Holiday means party clothes, which is def a strength of Lanvin’s.  I want dresses.  I want there to be necklaces.  But then, Alber’s sketches would also easily translate to Ts.  I’ll send every bro I’m bros with to get floppy bow ties.  I am not yet afraid of the hype cycle being staged in my head right now.

The collection will be previewed on a film due out November 3rd at H&M’s site.  It is easily one of the most anticipated fall movies for me.

I really look forward to this collection.

Via WWD

Gargoyle rings from NYC Motorcycle Federation

Tiger Ring from Cartier

La Lalounis enamel ram’s head ring at HPS Estate Jewelers

Here’s an image of an amazing collage dress from the FW10 collection next to a Kipling tote:

The galaxy print brings music blogs to life with its depiction of space.  Not sure which crossed over to which – forward fashion or buzzy music – but space images seem important right now.  The backpack would be my choice of vehicle for this trend.

More pieces:

Links: Peter Pilotto, Kipling

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Freur – “Doot Doot”

Get it at Amazon or iTunes

Shoes & bags aside, leather generally shortens an item’s lifespan by a half.  High waisted shorts will be here twice as long as leather high waisted shorts, and the leather version will look tackier in two years than the same silhouette in fabric.  Sometimes the tackiness happens immediately.  I don’t really get leather clothes.

Nor do I know how leather would feel on your nose bridge, but these are def worth a try.

Get them at Eye Goodies

This hummingbird night scene was inspired by McQueen’s SS09 collection.  It looks incredibly rich and precise.  Other rugs reference his iconic skull pattern and a gold bullion print.

I haven’t read anything about a lobster claw shoe rug, tho.  I wonder if a rug firm with a more democratic market would take cues from the “Bad Romance” wardrobe.  Seems like a good/profitable idea for BTS.

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A Bathing Ape created a hoodie that adds its monkey Baby Milo.  A Sanrio x Baby Milo pop up store opens Aug 28 at the BAPE store in Soho, and it’ll sell  hoodies, bags, and sneakers.

Love these images, but I’m not sure who’d wear these pieces and how.  As a kid, you want the high ticket Sanrio items, so owning proper boots is a sort of victory.  Some girls would go for toy accessories as a Lolita move in high school/college.  I put the Sanrio away by age 10, so I don’t have this second wave echo nostalgia that’s probably required for wearing Sanrio now.  I’ll probably end up with some 50th anniversary stationery, tho.

Get Sanrio x Doc Martens at the Docs store

Sanrio x Doc Martens via SHOELUST, Sanrio x BAPE via Paper

The bags look super good, and they did really well with the materials.  Patent is easy to do at a lower price, and the quilted denim looks like an update to the denim Bayswater.  Even the hardware looks good.  Def worth checking out in the fall.

Check out Mulberry x Target at Gilt (membership required – click here to sign up)

Get Mulberry’s orig bags on its site

It’s also available in high gloss silver, matte black and matte white.  In a group, they look like abstract, headless seals.  The flowers are kind of like the beach balls seals perform with.  I’d def skip the circus reference:

There’s an ornament version that comes in a cute box:

That can’t not be compared to the Velvet Underground cover art.  I can’t speculate about the consequences of collecting sculptures of your fav albums as décor.

I’d be fine.  Gold bananas work for me better than symbolism/metaphors/symbolism.

Get the banana bud vase at Jonathan Adler

Designer Markus Lupfer offers definitive options for FW10 at Net-a-Porter with his Pretty mini dress and Wild T-shirt.  Do you go for black or white?  Wear one-piecers or seprates?  Opaque or sheer?  Just because you find yourself needing a tulle-embroidered jersey garment doesn’t mean you’re done deciding.

Get the Pretty dress at Net-a-Porter

Get the Wild T at Net-a-Porter