there are SO many of these instances...it warrants a series. the only way to organize this series is by outfits made up of blooming obsessions...whaddya think?
my goal was to create a entire outfit with obsessions from Intermix Online to pay homage since they just opened their location on Roberston in LA...but i had to rep these booties i tried on at Fred Segal and Y hated - go figure ;-)
if i manage recreate this outfit, i will make sure to update the post with the flik.
a lot of this is out of my budget range, but i might make the splurge for the booties and the scarfie - thoughts?
btw....Fred Segal SM is having a big sale starting next week
i have been avoiding the mall because of my how much I veered off my budget this summer, oy vay! however on my last trip i started noticing all the lovely fall items that are coming in, even though we don't have much of a fall in Lovely Angeles. there are a few things i will need, but now i am going to start working with a list of essentials and any splurges must take full consideration...that's the plan!
currentl obsessed list: 1) trench coat - i saw a great one in H&M, btw i luv the inpsiration boards on their site...i fall into the shapes category
2) slouch mid calf boots - Zappos is still my favorite site for buying shoes online, but I cannot live without my Loehman's fix...Rochy and I used to work those racks! these by Bronx Shoes have potential
my fav shoe designer remains to be GZ, but right now the price point is a tad bit out of my budget...my budget fav is def Vince Camuto...hawt
3) a new mimeki bag - i am so impressed with the fall line especially the new Kennedy with the embossed leather
but i am also still in luv with the Logan from the previous collection
the list goes on, but i am trying to be as discerning as possible...given the ahm "budget" situation...more to come
4) the babies obsession is something else altogether that also ties into the budget conversation. for the meantime Nesta will serve me just fine :)
it's been another month since i last blogged...eeeek, I sense slippage. i will be working on that!
i have been busy - i spent 10 days in Thailand thinking i would have found the tailor of my dreams and come back with a wardrobe full of dresses. i achieved finding a fabulous tailor, but it was towards the end of the trip and i didn't score the beautiful fabric i thought i would. hence i came home fulfilled, but still seeking summer dresses!
you will notice i haven't posted any of the long dresses that are so popular this season. with all the looking and trying on i have been doing, i have yet to find the stunna that makes me look like eva da diva in her BET awards dress...the totally affordable laundry by design - blanket stripe wrap dress:
i can't believe its been an entire month since my last posting. this has been a worldwind month! the party was just as i imagined and more. the dj hooked it up...big ups to DJ Mattnifique repping the PHI. i will post more about that when i organize myself...that itself is becoming a feat. my latest obsession is facebook. my family has taken over. everyone from my baby cousins on up to Grandma has a page. its spectacular. i can go on and catch up with cousins, aunts and siblings from the four corners of the world and i don't have to worry about jacked up profiles like on MySpace. seriously sometimes MySpace is just too much on the eyes and they need to invest in more bandwidth...the pages load SO slow...i digress.
i recently learned that facebook is going to be upgrading with all sorts of new features and you can possibly make money off of it by recommending things you like to your friends. i won't go that far, but it is very fun and easy enough for me to pop on a few times each week and get fully caught up. i plan on keeping my fam and friends updated while in Thailand using facebook, what can i say...i am currently obsessed and caught up on whats next.
i am thrilled to be turning the big 30 and to have some of my family with me to celebrate. rsvp to me talitha.mahadeo@gmail.com
i think i finally have the outfit down...dress, purse, shoes and BANGS? still trying to figure out the hair, but i know whatever it looks like i will be HAPPY!
i went to a bday party this past weekend. i so love fellow taureans, we are so salt of the earth. there is no accounting for people's taste in friends...i digress.
i can't believe i made it this far without posting about my most prized obsession...my love for shoes. the obsession was inbred, my grandmother is a diva fashionista in the truest sense of the word. miss lady is fierce with the wardrobe even at 84. it's not unnatural and it's not a fetish, it's just good sense. we spend so much time standing and walking, shouldn't our feet be rewarded by being adorned with lovely shoes?! i know...it's not the hardest argument to sell...at least to the ladies.
my favorite designer of all time is undoubtedly Giuseppe Zanotti - hands down. his designs deliver the attention to detail that you would want any major purchase to have and they are not a beast to walk around in. i only possess one pair of his fine footwear, but that doesn't stop me from browsing at my favorite online couture shoe bazaar Zappos Couture. they have a great selection of GZ's.
my most talented cousin, Kashe, met the guru himself in Italy while traveling with her shoe design classmates at FIDM. her style is very GZ-esque with a beautiful attention to detail, excellent color palette and very comfortable fit. i'll share some flicks from her portfolio in a future post, she is one to watch. go Kash!
marc jacobs is another favorite that has developed over the past two years. i love what he does in patent and his flats are supreme. and the ever popular Louboutin, i haven't taken a journey on a pair of red soles yet, but i have seen a few that peak my interest. one of these days on the way to the orthodontist i plan on stopping by his tiny boutique on burton way or to the lovely Silver Feet Boutique in Fred Segal - they have a devine selection.
check out the slide show and put the mouse over the image to see the designer:
CHALLENGE: i am desperately on the hunt for a pair of light almost mustard patent leather 3-4" sling backs. they must exist and i NEED them (feeling slightly dramatic with my 30th approaching)! the a.p.b. is out, send me a comment if you track something down that fits the description. :)
in closing i'll leave you with a little comedy about the shoe obsession...
its spring again! let everybody know its spring again...and the dresses are SO fabu this season. i have not yet found the grecian dress of my dreams - but still looking. i have picked up one or two so far and suprisingly they have all been strapless. i say surprisingly because i hate my underarm fat! not cute in strapless, however the anna sui is so well made it looks beautiful on and the two i picked up at nordie's were worth the sale price.
i tried on a few iterations of this dress Maggie G. has on, but nothing gave me that cute waist line that she has...and that hooker just had a baby! Get it boo!
also in love with this lil mini. my obsession is smooth legs all year long so i can rock minis all summer. i would kill this one, minus one of the "rosettes" - OKAY angela from project runway.
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