milly: spring 2011

big. bold. ladylike.
impeccably styled- the headwraps, the chunky jewelry, and sunglasses to die for.
this seems to be the direction i am headed as i get into my 30's.
see the rest of the collection here

(photos from nymag.com)

Ocean Lemonade

I was so sad to have missed the Spring/ Summer 2011 presentation, "Ocean Lemonade" by Family Affairs, a line I only just discovered last year but am deeply in love with. If I could live in a wardrobe consisting of only Family Affairs, I would. I can't wait to see more from the spring collection.

Fore more photos, visit the Family Affairs blog- which happens to be one of my favorites.

A Charming Girl...

"A Charming Girl Full of Dejected Love"

valentine's day is coming up, in case you haven't noticed. there is often a lot of negativity surrounding this "hallmark" holiday by people who are both in and out of love, but i love it. i love walking into a store surrounded by red and pink. i love chocolate, candy, and hearts... heart-shaped cookies, pancakes, pizza, whatever- i love it all. 

personally, i think it is almost more fun not to have a valentine on valentine's day- or to have that valentine be your best friend, your dog, or your mom- all very "love worthy!" of course, i am married and i love my husband so very much, but i do miss those days of wallowing in it- watching sappy tearjerkers, daydreaming of whichever boy i happened to be crushing on, and gorging myself on junk food.

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movies to make you cry: love story, lovers of the arctic circle, brief encounter, talk to her, splendor in the grass, the way we were, man in the moon. 

what are your favorite tearjerkers?

(p.s. we also made "A Charming Girl" in a tank top...check it out here)

Ode to Sylvie Vartan

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Sylvie Vartan was one of the most famous of the French yé-yé girls of the 60's. She had a really interesting life - she was born in Sofia, Bulgaria (where Adam's grandfather is from!) before moving to France, becoming discovered as a teen pop star and marrying Johnny Hallyday, the famous "French Elvis".  Adam loves how her career crosses paths with all these great musicans - she toured with UK rockabilly star Vince Taylor, for instance, whose story was the inspiration for David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, etc. Adam goes on and on if you let him...

There weren't really teen stars there until Sylvie came along.  She changed the meaning of a singer in France, becoming known for dancing and singing, which was a big deal at the time- weird, I know.  Wikipedia  describes her as having the toughest sound out of all the yé-yé girls, but I don't know...she's still sort of sticky sweet to me. For instance, her covers of "Baby, it's you" and "Locomotion"- pretty innocent, but still a favorite when I feel like French pop music.  Adam thinks French covers of English/American pop songs are the perfect combination of absolute silliness and absolute sophistocation.

Check out the Every Little Counts ode to Sylvie here