Lacroix for Lanvin

I'm attending a bridal shower today for one of the sweetest ladies I know. With the wedding right at our heels (after the new year) and the brides wedding dresses hanging in my apartment (roommate doing alterations for it) I couldn't help but flip through the Vogue issue of Carrie from Sex and the City. Oh the couture goodness that is captured in those glossy pages. When I first saw the movie I fell in love with the Lacroix dress accessorized with black belt and gloves and polished off with mile long strands of pearls. While it would be such a glamorous and edgy look, I couldn't help but lust for the Lanvin short dress.

{Sex and the City}

Everything about this dress is j'adorable! I love the tiers, I love white gloves, short veil, white ankle boots. It's girly, fun, and sweet. I'm not usually one for "sweet" but this I could make an exception for. It is this perfect balance between being playful while still maintaining a standard of posh panache. Crazy for this dress, wish I had it to wear today for the shower!...sands veil and integrating black tights, and ankle boots!

Unconventional Accessories

The last few days I have been on a DIY jewelry/accessory binge. Leave me alone in an apartment with tons of resources and my brain and hands just start formulating stylish goodness out of nowhere! (I hope to post a few more pictures of this weekends creations soon)! I'm desperate for fall weather to arrive so I've started to plan out my fall wardrobe and flip through February's fashion week folder on my computer... A compilation of looks and items that inspire me, that I want replicate, and that I can't stop thinking about.

The necklaces and feather pieces that were shown as part of Lanvin's fall show are incredible! I love the idea of making jewelry out of things you find at the hardware store. Light fixtures, light bulbs, door hinges accentuated with pearls and other precious gems is just stupid cool! I know they won't have the same extreme chicness as the real deal, but I'm challenging myself to DIY my own hardware baubles.

All pictures: Lanvin Fall/Winter 2009 courtesy of Style.com

This weekend I made a necklace/earring piece and people thought I had headphones in and ignoring the conversation around me (not exactly what I was going for)!!! I stumbled upon these headphones that were shown at Lagerfeld's Fall 09 show and I'm totally buggin'!!! I'm usually not a fan of headphones that go around the head and/or behind the ear (I don't want to mess up the hair) but for these I will make many an exception! Faux piercings, pyramid studs, gadgets and gizmos a plenty, I couldn't ask for anything more amazing. I have no idea if these headphones were even produced but now I'm impatient and over zealous to DIY my own!

All pictures: Karl Lagerfeld Fall/Winter 09 courtesy of Style.com