This. Is. So. Great. I’ve been loosing my flavor for Marc Jacobs for a while now, but I have to hand it to them, this is a great shot and awesome use of those giant, furry hats from the fall show.
Aruba, Jamaica oooooh I wanna take ya. This has definitely been the theme song of the weekend and is also the reason why I don’t think I can show up to my neighborhood bar for a little while… Kokomo, The Beach Boys.
4 Red Carpet Superstars Pull Out All of the Stops at Cannes. As the French would say, when it comes to glamour, Cannes is the upper echelons. Think yachts, flashing cameras, dashing men in tuxedos, and of course, world class films that star the best and the brightest of Hollywood and beyond. With this much talent on the French Riviera, the red carpets are no joke. Maybe it’s all of that sunshine, but there’s something about Cannes that gets the starlets taking risks and trying out new trends. Whatever the reason, it provides for serious style inspiration and some even more serious competition when it comes to standing out. Read More.
Fancy Pants. Normally I’m not a fan of the K-Stew’s red carpet ensembles (That Met Gala dress? Fail.) but she KILLED.IT. in these printed Balenciaga trousers paired with a Rebecca Minkoff blazer and Juicy Couture tank at the On the Road photo call. Co-star Kirsten Dunst also looked pretty adorable in some Dolce & Gabbana.
Stormin’ through the party like my name was El Niño. I’ve been watching too much of My So-Called Life lately and it’s catapulting me straight back to high school. I’m going to go mosh in my kitchen now. (Fat Lip, Sum 41)
SH*T Lynn Yaeger Says.
Spotting Lynn Yaeger on the streets of New York is like coming across a magical fairy fashion mirage who floats along while transfixing the passerby’s. Coming out of my favorite coffee shop in the East Village two years ago, I stopped dead in my tracks the first time I saw Lynn on Second Avenue. Although I wasn’t quite sure of who or what I had just witnessed, there was a definite familiarity to this character. Arriving home shortly after, I relentlessly googled “fashion lady with red bob” until identifying the subject of interest.
Hearing Lynn speak on the Defining Chic panel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week was a prize in and of itself. As opposed to some of the others who looked as if they were dying of boredom or sounded like they were making some sort of press pitch (I’m talking about you Leandra Medine, Scott Schuman…) Yaeger actually spoke candidly, passionately and even aggressively.
Incase you didn’t happen to know, Lynn Yaeger got her start at The Village Voice where she “secretly loved fashion” and came to it first “through loving writing.” There’s something so genuine about that. As today, it feels like a lot of bloggers come into fashion first because they enjoy the fame. And after the fact, they might put in the effort to string along a few sentences about those *super stylish* ensembles.
So without further adieu, here are some tidbits of Lynn Yaeger’s whacky wisdom:
Amen, sister.
10 Things I Hate About You. Had SUCH a solid high school movie marathon tonight. I feel a phase coming on which may or may not expand into the realms of She’s All That, She’s The Man and Drive Me Crazy in the very near future.
My mother was a tailor, she sewed my new blue jeans. My father was a gamblin’ man, down in New Orleans. The House of the Rising Sun, The Animals. And so I soulfully sleep.
… And Why These Kinds of Panels Need to Come to an End. Don’t get me wrong. I love talking about successful women, I love reading about successful women. Women are awesome. But when it comes down to it, the discussion needs to stop being framed around one’s gender and more so around what cool/amazing/crazy thing that person (or group of people) has accomplished.
I went to two of these femme-centric panels at Internet Week, “The Rise of the Anti-Lady Mag” which featured editors at the top of their class in web and, “Why Being a Good Executive has Nothing to do with Being a Woman” which was a discussion amongst several entrepreneurs and CEO’s in technology. Ironically, both of these started off questioning the necessity of the conversations that were about to happen. Jessica Coen of Jezebel made a great argument, stating, “After a certain point, it has to be ‘I’m in this industry’ as opposed to ‘I’m a woman in this industry.’”
That point is now - as evidenced by these women.
The executive panel unanimously agreed that not once did they feel held back in businesses because of their gender. As Alexa von Tobel (founder of LearnVest) smartly pointed out, “The progress has happened. And it is happening, at a much faster velocity.” They then continued to brush off the whole lady struggling to make it in the startup world thing and actually got around to giving the audience some sound advice.
As for the editors, they still had a bone to pick. Amy Odell spoke to the retaliation she and her team over at Buzzfeed received for starting the by women-for women vertical, Shift. She says, “There’s more backlash associated with “lady” blogs. If someone launches a sports blog no one is like, ‘Oh my God, a sports blog. Why are you starting another sports blog?’”
Irin Camrom of Salon also added her two cents on this “condescending double standard” explaining that, “We all know lots of guys that are into design and they’re considered cool. Not self-indulgent.”
This sparked a heated discussion about Pinterest, which I have hated on so much, but now feel kind of guilty because Jessica Coen was all like, “God forbid a woman look at decor for her wedding, it’s mocked.” And it’s true. If a woman wants to pin pictures of pretty dresses and puppies all day, goddammit let her do it! Who cares? It’s like, dudes are probably spending just as much time “indulging” on sites with far more questionable content and who’s complaining about that? Not me. To each their own when it comes to leisure on the Internet.
So maybe these conversations are still relevant. There were almost no males in either of the audiences. And I couldn’t help but wonder if more would have shown up had these panels been entitled differently.
The Best at the Met. Carey Mulligan stole the show for me in that oversized sequin Prada number. Close contenders were Emma Stone (painfully adorable in Lanvin) and Kate Bosworth (rocking a feathered frock, also by Miuccia). Feel free to click above for a few more favorites!
All the Pretty Young Things. I don’t pick up on the hair/makeup inspiration very often but I just have to say that Christa B. Allen and Portia Doubleday pulled out all of the beauty stops at Nylon’s Young Hollywood Party last night. Neon orange eyeliner, Barbie pink lips and gigantic braided bun - here I come!
(Source: nylonmag.com)
Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone. This jam always gets me amped up. Hanging on the Telephone, Blondie.
