Love is contagious!

LOVE, the much-anticipated new magazine from, Katie Grand, stylist extraordinaire, is out today. Loud mouth musical talent and wild-style icon, Beth Ditto, takes up the cover. I saw her perform once in 2000. I was blown away by the sexy, riotous confidence this singer exudes onstage with her punk/soul/rock outfit, The Gossip.

The Love blog posted this photo of their Collette store window take over in Paris. Uh, love it! Let the love clichés flow forth. Gotta go pick up my copy.

Happy Saint Valentines Day Lovers & Others!

Update: the day after Valentines, I received a BEAUTIFUL bouquet of flowers without a note, delivered to my doorstep. I found out that it's not from any of the usual suspects. Whoever had the gorgeous flowers delivered, are you reading this? Thank you!

Conspicuous much?

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See Kanye's entourage run. See Kanye's entourage strike a pose. See Kanye's entourage for as far as the eye can see because, damn, that's a whole lot of prints, color and wacky or should I say, whacky??

His & Her's

Oh no! You ever have that moment of panic strike when one of your coveted items makes a "Best List," because you know that suddenly other people will, gulp... seek YOUR item out too? Men's Style.com just interviewed America's top buyers and one of them is calling the new Carrera shades the hottest ticket for your face in Spring 2009. I hope his prediction falls flat on its face but I fear that these shades - a former favorite of Porsche and Ferrari racecar drivers - will become regular fanfare next season. I'm going to rock my Carerra's hard before I start seeing them on the bridge of every other hipster's nose too!

That Karl Lagerfeld, he's such a bag!

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Ruby, cherry, poppy, blood-red

Via Refinery 29: Fall/Winter 2009 menswear includes sleek suits in delicious shades of maroon, burgundies, and reds. Left to right:Looks from John Galliano, Lanvin, John Paul Gaultier, and Thierry Mugler.

Skin on skin / What's in a name?

Flesh-toned, natural, skin-colored. "Nude" is an interesting name for a 'color'. Who's nude does it refer to anyway? Not my brown skin, that's for sure. Not Grace Jones' skin either, I imagine. If she's in something that appears translucent and camouflages with her skin tone, it's called 'chocolate' by industry writers. If I go for the same effect, it's referred to as, 'mocha'. It's one of those subtle ways in which the fashion industry overlooks it's own silly contributions to a Caucasian-centric self-identity.

Above: Berlin designer, Kaviar Gauche on their F/W 2009 runway show (via fashionwirepress). What should the headline read? Models strut their stuff in near-invisible fabrics? Caucasian girls wear see-through garments the color of their own skin?