NYFW Highlights: Marc Jacobs

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Name That Shoe

So in downtown Orlando on Monday nights there is a night at Backbooth (the club/bar) called Crush (after Pauly Crush, the DJ). So if you're still with me I'll explain. I found this picture on their image feed on facebook of one of the partygoers at the club (bar? whatever). I don't know where these shoes are from. Could be Forever 21 for all I know, but they caught my eye and I figured I'd share.




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UPDATE: Does it look to anyone else like they're just a regular pair of black booties accessorized with shoe chains? I know I've seen some at Aldo that look similar.

Crushed

I've been meaning to post about these boots for forever. They are from Luxirare, who is amazing as usual. This one picture does not do the shoes justice at all, so you must check out her original post. To some they might just look like an embellished pair of thigh highs, but she wears them so beautifully, that I just see more. Does anyone else get it?




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Almost Forgot

Alexander McQueen was my inspiration for this blog. Without him I wouldn't be where I am today. (Not that I'm really anywhere, but you know what I mean) This post is proof of how much he meant to me as a designer. When I first saw these shoes I didn't just think they were pretty, I was inspired by them. And that says a lot about his talent.

R.I.P.

As I'm sure you all already know, Alexander McQueen passed away today. While I don't at all want to sound like I'm over-dramatizing my feelings due to this tragic event, I truly do believe Alexander McQueen was my favorite designer. I've never considered picking a favorite before, but remembering all the things he's done and realizing how much potential has been lost, I can't help but feel like his impact was greater on me then anyone else's. I truly can't fathom a world where I don't have new amazing McQueen shoes to post every season. His name has always been synonymous with style to me. Now what? I won't even try and pretend like I know. But sometime soon I will be put up a "Best Of" post to showcase his talent, as well as my favorite pieces. A little walk down memory lane.

Unfortunately, it will have to wait a bit since I'm currently completely swamped at school. But I haven't been this sad about a future post ever.

Here's to a man I didn't know personally, I had never met, I had never given much thought, and here's to a designer who I felt like I had known all my life, I had understood on all levels, and I had thought about frequently.

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Look Familiar?

The glamourai posted this awesome Alice in Wonderland inspired ad. She had some others along with it but this one really caught my eye. It looked SO familiar. I realized immediately that it was the gorgeous gold frock that Anna Dello Russo donned in this post I made recently. (P.S. did you know that Anna NEVER wears makeup?! so jealous...) So of course I had to post it. Not only because of my love for everything AiW inspired, but because I love when I see a dress worn different ways. So here you go!



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P.S.S. If you go to the actual link you'll notice there's also a model wearing the Prada dress featured in Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson's Vanity Fair shoot. But I made the executive decision to not post that repeat. Mostly because I'm not at all a Bella fan. But I thought I'd point it out anyway.

Sugar and Sparkle

My sister bought this nail polish from the new OPI Alice in Wonderland collection, "Mad as a Hatter". I absolutely adore it! I went and got a pedicure with it, and I painted my nails to match. I never do my nails and toes the same color, I love it that much! It pretty much looks like you were doing arts and crafts and spilled glitter glue on your fingernails. Its so crazy fun! Every time I look at my nails it brightens my day.



Here is the rest of the collection. I also REALLY want the blue one.



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images via google images.

Outfit Spotlight

My favorite shoe lover over at seaofshoes posted this outfit today. I adore the blazer but my heart and brain are in a feud. The shoes are amazing too. I'll just call it a tie. So sophisticated, but edgy with the duct tape and chained boots. gimme!

Score!

Bought some really awesome vintage BCBG Max Azria shoes at a shop, Persona, in downtown Gainesville. Though the soles are hardly worn so I'm not really sure how old they actually are. I tried style.com but didn't find anything enlightening. Pictures coming later?!

Crisis Mode

So after watching an interview with Jane Aldridge of Sea of Shoes, in which she cited Luxirare as her favorite blog, I had to give it a second chance. I'd looked at it once before and honestly I didn't get it. But now I do. Not only do I get it, but I think its genius. And her latest post sealed the deal for me. She did a post on how to make a pair of shoes. Which has been one of my dream projects for a long time. I, unfortunately, am extremely impatient, poor, and busy. But reading this post about making shoes really made me wish I'd forgone traditional college for fashion school. I mean instead of studying for a calculus exam this weekend, I could be pouring through pounds of fabric, looking for the perfect leather for the new boots I was going to make. And to think, I thought I had my life all figured out. But I'm the planner, not the risk taker. I'll stick with the college thing and finish it, because thats what successful people do. They go to college, get degrees, go out into the real world and work. They don't leave college to make shoes, and live in some fabulous city just taking in the fashion. Thats not what I do. My mom would be devastated. Not to mention, she wouldn't pay for this new found life. So I'll stay here and spend my days hanging out with the future CEOs of America, instead of the Carrie Bradshaws of this world, which is who I truly belong with. My heart just isn't in this academic thing anymore. Is this really what I've busted my ass for so long for?

Here they are. The homemade shoes that started my newfound identity crisis.