I always love a new sweet hair accessory. Especially the ones I get from Mary at Pretty Good Things. She has such a talent for creating cute and quirky fascinators and bands and pins that I simply must have!
Plus she's super fun and cute herself...
This time around (I think I now have 8 of her pieces!) I had to have this whimsical donut...
and this headband made with vintage deer figurines. It can be dressed for the holidays, as shown, or just a cute string of little deer.
As soon as Spring really makes an appearance, I will pair these with woodland print dresses and all the pastels in my closet!
I'm not sure if I've expressed this before, but I love love LOVE hats and fascinators and hair accessories of all kinds.
And I love that the lovely Kate Middleton is bringing them back in a big way. And my absolute favorite thus has been the vibrant red straw fascinator with the maple leaves that she wore in Canada. Obviously she is gorgeous, but the combination of the jaunty design and wearing angle, striking color and outfit pairing made it perfect.
I had to have it!
So I did a bit of research and found that the creator was Sylvia Fetcher of milliners Lock & Co. Right away I gave them a call and was promptly told that this piece was custom made for the Duchess and not for sale. Darn royals!
But lucky for me, I also have access to a custom milliner - my very talented friend Mary of Pretty Good Things. So, we discussed a plan - we wanted something equally striking, red with maple leaves, but it had to be inspired by, not a knockoff. Different shape and materials and her unique vision led Mary to create a little masterpiece just for me.
Isn't it stunning!?!? I don't even have it yet but I'm so excited to wear it!
What's great about the process is that she shared her vision and progress with me throughout. I was able to select the overall color (in case I wanted something other than red), how I wanted to wear it, and even placement of the lining and embellishments.
In the end I ended up with a beautiful piece that will be so much fun to wear, as pretty as the inspiration piece but one that has a personality of it's own. And that is what's great about working directly with artists of all types!
By the way, I'm not a huge royal family watcher, but have to admit, I love Kate and Will as a couple. They both seem so gracious and equally in love with and comfortable with each other. I just watched this video of them from their Canada outing and they seem sweet. I guess I'm a fan!
I love a good fascinator. And if they are bit silly or extravagant, I like them all the more. So it's not surprising, is it, that I wold love to have one of these pieces from Tour De Force?
The Bronze Bowtie would be perfect with my new copper patent oxfords (still to take some snaps of those for you!) - £215.00
But the Ruby Rose is so lush too! And I look good in red. - £159.00
Of course, Bardot bunny ears - a bow AND bunny ears!!! - may get me to hand over my card. I mean, how can you resist??? - £79.00
And I'm not done with bows bedecking me bodily (hee hee!). I was on ideeli today and they have some fun and inexpensive BCBG jewelry. I've been wanting some pretty sparkly rings and when I saw these bow rings - in bronzey gold, pink and aqua - for only $16, I jumped.
Run right over and grab some for yourself too. A bit of sparkle and ridiculousness goes a long way to cheering up the mid-winter doldrums.
I'm very excited to be getting/have purchased some new delicious little fascinators to perch upon my noggin. I do have a vintage piece I recently scored that I need to shoot but the pieces below are from two of my favorite talented designers. both available on their dedicated sites and on Etsy.
First up, from Topsy Turvy Designs, is the slightly wicked Candy Apple. Kim's designs are lush, detailed and simply amazing. I need to find a way to get one of her tricorn hats into my life. The apple, I've had my eye on (sans fly) and will be a dark counterpoint to my Agent Lover Cake hat.
I also snatched up two other adorable pieces from Mary at Pretty Good Things. She has somehow managed to bring all my whimsical dreams to life with her pieces.
I've had my eye on a Bun-Bun piece and her latest sale allowed me to nab it. I think I need a black velvet one too.
I also grabbed the Meadow facinator too (on sale for only $5!). I have Oh Deer! piece (super adorable - see it on me here) and a version with a hot pink base and pink butterflies... this combines them both!
It may be Winter but I can wear a green meadow all year long!
I think half the fun of Fashion Week are the parties and meet-ups that go on all around the core events. And the 7 is 10 party did not let us down.
The party, held at the Tribeca Grand, was packed! The line was down the block and inside was just as crazy. I was able to hang out with Nova Style and friends, Dream Sequins and spend a good bit of the evening with The Shoe Girl and her adorable hubby.
I have decided that my new party strategy is to wear a fabulous headpiece because people could not get enough of my delicious Agent Lover-created cake hat. Girls begged to wear it for photos, guys tried to french it. It was a magical evening all around.
I wore my BehnazSarafpour for Target lace cardigan over the Rosalind Keep TrompeL'Oeil Prom Dress from Oasis. I did wear the Bebaroque Betty tights but might go for a solid next time. I did want to contrast with the pink Louboutin Simple Pumps and it was darn cold out.
I also made the extra effort with some false eyelashes. As eyelashes go, these were pretty subtle. I'll put the large images on Flickrso you can see them up close and personal.
There are bound to be images floating all over the internetfrom this party because people were taking pictures left and right.
It was a lot of fun especially as I was up way past my bedtime... but well worth it!
Again, the days have been getting away from me. So I figured I should catch up on the outfits pronto!
After organizing my armoire out last weekend, I thought I would create outfits around some of my fun new accessories which have just been arriving. Something other than shoes for once!
On Monday, I wore a very colorful outfit. Everything was centered around my new Candy fascinator from WhichGoose. To go with it I wore a red top from Gap, a dressy denim pencil skirt, red tights and my Hetty Rose Ella mary janes.
I think the heels, being equally as colorful, were a good match for the hair piece. Both are colorful although it strikes me as funny how such an old fabric and the new pom-poms actually work well together.
I could say the heels get equal focus... I'd been thinking about wearing them with colorful tights for a while now.
Yesterday I was wanting to go the opposite - a bit more streamlined but playing with texture. I wore a grey jersey top that has a bit of silver metallic in the fabric, my new Kapow Wow neck ruffle (also in grey jersey), a black pencil skirt, black ribbed tights and Aerosole buckle heels in black patent. They happen to be one of my favorite shoes to wear. They are comfortable and versatile.
This neck ruffle is so cool! You can wear it a ton of different ways and is amazingly soft. I think it's a great option to a scarf or wrap for keeping your neck warm in the winter. Plus, I just love ruffles!
The other day I talked about seeing rosettes popping up in fashion, well today I got the chance to wear one of my new pieces from Shoe Missy. They are just adorable in person.
I wore the black and white plaid with my grey and black rugby stripe boyfriend cardigan from delia's. Underneath I wore a black camisole over one of my sale mini-skirts from Old Navy.
It was kind of crummy out so I wore my black Target flats with the big "jewels" on them.
This rosette looks blue and black here but it is actually black and white. I tried to take a picture of it on the sweater, because it looked so cute but my camera is just dying! I think I'm going to have to get a new one very very soon.
Now, I've been doing good so far this week actually planning outfits. What am I going to wear tomorrow? I've stayed up late too many nights in a row and my brain is just fried.
Maybe I'll think of something to wear with some of my fun knee-highs.
The Outfit I didn't really think about it until I put this together but I'm wearing more grey today. Must be the weather. Anyhoo, I'm wearing a sparkly grey jersey top from Target and my charcoal denim skirt.
The shoes are from Target last year. They are the Dysis style and are grey suede. This is kind of a trendy shoe, which I got in black and red patent as well, so I didn't want to spend huge amounts on them. Surprisingly they are pretty comfortable because of the platform.
The Focal Point Normally my hair is pretty flat and straight with just enough wave that it gets all fly-away when it isn't blown out. But this morning it was just of blowsy and whispy so I tried to do a "bigger" hairdo ala The Sartorialist with chopsticks and my KissCurl feather fascinator.
It probably looked more scary and messy than I perceived it as but we had some crazy tornado weather at night. I could blame it on that.
