you've got that certain something

FALL INSPIRATION IS UPON ME. it better be, it's gettin cold up in here.
after spending a good ten days watching/twittering/texting/facebooking (remind me to slap myself later) about the"cryin" video by aerosmith:

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i have finally fully formulated my fall vibe: neo-grunge silverstone.
i bought this skirt the other day and it sort of cemented everything in my brain..plaid flannel mini with a black tulle overlay? SOOOO NEO GRUNGE! sometimes f21 steps it up.


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the full silverstone would be to wear this with my combat boots or those wood-heeled docs, but this is the alternate- clogs? i am so into it!

i feel like grey ribbed tights might be the fulltime must for this fall, for me at least. they look weird good with everything.
baggy crocheted sweater thing, free tweed coat (needs buttons, i'm getting to it EVENTCH). today's outfit is just the START, i need to perfect this jazz.

things i need to LIVE THE DREAM:
flannel shirts that i like (i have ONE from this summer's thriftventures)
a perfect ratty denim skirt?
THOSE DOC BOOTS
...a bellybutton barbell?
stephen dorff
dramatic bungee jumps
a boy who will get half heart tattoos with me?

alas, the perfect flippy 1990s LA hair shall never be mine, not in the cards. i will have to be satisfied with (to quote molinga from earlier today) "silverstone by way of beetlejuice" because....that's my lot in life.

number one with an umlaut

happy wednesday animal print inspiration?
wait...animal print, short hair AND clog inspiration:



chloe sevs, kids era. (1994-5ish)
ALWAYS BEEN DOPE. it hurts, just a lil.

all i want is everything

i would wear everything that alexandre herchcovich sent down the runway.
all of it. rubber babydolls, metallic hoboplaid shirts, crazy color pattern EVERYTHING.


those 2nd, 3rd, and 4th looks are RUBBER! give it

as the show progressed the volume just became more and more PRONOUNCED. there was a bit of a football pad situation that just went haywire...


red metal cage skirt! giant shouldered balloon shirt!

..until it culminated in a piece that was really wearing the model, it was like she was wearing a quarterback ballerina birdcage. i was so jealous i couldn't breathe.

LOOK



AT



THIS



i want to go to there. take me, please?

so close yet so far

SPOTTED at new york fashweek
numba one on your (my) fall shopping list:



rodarte for target knee socks!!
nude with a million lasercut holes (apparently will be in other colors too). perfect perfect perfect.

as seen on the number one internet gangsta aka my shortest friend.

ps..i got to see a LOT of the target stuff, and it is basically ALL SO GOOD. no lie. you will all be freaking out. 2 more months!

new bffs

rainy days are slightly less enjoyable when you are in a house without a teevee..does that make me a philistine? (mabes. care? nopes.) i mean..i read a book today (true story!) but i would rather've watched a true life marathon?



in a bag packed for only 4 days, this combination existed. i am clearly deranged.



please welcome The Senator, making her international debut as my spiritual & governmental advisor. she likes to chill as close as possible to me at all times.



i think these tights are from the sockman, the dress is free people (it has pockets. my weakness). the mess on the floor is all my VERY IMPORTANT THINGS.



the senator made a bed out of my clothes last night. i think she's in love with me? sorry senator, my heart belongs to another. (booze. JK! it's weed. JKJKJK, it's shopping? ew, totally JK. twist: i don't have a heart!)

dream weaverz

the prettiest boys i saw last week were at patrik ervell..floppy mops, minty jeans & clarks. not groundbreaking, just great looking.



i want boys to look like this all the time..pouty walks and late afternoon light pouring in through a window. sometimes you just want life to look like fashion week? (no. you don't)



hiiiii. hi.



i am totally the president of the Gimme A Boy In Clarks Club. also vice-secretary and head nerd in charge.

they don't write 'em like that anymore

so hunter is trying to convince me of this horror movie "the house of the devil" but i have sorta lost my ability to watch modern day horror flix..shit is too GNARLZ, it fa-reaks me out. i can go as far as scream (1); any movies made after that and i can't sleep for days.



but apparently this jam factors into the film and THIS i can get behind. (it kinda sounds like blue oyster cult at the beginning...unfortch i DO fear the reaper, didn't you read the start of this post? sorry, digression). these are the kind of 80s situations that i LOVE.

rock out..happy friday, brahs

now you know

lest any of you were thinking, as i overheard perez saying after the marc show, that the collection was "totally wearable" (???)..i just wanted to give you a heads up on look #15, which from your computer screen may seem like a demure anklelength sweaterdress...



...but is, in fact, a cashmere ass cooler.

still "wearable" perhaps, but not to the same places you may have thought.



i am only trying to help you, it's because i care!

i like to blend in, clearly

i would call this frock, if you asked, a psychotica pepto pink. only if you asked.
it is also very polyester.
and if you look closely enough? you can see that the collar is a SEVERELY pointed affair.



the dangle on that jangle is also a giant pink stone ball with gold coins inset in it. except i kep losing the coins and replacing them with dimes. (classy broad)

ps, please tell me you know that the above lettering is a diana vreeland quote?

some casual pieces for a lazy afternoon

i don't think i know one person who isn't fa-reakkinggggg out about where the wild things are (except maybe..my dad?)...i am sort of beside myself with excitement because CHRISTIAN JOY is doin the costumes (um, if you are not FAMILIAR she is the stylist/designer responsible for making karen o look like 800 million insane warrior princess dollars every time she performs...)


spike jonze & costumez

she has done some bonkerdonk film-inspired outfits that you can BUY (if you are well-toned and have a flair for the DRAMATIC) at the urban outfitters pop-up shop...



kill the wabbit? i want a viking helmet!




you could wear this, why not?


neon fringe, sign me up

CJoy is on my list of ladies i adore, i mean anyone who whip up this little number:



...deserves my everlasting love, respect and devotion, doncha think?

lookbook shots by clarke tolton

laying there like a killer in the sun

tights, red leaves, hot toddies, layers, lovers..happy first day of AUTUMN?



one of my favorite covers of all time, enjoy it!
(ignore the lame video sequence)

shports

i am not one to take any sort of interest in SPORTY things, fashion or otherwise, BUT the Y-3 show was pretty cool..i had a lil bit of a brainspolsion when this thing came down the runway:



i guesssssss you can't really do much but walk around with your arms akimbo and maybe...catch dolphin-safe tuna? i have no idea BUT I WILL TAKE ONE, thank YOU mister YAMAMOTO.



i love the scale of armory shows, SO many people and lights and cameras and lil models in a giant space!
i was taking more pics of the circus of it all than the clothes really, oops.
a few more of my shots over at whitelightning.thepop.....

me n my calvins

can we discuss calvin klein for a moment?

i feel like francisco costa is secretly putting out some of the odd/coolest stuff at NYFW and no one is really getting into it! is it because it's a mega brand? i mean, those paperlike origami coats n dresses last season were sort of breathtaking and crazy...i feel like we should all be lusting after this stuff more!

i was very lucky to go to the calvin klein S/S 2010 show and i have to say, it was really beautiful. all the girls looked like they had been caught in the rain, drenchy lowponytails and slick skin but it was so pretty?

the clothes looked like these delicate diaphanous filmy dresses and coats that had been soaked by a downpour and then dried on a clothesline or something... i promise you, the photos take all the delicacy and wonder out of it:



you have to trust me, they were so pretty and weird and COVETABLE. i never go for a one-sleeve situation but these were so cool. the first section of all whites and the last sections pastels were my favorite.

they best ever though was the SHOES:



the white patent leather is SO MINE.
they are reminding me of the Sassy magazine editor craze of the mid-90s when they all took their birkenstocks to st mark's and got mega platforms put on them*.

wrong + right = so best

i may need to recreate this this winter, who's with me?


*thank you marissa for reminding me of that phase a few weeks ago, i CANNOT BELIEVE i forgot about it...

i like teevee, sue me

was i drunk (yes) or did N P H sorta kill it on the emmy's last night? totally made a snoozy awards show sorta..FUNNY? (um, except for that who jon cryer/toni collette win thing, i mean, WHA?)

anyways...the dresses are wayyyyy more important:

TOP HONORZ to bettey draper aka january jones aka icy scariest teevee mom for my FAVORITEEEEE dress of the night last night, holy crap.



SO hard to tell here but the bodice is basically an intergalactic plastic fantasia. so so cool.

the dress is atelier versace, her dress last year (which i remember because it was a reallllyyyy dope blue, avec pockets, win/win) was also versace...who is her stylist? very curious to know.

honorable mention/yellow ribbons for SERENA VAN DER WOODSEN'S MESSY HAIR BRAID!



i couldn't find a better pic, but i thought it was the dopest hairdo ever; as i had already declared superbraidenvy the other day over the models at WANG. like cooler i dream of jeannie (although i kinda think she is cool anyway).



right?

one thing though about Blakey, though–in HD her head looked like a powdered wig with a horsetail attached to it; wtf was happening? from far away though, best herrdid of the night.

emmy's highlight

dear anonymous emmy winning oscar producing team member,



marry me?
also: who are you?

also also: please disregard the fact that i sent this photo to my sister and her reply was "he looks like a thunder cat aaaaaaaand about 12 years old." my reply: IRRELEVANT

i think i love you?

call me.

salaciously yours,
W.L.

EDIT: ok, this is why having a blog rules..MYSTERY SOLVED. the object of my affection is named ben schwartz (shana tova, ben. call me) and he's a comedy writer/actor/etc..oh and he has a blog. (thank you, kyle)

in the end they'll judge me anyway, so whatever

the new kid cudi record is getting major play up in my headspace...hop around to this jam today, i mean have you ever heard a more upbeat ditty about WAKE N BAKE in your life?

i like your style

i never worked up the courage this week to introduce myself to OLIVIER ZAHM.



i did, however, have no qualms about photographing his shiny green HEELS at the Zero+Maria Cornejo show.

can you stand it???? that boot is no joke!

spreadin the love

dearest loves
please allow myself to introduce..myself?


whitelightning.thepop.com

white lightning has a twin sister, brahs!
she is less chatty and more into music n' pictures...
no worries, this blog will forever remain THE WHITE LIGHTZ, your place to go for fashion ridonklity, pictures of my shoes, love for gossip girl etc etc ETC...

the other one is gonna be more like a tumblr...inspiration, music, pictures, videos, random flights of fancy.

dig?
i already have some posts up, go check it out!

bloody and mean and rotten to the core

i think i wore this monday. it's all a blur.



thrift leather skirt / white silk off shoulder crop top fantasia / 80s charms necklace/cara croninger ring / fake wayfarers

this might be the only white shirt i own. it was on clearance in some store in portland and at the time it seemed like i could not live without it. it feels like you're begging for a wet tee-shirt contest or something tough..gotta stay away from hoses.

this necklace is like mo' cowbell, shit is NOISY. you'll never lose me in a crowd?

well played, wangy

leave it to THE WANGER to have the collection i totally LOVE the one time in my life i will have a seat AND not be able to go (let's never speak of this again)...

LADY FASHION FOOTBALLERS!


alexander wang s/s10

i was thinking this week that i NEED a grey sweatshirt to croptop-ify and NOW i need a grey sweatshirt dress with a halfmoon sleeve and leathah accents. I NEED IT. don't i?
also, i truly ENVY any of you who can rock a long messy sidebraid. i should get extensions. (jk?)

anything to fuel my kneesock fetish:


alexander wang s/s10

could totally DIY this, slice a sock and add elasticz? DONE and DONE...luckiliy i have FREE TIME.


alexander wang s/s10

ok the SICKEST thing are THESE SUNGLASSES! just the next incarnation of a theme i love:

catwoman -> ghost world'd catwoman -> luella'd ghost world catwoman -> wang'd luella ghost world catwoman

DOPENESS.
and those shoes ain't bad neither.

elvis impersonators

insane shoe envy APB of the week:



THOSE ACNE WEDGES.
this girl is a streetstyle blogger, i think..keep seeing her everywhere, with the shoes i dieeeeee for. in babay blue suede! (i saw s.bubble outside of thakoon with the black leather version...)



GOOD GOD, THEY ARE SO GOOD.
get out of my dreams and into my bike basket already.

it seems like years ago already

i am SO BEHIND. so so so very blogbehind.
this FASHION WEEK we speak of, it's all a whirlwind of people and flashes and smalltalk and taxis and derek blasberg obsessively tweeting tavi's every move (does someone have a crush?)

i am gonna try to stick to chronology but time may get a tad ELASTIC on here in the days to come, bear with me please.

lets start with:
the party, the POP party. friday night.
larry gagosian's house. (when i say "house" i mean, HOUSE. elevator, sick art, amazing furniture..a swimming pool wth a clear plastic cover that coubled as dancefloor? NO BIG DEAL)

i, of course, danced most of the time? and didn't really take pictures?


me & laia, wine wine wine

i met gwen stefani and her huband BUSH. they look exactly like papparazzi photos of them; quite attractive. bjork was there and sofia coppola and proenzas and like, everyone?
i met MARYKATE which was sorta epic.


covergirl in rodarte

i tried to work up the courage all night to say something ANYTHING to olivier zahm, but i chickened out. and he was too busy dancing with daphne guinness ANYWAYS.


laia's boots

once my I R L friend alex "new haircut" hawgood showed up i was a crazed out dance machine. alex even got tavi out on the floor and totally made her kick out the jams.


alex. yohji anorak, ok? don't worry about it.

the amount of art in this house made my heart happy and hurt at the same time. so much goodness on every wall. the room we checked our COATS in was full of like, 30 warhols. amaze.


kate, shortstack, father of shortstack

laia & i stayed laaaaaaaate late with our POPgal becks and larry himself. talkin music and 90s.
you know why i loved larry gagosian? BECAUSE LARRY GAGOSIAN LOVES THE 90S.
to quote him:
"i love the 90s. they were just like the 70s but with tons of cash"
and i died.


hiding, gossiping, nerd alerting

my girl likes to..

friday night BEFORE the POP party was one of the best times i have had in a while. stevie, kat, adf and teens hung out and drank wine and ate chinese and helped me get all GUSSIED UP for the night...total teen movie montage of trying on and goofing off !

after a lot of freaking out about not having anything FANCYPANTS enough for the night, i got it together and i wore:



(i consider this my HOMAGE to katie grand...)

vintage dress, bonkers bracelet by MAWI, hairbow (not worn that night, but a dearly loved gift) by LOULOULOVESYOU.




vintage capelet, bag by laren merkin, prada shoes, that mawi bracelet ( i die for it)

and i cannot let it go without saying:
photos that actually make me look good (no small feat) by the always magical ADF.

party pics to come!

closed doors

i finally watched the most recent mad men the other night and i like..freaked out over salvatore's wife's SLEEP THINGS:



i need this.
in my life.
like, yesterday.
d d d d die.

sleepytime babydoll confections, valley of the dolls oh nine.

should i just type those search words into ebay?