Good morning, gorgeous. It's a chilly one in New York and I'm happy to be sititng in my warm office. I just wish I could sleep better at night.
I've struggled with sleep for a while now- it's become so common (waking up in the middle of the night) that my body naturally just springs up around 2 am (thanks body) and likes me to get up and hang out on my computer until I can go back to sleep. I've reluctantly become one of those people that gathers inspiration in the wee small hours, though I'd much rather be in la la land. But thanks to said insomnia, I find some amazing stuff online, and though I'm not much of a shopper at this time of night (I find Pinterest to be a great cure for sleeplessness), I do like to catch up with some of my favorite blogs and store websites to find out what's doing.
At brunch the other day with my family, we were talking about what era you would want to live in if you could go back or forward in time. I'm naturally inclined to say the 1920s, the beatnik and jazz infused part of the 1950s, and the glammy glam 1970s. The common thread to all of this is of course New York- I would have loved to live in this city at any of the above moments- and what struck me when I saw the above fabulousness in carry form by Phillp Lim (it's the 31 Minute Crinkled Metallic Medium Clutch) is how very much this clutch looked like one of Andy Warhol's helium balloon clouds in the Factory.
Sure those clouds were silver, but this gold bag very much has that late 60s/70s thing happening- when Rudi Gernreich ruled the roost and gold lame became very much a thing in those dizzy days of Studio 54 and Max's Kansas City. I would surely put myself in that time machine and hope to end up hearing the Velvets live, hang out with a young Johnny Thunders or Richard Hell, and bum a cigarrette or Lord knows what else from Halston at Studio 54. And I guarantee you this bag would fit right in (I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can). Velvet Goldmine anyone?
Just thought you should know about this little clutchy clutch- it's super fabulous and glam and rock and roll and downtown and Warhol inspired. I love when fashion imitates art, don't you? It's all so very connected really. Now I must go live in this present day and so some work. But don't think I won't be listening to the Velvets all day while I do it. Cause that's what's up this post brought to you by insomnia and thoughts of time travel kind of Thursday in the only city for me. XO
Link to buy below:
http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/main/ProductDetail.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2...