logorama. genius.

A blind-ass cheetah bumping into shit.

Watch it.

alice in paris

Joëlle sent me these pictures of the Printemps, which are currently lighting up Boulevard Haussmann. The department store gave their top designers license to design their own Alice in Wonderland-themed dresses to tie in to the launch of Tim Burton’s movie. Clockwise from top, Nicholas Kirkwood, Alexander McQueen, Chloé, Alexander McQueen, Manish Arora – click for larger image. Those rabbit-heads are totally tripping me out. McQueen’s dress is actually my favorite, because it truly looks like what Alice would wear after kicking the Red Queen’s ass and ripping the dress off of her body.

What I am really curious to see is the pop-up tearoom inside Printemps done in collaboration with Ladurée… that is a (tea) party I would like to crash!

elementary style

Holmesian style — layered looks, 3-pc suits, tweeds, top hats, and gentlemanly details — has been trending up ever since FA09 launched amid a few stills from the upcoming movie (about which I am SO very excited). As long as Sherlock Holmes holds up its end of the bargain and is as awesome as the trailers make it seem, I think we are going to be seeing a lot more of this trickling down to the masses.

I speak from experience when I say that the tweed double-breasted trenchcoat, herringbone vests, and slim, cuffed tweed trousers were not big sellers this fall (on the other hand, the speckled cashmere shawl collar cardigans and the tweed deconstructed blazers were). I have seen the face of FA10 and it looks like a lot more deconstructed suiting, luxurious textures, and deep, rich earth tones. I see fashionable and wannabes alike transitioning from the little boy playing dress-up of Justin Timberlake-inspired shirt-vest-and-tie combos with skinny jeans to taking risks with mix-and-match separates, sophisticated accessories, and tailored wool trousers worn casually. Buy: suspenders; find: your grandfather’s pocket watch; store: colorblocked anything.

paris-shanghai

Stella pointed out this year’s Karl Lagerfeld-written-and-directed short film presenting the latest collection. I was amused but am I the only one who thinks it’s vaguely offensive that Freja and Baptiste have their eyes painted on? Or that the part where they are toying with the Chanel bag on the table and ooohing and aahhhing is hilariously ironic? First blackface, now this. It’s so Parisian not to care. And so Karl to be controversial. Edita is beautiful to watch in pt 3, although campy-bad model acting reigns. Watch the rest over at fashionologie if you are so inclined.

zombieland

does anyone else find Wichita’s perfectly-lined eyes baffling?