Lisa Frank 2.0

Back in September's Teen Vogue there was a Lisa Frank inspired accessories shoot that I blogged about. In their November issue they continues this theme as seen above :)

Purchase Now:

1. Tonight – Lykke Li
2. Warm Heart of Africa – The Very Best
3. Fake/Real – First Aid Kit
4. Veni Vidi Vici – The Black Lips
5. Lisztomania - Phoenix
6. The Dance – Charlotte Martin
7. Baby’s Romance – Chris Garneau
8. Fools – The Dodos
9. Womanizer – Lily Allen
10. Led to the Sea – Jenny Owens Young

you WON't be sorry!

Back in Black

I have posted about the brand ban.do's fabulous embellished headpieces and belts before...but now they have me drooling even more over their black label! Its their couture collection, so naturally I am even MORE in love with it! They have so many fabulous flowers, feathers and sequins, I could wear one each day of the week, to suit my chameleon style. It is definitely a ban-do!

PopArt

I am in love with this photoshoot from Glamour's November issue. The incorporation of Jeff Koons' sculptures with the electric colored clothing is genius. What is even more awesome is that these sculptures were featured at Versailles not to long ago :)

Toxicity

HAPPY HALLOWEEN Y'ALL!
last bit of Halloween songs that have a very creepy, eerie sound to them....along with some items
1. Window Blues – Lykke Li

cupcake toppers, Layer Cake Home

2. Toxic – Yael Naim

dress, Stella McCartney

3. Lyla - Cocorosie

shoes, Free People

4. Trophy – Bat for Lashes

clutch, Judith Leiber

5. Noah’s Ark - Cocorosie

candy corn

6. Seal Jubilee – Bat for Lashes

toy, Target

7. Phantom Other – Department of Eagles

cookies, Eleni's Bakery NYC

8. You Are the Blood – Sufjan Stevens

dress, Anna Sui

9. Classical Records – Department of Eagles

ring, fredflare.com

10. Prison Girls – Neko Case

jacket, Julien Macdonald

Be Our Guest!

Hope you are all getting your costumes together for Halloween!

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I did a guest blogger post for Olive Writes about Halloween desserts. You can see it right here... Her blog is so festive for Halloween - lots of good ideas!

Ready, Set, Carve!

Don't forget to carve a pumpkin and roast the seeds!

Pumpkin Patch

This is a photo of me taken when I was about 2 or 3 at a pumpkin farm. I love the vintage quality and symmetry of the picture. I think my friends and I might carve some pumpkins this weekend and festive fall stuff like that. Anyways here is the weekly playlist, vintagey Halloween sounding songs - something you would have heard at a Halloween bash in the 60's or around then - they will bewitch you!

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1. Fortune Teller – Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
2. Bad Man’s World – Jenny Lewis
3. Witch – The Bird and the Bee
4. I Put A Spell On You – She & Him
5. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – Antony & the Johnsons
6. Feeling Good – My Brightest Diamond
7. Devil’s Waitin’ – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
8. Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered – Ella Fitzgerald
9. These Are The Ghosts – The Bees
10. Herring Bone – Department of Eagles

Dead Man's Bones

Ryan Gosling (do I hear a choir of girls sighing?) can do no wrong, so when he decided to take an adventure in indie rock music, I knew it would be as edgy as his movie roles and well executed. His music project, Dead Man's Bones, is an album with an antique piano feel, special spooky effects, all which accompany his mumbling yet recognizable voice and a whole children's choir. It is the 2009 version of a "Monster Mash" CD and I say that as a compliment. It is perfect music for Halloween, not only because of the titles like, "My Body's a Zombie For You," and "Werewolf Heart" but the just the overall ambiance the music creates. Buy it now and you will be enjoying it still well after Halloween.

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Below is a video for their song "In The Room Where You Sleep."I am loving all the kid's costumes!

Let the Wild RUMPUS Start!

I highly recommend seeing Where The Wild Things Are, its not a kid's movie, but a movie about a kid. It exceeded my already high expectations and surprised me with the endearing story - I laughed and got teary eyed. If you wish to rekindle your childhood notions of happiness, loneliness, love, and using your imagination then please see it - it is a truly beautiful film.

**also get the soundtrack by Karen O - complements the movie sooo well!

This House Smells of Ghosts

Indie yet fierce Halloween songs along with Halloween items:

1. Halloween – Matt Pond PA

cookies, Eleni's Bakery NYC

2. Is There A Ghost – Band of Horses

dress, Fendi

3. The Garden - Mirah

necklace, fredflare.com

4. Dimension - Wolfmother

cardigan, Marc by Marc Jacobs

5. Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked – Cage the Elephant

cupcake toppers, Layer Cake Shop

6. URA Fever – The Kills

skirt, Ashish

7. Black Magic (Magic Love and Dreams Masters) – Magic Wands

heels, Giuseppe Zanotti

8. The Death - Fields

sweater, Markus Lupfer

9. The Lake - Aqualung

fredflare.com

10. Not a Robot, But a Ghost – Andrew Bird

dress, Preen

Spider(wo)man

Can fashion inspire food?

When I was asked to make a Halloween cake, I was bored with the idea of the typical pumpkin, orange and black theme. Instead that inspired me was the Rodarte FW08 collection. Rodarte always impresses me with their ethereal, lookslikeafairymadeit clothes. This collection in particular looks like a bunch of fashionable spiders all got together and spun these red and black dresses and tights.

To make the spiderwebs, I melted chocolate, put it in a Ziploc back, snipped off the end and made spiderwebs onto wax paper. Before they dried, I sprinkled big clear crystals on them.

Feline Friends

Songs about cats, tigers, or lions:

1. Tiger, My Friend - Psapp
2. Tiger, Tiger – Bishop Allen
3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight – The Tokens
4. Snow Lion - Feist
5. Lions and Tigers - Asobi Seksu
6. The Lion and The Tea Cup – Bishop Allen
7. Lion’s Jaw – Neko Case
8. My Tiger My Heart – The Boy Least Likely To
9. I Believe in You – Cat Power
10. Lovecats – The Cure

Fright Fest

I have expressed my love for Amy Atlas Events before and how much I would kill for an internship there! She is the queen of all dessert tables and I found this Halloween table of hers looking as delicious as ever!
This really makes me want to have a Halloween party...

I Put A Spell On You

You readers will have to bear with me that in the month of October there will be lots of Halloween related posts - why? Because I LOVE it!
Lula Magazine has put together this creepycool short fim called "Spell." Watch it and you will see how it fits in with the whole Halloween theme :)

I'm So 3008

Ive always been fascinated with fashions from the future, ever since I watched Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century. These looks from the SS09 Balenciaga show are uber futuristic and look like something I'd like to wear on a space station in 2080. This stellar music also reminds me of the future:

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1. Time to Pretend - MGMT
2. Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
3. Walking on a Dream - Empire of the Sun
4. Creator - Santogold
5. Crimewave – Crystal Castles
6. Bruises - Chairlift
7. The W.A.N.D. – The Flaming Lips
8. Sleepyhead – Passion Pit
9. Scary World Theory – Lali Puna
10. Human – The Killers

Flower Child

I am LOVING the adorable Moschino Cheap and Chic SS10 collection! The punchy daisy hats, sunglasses and prints make it all so youthful and girly. I am loving the color palate they used (the shade of pink is just right) and how cute are those shoes?!? I created a little montage of the collection along with pictures of Gerber daisies I took - thought they were quite fitting :)

New Moon, New Music

I am really in Twilight - I even have several posts related to it. So when the soundtrack came out last year, I bought it just because it was the soundtrack to the movie that I was dying to see. After a listen, though, I was a little disappointed - Paramore? Linkin Park? Really? The only standouts to me were the Iron and Wine and Black Ghosts. And most of the songs on the album had already been out for a while - it brought really nothing new to the table. However, the soundtrack for New Moon is polar opposite. It may have something to do with the better plot line, a new director and a new music supervisor (the same girl who picks out music for Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl - great taste already!). This soundtrack is all original songs from some of my FAVORITE artists and it looks amazing! With this music alone, its already going to be a better movie lol! I pre ordered it on itunes (you can get bonus songs that way) and it already downloaded 1 song off of it. From what I've heard, its much moodier and darker than the last, very fitting to the movie though :)

1. Death Cab for Cutie - Meet Me on the Equinox
2. Band of Skulls - Friends
3. Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage
4. Lykke Li - Possibility
5. The Killers - A White Demon Love Song
6. Anya Marina - Satellite Heart
7. Muse - I Belong to You (New Moon Remix)
8. Bon Iver and St. Vincent - Rosyln
9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong
10. Hurricane Bells - Monsters
11. Sea Wolf - The Violet Hour
12. OK Go - Shooting The Moon
13. Grizzly Bear - Slow Life
14. Editors - No Sound But the Wind
15. Alexandre Desplat - New Moon (The Meadow)

Oooohh my Lord, I cannot wait for this!

**in other soundtrack news, just got the Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack by Karen O (of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and am enchanted - very fun and cute - sounds like it will go perfect with the movie!