giving thanks to you!

I've teamed up with the lovely Angela of the extraordinarily gorgeous vintage shop Greatest Friend to bring you this extraordinarily gorgeous undies set! All you've got to do in order enter is leave a comment here (open to all you international pals too)! I'll be selecting a winner at random a week from today and announcing said winner on December 1st. If you'd like to have your name entered a second time into the drawing pop over to her shop and let me know your favourite piece and if you'd like a third entry share a favourite comedic, heart warming or tear inducing holiday (any holiday) story with me here! EXCLAMATION POINTS!

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Set Measurements

Pants

15" waist
20" hip
15" length
11" rise

Top

Cup: 7" x 7" (C)
Around: 33-34"
Straps: 14.5"

Good luck and a very happy beginning to the holiday season to all! xx

around brooklyn with a disposable camera

A (almost, not quite) month of running errands in our neighbourhood. My favourite is the freak snow shot from October!

All clothing pictured is vintage from the shop with the exception of the green skirt in front of Gigilo Boys which came from my pal Holly at d.RA. The red and brown wedges are both from one of my favourite shoe shops, Remix. (Their website is a bit of a disaster but man alive, their shoes cannot be beat. SO COMFORTABLE.)

Happy Weekending! I'm snuggled in drawing up flyers for some exciting shop events taking place next week (real snow, in Pasadena! Falling in front of our shop!) and listening to my favourite christmas jams. Mmmm :)

Adventures with Agnes: Central Park

"Adventures with Agnes" is a weekly feature that will be popping up around here! Agnes is a close pal of mine and a supremely talented photographer (you can see her work here). We thought it would be fun to put together our own version of a "city guide", each week documenting a different spot in the city. The first set is from our trip last week to an autumn wonderland in Central Park. It was, without a doubt, Central Park at it's most glorious. Perfect warm sunlight, bright coloured leaves and the delicious smell of sugared almonds wafting about.

Here's a little wrap up of recommendations :D

1. Bring a picnic (but save some room for Shake Shack, very important). We brought delicious sandwiches with red pepper, hummus, avocado and tofu along with those colourful vegetable chips and a thermos of hot tea to share.

2. You can watch seal feeding time without having to go into the zoo! It's pretty darn cute. There was a golden retriever also watching and that was cute too.

3. Visiting Bethesda fountain is kind of the ultimate central park experience. The angel (who was created by the first woman to ever be commissioned a public art work in New York) represents the healing powers of nature and commemorates the first fresh water brought to New York in 1842. Pretty perfect.

4. Belvedere castle was one of the first places I went to when first visiting the park because it sounds (and looks) so dreamy. It has one of the highest and nicest views of the park and the city (the name Belvedere translates to beautiful view in Italian). Make sure you take a peek inside!

5. Boat rides! Only $12 for an hour (maximum 4 people). What's more romantic then floating around recreating that scene from Howard's End where Leonard kisses Helen on the palm of her hand and it's the most outrageously sexy thing that has ever happened on film!

6. There are so many incredible spots to visit in Central Park and I could go on forever but I've entered the dangerous zone of procrastination! So I'll wrap it up with one last recommendation: Shacky Road Concrete (from Shake Shack).

Learn all about Central Park and what to do there here!

All photos by Agnes Thor.

You can see the whole adventure here!

tv party tonight

A small preview of scarves that are coming soon to the much neglected online shop.

Blouse from Fluke Vintage in Brooklyn (a truly amazing shop that is sadly relocating to Los Angeles. Get in there before it closes up mid december! I'll be by the sale rack hanging out with Vicotrian bolleros for under 30 dollars. Mind blowing.)
Bralette from The Loved One
Skirt from Beacon's Closet in Brooklyn
Kitten from a land of a million rainbows, cotton candy clouds and chocolate covered mountains.
Painting by Landon (and I helped!)
Hair by pillow.

Petra, Julia, Tavi, Pippin & Bobo

During fashion week I had the unexpected pleasure to host a trio of beautiful (and extraordinarily talented) young ladies as they turned my livingroom into a teen dream of plastic and pink (specifically my teen dream, heh). They were working on a video tutorial for Rookie Magazine, which if you haven't already heard, is pretty much the best thing to happen to teenaged interneters since livejournal and makeoutclub? I sometimes feel really weird that I (a grandma) find more identifiable and inspiring content on there than any other space on the internet. I am so in awe of this group of young folk who are unashamedly exploring their opinions and beliefs in such a public space, something I've never been able to do outside the safety of the friends only lock on livejournal. 

Take a gander at their project here!

Petra's photos for Rookie here.

Tavi's stories for Rookie here.

The Silent Killer

The new TLO website is now live! Click through to see the complete photo series by Aimee along with an additional series by Yudi Ela. We'll be updating the site monthly with new albums by a variety of snap happy pals. The current set features a few peeks at what we're working on for Valentine's Day (including the above silky romper).

I've just come in from wandering aimlessly about for fresh air and to clear my foggy brains after a very reluctant wake-up revealed our kitties (I suspect Bobo) had, once again, jumped up on the stove top and turned the gas knob (a second time this week, perhaps serves me right for not doing anything about it the first go round)! I'm not sure how long it had been leaking but it was long enough that I felt very quite cozy in deep slumber at a much later hour than normal and have been nursing a headache since. Very naughty cats. I've taped the knobs but am not certain that will do the trick, will definitely be ordering some sort of child proof knob control in the very near future. If ever you don't hear from me for prolonged period of time know that I have likely drifted off into eternal sleep thanks to my murderous feline "friends" O_O.

Photos by Aimee Brodeur
Hair & Make-up by Veronica Chanel
Vintage dresses provided by The Loved One
Negligee coming soon by The Loved One