Posts for August 11th 2008

Boots

Our Favorite Fall Styling Trend: Ankle Boots + High Waters

We've come to a decision about our Fall look and we feel the need to share.

We've come to a decision about our Fall look and we feel the need to share. It came to us through editorial osmosis, from seeing these two items separately, and then together, and then separately, until we finally began to feel like this should come to represent our entire fall look. The ankle boot and short pant combination, editorialized at left in the Topshop Fall 08 look book, is easy to put together at any price point. Our plan, in case you're curious, is to start with the trousers and boots and build out our other blouses and frocks and jackets once those two key pieces have been established (we're thinking a navy trench, marching band jacket, Lyell blouses, and sheer boyish tops). So, this weekend we went and bought the LD Tuttle Nebula boots which we'd been eying for some time. To save some money on the trousers we intend to employ a little DIY by finding an inexpensive trouser at Express, The Gap, or Uniqlo and then having them tailored in the Lower East Side to be on the short and narrow. We're hoping to find a range of colors. We're pretty excited. We'll keep you posted on our work and in the meantime, if you fancy this styling for your Fall wardrobe, our favorites are below.

Beauty

Coutorture Community's Morning Must Reads 8/11

Whether it's giving too much trust for forgetting about the details, we all could stand to be more observant.
Whether it's giving too much trust for forgetting about the details, we all could stand to be more observant. Heighten your senses with today's Must Read posts from: Beauty Secrets Revealed believes that rice bran oil is excellent in the fight against aging. With so many oils being marketed for this purpose, which have you tried? When it comes to finding styles on a budget, often times the looks are copies of higher priced styles. Shoppings My Cardio finds a shoe that isn't a copy of, but perhaps inspired by, a Loeffler Randall version. Men's Flair reminds us that buttons are very underestimated details. Especially in men's styles, we can often overlook the subtle details that change from season to season. There is a reason that certain people have become influencers, and JD Ferguson proves his place is well deserved in an interview with We Are The Market. If you aren't familiar, Ferguson is a well respected fashion photographer for Paper Magazine and V Magazine. We put a lot of faith in companies when we purchase their products, especially when we are trusting our hair or skin to their claims. The Beauty Brains reminds us that all the hype could just be blowing smoke.