looking for contributors for the next issue and who better to ask then the fabulous people who read this blog? If you are a writer, photographer, illustrator, hair or makeup artist, fashion designer, web designer, or a phenomenally talented individual whose occupation has been omitted from this list, please contact me at chelsea@chelseamagazine.org. I am a bit picky (I think it's inherent to the job) but every submission will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all so much and I hope to hear from you soon!


Photo by Sarah Wilmer from Chelsea #1

Huppert-a-thon!

I'm always excited when the Cannes film festival rolls around because more often than not, Isabelle Huppert is there. This year she was the jury president and I was super stoked to hear that they awarded the Palme d'Or to Michael Haneke, who directed her in The Piano Teacher. I really wish that they would team up again and make a prequel to The Piano Teacher because I would love to know how her character became so colossally perverted. Maybe I should start a Facebook group or something. But anyway, I wanted to do a post about Isabelle Huppert because she is mysteriously absent from the fashion blogosphere. This seems illogical, as she is beautiful and chic and, you know, French. Why should Catherine Deneuve get all the attention? Isabelle may not be as glam as the Queen D but she's certainly chic enough to merit one lousy post on a vaguely cat-themed fashion blog, right?

Things I like: Satanists, The View, Michelle Obama's Prom Photo

I have a million a photos on my computer that I always intend to work into a post at some point but this rarely happens so I have decided to introduce a new feature titled "Things I Like" which showcases a vast assortment of gems culled from the depths of my hard drive. Enjoy!


If this is what satanist chicks looked like in the eighties I'm sad that I missed the boat. I found this photo in the "other religions" folder at the mid-manhattan picture library.



The Czech poster for Juliet of the Spirits . I am too inarticulate to describe how brilliant I think this is.


I got this biker chicks postcard at a truck stop in Arizona. It's propped up on my windshield in this photo. It's really amusing to me that the clothes that these girls are wearing are so outdated that they have actually come back into fashion before this postcard has ceased to be produced. Five years ago this would look have looked atrocious but now everyone's like, "Oh my god, where can I get a studded leather bralet???"


Michelle Obama's prom photo. I'm totally into the Emmanuelle chair.


The cover of the Christine Perfect LP. Also with the Emmanuelle chair. Does anyone know what those chairs are actually called? FYI this is Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac. Her name used to be Christine Perfect, which sounds so much cooler than Christine McVie. Not to knock Christine, she is amazing and happens to be the celebrity who I most closely resemble.


How unfortunate is Elizabeth Hasslebeck's outfit? She probably saw the Grey Gardens HBO movie with Drew Barrymore and was really inspired. That said, the point of this blurb is not that I hate Elizabeth Hasslebeck (which I do), but rather, that I love The View. I highly suggest that you watch it.


This girl from Garance Dore.