Wake me up when September ends.....

When I was a kid, I always dreaded the end of summer vacation/break. The feeling has never faded. Even now, I'm in cube nation all day, but the days growing shorter sadly remind me that summer will soon be over. It's not like I have the harsh "back to school" reality anymore, but I am such a summer kinda lady...the thought of cold temps and 7 months (roughly) indoors just sucks. Yeah yeah, the fall has football, marathons, the return of Always Sunny in Philadelphia (a show EVERYONE should watch!), and fashion week, duh! I guess the one real upside is the fashion.

I think it was on the show "Pete & Pete" in which big Pete said the minute you think about something you want for back to school (in his case it was a cool binder), summer is truly over. So, yeah...I'm looking at coats....not really back to school anymore, but still...indicative of the change of seasons.

I do loooovee fall/winter in NYC. I have a few friends up in the city and usually make several trips up. My one bestie lives on the Upper East side and visiting her is always a sick time. Hit up the waspy/trust-fund baby bars, shop in soho, brunch, hot-n-crusty bagels, and runs in Central Park. Perrrffff.

CBK and John-John. I have 2 long red coats and I think it is my favorite color for wool. My Michael Kors one goes so well with everything ( I swear!).

I want Sienna's coat soooo baaaad. I'll gladly take anything Burberry.

Fave outfit from Devil Wears Prada.

Rachel Bilson in Chanel. I normally don't go for the boxy/wide styles, but this I really like.

Rad. I don't think I could ever pull it off though. I got a motorcycle jacket for x-mas last year. I loved it! ManCandy calls me a hipster-wanna be in it (frowny face.)

I typically gravitate to long coats in slim but traditional cuts, but fun colors.

So underrated....boots and a long jacket. I found a sick black trench at goodwill last winter!

I love light/white coats but I feel like I'm too messy for them. I have a long Banana Republic coat I wear to death, but I feel like I'm always dry cleaning it...coffee addiction + unable to eat like a human= asian cleaners know me on a first-name basis.

She looks hot. I look like a heifer when I try to pull off the shrunken jacket look....well except for little boy blazers...they're usually kosher.

I love that jacket and want those boots. Hmmm maybe they'll be on the x-mas list. Very Rodarte and very efin hot!

Leopard

Trashy and tacky or stylish and retro?

I think it really has to do with the volume and shape. Obviously faux fur/anything that could be feasibly found at rave/rainbow/walmart clearance rack should be avoided. It's not fucking 1998 and you're not a spice girl. However, I do think it can look chic. Photo above...not so much, but keep in mind that's sort of Katy Perry's schtick....and she is performing, not walking down the street.

Vintage. A splash of leopard and very retro.

I actually think this looks relatively classy as well. Not too overdone and light on the accessories. Let's be real, animal prints speak for themselves.

If anyone's doing it right...it's Kate. She makes anything look good. I swear, not human.

Or you can just say fuck it, and make it fun. So fierce!

No Words

This is a visual montage of every weekend....

Mama Mia!

MILFs with style.

#1. So Hot Right Now.

Even preggers.

Hot mom and on the dating scene.

Best dressed pair.

Lourdes is going to be stylish. Its in genes.

Gwen is still the best locking pregnant celeb.

Claudia...ex-model-mom....not too shabby.

Hip mom.

Pregnant angel.

This kid has to be stylish.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

I have some serious issues with the tweens/teenagers that overrun fashion and celebrity gossip. First and foremost, I could care less about what people who are not even legal think. If you can't legally vote, drink, or smoke, you haven't experienced shit and your opinions are completely useless. You still live at home and your parents can still take away your iphone if you take/text naked pictures of yourself. I mean really....you can't have much of an opinion about the world if you've only lived a very sheltered 17 years on a tour bus. But, what really "grinds my gears" is the awful fashion of some of these pre-pubescent teens. I don't know if they have stylists, but if they do they should be dragged (drug?) into the street and shot. If they don't, shame on the fashion industry for ever putting their photograph in a magazine under anything not labeled a "DON'T".

Blake Lively plays a teen but is actually 22. Hence, her interviews are slightly better than boring and her style is pretty good. She has had some serious hits along with some misses, however, her sense of fashion is not evolved enough to get her on the cover of Vogue or on a best dressed list.

This was my favorite look of hers....ever.

These shots almost don't do it justice. So Hot Right Now.

Too bad she's British. Emma Watson has the BEST teenage fashion....hands down.

And, just to support my argument she was on the cover of Teen Vogue. Exactly where she should be.

Ashley Tisdale tries. I'm being nice by putting a pic of her in my favorite look of hers. She is kind of a label whore and does the too many trends at once thing. However, I'm guessing she has a stylist for the red carpet. This is very very flattering on her.

Blake....miss. I like the romper and the shoes, but the jacket is a bit too much for the day. I also don't know how I feel about cropped sleeves on the blazer with shorts as well.

Perfection.

She normally dresses too old for her age and tends to wear things that accentuate her muscular (a.k.a. broad) physique, but Hayden looks great here. The coloring really works for her (finally not black with red lipstick!)

Emma casual. Nothing to get naked about, but very cute and flattering.

Again, very flattering and very age appropriate. I LOVE those shoes!!!!

Vanessa Hugens. I HATE her style. Everything she wears she looks like she is trying wayyy too hard. This is a perfect example of the too many trends at once. She needs to lose the necklace, or the socks, or both. Honestly, the blazer or the dress alone is supposed to be the focus. She just looks like a bozo.

Emma. Simple. Perfection.

Bleehhhh. I hate Taylor Swift on alot of levels, but I think she has awful style as well. She's gawky and awkward, not to mention extremely pale. She needs deeper or more vibrant tones. She's also a stick; this shape of dress does nothing to help...she has no curves for the dress to hug. I look at her and all I can think is baby giraffe.