Lately, I've been more than distressed by the lack of inventive and untailored looks gracing the "formal attire" aisles.  I found this Tadashi Shoji dress to be my exception, a breath of fresh air from the taffeta wonders that can only be described as horrifically inadequate to the task of making a woman look more like a vision than a nightmare. The best part of this dress is the classy but sexy lace sections that allow for enough imagery without any of the issues of the less than lovely protruding onto the scene.

Oh Yes, New Year's Dress

Oh, yes!  This dress is the one - the DC or New York City awesome yet warm New Year's Dress that will fit the bill, make the cut, or wet your whistle.  (Feel free to pick your own ridiculous saying....). 

Shepard Fairey's Graphic World

You see the poster meets street art meets graphic wonderland.  The work of Shepard Fairey has been said to be simple manipulation or the best representation of iconic symbolic art of our generation.  I'm leaning toward the latter.

ms. rosamund pike

I'm so enamored with this actress after watching "An Education" and now am eagerly awaiting "Made in Dagenham."

Glass Objects

On occasion I realize how very much I love glass.  I love sparklingly clear, curved shapes that adore light and show off all the dandy contents as brilliantly as possible.  What better time than Christmas to enjoy them?


One Kings Lane - Apothecary Jars

Circle or Square? Scarf Happiness

How many times do people try to make you choose between the equally good ideas- red or blue? cash or credit? skim or whole? modern or traditional?

But aha!  Here is the scarf that evades this question ever so prettily.  This Sabina Les Silk Scarf triumphs the choice of circle-square, neutral-colorful, and shapes-graphics.  What could be better?  Ah, owning it....

A Jacket of Folds and Flows