IRREVERENT

Is Irreverent by Carine Roitfeld on *EVERYBODY'S* Christmas wishlist?! I see it on every bloggers Christmas Gift compilation. I know it's on mine!

THE ORIGINAL ARM PARTY

She's the coiner of the phrase, the curator of wrists, the hostess with the mostest (bracelets!)

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the charming and irreverent Leandra Medine of The Man Repeller - the reason why, before I walk out the door, contrary to the advice of Coco Chanel ("Take one thing off"), I put three more bracelets ON! Everybody's invited to The Arm Party!

IT'S FRIDAY!

Come on, Shake a tail feather!

HIGH // LOW

Sometimes, for a fleeting moment, I mean a really brief nanosecond, I feel bad for the High End Designers. I mean, they put all this time & energy & inspiration & craftsmanship into creating the perfect embodiment of the fashion zeitgeist and then stores like ASOS and Zara come along and BAM - there it is for a tenth of the price! Don't get me wrong - I get over this pretty damn quickly - especially when I get to snap up little beauties like these ASOS creeper wedges when the Burberry version is very much out of reach. I doubt Christopher Bailey is losing any sleep though - there will always be enough Russian Oligarchs to keep the High End going! I once read an interview with Alexander McQueen where he said 70% of his business was selling fur coats to Russians. For now I'm happy with Zara.

SNIP SNIP

Must. Resist. Temptation. To start hacking arms off all my jackets! This example of perfectly executed DIY from My Daily Style.

MARL ON MY MIND

I keep gravitating towards the grey marl section in every shop - just what is it about it that makes it so goddamn cool?! I'd be more in the Zara market (pic 2) than the Acne bracket (pic 1) budget-wise, but there's no doubt that throwing on a piece of grey marl adds that perfect nonchalant model-cool to an outfit.