All I Want Is Rock n' Roll

Alex Crawford Photography

So I don't know whether I've ever told you this, but I play music with a kid named Evan P. Donohue here in Nashville, and last year he recorded the greatest Christmas song of all time. So Merry Christmas. Click on the link to download the song, and click here to download more of his music.

"Santa Clause, All I Want Is Rock n' Roll" by Evan P. Donohue

Iconic

When I think of 60s style, I think of Bob Dylan.

These photographs were taken by Barry Feinstein, the man responsible for some of the most iconic album covers of all time. I saw these photographs and a few others on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London this summer in promotion for Feinstein's book Real Moments, a collection of shots from Dylan's 1966 European and 1974 American tours. I asked Santa to make me one of these books for Christmas.

(TIME)

Review: Rodarte for Target

Stopped by Target yesterday morning on my way home for the holidays to check out the highly anticipated Rodarte collaboration. I tried on the blue swiss dot dress, the leopard mini, and the black and champagne crepe slip lace dresses and walked away with none of them, but despite that, my first impression of the line is a B.

It's definitely one of the better designer collaborations; I'll give the Mulleavy sisters that. The pieces look much better in person than they do in that hideous look book (see above), and the colors are beautiful, especially the champagne color. And the fit wasn't bad. It wasn't perfect, mind you, but it wasn't awful. I tend to agree with Kristen from Bleach Black when she says that the fit is always the deal breaker with these Target collabs, but I must say, these dresses fit better than those from past lines. (Remember those cute little Erin Fetherston dresses with the Peter Pan collars? If I ever managed to get mine on, I had to break out the scissors to get it off again.) A-lines do nothing for my figure anyway. The dresses have one other major design flaw that I could find. The tops are fastened in the back with tiny plastic snaps that are sewed right onto the mesh fabric. I had to pry the snaps open with my fingernails to avoid ripping the material.

Overall, not bad. I probably won't end up buying any of the pieces myself, but I would recommend them to others… with... slight enthusiasm. What do you think?

(photos via New York Magazine)

Ten

Love these photos of Amanda Norgaard posted by Fashion Canvas. Remind me very much of this Russh editorial I posted a while back. The black and white mixed with the simplicity of the styling and that perfect hair are killer.

(Fashion Canvas)

Vogue?

What is this? This isn't a VOGUE spread. Don't get me wrong. I really like this editorial. I just think it's cute how hard Anna is trying.

I'm sorry. I'm feeling feisty today.

(Fashion Gone Rogue)

Going Digital

My boyfriend is a bit of a tech geek. When I saw him come across a headline containing the words "digital magazines" in his latest batch of articles this afternoon, I had him send it to me so I could check it out for myself.

BERG is a British design consultancy that works with companies like BBC and Nokia to help research and develop their technologies. They've recently teamed up with Swedish media group Bonnier, whose vision is to "continuously reinvent the art of publishing", to create this conceptual video that explores the future of digital magazines. Because I live for fashion media and hope to someday, somehow make a career out of it, the idea of digital magazines is both fascinating and frightening. It changes the game completely.

It's nice to see that developers are keeping in mind the importance of things like identifiable covers and the sense of accomplishment that comes from reading a magazine, but it seems that this sort of technology still has a long way to go before devoted magazine readers will abandon print completely. Regardless, this is a glimpse of where we are headed.

Oh, the times they are a-changin'?

Watch the video and read what BERG has to say about it here.

Ant Music

Untitled

I'm pretty much finished with this semester, and... well, I don't really know what to do with myself now. So, yeah. I've just been spending a lot of time looking at shoes. I don't know whether you can tell, but I'm kind of a shoe girl. And a coat girl. Shoes and coats are my thing.

Proenza Schouler Fall 2009

Is there anyone that doesn't love these shoes? I really don't think so because they've been blogged about a bazillion times. Don't mean to beat a dead horse, but they really are works of art. If Ziggy Stardust were to die and come back as a shoe, I really feel like it would be that second one.

Miu Miu Spring 2009

And don't even get me started on these kind of nineties, kind of sixties, completely mind-blowing platforms. These shoes put Miu Miu in my top five for Spring, although the clothes hold their own fairly well. I absolutely must own a pair of these beauties someday. It's one of those pairs I'll have to find in the future when I have a good career and loads of money to blow. Whenever that happens.

But on a more practical note, I'm thinking of purchasing these buckle wedges from Forever 21. I figure they're a nice Surface to Air alternative. I went to the store to look at them last night, but they didn't have any in yet. I may just have to order them online and cross my fingers that they're sturdy.

So... what to do now. My room desperately needs to be cleaned, and I should probably go ahead and get a head start on next semester's reading, but in all honesty, I'll most likely spend the rest of the night watching Melrose Place. Oh, how I've missed you.

(Style.com, Forever 21)

Best Friends

Hate Alison's haircut. Sorry.

(The Fashion Spot)

Georgia May

Youngest daughter of the one and only Mick Jagger. I think she's beautiful, but I haven't liked any of her editorial work... until now. This is the spread I've been waiting for.

(The Fashion Spot)

Fantastically Tacky

(Cobrasnake)

Black Lace

I've been absent from the Internet lately. It's been a melancholy week, and melancholy makes me think black lace. This weekend and next week aren't looking much better, but I've got a few hours so spare right now so here I am.

The second picture is from Rumi's spread in NO magazine, which I think is actually really wonderful. (Of course, I die for any spread/picture/outfit with those Chloë Sevigny x Opening Ceremony shoes.) Congratulations, Rumi.

And while we're on the subject, can we just talk about this cat in her behind the scenes pictures? Is that a baby jaguar? Can I have it? I'm really set on getting a gray kitten named Spooky, but I might have to get one of these baby jaguar kitties, too. Does anyone know what kind of cat this is?

(Fashion Gone Rogue, Front Row Diary, Fashion Toast)