THERE WILL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND

hbc in colleen atwood

Tendrils... check.

Battened bodice... check.

Slightly imperious, slightly mystified expression... check.

Fan... there is a God.

OSCARS: HEAVY EDIT

Whatever happened to the Oscar fashion train wreck?

Well, we did have Sharon Stone/Cruella DeVille trying to channel Daphne Guinness.  That woke me up a bit.

And we had Annette Bening...  (I have no words.)

annette bening in naeem khan

...WORTH 1,000 WORDS

hailee steinfeld/berlin film festival

SKIN TRIP

natural beauty

The law as it is currently written allows virtually anything to be incorporated into a cosmetic.       Stephen Sundlof

After every shower, I mix up a palmful of Weleda Calendula Baby Oil and Lotion  and smooth it over my arms and legs.  Ah, yes..we’ve been advised to do this, right?  Directly after one’s ablutions, slather moisturizer on for maximum absorption...and hope for the best.  

Indeed...

I decided to check out everything that I put on my body.  (After all, I’ve sleuthed everything I put into my body.)  I had a bad feeling about this.  I was right.

I ended up (very quickly, I might add) at  the Environmental Working Group’s Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database.  I started searching away.  I discovered that my trusty Weleda baby unguents posed a moderate hazard to my health.  (As for the babes...has that ship sailed?  I was going to write poor babes.  Perhaps a bit too incendiary?  Like...we’re lovingly wrapping our little ones, fresh from the bath, in a hazardous chemical?  Um, the answer to that is, most likely, yes.) 

(BTW, the EWG’s cosmetic safety score for Weleda’s Calendula Baby Oil and Lotion are 4 and   5 respectively....a score of between 3 and 6 is representative of a moderate hazard to the user.  Hmm.  Is there anything moderate about a hazard?  I always thought that it was an all or nothing proposition.)

What next?  

The good news.. and, I’d like to keep adding to the good news...

rms beauty

I’ve been using Rose Marie Swift's products for over year and I love them.  Effortless and cool and minimal...in a good way.  

rose marie swift

uncoverup

the one

raw coconut cream

it does everything

(you could add it to your smoothie)

and this...this is the best thing ever

rms living luminizer

goes everywhere

like this

lovely

or this

camel safari

you can put the luminizer (or any rms product) on without a mirror

i know

i've done it

http://www.rmsbeauty.com/

  

ALL DAY DAY LIGHT

the morning benders

http://www.themorningbenders.com/

Another reason to get up in the morning.

TIME FOR A HAIRCUT

the case for short hair

Tilda Swinton (making Kate Moss look like Pamela Anderson.)

WANDERLUST

tod's shoes

Vuitton

It all depends upon where you are going to end up.  

OLIVIER THEYSKENS: THEORY

Olivier Theyskens

MAISON DE VACANCES: GOOD LOVIN'

(all you need is love)

maison de vacances

poufs

throws

coverlets

pillows

rugs

calypso

calypsostbarth.com

TOPSHOP: SNAKESKIN

TOPSHOP

Jeans

$90

Don't say no.  

Say maybe.

ZZZIGZZZAG

thomas paul pillow

$70

DEERHUNTER

deerhunter microcastle

deerhunter rainwater cassette exchange

I LIKE OAK NYC

oaknyc

Bone Bangle 

$8.40

THE MATRIX: TRINITY'S SWEATER

sweater: oaknyc

I have been searching for deconstructed sweaters. 

This one could work.

HORACE: Black V Neck Long Sleeve Open Knit Sweater $158.00

oaknyc.com

I LIKE OAK NYC

available at oaknyc.com

First things first, right?

  

Driving around at seven in the morning, I don't really want to be wearing black out shades.  I mean, I gotta see. 

I've been wearing a pair of old Balmain sunglasses for this purpose.

They have absolutely nothing to say for themselves.  (Tinted?  Not so much. They do not protect my eyes from sun or wind or rain... or much of anything.)

They are divine.  (I hope that I never sit on them.)

Prices: (amazing, spectacular prices) from Top to Bottom

HAN: Cola Wolfgang Sunglasses $168.00  (Okay.  NOT on sale.  Just really pretty.)

XRAY: Brown BS302 Frames $19.80  (See?  What 'id I tell you?)

XRAY: Black XR1101 Frames $19.80

XRAY Brown XR1103 Aviators $19.80

  

DANIEL JOSEFSOHN: EYES LAND

Daniel Josefsohn in Iceland with a Leica S2, one model, and the Fall/Winter BLESS collection.

DREE HEMINGWAY FOR MADEWELL

Um, yes.

THERE ARE NO SACRED COWS ON SOUTH PARK

I admit it.  (And, I won’t write using the imperial “We”.  Like, “We thought that the South Park movie was disgusting.”  Actually, we laughed so hard we were sick.)

The BOOK OF MORMON is debuting next month on Broadway.

BORROW FROM THE BOYS

PHOTO COURTESY HERMES

TINA CHOW

Tina Chow’s iconic jewelry…  

To actually find a piece to purchase would be something.

Here, some alternatives… perhaps?

And…

These lovely necklaces are by MARGARET SOLOW.

I have been wearing Margaret Solow necklaces for years… thanks to NONCHALANTMOM.COM  

They are perfect.

To find them at NONCHALANTMOM, click on the link below.

http://nonchalantmom.com/things_to_wear/margaretsolow.html

JACK WHITE

(reddleman)

If you haven’t yet had the opportunity…

http://www.sonyclassics.com/itmightgetloud/

THE GREEK CHORUS

From THE FIGHTER

http://www.thefightermovie.com

TILDA SWINTON: I AM LOVE

PHOTO COURTESY OF MAGNOLIA PICTURES

Just a flash of tangerine…

And, for those of us who may not be able to afford Jil Sander’s tangerine trousers…  Try Madewell’s Slim Trolley Trouser in Burnt Twig (currently on sale).  Maybe a bit too “close, but no cigar”.  But, they’ll do. 

Check out I Am Love on NOWNESS.COM

http://www.nowness.com/day/2010/3/15/470/when-in-milan

THE EYEBROW DEBATE

Cathy Horyn, the New York Times fashion critic, would like to see bushy eyebrows banished in 2011.  

M. Hemingway’s eyebrows were sublime.  Punto.  (I think that it’s awful that Mariel has done her eyebrows in.  Now, she looks like every other surprised and skeletal mamma.)

Think Arizona Muse.  And, hey, some of us are older, right?  We may not be able to acquire hawk wing eyebrows naturally.  Try this:

Revlon’s Colorstay Brow Enhancer and Revlon’s Brow Fantasy

Or, this:  Yves Saint Laurent’s Dessin des Sourcils for the Ash in you.  Although, I must say I prefer a very light hand with Ebony to enhance your brow and go boldly, etc.