wardrobe_remix(ers) o' the week

again, i remembered! again, more photos for your enjoyment. why? because, HELLO, there are almost 5800 people in wardrobe_remix now! thanks y'all! you FRIGGIN' rock!
ALSO: i will have you know that wardrobe_remix(ers) are not just fabulous dressers, they are also FABULOUS stylists! proof positive: there's a ridiculously awesome and popular thread happening over in the wardrobe_remix forums concocted by w_r member mi.c.hael called "Dress up another Wardrobe Remix User... Or get dressed up by Us!" in which members offer up their personal w_r photo sets and let other w_r members suggest outfits for them to wear. it's apparently going swimmingly...over 200 posts have been made to the pool and some of the outfits created have been stunning. some smarties even made spreadsheets to keep track of suggestors and suggestees. brilliant idea, wardrobe_remix(ers)!
(i LOVE the power of the internet!)

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this here is the original weekly wardrobe_remix recap of the latest and the greatest from the community, from yours truly, the creator of wardrobe_remix!
any wardrobe_remix photos that find themselves here are about great style + great photography = the two meet and merrily marry to make a perfect expression of YOU! and i've said it a million times before, it's not what you wear, it's how you wear it...the ticket is the confidence and sureness you exude when you express yourself the way that makes YOU feel most comfortable. that confidence shines through and is captured on film! so whether you're wearing couture clothes from the finest designers, mass market threads, thrifted stuff, or even a shirt you found on the side of the road...rock it! it's ALL GOOD and it's ALL WELCOME in wardrobe_remix!

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feytwee:
design killer (a bay-area-based photographer whose work you can find here!):
madam0wl:
Kasmeneo:
cakeybabes:
hermsprong:
lorimarsha (a designer whose work you can find here!):

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thanks to everyone who's been posting about wardrobe_remix or featuring fashions and folks from the group in their own blogs. thanks for getting the word out. i am glad that wardrobe_remix inspires you! remember to give credit to the people in the aforementioned photos (if you use them in your blog posts, etc.) and to wardrobe_remix itself. it's good internet/blogging karma!

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10.17.2007

playing (literally and figuratively/fashion-wise). it's my day off, so i am shown here about to go thrifting. now i'm going to attempt to work on some personal projects and clean the house.
-red/gold faux jewel clip ons: goodwill -red fringed scarf: thrifted in florida -green and white wrap dress: diane von furstenberg -white and blue tank (unseen): nanso -blue and white floral knife pleat skirt: thrifted, thrifttown, SF. -red tights: H&M -red 80s pumps: thrifted, thrifttown, SF. -blue glass cocktail ring: MOMA store -desperate need for a haircut: necessitated my hair follicles

eley kishimoto + sonia rykiel: spring 2008

i'll admit it and have admitted it before: i find most fashion shows, and fashion show recaps kind of (very) tedious...which is why i seldom post them myself here on bits and bobbins. it's a once in a while thing, like for instance...now.
why? well, it all starts to look the same to me...and only the very select few say something new or interesting (to me, anyway). when it comes to designers, i know what i like, and i know it when i see it. and i tend to fall back to the designers i know and love best, whose design sense suits me best. i think that's kind of the key to being secure with one's own personal style: eventually you come to know who you are and what you like. it's not that you don't look around, that you aren't aware. it's just...well, you know yourself, and when you stick to what you absolutely adore, it feels natural. i think this may be something that comes with time. but i digress...

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every season i check back with eley kishimoto, one of my all-time, absolute favorite design teams (consisting of british-based couple mark eley and wakako kishimoto). they have a graphic, artistic, unafraid, whimsical, girlish, fantastical sensibility that just resonates with me...and those colors! i've written about them before here on bits and bobbins; they never ever disappoint. if i could afford a closet full of their frocks, i'd never stop smiling. if you're so inclined, you can check out their blog here.
a few pieces from their spring 2008 collection that caught and delighted my eye:

(photo credits to eley kishimoto, see more of the s/s 2008 collection here)

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carrying on with the whimsical thing...i so love are these select pieces from the spring/summer 2008 collection of french design maven and favorite of mine, sonia rykiel. i'm hugely into knitwear, and the two trompe l'oeil knits below are just jaw-droppingly divine. they evoke the trompe l'oeil bow sweater of elsa schiaparelli...and are just so delightfully funny. that yellow! it's like pure sunshine. these pieces have an overt sense of play...the complete opposite of the stark, serious, stiff fare in many collections. laugh! smile! it's better for you. sonia knows that statement to be true, that's for sure. i can sense it.

(photo credits to style.com)