I Got the Electric Blues

Thwump...rackety...whompAir Caden Wing Ox from Cole Haan

Soon It's Gonna Rain

Again.
What a wet and soggy week here in NYC.


The classic Stråla Somar rubber ankle boot from Tretorn

And He Does the Music Thing Very Well...

...and you know what? No one does it better.

Happy 80th Stephen!

Not a Day Goes By

Thank you Fantastic Man for this beautiful and wistful photo!

A Little Priest

I've always loved the dramatic movement of capes and robes and the beautiful shapes they can take depending on the way the wearer is standing or moving.

With that in mind please enjoy my small tribute to papal style:

One Short Day

...in the Emerald City.

These sunglasses from Wintercheck Factory are awesome and I want them!

Look to the Rainbow

I like colors and prints and ethnic flava so it's natural for me to be a big batik fan.

Shades of Greige Wine Batik Tahitian shirt

And even though it's old news the Thakoon for Target dress above gets me every time.

Finally, here we have batik workers applying color to stenciled fabric
(looks like Malaysian Kwilting Korner).

Spanish Rose

Today marks the 125th anniversary of the premiere of George Bizet's Carmen at the Opéra-Comique of Paris. Although met with scathing reviews upon its premiere, the work has become a standard of classical repertory.

A toast to the operatic warhorse: may you enjoy another 125 long and prosperous years of weird modern adaptations and badly edited skating programs.

The Shag

I love natural wooliness on men as well as in clothing!

David Farrar's hairy chest and forearms star in this scene from the 1947 Technicolor classic Black Narcissus, the story of sexually frustrated nuns driven mad by lust...

Julie Christie and Omar Sharif share matching looks of consternation (and furry hats) in Dr. Zhivago.

They're too expensive to wear out of the house but theses fur chukkas from the Band of Outsiders Fall-Winter 2010 collection are still awesome.


A silky sheepskin vest with a beautiful sheen from the Fall-Winter 2010 Robert Geller collection.
Patagonia's recycled polyester Retro-X jacket.

I'm Alive

Or at least this blog now is.