Good afternoon and Happy President's Day. I am loving a down day. I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend with dear friends from childhood and was so thrilled to be with them. There's no substitute for old friends- they just accept you for who you've become and that's that. Love them.
So last night was the big SNL 40th, and though the show did not deliver for me on every count (Eddie Murphy being too good to do a bit for one thing), it was a wonderful recap of one of America's most enduring and beloved television shows. PS- Miley Cyrus. Killed it.
PSS- Taylor Swift. Stick to singing.
But besides all of the heavy hitting comedy mahoffs in the room, my favorite part of the show was the amazingly well done tribute to the city in which this fabulous late night show has always called home- my home of New York. I love that the show is so inspired by the city and vice versa- New York is a town full of whip smart, hilarious people and our ability to laugh in the face of darkness has always helped us survive. I found the tribute so moving, and there's something else I noticed too- because as much as New York is a great backdrop to birthing the comedy stars of tomorrow, it's also the best damn place for fashion, or at least the place that most suits my bones.
If you got to see any of the red carpet, everyone for the most part was looking amazing. Perfect, simple, and so chic.
I loved Kristen Wiig's necklaces and dress, and Amy Poehler looked super New York to me in that thrown together casual cool way that I really do love. Black and white. Cant' go wrong. And a tuxedo jacket is a New York girl's very best friend. Maybe in this photo you can't see how good she looked- but to me she looked comfortable and ready to get down to business and I like that in a girl.
I also thought Miley knocked it out of the park not only for her sultry version of "50 Ways to Leave your Lover", but for her fashion choices- loved her look for the opening monologue (velvet pants and a great top), but her look for her performance was really demure for her, but so very adorable. Perhaps not super New York, but stylish and young and fun.
And everyone from Maya Rudolph to Sigourney Weaver to Emma Stone (fast becoming my red carpet fav) had a potent take on what to wear to a New York party. Even Savannah Guthrie looked super cool, in a crop top and full skirt. Very good. Not her usual prissy look and I liked it.
But for me the ultimate head turner was Olivia Wilde, in what I found out later after an obsessive Google search was an H&M Conscious Collection tuxedo. If there is one look that says "NEW YORK CITY" to me, it is this one. As I struggled to figure out what to wear to a cocktail attired bar mitzvah this weekend, this outfit to me, was just what I wanted to wear and didn't quite have the time to figure out. I love how she looks- the perfect New York woman- confident, strong, and simple, in the best of ways. I think this look may be one of my favorite red carpet looks of the entire awards season and beyond. Unbelievably perfect.
I just found it interesting that the ladies on the red carpet went for simplicity- Tina Fey took it down a notch and let her talent shine over her look, which I also just love. New York women are entirely too busy to wear fussy clothes- plus you never know when you're going to need to either run, jump, or tread lightly in this town. I love how the anniversary of one of New York's most iconic shows was well interpreted on the runway. Well done, ladies. Well done. New York just brings out the best in us, and that's that. It's because we "get" how to dress for this city- but put us (or me really) in a place like, say, Miami, and we're lost at sea. Island dressing for us means something completely different, and wholly indigenous to this beautiful city.
And that's what's up this well styled Monday in the 212. Yours, in making it there...XO
PS BILL MURRAY.