you are gold

in small amounts-

for instance, around your neck

then add a pair of fancy silk stockings

in a lighter shade...

or some striped gold stockings with a hint of lime

go well with these

taupe suede lace up shoes

a little bit of gold under an emerald

shoulder cape

goes well with her robin egg blue stockings..

a lovely bird-like outfit..

or some gold near red lipstick...

you will indeed get some wows...

costume for a saturday

a little bit of Marla Singer...

just take a bit of her personality and charm-

[hint of advice...

this only works on a rotary phone]

add a touch of pretty disheveled-ness on the hair and

around the eyes...

and then a dress that somebody loved once

preferably in the shade of a

muted cornstarch blue...

a chocolate box of colors

this was from the marni collection a few years back..

colorful patterned knee highs with knee length skirts

and platform sandals

headbands with pretty ear muffs and

dusty pink hues in the middle of winter

tunics over pants in a chocolate box of colors

and shoulders with a touch of added frills

are nice no matter what the season.

sophisticated maggie

i was going through some of my old folders of images and

came across these lovely Miu Miu ads with Maggie Gyllenhaal..

and looking at them now- made me still like them just as much

as i did when they first came out a few years back..

they seem richly classic and timeless.

i'd have to say that donnie darko and the secretary are my top

two picks for maggie's movies...donnie darko - because that

was when i first noticed her-

and the secretary because it was a beautifully shot film...

and although i haven't seen her in some of her

other roles, i did see the dark night,

which was pretty good also.

and this one with a marshlandish - sunset dropping behind her

on the backdrop while standing on a red carpet..

sometimes she can be such a sophisticated style queen-

even in black shoes with black stockings and black dress

.

and then there is the ad with the bunny...

innocent little rising obsession

these midnight blue and black suede Marni wedges

will go nicely with a pencil skirt and some

semi transparent knee highs...

or some black stockings and a short dress-

or even pants might be the

thing to pair with these classic yet modern day

fancy risers...

they have a Deco/1930's/Bauhaus feel about them

and look like the sort of shoes my stylish grandmother

wore wear around when she was

a perfume girl at Buffum's department store.

the spice of variety

a thursday intermission of

fantastic fashion predictions from the

future...