print master: marni resort 2011

Is it possible NOT to smile at these cheerful prints? I'm in love with every single one.

...especially those last two mixed-circle looks. I want them in my closet NOW!

**all images via WWD

tuesday snoozeday: comfort food

I don't know if it's the surprise of summer's steamy return, or if I'm just recuperating after waking up at 4am yesterday for my flight, but these days I am lazylazylazy and playing it safe. I'm finding myself drawn to easy, subtle-but-chic styles and soothing, easy-on-the-eye tones.

Like this fluid, casual but sophisticated Vera Wang resort look

and this modern yet traditional home...

Or this easily perfect Malandrino jumpsuit

and an effortlessly ornate sitting area.

Do your tastes change as often as mine, or am I uniquely fickle?

* all home photos from realsimple

random rambling: resort 2011 favorites

I love the resort shows. It's really the only time you can imagine putting on the things you see on the runways RIGHT NOW and enjoying it. I had a great time looking through everything and imagining what I'd want to pack for my Barcelona trip--among other things. Here are my favorites:

DIANE VON FURSTENBERG

Diane always says in interviews that she creates for the girl who flies... and I can definitely imagine shoving every single piece into my suitcase for an effortlessly chic get away.

JASON WU

If I was going back to Paris this summer, this is what I'd want to wear.

PROENZA SCHOULER

If I WAS going to Copenhagen [tear!], or, hell, nowhere at all.. I'd love to be frolicking around in these looks. By the way... what about those amazing, huge, rainbow-colored bags? Yes, please.

By the looks of things, stripes, shorts, and sex-ed up menswear aren't going anywhere. I need to start a petition to get shorts allowed in the office! ;)

Right now, I'm on the hunt for perfect-summer-weight-pants. Anyone have any tips for a petite girl?

summer friday: fashionable [?] signs of the apocalypse

One of my dear web-friends tweeted something the other day that literally made me LOL:

SIGNS OF THE APOCALYPSE: OVERALLS ARE BACK

SHUDDER! I get it, what comes around goes around, what's old is new again... but these babies are making their way back in some scary incarnations. I mean, do they have to be so literal?

LAROK

Or so trying-too-hard-to-be-cool?

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER

Who wants to wear a full-on denim bodysuit these days, anyway? There's got to be a way to make this modern, chic, and classic.

Then, the clouds parted--and I saw Vena Cava's Resort 2011 collection.

I'm totally feeling their simple, beachy, and understated overall-inspired looks. This is the answer to this trend...something I can really get behind!

The black, slouchy look is perfect--so much cleaner than chunky denim--and versatile, too.

Suddenly, I don't feel as scared--as long as other designers and retailers follow suit.

What do you think?