dia: beacon

so today i decided to hit up the dia: beacon, one of two contemporary art museums in upstate new york that i told myself i must visit before the year is over (the other is the storm king art center.) it was a nice relaxing drive up north on the palisades parkway.



photography was not allowed inside the building, so while 'texting' a friend on my blackberry i 'accidentally' snapped a picture of my favorite installation in the museum, richard serra's torque ellipses:



the weather has been lovely lately - cool, breezy and low humidity. not one to waste a good weather day, i pulled out my gareth pugh vest for today's outfit. the whole thing felt very modern-day gladiator. although i should remind myself that some of my more outlandish pieces are even more out-of-place in the suburbs...



ITEMS (rollover mouse to view detailed picture)
Vince crew neck t-shirt (from Bloomingdale's i think)
Theory trouser/leggings (old, from Saks)
Gareth Pugh vest (from Century21)
Matt Bernson gladiators (from Tani maybe? i forgot!)
Vanessa Bruno classic tote (old, purchased in Paris)

summer

apologies for the lack of posts. i hope all of you (in the northern hemisphere) are enjoying summer.



it's nice to get out of manhattan once in a while. even though i was technically within the five boroughs, it felt like a completely different world. sun, sand, salty seawater, cheap drinks, no blackberry service. so relaxing.

and then i see a girl at the local dive bar wearing a shirt fashioned out of a confederate flag and i'm like "get me the f*ck outta here!!" lol. small american towns freak me out a little.

it's good to be back. i hope to get back to regular outfit posting soon.

long weekend

office is closed today for the holiday weekend. have to go run some errands - buy sunscreen, find a present for my weekend hostess, etc., then maybe lunch at candle cafe on the UES. i'm the farthest thing from a vegetarian, but they have really good food. does anyone else do that - go for a last ditch effort to eat healthy just hours before you have to wear a bikini? lol.



ITEMS (rollover mouse to view detailed picture)
Magda Berliner lace crop top (old, from lagarconne.com)
Rick Owens Lilies jersey pants (from eBay)
Giuseppe Zanotti gladiator sandals (old, from Bergdorf clearance)
Marc Bernstein triple wrap bracelet (from Young Designers Market, weekends on Mulberry St.)
Elizabeth & James knuckle ring (from Intermix)



then this afternoon i'm off to a friend's family's beach house, which is in a private community on the opposite end of far rockaway.


Polo Ralph Lauren beach towel (so old, it has stubborn grass stains that refuse to come out in the wash, from picnics in central park), Karoo coverup, Chloe cotton t-shirt dress, red bikini and black eyelet bikini by Shoshanna Swim, Tomas Maier one-piece, leopard bikini by Letarte, Current/Elliot jeans, oversized shirt by SHIRT, Vivienne Westwood Anglomania shorts.

and rain or shine i am determined to debut my new tomas maier one-piece, which was a great find from filene's basement. i don't usually wear one-pieces because i think they make me look even shorter but this one is ultra flattering.


have a great holiday, everyone!

philly buys

my plan of wearing my balenciaga leather skinnies throughout the day and through the night were foiled by the boiling hot weather in philly on saturday. i abandoned my buddies for a few hours to do some emergency shopping.

current/elliot jeans:



these current/elliots were such a relief to put on after peeling off my leather skinnies, i wore them right out of the store (they are actually cropped length so i didn't even have to hem them.) these days i can barely bring myself to put on my skintight jbrands after wearing boyfriend fit jeans and had been looking for an alternative for spring. i also wore these on the train ride home, but by the time i got to penn station they had stretched out so much, i went and bought a $5 leather belt from a shoe-shine place. didn't want to moon anyone on the subway ride home!

i am always on the lookout for slouchy cotton dresses. they are harder to come by than you would think, it seems everything nowadays is made up of modal or jersey.

vanessa bruno athe 100% cotton dress:



i could easily have done a lot more damage - philly has quite a few cute boutiques and it's refreshing to shop a different city - but i did manage to exert some self-control. the two items i brought home were on my "needs/things to look out for" list already. i almost bought some cheap things from h&m but decided against it and i'm glad i did. philly's zero% clothing tax was a welcome treat as well.



*** and to brookandlyn, i wear the steven alan bloomers to bed, in lieu of traditional PJs or boxers (although i do own a few steven alan women's boxers as well). they're great in the summer, and they always have a bunch on sale at the steven alan outlet on the UWS. i have sizes from S through M/L, whatever pattern i happen to find on sale. i definitely could not wear them under most of my clothing!

see you next week

heading down to philadelphia for the weekend.





have a great weekend y'all.