WEDNESDAY BAG ♥ SO SO MUCH RESORT

Two things:

One...Everyone on the wire is talking about Anna Wintour dishing the order for all these Resort shows. Does she get that everyone these days knows everything she does? No more secret plots to stir things up. 

Two...I was surprised at the number of designers who didn't even show any bags?! I grew up a 20-minute drive to the beach. I have one tattoo of a sun (yes) because I was always at the beach. I also grew up a 3-hour drive to Mexico. And we went there quite a bit growing up. I've been all over the world (and vacationed in Hawaii four times). My point is...where were the bags? I think most of what  people wear as "resort wear" is a few pieces and a bag you throw it all in. If it was me, I would have had all the models wearing black bathing suits with a dozen bags. I managed to find some really fun pieces. ♡

Moschino Cheap & Chic

 Chanel granny

Balenciaga's Mod

 Cynthia Rowley hearts resort

 Pucci hippy (love)

so feminine Nina Ricci

Gucci beach bag anyone?

Erin Fetherston (is this a bag?)

Marc by Marc Jacobs birdy bag (love)

Lanvin camouflaged reptile jetset!

Dior petite

Marc Jacobs' ladies who lunch

I love this Pucci sac and the oufit attached to it

 

Louis Vuitton garden party

Chanel Picnic 

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TUESDAY TAILOR ♥ SUNO (A GIRL'S BFF)

I have so much respect for Max Osterweis and Erin Beatty. I absolutely fell in love with their Resort collection for Suno, which was fun and fresh and full of flavor. And, though it might sound strange if you have never lived in New York, it also reminds me of the flavor of the Downtown girls there. Where, on any given corner, you see an eclectic chic culture-rich ballsy take on personal style. (Can anyone tell how much I'm missing New York these days?) 

I love the styling and the art direction and the model casting. And all the confetti charm. I'd love to have any of these girls as a BFF...a vivacious fun-loving girl that shows us how fun life is. ♡ 

So hot she needs to cool off...

Don't tell me you wouldn't see this girl and wonder:

"Who's that girl?"

A career in fashion...or art.

Hot summer nights.

I love this jumpsuit. Sooo much.

The most amazing little jacket that would look good 

with almost everything.

Such a great little dress. So Nancy Girl. 

I'd love to have this in my collection.

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MAKEUP MONDAY ♥ HENNA HANDS

When I was little, my mom sometimes colored her hair with henna. And, if she had some time, she'd draw a star or a heart or a flower on the palms of my hands, which I loved loved. It was like having a tattoo, but cooler because it was this rad natural rusty color. And no one else in 2nd grade had a flower on the palms of their hands that lasted for weeks.

Henna is used for decorative reasons. But the primary use back in the motherland is for brides-to-be on the night before their wedding. It's a tradition with the girls. Shabeh Henna Ban-doon which is the night before the wedding when all the women sit and paint henna "drawings" on the bride's hands (palms and outer hands and arms) and feet (bottom and top and ankles and sometimes calves and shins). It's done where I was born, The Kingdom of Bahrain (where Michael Jackson lived for a while), to this day. It takes a skilled hand to draw these. Henna is thick, like slushy mud. And then they have to sit for HOURS to get the dark dark color and sharp lines. 

 I know it got trendy here in the States to do "henna tattoos"...but it looked pretty weak compared the things the women overseas could and do do. It's done in Arab countries and India, for the most part. But we're Persian. And my mom says some Persians in Iran might do henna on their hands before the wedding, but it's mostly the Persians in Bahrain that keep this tradition alive.

If I was styling a story with these henna hands, my vision would be 1920s Bohemian maxi dresses, geisha-esque hair that's a bit messed up like she slept in her wig and just woke up, girls with caramel skin and these henna-ed hands. 

The woman who did the henna drawings is called Um Mahmood (Ooom Mah-moood). Her phone number is in the photos in case anyone wants to hire her to do this! She's in Bahrain! It's one of the beautiful traditions I've loved about my culture since childhood. And I'm stoked to share it with you. I'll be sharing more Persian and Middle Eastern things in the future. Stay tuned. PS I especially love the peacock at the bottom.♡

 

more makeup monday ♥ biba's dudu bird

SUNDAY MATINEE ♥ SMASHING TIME!

"I'll have the correspondent shoes..." LOVE IT!

This is the cover of the soundtrack for the film!

These are what dreams are made of. I LOVE LOVE this film. I have it on VHS because I couldn't find it on dvd.  Lynn Redgrave RIP. ♡

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