can you be a classic and still have it going on?

fleet week 2008

Today is the last week of Fleet Week here in New York. Seeing all the sailors in their white attire reminded me of my favorite musical On the Town starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. The movie features great songs like "New York, New York" and fantastic dancing. They also go to the Museum of Natural History which is right across the street from my future apartment.

omg i sound like an idiot

I've never actually heard many designers names pronounced so I make up my own pronunciation. In the past I have been known to pronunce Givenchy, Give-in-chee, Proenza Schouler, Pro-in-zuh Shewl-er, and Christian Louboutin, Christian Lo-bow-tin (bow rhyming with how). I see that I was a tad off.

Abaeté: Ah-bye-ah-tay
Alejandro Ingelmo: Allay-handro In-gel-mo
Andrew Gn: Andrew Jen (rhymes with “pen”)
Andy Thê-Anh: An-dee Tay-Ann
Anya Hindmarch: Ahn-ya Heind-march
Arthur Mendonça: Ar-thur Men-doe-sa
Badgley Mischka: Badge-lee Meesh-ka
Bottega Veneta: Bo-tega Ven-e-ta
Bulgari: Ball-gah-ree
Burberry Prorsum: Bur-bur-ree Pror-some
Carolina Herrera: Caro-leena Hair-era
Cesare Paciotti: Che-sah-ray Pah-cho-tee
Chaiken: Chay-ken
Charriol: Sha-ree-ol
Christian Louboutin: Loo-boo-tin (“tin” rhymes with the French word “vin”)
Dries Van Noten: Drees Van Know-ten
Ermenegildo Zegna: Er-men-a-geel-do Zen-ya
Gareth Pugh: Gareth Pew
Giles Deacon: Jy-els Dee-kin
Givenchy: Jhee-von-shee
Giambattista Valli: Gee-ahm-battista Valley
Hedi Slimane: Eddy Sli-mahn
Hermès: Air-mez
Hervé Léger: Air-vay Lay-jay
Joeffer Caoc: Joe-fur Kay-ock
Junya Watanabe: Joon-ya Wah-tah-nah-bay
Lanvin: Lon-vin(“vin” also rhymes with the French word for “wine”)
Loewe: Low-ev-ay
Louis Vuitton: Loo-ee Voo-ee-ton
Madame Gres: Madame Gray
Marchesa: Mar-kay-sa
Mainbocher: Maynbo-shay
Moschino: Mo-ski-no
Monique Lhullier: Mo-neek Loo-lee-ay
Narciso Rodriguez: Nar-siss-so Ro-dree-gez
Nicolas Ghesquière: Ni-co-la Guess-ki-air
Olivier Theyskens: Oli-vier Tay-skins
Pierre Cardin: Pee-air Car-dain
Proenza Schouler: Pro-enza Skool-er
Rei Kawakubo: Ray Kah-wah-koo-bo
Rodarte: Ro-dart-tay
Sonia Rykiel: Sonia Ree-kee-eel
Sophia Kokosalaki: So-fee-a Ko-ko-sah-lah-kee
Thakoon: Ta-koon
Thierry Mugler: Tee-air-ree Moog-lay
Tibi: Tbi (not Tee-bee)
Tocca: Toe-ka
Vionnet: Vee-oh-nay
Yohji Yamamoto: Yo-jee Ya-ma-mo-to

via the blay report

pork and beans

this video makes me smile.

required reading

A few fashion related books I hope to read soon.

L-R
Career Diary of a Fashion Stylist by Kim Maxwell
Stylist
The Fake Factor by Sarah McCartney
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas

i need prints

L-R
Todo Pelo by Irana Douer
I Bought All of These by Kate Bingaman-Burt
The Salt Sirens by Sofia Arnold
Untitled by Irana Douer

the greatest show on earth

Vogue Italia April 2007
Model: Karen Elson
Photographer: Steven Meisel

I really enjoy circus themes, even though they are done frequently. Meisel has outdone himself with this set. One of my favorites being the one with Karen in the ape suit. I love how under the suit she's wearing a gorgeous avant garde number. I also enjoy the range of facial expressions seen on everyone in these phots.

via foto_decadent tFS