Black & Tan

This vest was a bit of an impulse buy the other week at the Alexander Wang sample sale, as I stood in line with two co-workers waiting with them to checkout, I was fully planning to not buy this vest, but upon their encouragement I couldn't turn it down.

Let's Talk Street-Style, NYFW Fall '12

Fashion month has already taken up residency in Milan, but I'm just now taking inventory of the great street style snaps that came out of New York Fashion Week.  Have a look at a few of my favorites!

 Red pops like no other!  And FYI Solange is BY FAR the coolest Knowles, there I said it.

 Miroslava, TTH & Leandra...they are the street style dream team, we obviously can't forget Joanna Hillman {below}.

I dream about jackets with leather sleeves.  Just last night at dinner I saw a girl with the perfect one, I seriously considered asking nicely to take it home with me.

DEETS: Love how these shots all fit together.  Leandra's red PS1, Miroslava's necklace, sunglasses and vintage Proenza tee...and of course Jenna Lyons with that jacket and neon bag...she. is. so. cute.

I can't help but find inspiration in these photos to mix patterns and go crazy with accessories and textures.

photos via mark iantosca for refinery29, victoria adamson for the cut, and tommy ton for style.com

Sartorial Sorbet

In honor of me finally getting through all of the NYFW Spring/Summer 2012 shows just this week I will reward all of you with this post full of lovely ethereal goodness from 3.1 Phillip Lim, T by Alexander Wang, Calvin Klein and Vera Wang.  While reviewing the 3.1 Phillip Lim collection style.com's Meenal Mistry described the "refreshing, airy & minimal" pieces as "a sartorial sorbet."  Of course I loved that she used my favorite word...but it's also a spot-on observation.  Here are a few of the languid and pattern free pieces that caught my eye during the spring shows.

3.1 Phillip Lim 

T by Alexander Wang

Calvin Klein Collection

Vera Wang

I am so not the kind of person to wish away cozy layers, and boots but these looks are making me yearn for warmer months.  That being said I can't complain about this unseasonably warm winter we've had so far...in fact I'm running a New Year's Eve 5K on this 40+ degree day!  On that note...

Have a Happy New Year, see you in 2012!  

Tommy Snaps

Tommy Ton originally started his website Jak & Jil in 2005 but it wasn't until 2007 that he finally got to go to the international fashion shows and try his hand at streetstyle photography.  In 2008 he began taking the candid shots that he is now known for (as opposed to head-to-toe shots), and that's when his life got CRAZY.  Every year he travels all over the world for style.com and GQ (as well as to take pics for his own website) and he always seems to find something the rest of us don't see.

He captures the most amazing colors and angles, here are my favorite snaps of his for style.com from the European shows!

Alexander Wang Simona Fox shoe to the rescue!!!!

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No better print and color mixing has ever been seen.

Miroslava is at it again.  I wish that her blog wasn't written entirely in Russian.

I love this photo.  For one they look like they're having a great time simply hanging out, and I also love how they have such different personal styles, but it's cool because they're both still on trend.  

photos tommy ton for style.com