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Besides The Killers and The Spice Girls (don't judge me!), No Doubt is my favourite band of all time (since 1995 anyway). This new picture has me really excited.

Model Behaviour: Street Style

Ai Tominaga - Daiane Conterato - Daul Kim (is kicking asses, taking names)

Gaby Odiele - Hye Park (the shoes! the shoes!) - Irina Lazareanu

Scary Stam - Karman Pedaru - Lily Donaldson

Maryna Linchuk - Shannon Click (amazing) - Shield Marquez

Skye Stracke

1. JACKETS, JACKETS, JACKETS! Do yourself a favor and go out and get an over-sized blazer and one black/gray motorcycle jacket...I want a motorcycle jacket REAL bad. I passed up on one I almost bought- except it was wool and not ~leatha~.

2. Asymmetry is the new symmetry. Think Comme des Garcons.

3. Black and gray denim is your friend. Trust.

Divorce does the body good

Madonna steps out for the first time since announcing her plans of divorce at a Gucci sponsored Unicef event. Wearing a Louis Vuitton dress made of feathers, Madonna looked the best she has in months. Green with envy Mr. Ritchie?

Obama Fever

Seems like everyone has Obama fever and now it's being translated into the world of fashion and entertainment. Can you imagine wearing McCain's face on a t-shirt dress? Dread the thought.

From the Spring 2009 line for Jean Charles De Castelbajac





And here is Madonna sporting the same t-shirt I blogged about a while ago.
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You should listen to this

Proposition 8 in the state of California calls for the re-banning of gay marriage. On election day, while many were making change by electing Barack Obama, 52% of Californians decided that gay people should no longer be allowed to marry. So where does this leave the 18'000 couples whom have wed since gay marriage was allowed in California? Are their marriages in null and void? So far, all is silent on the retro-activity of this now-passed proposition. Below is a video of MSNBC's Keith Olbermann discussing Prop 8. I highly urge you to watch it and send it to as many people as you think will appreciate/be changed by it. Especially provocative is Olbermann's argument concerning this entire notion of 'redefining marriage,' you need to see it.

Yes, you did.

It is 11:51PM and I should be doing my work for WRI330, but instead I sit on my laptop and in front of the TV watching history unfold. The best candidate won, the brightest candidate won. After two years of constant campaigning, and decades upon centuries of oppression and systemic suppression of minorities, Barack Hussein Obama II is the president of the United States of America. He is the 44th president and oh yeah, he's a Black man. Never did I think I would be witness to equality personified in such a way. After many months of a McCain/Palin campaign filled with hateful slurs, schemes and bewildering ignorance, Obama has shone as a beacon of integrity, elegance, dignity and eloquence.

It is now 11:57PM and the next first family of the United States has just taken stage. I watch his speech while holding back tears. Autumn just got a little greener. Change is here. Yes you can and yes...you did.

Make it work

Daveigh Chase wore this shirt at an event last week and I could've swore that I had seen it somewhere. A couple of minutes later I made the connection realizing I almost bought the same shirt from Urban Outfitters. A $44.00 men's shirt for kinda-red carpet event? Make it work!

Stunning

...photoshopped back to pre-Maddox days, but stunning nonetheless. December 2008 issue of British Harper's Bazaar.

Models with a message

Henry Holland's House of Holland is not quite high fashion, but can claim similar stake as the Betsey Johnson's and Jeremey Scott's of the fashion world (except he's British). Here is his line of tees from his S/S 2009 collection. Fun and kitsch and apologetically scene, Henry Holland is a fav of model du jour, Agyness Deyn.

You might have squint to see what some of these say. My personal fav? "WHAM BAM, THANK YOU STAM!"

The Craft

During one of my bi-weekly (I've gotten better since!) IKEA trips I fell in love with a fabric and bought a few metres of it on whim. It's been about two-and-a-half years since and I've played with the idea of using it as a duvet cover, cushion cover or even a panel sewn on to my drapery. It only dawned on me about a month ago that they would make really great wall panels.

With this idea I decided to dig out the only canvases I had lying around in my basement and put them-and the staple gun-to good use.




And finally, the finished product.


Who said black and brown don't go together?

Run Lola, Run

Madonna's first born, Lourdes Ciccone Leon not only has one of the most badass names of any celebrity kid (take that Apple and Moses Martin) but is also making me love her entire wardrobe and style. Baby hipster now, major fashionista later. She's only 12 and her style and cool is already envied and admired by quite a few people. Best of all, Madge, ever the stern mama, has made sure that Lola is also age appropriate. Not allowing Lola to pluck the uni brow courtesy of her Italian background until she's older has given hope that Madge has raised stable kids. Unlike Ali Lohan, Lindsay's 49-year old younger sister, Lola looks more Punky Brewster than Lolita.

Whatta Croc

Not only am I appalled by the standalone CROCS stores popping up everywhere from Mississauga's Heartland Town Centre to a spot on Queen West in Toronto but I am also perplexed by the fascination with these rubber clogs that supports these openings. I thought that the company went belly up early in the summer- I guess not. Maybe they're back by popular demand?

I hate them, I think they are the worst thing to happen not only to fashion, but to humanity (nuclear warfare and GWB included).

Well this brings me to these lovelies. CROCS seems dedicated to infiltrate not only the summer, but have now moved onto this hideous thing just in time for fall/winter. If I see anyone wearing these...well, they deserve a beat down.

Video GaGa

Poker face is the second official single from Lady Gaga's debut album, The Fame. I highly recommend anyone who wants unadulterated pop music to pick it up- you will not be disappointed. If nothing else will make you a believer, then check out the first 23 seconds of this video (the rest of it is pretty amazing too though!)

Live Your Life

Here are a few stills from Live your Life, the latest single picked off of T.I.'s album Paper Trail. The song features Rihanna, the woman who doesn't seem to sleep. It should premiere right before Halloween

RiRi also just wrapped up filming the video for Rehab from the record that also never sleeps, 2007's Good Girl Gone Bad. The video for Rehab features a certain Mr. Timberblake as well as the Christian Louboutin for Rodarte shoes I posted about earlier.



"Ain't got no time for no haters. Just live your life ay, ay ay ay!"

Little Miss Sunshine or Diva in Training?

...It's supposed to rain this weekend so I thought this little rugrat would bring you and yours some rays of sunshine.

It's not easy being so fabulous.


Source: The (real) Sartorialist

Awesome Ronson

Did'ja know that Mark Ronson is the first artist to win "Artist of the year" at The Brit Awards without even appearing on the record itself? Not only is he a fashion-plate, but also a music producer extraordinaire responsible for the likes of Amy Winehouse, Adele, Santogold, Lily Allen and most recently, The Kaiser Chiefs.

I highly recommend 2007's Version (a collection of covers produced by Ronson; the record that won him said award). Standout tracks: Pretty Green featuring Santogold, Valerie featuring Amy Winehouse and Stop Me featuring Daniel Merriweather.

Mark also is the brother of Lindsay Lohan's flavour of the week, Samantha Ronson. He, however, is not a lesbian.