this way to fancy town: June 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

Zut Alors!

Quest-ce que c'est with the Frenchies?! Must they do everything better? Butter, bread, pastries, fashion.....and

interiors? What makes this one all the more aggravating is that a small child lives here (note clip-on highchair)! Merde.

Feelin It

I'm feeling this See By Chloe look. The styling is a bit much, but with different shoes and maybe not quite so bunchy at the ankles, it's perfect. And if I'm being realistic, I'd have to switch out the leather for something else--but the leather looks great here.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Unloading the Fancy

Things in fancytown are fancy, but not nearly as fancy as they used to be. Life with two toddlers does not require the same wardrobe as 9-5 in the fashion/magazine world, not to mention the decrease in nightlife fashion opportunities. Also, one is (ahem) getting a little older since life before kids, and some items just aren't all that appealing (or worse, appropriate) any longer. Last of all, and most tragic, my feet got bigger with each pregnancy, meaning I now have to part with dozens of pairs of amazing shoes carefully picked out from sales over the years...Manolos, Louboutins, Chloes, Marc Jacobs...it's painful but I am finally facing it. I've consigned stuff for years, at Ina and Tokio 7, but dragging it there is impractical not that I have so much stuff to get rid of. And of course dealing with the attitude problem at Ina is almost unbearable (I mean, it's a used clothing store---how can they be so snobby?!) Somehow I heard about TheRealReal, a new online resale company. I'm still kind of skeptical--but at this point I just want to get everything OUT of my apartment! They come to your apartment (if you are in NYC or LA) and take everything away, and then give you 60% of the selling price. (I managed to snag 70% by signing up before June 15, and I think that might really add up since I'm consigning so much.) The site operates like Gilt, with limited sales of specific brands that "expire", although the "contemporary" brands are always available. I personally don't see why they are doing it that way, it seems like having things up all the time and just searchable by brand would be better. They could also do a Net-A-Porter thing and send out email alerts with new arrivals from brands you select. But like I said--I just need this stuff out of my house so I'm going with it! Oh, and what makes them really great for consigning is that they take both winter and summer clothes and sell them all year round. P.S. Elton John's closet

Friday, June 1, 2012

Really?

Listen, I love Haba toys. They're my favorite. But is a plush version of a medieval weapon really necessary?

Dream Weaver

Like I said earlier, I got to get me some kind of hippie shit tapestry weaving textile thing for my walls. What really got me going on this idea was seeing this:

At the time I went right to eBay and managed to find a somewhat awesome specimen. But I got scared, since it was definitely some hippie shit, and I didn't buy it. (I didn't save a picture of it, either, unfortunately.) Since the weaving that I really loved was handmade (by artist/cobbler Beatrice Valenzuela), I went and bought a crafty booklet on the topic, but yeah, I haven't gotten around to making my own weaving. Now I can't find anything good on eBay, perhaps I am not using the right search terms of maybe there just aren't a lot of good ones out there. A recent search did turn up this little gem:

I managed to refrain from buying it, although I was sorely tempted.

Just Sayin

Kind of love that they actually went so far as to manufacture this. Most likely made in a faraway factory where workers may be repeating to themselves, "Drinkin' with my bitches" over and over, trying to figure it out? Or, if they were informed what it means, do they shout to each other as an inside joke? If you are ever in rural China and hear some people shout "drinkin' with my bitches" to each other, you will know why.