SUNDAY'SBEST

SUNDAY'SBEST

Too Shy..Hush Hush Shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia

I just love the glamourousness, perfect for the upcoming holidays:)

Speaking of which...happy Thanks Giving to my fellow canucks!

TOHELLWITHIT

TOHELLWITHIT

Lily Donaldson, Gemma Ward & Caroline Trentini by Steven Meisel

I don't know about you, but I love a good new years resolution! There's just something about the idea of change that always gets me excited. Whether it's a small adjustment to daily habits or a huge turn-around on your outlook on life itself, the opportunity to change for the better is always welcome in my book.

If I thought last year's resolution of being more open and changing my pessimistic attitude was hard to achieve, wait 'til you hear this one! My 2011 resolution is--get this--to act my age. I realize that everyone who knows me would describe me as "hard worker" who is "wise beyond her years" and is "really responsible". In other words, people think I'm REALLY DAMN BORING but just they won't admit it. It's too bad, really, because they'd be right.

Let's look at the facts: I've already planned out my life for the next five years, people mistake me for 25 all the time, and even my mom is pressing me to live a little. Sigh. It has dawned on me that I really do take life way too seriously. I don't even remember the last time I did something spontaneous or reckless or went out past midnight (actually, come to think of it, I never have). Fact of the matter is: I'm 17 and the last time I checked, 17-year olds were allowed to have fun, be wild, experiment and feel invincible...it's just a part of life! When else during the average 85-year lifespan is it socially acceptable to run around in thigh-grazing dresses, dye your hair pastel pink and dance atop tables?!

 See, the problem with my obsession of pursuing my ideal future life is that I've taken on way too many responsibilities and grown up far too quickly, thus disregarding any thought of living in the present and therefore leading a boring, responsible, sensible teenage life (and who wants one of those?!) In the end, my mother was correct (yet again) in saying that I've got the rest of my life to be old, and that I should HAVE FUN NOW and enjoy being a teen while I still can.You only get to be young once, might as well have the best time ever, right? So from now on, to hell with it--I'm going to go out there and carpe that f-cking diem! YEAH!!!

Now, excuse me while I sneak out of the house via my bedroom window on a school night to go have said fun (kidding).

life at lori's { part I }

life at lori's { part I }

knowing how decorating-obsessed i've become since my recent move, my friend karen urged me to pop by stylist lori goldstein's NYC loft yesterday to soak up a little inspiration. and then some!

i had no idea what a tremendous treat i was in for...
{ above: achingly amazing necklaces, slung around a sea glass mirror. see the prada ss10 chandelier piece on the right?!? }

lori is the ultimate fashion insider ~ a real stylist, in the truest sense of the term. you'll not find her vying for camera time on the street style circuit, or tattling on TV about red carpet disasters. she's too busy consulting on the biggest collections and ad campaigns in the business (vera, herrera, versace), commandeering a QVC empire, and running around the world concocting editorial stories for italian vogue with steven meisel. to say that she styled my favorite editorial (of all time) should pretty much say it all. i'm in ladylove.
don't you just adore it when you meet someone, and immediately it feels as though you've known them forever? well, my 'pop by' her pad ended up lasting nearly four hours. after discussing, at length, the power of accessories, we dug through her colossal closet (you don't even want to know how many birkins), her jewels (ditto on the diamonds), and old polaroids of karl lagerfeld and gia carangi.

we talked about life, art, swapped war work stories, and concocted shopping trips and party plans for the future. i'm going to put together a whole other post on her dazzling decor ~ but first, here's a dizzy little peek into our fashion-fantasy fun:

{ above: that bracelet! lori's jewelry collection is out of control ~ and all over her flat // below: i couldn't resist piling a bunch of her beauties atop the mass of my own pieces i already had on! }


{ above & below: lori's bag collection ~ led in number by the aforementioned birkins ~ includes everything from studded fendi palazzos to handmade moroccan coin purses }


{ above: i just HAD to test drive this mink bed jacket and itty-bitty prada purse. // below: the same goes for a fur-trimmed, rubber cocoon coat by marni. its owner was all too obliging ~ and very lucky that i didn't try walking out in it! }

thank you lori for graciously letting me invade every corner of your home!

readers, get ready for her enviable eye candy of an apartment (post coming tomorrow!)... in the meantime, click here to follow lori on twitter, and here to see an informal *before* snap of my own place-in-progress. kindly keep in mind, i'm still unpacking. it has a long way to go, but i said i'd give you a sneak peek this week, and a promise is a promise...!
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UPDATE: part two & three of lori's home tour HERE and HERE.