{seeing stripes}

Vertical & horizontal, black & white, graphic, chic and timeless...this season I am obsessing with everything and anything that has a line drawn through it. Luckily designers have designated this as the top trend for both fashion and interiors. Go on, indulge, after all you earned your stripes... 

{images: le fashion, it's a wannabe decorator's life, a cup of jo, the house that lars built, belle maison, design sponge}

{new neutrals}

Arizona Muse poses for Madewell's latest summer lookbook pulsing shades of tan, taupe, beige, and brown cut with cool grey's and natural navy's for an ultra-trendy look. If you prefer to be more discreet this is your look. I love how Arizona's ensemble is complete with earthy accessories...so understated, so effortlessly chic - works perfectly with Arizona's down-to-earth, realist persona which makes for a timeless appeal. 

{images: fashion gone rogue}

{met gala}

This stylized video of the Met Gala is intoxicating. Glamour, flamboyance, decadence. Hair, clothes and  make-up all exaggerated rising to a crescendo of fabulousness. It's too much, it's too fantastic, it's not to be believed. It's fashion...it's what I live for.

Vogue: Inside the Met Gala 2011 from Phil Pinto on Vimeo.

{prabal gurung for jcrew}

Prabal Gurung meets J. Crew, the perfect pair... 

 Exploding Bow Blouse $225

Fit to be tied pant $198

{images: jcrew}

{american dream}

Humble, talented and cultured Prabal Gurung's sheer talent has redesigned the standards of the fashion industry. He's truly living the American Dream as his beautifully designed pieces are adored by the First Lady amongst other high-list celebrities.  Although he resides from Nepal his design career truly began in New Delhi while studying at New Delhi's National Institute of Fashion Technology. Gurung's influence in design arose from the simplicity of an elegantly draped Sari. I obviously take great pride in hearing that his career jump started in my mother land, India...even if that is the only connection we have. My love and admiration for Prabal Gurung doesn't just stem from the fact that we share the Indian culture, but that he's embraced it as his own, and exudes his love affair with India through his magical creations. Take a sneak peak into his studio in NYC...a long way from his fashion beginnings halfway around the world. 

"If you haven't vistied India, you haven't lived" - Prabal Gurung

{images: from me to you}

{citrus sunday's}

Freshly-squeezed with this season's brightest hues....

top: jcrew, jeans: rich & skinny, shoes: belle by sigerson, necklace: br / giles & brother, bangles: br / brfs, belt: linea pelle, lipstick: impassioned mac 

{borrowed from the boys}

slick pants, boxy tweed blazer, slouchy denim button up and oxfords...a bit boyish yet thoroughly feminine. 

shirt: jcrew outlet, pants: jcrew minnie, blazer: br, wool fedora: br, shoes: topshop, scarf: inhabit