Last night I co-hosted and co-styled the launch of UGG's Fall 2012 Collection, and it was SO fun. Alec Baldwin was standing about three feet to my right, which helped.
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Ugg Collection Preview
Last night, I attended the launch of the Ugg Collection, the new high-end line from your favorite cozy-boots brand (at left, I'm with Jaimen and Sara...which is where I stayed all evening, because it was such a very, very fun place to be).
I'm going to request a pass on the general dishevelment (and the Hunters) - I'd been running around in the pouring rain all day and only managed to get it together to purchase an umbrella from a street stand around six...which, if you're in NYC, you know is exactly when the rain stopped. Groovy.
The new collection from Ugg is their foray into upscale-land...and it's a successful one. The shoes and bags are expensive, for sure (footwear starts at $495; handbags start at $650), but they combine luxe details with rugged glamour beautifully, and are just perfect for fall.
My favorite styles:
Me, In The Mirror
Jacket (similar) | Women's March Tee | Joggers
I've said it over and over, but I love Instagram Stories. I love that I seriously do not care what my bedroom looks like behind me (ok mayyyyyybe I sometimes frame out things like, say, an uncomfortably enormous pile of dirty laundry or a glass of wine left over from the night before so no one thinks I'm drinking wine at 8:30 in the morning while living in a hovel, but still).
I love that I get to post the kinds of outfit shots I used to post way back when I started this whole thing: the ones I took myself in a mirror, because what, like I was going to hire a photographer?! Hahahaha. (Totally hire photographers now.)
Painted Rainbow
This happened last week, and it was so much fun, and I totally forgot to write about it. (If I've seemed slightly checked-out these past few days, there's an extremely good reason for it - I'll explain very soon.)
I used to be big on painting and drawing - I even went to art school during the summer of 1998 and spent hours and hours every day drawing naked people (an example, above) and painting fountains and buildings - but in the past few years…not so much. I really like it; I just…sort of forget that it's an option, I suppose, and default to things like reading and knitting and watching Lindsay to relax.
Combat Boots For Now And Later
I really love combat boots.
Mostly because they remind me of seventh grade, when I switched from a uniform-requiring private school on the Upper West Side to a non-uniform-requiring one on the Upper East Side, and got very, very excited about the concept that I was allowed to wear whatever I wanted.
I remember my old combat boots vividly: my friend Harley and I bought matching pairs (along with matching baby-doll tees and matching mini-backpacks, of course) at a discount store in the East 70s, and I wore them just about every day right up until the point when the laces frayed and the soles started to separate. Which wasn't long after I bought them, because they were extremely cheap. But that was OK, because once My So-Called Life went off the air the expiration date on combat boots arrived pretty quickly.
I am so excited that they're back. And I think they may be back to stay this time around, because they've moved beyond a trend into the world of classics...and also, they're just so fun to wear. They're great with pretty much everything for fall - I especially like them with '90s-ish floral dresses, skinny jeans and muscle tees, and shorts with lightweight sweaters or long-sleeved tees (for balance).
Into The Woods
The fact that Sunday felt more like a really beautiful day in October than almost-June stymied my plans to spend at least part of my birthday passed out in the sun at our local pool.
So we improvised with a walk through the woods.
Remember how I said way back when we were thinking of moving that one of the reasons I wanted to leave the city was because I wanted us to be able to go fishing not because it was a huge event involving rental cars and long drives, but just because that's what we feel like doing? This is exactly what I meant.
To get a chance to walk through any non-Central Park woods used to involve some fairly considerable planning, as well as a train or a car or a bus...or all three. And so I never did it. Ever.
2012 Recap: Personal Style
Well, that was a year.
Not "a year"...a year. I mean, lots happened.
Style-wise I went from city girl to suburban mama, and my look chilled out accordingly (but still managed not to change all that much, because I've been a creature of slouchy habit since approximately 1981).
I used to occasionally wear skirts and dresses and, you know...clothing that people wear in public; now I reach for jeans and sweaters that could arguably double as pajamas. Or might actually be pajamas. You never know.
Undercover
Two of my favorite things in one place!
Taste The Rainbow
Speaking of sweaters, can I just say? One of the hands-down best parts of home ownership (or, so I hear, of living anywhere outside Manhattan) is the presence of an actual washer and dryer in your house.
Letters From New York (And Win A Trip To NYC)
I've lived in a bunch of different spots in NYC over the years...but really, my NYC story starts and ends in Hell's Kitchen.