vintage clothing & curios

Helena Bonham Carter

September 4, 2008

Friends, Fall 2008 is right around the corner and, according to the runways, looking like a Tim Burton muse is the way to go! (Thakoon via salon.com…i wonder if Michelle was considering this one…) To achieve this adorable hairstyle, you need a good, full head of shiny hair. We gave the new Kiehl’s Ultimate Thickening [...]

America’s Next Top Fodder

September 3, 2008

Guys, quick emergency reminder post. America’s Next Top Model premieres tonight! 8 pm! Two hours! Two glorious hours! (Fourfour.)

Montreal

Next stop on the Listopad choo-choo: Montreal! Moshe Safdie’s famed living quarters against the pretty St. Lawrence river. (ryuenishizawa.com) We enjoyed the dreamy optimism of Ryue Nishizawa and his “Some Ideas of Living…” at the CCA. This is a bike path. Absolument!The bagels were such sweet, chewy, delicious little suckers. I admit this city made [...]

Music for Lovers: Sade Adu

September 2, 2008

Sure, all of my influences seem to come from the ’80s, but it’s a great decade for music. This week we take Sade, whose gorgeous voice is almost as gorgeous as her face. Hot damn! This woman has style: Her international [diamond] life touched her fashion choices, but unfortunately she is often associated with the [...]

Get To It

September 1, 2008

Feel garden-y on Monday. Johnson’s Florist and Garden Center is having a Labor Day Yard Sale! Big ol’ markdowns on a bunch of stuff. (Can someone pick up a huge pot for me? I have to re-pot Planty, my Ikea plant. Thanks.) This looks so so cool: An Iconography of Contagion will showcase health posters [...]