Vintage Mint

Happy Birthday, Nate. The big XX to the VI.

{Lovely photo via ?}

I usually don’t like thin/wrought-iron dining tables {like the ones with the  glass top that are obscenely heavy and seat about 2.5 people, and never seem to match the kitchen or dinning room}, but wow, make the top out of marble and call it “French” and je l’adore beaucoup!

{nice touch with the Vienna café chairs and faux le creuset;
$1300 @ Crate and Barrel}

{the kitchen island version; $1000 @ Crate and Barrel}

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Once I become a full-fledged librarian marm, this is what I would do all day.  These images, by cheeky artist, Nina Katchadourian, kind of remind me of those poetry {faux-etry} fridge magnets but more thought-provoking and entertaining.  {Read: I’m slowly exposing my inner nerd-obscura}. I wish I had thought of this…

{Images by Nina Katchadourian, Sorted Books Project}

Wow, is it really time–in the fashion recycle continuum–to bring back The Clog? I’ve seen mention of this in all {3} of my magazines, the NYT {magazine}, blogs, online stores and well, that’s it really. {It’s a small fashion world I live in}. But back to the issue at hand: clogs. Really? Good thing? Horrendous? Rustic chic? This year’s moccasin? The new stiletto? {Ugh, the new Ugg?}

This time around, clogs run the gamit: from traditional to high heel, from strappy sandal to wtw? is this?, from ankle booties to designer renditions.

I think my legs are def’ too chunk for clogs {it’s the cross I bear}, but who’s to say they wouldn’t look somewhat cute on someone else? These girls seem to pull off the look quite well, n’est pas?

Alexa Chung for Madewell

Bodkin

And of course, adorably-chic designer/blogger,  Jenny from wiksten-made:

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Finally {!} more than just the occasional, hil-ar-i-ous Twitter posts, Conan O’Brien is taking his pompadour-self on tour! I so wish I could go! Check out the tour dates here.

Side comment: The origin of my favorite nickname {ever}, Cone Bone, happened on Conan’s last night on Late Night with Will Ferrell as George W. Bush:

WF: I also want to personally thank you for 16 years of humortastical wonderment. And stupendictical wonderocity. Liked it? I loved it Cone Bone. Cone Bone. Cone Bone is a little nickname I got for ya.

Conan: Well did you ever give one to Will Ferrell?

WF: Hell no, that guy’s an a-hole.

{Unfortunately, the ‘Coco’ nickname, dubbed by Sir Tom Hanks on an earlier episode, was the one that stuck. Meh.}

Speaking of Target…

{yeah, I know, two posts in 1-day, both about Target; that’s how fascinating my interests are}

I’m kind of excited about their {limited-time} partnership with Liberty of London {spanning from clothing — including menswear!, to shoes, to stationery, to home goods}, arriving March 14th. I just wish their Target collection were more akin to this, or had these prints. Though the prints they used are probably more palpable to the majority of Target’s constituents.

{how cool is this bicycle? i love the brown faux-leather? seat!}

{quilt + sham}

{dinnerware}

{Dunclare Yellow print}

{yes! men’s ties! kind of ’70s but without the extra width/bulk}

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Husband showed me this article today and said my phone just made its money back.  Heck yes it did! {Note: I still loved my phone before this though}. Now I can sign up and redeem coupons at Target by using my phone — as if I needed any excuse at all to spend more time + moola at my Bulls-eye mecca.

Sign up for the program online {Target.com/mobile}, or by texting COUPONS to 827438 (TARGET).

{Ugh, sorry, not an iphone fan, but this is the only promo pic Target had,
and yes, this was important enough to mention, I feel cleaner already}

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These Spring pieces from Toast remind me of the summers I spent in southern California {we’re talking a stone’s throw away from Mexico, southern California}. Now if only I could dress this effortlessly in the scorching heat during California’s summer months — May to mid-October.

{I think I can make this necklace…}

{and definitely this rope “necklace” (noose?), too}

I can’t wait to see Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I’m a novice fan of his film style and imagery. {As well as cooler than cool, Mr. Cheekbones himself, Johnny Depp.} These are not promos for the movie, but I love how these photos capture the Carroll-ian essence of the story’s characters and events {and fashion!}. They’re kind of dark, somber, macabre — and I l-o-v-e it!

{model: Natalia Vodianova}

{designer: Nicolas Ghesquiere}

{designers: Stephen Jones, Christian Lacroix}

{designer: Marc Jacobs}

{designers: John Galliano, Alexis Roche}

{Best Tweedle Dee + Tweedle Dum ever}

{Photo by prodigy photog, Eleanor Hardwick}
{Photos by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue 2003}
{Photos via Ragazza, thanks to Style Amor}
{Photos by Lorenzo Agius}

I’ve always admired the art direction in Kate Spade advertisements {especially circa 2004}, perhaps more so than the collection of clothes and accessories themselves. But these cute Spring outfits are changing my mind. These retro-chic outfits, similar to her Fall 2009 line, actually look wearable {and not too pop/op art “loud” like previous seasons}.