bodkin! loving ny designers, part two.

 

 

 

   

 

I am so glad for the wisdom of those who came before. Here is a great link to a chat with Tonya Boone and Regina Root, collaborating professors at the College of William and Mary, talking about what the heck 'eco-fashion' might be. It's smart. I only have to disagree with their idea that organic cotton isn't necessarily better in context of processing. Organic is always, always, always better in the big picture!

Now check out these gorgeous pieces from Bodkin's Spring/Summer 2010 collection!

here's the word on Bodkin from their website...lovely, eh? 

A bodkin is a dagger, hairpin, or sharp, slender instrument used for making holes in cloth.

posting my own ornaments?

hahahahahaaa!

and new york and london!

olsen haus

 

 

stella mccartney

two vegan shoe designers that rock it. stella has a knockout with that mesh pump and elizabeth olsen has quite a collection coming for fall. check out the lookbook on her website. I bet you'll find something you love.

i love la designers part one

these sleeves!

that hat and skirt together!

those gloves!

the color stories at stewart+brown are pretty tough competitors with their texture stories.

here's why you should go buy a sweater or two, besides that it has become true autumn.

snowy day, stumbled on early halloween fright!

these disasters are from miu miu spring 2010

and these pvc monstrosities are from prada spring 2010.

now i love design based not on any one particular aesthetic or style. my eye is completely devoted to what is striking, whether beautiful or ugly and certainly something being in fashion has no real influence. i look for pieces that will stay with me for preferably a lifetime. so what can i say about these shoes. rarely does a designer create something so awful that i feel any need to comment but these shoes presumably sprung from the mind of miuccia prada. prada has been a label consistently unconcerned with any form of sustainability, environmentally or socially and i take a bit of pleasure in seeing these tragedies for the feet. pvc? really?? add velcro and chandelier crystals and voila! the worst and most pointless bit of design i have seen all year. and you're going to see them everywhere.