batoutofhell

ooooo everything is so moody and espooky and dark, and oooooo be escared!

or. biker-goth-emo-feelings. for some fun times. i really like the texture choices and layering on the toralis.

{fall nicolas andreas toralis 2012, photos by marcus tondo at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

 

{fall kanye west 2012, photos by alessandro viero at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

veranda

hermes is looking rather comfy this season. you know. for your more leisurely, weekend horse-strolls. (GAWD I WANNA GO ON HORSE-STROLLS!) i love the simple take on the straight-tie. and also i want to wear image 6 forever. while i read joan didion books out on the veranda from melancholia, wrapped in a wool blanket for just that little bit of extra warmth on a brisk but bright morning. with my coffee. can that be my life please?

and there there is WALKING STICKS!!!

and then things get a bit anna sui at the end there, but i'm not against it. i guess.

 {fall hermes 2012, photos by yannis vlamos at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

shift

here for you is some sweetness and some comfort. for to sink into.

{fall a.p.c. 2012, photos courtesy of a.p.c. by way of style.com} 

{fall trias 2012, photos courtesy of trias by way of style.com}

draw down the stars

i am a constellation. wrap yourself in me.

{fall maiyet 2012, photos by filippo fior at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

sing out, wild bells

winner!!! total winner of winning of great things! oh kenzo, you joyful shouting of brightness!

THAT GREEN SKIRT AND CAT SHIRT!

i love you. i want to hug you and dance around with you and buy you flowers and cupcakes.


GRAPE SUIT!!!!!

you are a triumph. kenzo. you are a thing which is good in this world.

{fall kenzo 2012, photos by yannis vlamos at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

ff

this week i got into a little facebookfight with a stranger.

a friend of mine posted a link about a clothing company in the UK which printed men's trouser labels that read something along the lines of:

washing instructions [ ...blah blah... ] - or - give it to your woman. it's her job.

so, my reaction was 'seeeeeeriously?! burn the store to the ground.'

and to be fair, advocating the store be burned down isn't the best action. true. i'll give you that. but, you know. i meant metaphorically. like. burn down their profits. destroy their reputation. expose their dickbagery and shame them for it. i probably should've been more specific.

but then someone i didn't know got all 'oh yeah, grab your torch ladies, am i right?! learn to take a joke.'

so i had to explain that, actually, yes. DO grab your torch. for god's sake, do! because a joke isn't a joke if its punchline is the repression of women that is still a reality for many in our 'dignified' part of the world, not even beginning to mention the rest of the world where women may not be so lucky as to be attacked quietly and insidiously... they're attacked loudly and proudly. AND. a joke isn't a joke if its punchline was a complete reality a generation ago. if the punchline is our mothers and our grandmothers.

blah blah.

i won. anyways.

but!

*here's a great thing! to back up my argument.

about how feminists of yonder year fought tooth and nail for us women now. and how we should not take our liberties for granted. and how we should not be complacent and let those liberties slip away. because what equality we have now? it is imperfect but it is a LOT better than none. and none is not so far away. so. be grateful. and be aware. and grab your torch, goddamn! scream it from the goddamn mountaintops!!!

 {photo from myparentswereawesome}

(ah shoot. i meant to write about 'unlearning' this week, but i've got too many words already. so. next week! exciting! teaser!!!)

please

another show of gasping and sighing. and being happy to be a woman.

and. dress number 7 says: best way to win an oscar? dress like an oscar. am i right?

(dress number 8 says: give me to erin please. i will look sooo great on her.)

{fall elie saab 2012, photos by marcus tondo at gorunway.com by way of style.com}