On Your Knees

So I don't know if designers think we're doing alot of stuff on our knees. Or if they are merely encouraging more kneeling behavior. Regardless, padded knees are "in."

marc by marc jacobs a/w 2010

Some of my favorite past-times are on my knees... Like gardening, looking in the bottom of my closet, searching for my other shoe... umm, getting into the lower cupboards where we keep our cans. Ya know, lots of stuff. So I was pleased to see these knee saving fashion items. I for one, like to keep my knees protected.

marc by marc jacobs from a spread in teen vogue.

hansel from basel

anzevino and florence

divine basic patch leggings

Get on your knees ladies...

Love you, mean it

Emily

p.s. reanimated from Trend De La Creme.

Leggy Leggy Leggy

I waffle back and forth about leggings. I'm the kind of girl who likes to wear my pants "dick tight," as my boyfriend lovingly puts it. But I'm not so sure about leggings? What is the protocol? Where is the line between fashion and trashin?

Don't get me wrong. I still wear em. But when I see faux-shionistas prancing about with their garanimals outfit in lacey mid-calf leggings: a little part of me dies inside because I too, am wearing leggings. Isn't there some miss manners etiquette to wearing them?? Am I totally wrong for wearing leggings still?

Anyway, I saw these little wonders and it made me happy that I haven't thrown all my leggings away. There are still some awesome leggings out there. They probably just don't have lace on the bottom...

These cuties are made by Anzevino and Florence and can be found on 80's Purple for about $75 (hence my latest DIY endeavour will probably be to recreate them).

William Anzenvio and Richard Florence, a dichotomy of "Warhol and Thoreau" (azfn), met in 2000 and stumbled into fashion together. Anzenvio resides on the east coast and Florence on the west. This opposition follows their work as they explore fashion, often working with synthetic verses organic. Their shop opened on Hollywood Blvd last December. For those of us not lucky enough to have a personal jet JUST for shopping can buy their clothing here.

Check out some of my personal picks:

Modular Hemp Dress:

Synthetic Memory Fabric Dress:



Women's Vase Jumper:



Ice Cream Dress (previously posted):



All these and more can be found at: 80's Purple.



Love you, mean it

Emily

F*ck Loads of Diamonds

I am the kind of person who sees something and says "hmm, how can I make that myself?"  well the young miss at parkandcube also does just that... 

Remember those fabulous leggings from Rodarte's spring/summer 2009 collection?  Yeah, I do too.  But if you had one too many taquitos this morning I brought along a picture to jog your memory:

Stunning aren't they?

If you were also like me, you didn't want to pay 8 squillion dollars for them (the preferred denomination of squids and chameleons alike).  Well, parkandcube gives directions how to DIY and make it til you break it.

The directions seem relatively straight-forward and I look forward to spending long wine-induced hours craning away over this project (I get a little obsessed).  Make your own and send me pictures.  Or just send them to parkandcube and tell her how rad she is.

Love you, mean it

Emily

all pictures taken from parkandcube and presseboutique.