JUNE HIT LIST

Gravitating toward perversely pink shoes and lip color.... and glitter. Yikes, thats a formula for disaster. But hey, I can get away with it. I'm from LA.

1. Christian Louboutin Suede Platform Sandal

2. Pedro Garcia Geri flat

3. Christian Louboutin Jenny Platform

4. Kate Spade New York Charm heel

fashion is a feeling

I don't always look at the Sartorialist's website. In fact I go for months without even a peek. After browsing past the third page, I'm like, "ok! I get it! People in New York, Milan and Paris have infinitely better style and taste than people in Los Angeles!" And really, I can only handle so much concentrated beauty at once.

But sometimes I realize that his photos actually make my heart beat just a little faster because he has captured a feeling, an energy: People in the city expressing who and what they are that day. Genuine creative energy that is tangible and alive and a reason to do everything.

All Photos by the visionary Scott Schuman of the Sartorialist

full frontal

Right Now: Evaluating my future.

High Beta vs. Low Beta

whiskers on kittens

Boots / Marc by Marc Jacobs

Images / Ssense

This is a whole lot of warm n' fuzzy feelings for a mere $350.00 dollars.

Anyone have a spare four leaf clover?

Walk Through Fire

Shirt / J Crew

I've got that jittery-jacked-up-on-coffee feeling right now. Drinking coffee is a hobby of mine, you see. I drink coffee, therefore I am. I can think. I can write. I can dance. I can speak. See? I drink coffee to wake up the dead.

crack

1. Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook

2. Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity

3. Rework

4. Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School

I don't really read fiction. Unless there is a new Harry Potter book (sadly, that era has ended), or if a particular good friend decides to send me drafts of his soon-to-be-published epic novel (still waiting for book No.2!)

Flew through Accidental Billionaires and Rework, which should be read by anyone who has a small creative business. Now, I'm vicariously living through Philip Broughton, who dropped everything mid-thirties to go HBS. Major jealous.

BROOKLYN OR BUST

Lady Gaga and Brooklyn / Shot by Terry on Terry Richardson's Diary

suddenly i see

Jacket / Gap 1969

I recently purged my closet of all frivolous, unworn and unwanted garments. It was a giant mountain of clothes that had gotten too comfortable hanging around, taking up space, not doing anything useful. If the piece didn't make me feel fabulous, I gave it away. At the moment, fewer choices in my closet is a thing of clarity for me.

SUCKER PUNCHED

Pants / Zara

Dear KPCC,

This morning, you dissed The Olsen Twins. I listen to your shows (with gusto!) about the woes of the world and the financially challenged citizens of America. Please don't hurt my feelings.

Love,

Michelle