Good afternoon, Friday. I am, in one word, exhausted. It's the type of exhaustion that is immune to caffeine, and no amount of latte I can shove in my face is going to help. Oh how I long to be in bed watching Bravo with one eye open and one arm around my little Khan man. Sigh...only a few hours more till the weekend so the countdown begins. Oh how I need to sleep in a bit.
So yesterday I wrote about the Pantone color of 2015 (marsala) bringing us some much needed softness in very harsh times. I've been thinking much lately (as I do) about my personal style and how to keep things interesting, or rather, make things more interesting. At this point in the game, I've got pretty well honed Spidey senses when it comes to what looks good on me, so we're not talking about a full departure from the norm. But since I've been back in New York, my style has become a bit more hard, less feminine, and more tough tomboy. It's totally New York appropriate- wearing pants and leather and blazers with good tee shirts and sneakers or boots is an easy approach to big city style. But with so much heaviness in the world, I'm feeling a pull towards something a bit more feminine again. And I say again because when I lived in hot as hell Miami, I dressed in an exclusive universe of dresses, most skewing towards a bohemian, flowy vibe, but trust me when I tell you I didn't wear pants for about 7 years, except for the occasional light legging. I'm not one for capris. Full stop. Or shorts really, though I do like them.
So with Spring a few months away, I have time to pin looks to my virtual moodboard, and some of those looks that are super pinworthy are those from the Spring Saint Laurent campaign, beautifully shot as per usual by Hedi Slimane himself.
Now Saint Laurent under Hedi is polarizing (some say it's just way too derivative of times gone by), but I can't help but love it because it's always got some combo of rock and roll tough girl and rock and roll soft gold dust woman. As a woman who loves a boho 70s vibe, I'm LOVING beyond loving these fabulous looks- it's a great compromise for someone like me who hates girly clothes but is feeling a pull towards something a bit more femme.
Basically, if Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and Stevie Nicks had a threesome that led to some sort of divine fashion birth, this is the wardrobe that would come hurtling out of the womb.
I'm so in love with so much of the collection- I know it's hardly light colored, but I love that it's feminine without having to result to frou frou or pastels, though I sense some pastels are going to enter my world this Spring. I'm just going to take baby steps towards that- and rock and roll love child style is right up my alley. And though Saint Laurent is a bit too steep for us mere mortals, I'm going into my fashion archives and digging up some of my vintage hippie dresses and supplement with some more fun pieces to make this look feel new again. I'm ready to get back to a bit of the gypsy, but for now I'm still in my Game of Thrones tomboy zone. Winter is here, after all. There's time yet for me to change my game. I'm looking for ways to speak to the feminine side of my soul, but still look cool enough to hang with the boys. It's all about balance for 2015.
And that's what's up this foxy Friday in the 212. Yours, in sexy gypsies from the 70s. XO