sometimes the perfect bag finds *you*...

i spotted this whilst at the lovely lisa congdon's b-day party over at her and rena's shop here in san francisco, rare device. came into my sights and my clutches just as i was looking for a new bag. after some careful pondering, i went for it.
by rabeanco, a kind of under-the-radar bag brand from hong kong.
i love it because it's beautifully made and designed, just large enough for me and my needs (big enough for a book, maybe my camera) and it's decidedly lacking in all that gross metal and hardware so many bags are laden down with these days. understated=cool. also, it's so far from the "it" bag in any way, that it's just perfect for me. and...the price was right. :) end sum: the stars were perfectly aligned.

fashion obsessions o' the moment

it's been a while since i have done this...heck, it's been a while since i have done a lot of things!! still insanely tired! and sick...had the stomach flu last week and felt like i was going to keel over and die (but thankfully did not!).
in all the sitting around i have been doing of late, i've had a lot of time to just sit there and ponder things...that i'm obsessed with. fashion obsessions! idle time is good for letting such obsessions grow and fester, don'tcha know?

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so, my latest fashion obsessions are as such:

plastic (or that which resembles it) is the name of the game for me right now, apparently...? something about it's smoothness, shine. it's bright colors. sort of retro-futuristic?
-big, fat, honkin' cocktail rings, like the resin ones from australia's dinosaur designs or resin ones from NYC's alexis bittar -vintage german cazal eyeglass frames, very old-school hip-hop! -clear eyeglass frames (like the fresh cazal pair shown above) -plastic watches in super bright, saturated colors, like the zub zot watch (also shown above) -old, eye bleedingly bright, chunky vintage sweaters from the 1970s, in colors like sunshine yellow, almost fluorescent red-orange, emerald green. things funky grandmothers or tripping hippies would have donned with relish. these are likely also made of plastic (acrylic or poly, this is one of the only clothing items i deign to tolerate that are synthetic in fiber, clothing-wise).

also:
-plastic shoes in inspired shapes (like the melissa ones's shown above, as so often donned by in the inimitable gala darling!) -big, brash baubles in gumball bright shades -anything by tatty devine

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so, praytell: what are your fashion obsessions of the moment? what's nagging on your brain, aesthetically, this very second?

beautiful stranger TV

fly recently posted about beautiful stranger TV: it's a street fashion video site where the creators hit the streets of NYC to hunt down and interview it's stylish denizens, asking them what they are wearing and doing, basically what their into on a myriad of levels. what makes the site special? alongside each video featured on the site is a clickable listing of websites that the beautiful stranger mentioned in his/her interview so you can "procure the beloved items these style setters can't live without". the whole kit and kaboodle was a brainchild of several people who were/are in the beauty/fashion/media/lifestyle industries.

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genius, i say, especially that last bit. it's sort of like the listing of products one sees under many a wardrobe_remix (which i purposely included/instituted from the get-go) and coupled with some street fashion photos on certain smart sites and magazines of that sort (i'm thinking hel-looks, and in many japanese (street) fashion magazines, like the maverick in this genre, fruits), except it takes said listings to the next level and hyperlinks them, making it easier for people to surf over and grab it for themselves.
AI fantasy thought that would take that very idea to the next level:
it would be great if the technology inherent in the ever-burgeoning semantic web could help with this sort of thing, making semi-automatic linking of things people list without the individual having to do a lot of work to make the actual links. such a thing might not be far off.