Gotsta have those pants!

Wow those are the shit! Or is it a skirt? Whatever the color is incredible!
Check here for more of the H&M Spring 2009 Lookbook.

Here's a nice shirt too. H&M will be the death of me!! (Or at least the debt.)

homecoming

time to travel back to our places of origin and enjoy some familiar company and home cooked libations...

Killer Vintage

So I was checking Yokoo's Flickr page because I guess she uses it as her blog and came across these lovees (see above). They were so awesome. Anyways, she was raving about this etsy seller lisazain so I had to check her out. Man she has some really "killer" stuff for real and at good prices too. Of course I copped a couple items to go in my winter wardrobe since they were too cheap to pass up; and brand new vintage at that. Here's what I got:

Me likes

Paul & Joe

Marc Jacobs Bugaboo

Now you want to have a kid huh? This is pretty cool but I would have to pass. I have a standard Bugaboo and I am afraid to leave that anywhere outta my site. If I had this I'd be more worried about the stroller than the baby (well, not really but you get the point, you have enough things to worry about). These are to only be sold and the famous Collette is Paris.

IMG/INFO: High Snobiety

rainbow cake

i was surfing ffffound and came across this exquisite mountain of happy (from chaos theory cakes). not only is the design fun and unique, but it looks like it would taste heavenly...

enjoy!

Mr. Obama x Project Runway

This site asks past Project Runway contestants if they could design Michelle's Inaugural Ball dress what would they do. Here are some of the sketches. What do you think?

Also check out this site dedicated to out new first lady's fashion.

sewing project

in the works: a fringe jacket like the one kate moss did for topshop (which is selling for $300 on ebay), the very same one alison mosshart wore when i saw her perform at the treasure island music fest. though i bought 7 yards of black fringe at britex fabric, i'm left with a half-fringed jacket until i can restock. so far its coming along nicely...

alison mosshart on stage, and in the kills "tape song" video which includes a few clips of jack white :)i made a very basic blouse pattern from silk. i'm attaching the fringe to the sleeves as flat pieces and will close up the sleeves at the end. more photos to come i hope...

faring poorly friday

i am home sick today, not fun as i am already bored. my body just isnt used to sleeping in and refuses to rest any longer. so i am going to plop myself on the couch and watch a few old movies. staying home sick from school as a kid meant momma (grandma) would come to take care of me and we would watch the AMC channel and eat popsicles. she loved old movies and taught me all the actors and actresses. she also gave me her old film star scrapbook, which she had filled with signed photos from her favorites. i miss her terribly...

the book and momma (selma by name, she is seated on the far left, her sister margaret on the far right)

Felt

More etsy love here. This batch of lovely jewelry comes from a store called kjoo. I have a thing for ethnic-ee jewelry.

Oh Leanne

Apparently I'm a little late because Leanne Marshall, recent winner of project runway was selling some of her line on Etsy. Check her message above. I'm still waiting for a Project Runway winner or even a contestant for that matter, bring there talent to the masses. Here's a few pieces off her Leanne's website Leanimal.com

A card

Got this cute card for Aaron's bday and thought Sarah would love it too.

She has a thing for double seater bicycles. Happy Friday!

WTF

I was counting the days until I can bid and win this item but the daggone thing was pulled. Shit! It was the perfect size and its from one of my fav designers Rachel Comey. I think someone put in an offer. Damn damn damn! Oh well better luck next time.

Iconoclasts indeed

A couple of weeks ago I got the chance to check out Iconoclasts on the IFC channel. It was soooo good. The 2 paired up were Stella McCartney and Ed Ruscha. I didn't know much about Ed but as I watched I recalled his work and fell in love with it. He does amazing paintings primarily with type which I would discribe as fine pop art. Also since I am a graphic designer, he shows how beautiful type is and what you can do with it. His work sells at auctions for millions. Anyways it was great seeing 2 people on top of their game in aww of each other (mainly Stella being the huge fan). Stella even propositioned Ed to do a piece with her. Wow! Of course Stella is amazing as well. She shows us why all her work is so well tailored and how hard she works. Go on girl!

Stella latest line for Adidas. So Lovely.

I just got these shoes from her Adidas collection too!

Holla holla holla

One of my most favoritest sites, Creatures of Comfort is have a sale!!! I never bought anything from here but I love to drool over all their amazing clothes. Here are my picks (drool)...

Still need to get me these harem-esque pants!

APC makes chinese slippers! Love!

arts and crafts

i always pass by this green apartment building on my walk home. it gives off a glow that i've tried to capture a few times on camera, this is the best i could do. i'm really into leaves and shadows lately...

maybe organic things in general are catching my eye and influencing my arts and crafts.
more projects are in the works, as the weather gets chillier. one i finished:one that i'm stewing over: possible bag made from scrap fabric and old boots. the boots have served me well, and i would hate to throw them away. so they will be reincarnated as something just as nice. the fabric was a scrap form my textile class. it was a silkscreen practice swatch i believe...

coffee squad

megan and i trekked through the weird san francisco weather to get ourselves a soy latte at starbucks. yes i am wearing shorts with an overcoat. today its 55, yesterday it was 75. what the hell...

introduction of a muse

i think most folks can relate when i say i have certain people i watch for on my morning walks. they provide comfort in familiarity, but also entertainment, because in case you didn't know there are a few eccentrics in san francisco. by 'eccentric' i mean it in the most admirable way possible. one of my favorite characters, and one whom i've seen for years, is equal parts nancy sintatra and betsey johnson. she normally wears bright pink coats, tops, full skirts, hats, scarves, with the occasional red thrown in. unfortunately i don't see her every day, more like once or twice a month, and when i do, i either don't have my camera or she's too far away for me to chase down. today luck was on my side, and for the first time in probably 2 years of sightings, i introduced myself to francesca. she was very sweet and gracious enough to let me snap her picture. in fact, she said sure, and in seconds had thrown down her bags (she normally carries like 10), and struck a pose:

collection of pieces inspired by outfits i've seen...1. hat, topshop 2. necklace, forever21 3. jacket, see by chloe 4. bootie, topshop 5. coat, pucci 6. purse, paurice sweeney 7. sweater, 3.1 philip lim 8. dress, temperley 9. sandal, topshop 10. sweater, sonia rykiel 11. purse, chloe *all bangles and ring by forever21

Yokoo

I don't remember what me and Sarah were looking at where I seen this girl again but when I did, I instantly remembered being intrigued by her on Etsy. She is so awkwardly awesome with her haircut and glasses, not to mention the poses, oh and the pictures. I found her while searching for a chainlink, knitted scarf similar to the sold out Benetton ones. Anyways, check her out if not for her gear, then her cool pics (which I see she is now selling as well). Neato.

All Cosby!!!

I started to try to collect all the seasons. I think I ended up with seasons 1-3 but quit because it was tiring and expensive. But lookie what we have here...all 8 seasons...YES!

Pamela Love

Cute jewelry. For some reason I imagine Sarah's site to look like this since she is an awesome sketch artist.

Sonia Rykiel exhibit in Paris

I love her! Here's the scoop...

Sonia Rykiel’s exhibition at Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris will be open Wednesday through April 19, 2009 celebrating her 40 years in fashion featuring some 200 outfits. “The exhibit is organized by theme and not chronologically because many of Rykiel’s leitmotifs — lace, stripes, rhinestones, black, etc. — have remained constant throughout her career, said Saillard. Visitors enter the show via a black rotunda where Rykiel’s recorded voice reads some of her pronouncements on style. From there, display cases are dedicated to knitwear, printed dresses, velour jogging suits, marabou coats and slouchy pantsuits — all Rykiel signatures. Each window juxtaposes a piece from early in her career with a more recent one elaborating on the same theme. The second half of the exhibit upstairs includes several windows devoted to large-scale pictures of Rykiel-wearing models by photographer Dominique Issermann.”

info from WWD

And here's a skirt from her I missed out on from tobi.com.

6 things

we were tagged by annie & carlotta to write a list of 6 unimportant things that make us happy. the rules are as follows:
1. Mention the person that nominated you
2. List the six unimportant things that make you happy
3. Tag five blogs and let them know they have been tagged via comment section on their blogs.

being that this is a joint blog, cheryln and i decided to split up the work..

cheryln's favorites:
1. My mother-in-law’s dressing/stuffing. Good for the stomach good for the soul. I can live off this stuff. I don’t know what’s in this and I don’t care.
2. Catalogs of any kind. You can catch me on the train in the morning looking at toy catalogs. Reminds me of my younger days when I used to fold the corners so I can look at it over and over.3. Seeing fathers and their child(ren). It just puts a smile on my face.sarah's favorites:

4. reading the back of shampoo labels. they promise to nurture, love, strengthen, thicken. but like many promises that sound too good to be true, they usually are. which is why i have at least five different shampoos at any given time. i never lose hope... 5. my rock collection. i have accumulated a small gallery of rocks. some from far away lands (amalfi coast in italy), to unimpressive lands (garage sale down the street). regardless of origin, they are all dear, and i like to stack them in little rock arrangements around the apartment. 6. chili flavored mango slices from trader joe's. don't knock em 'til you try em... and in turn, we tag these distinguished blogs:
heartfish
lookbook nyc
sfgirlbybay
hipster musings
feather

-cheryln & sarah

weekend recollection

its sunday evening and i can only say i wish it was friday all over again...

louie and me, in my new absolutely-no-bells-or-whistles gap jacket...paul & louieclearly the sensible hiking outfit: AA rubber leggings and ballet flats
*photo by paul

fantastic friday

i'm counting down the minutes until i'm gliding down the highway, via honey the honda, to the central coast. atascadero to be exact. the city lights fading behind me. i will bring three cameras, sun dresses, one coat for cold nights, and boots to walk around the hills in with louie the border collie and paul...

on a hike in the hills

san simian in the spring...

off beat

today was just okay. i had a nice walk to work, the weather has been gorgeous, i had a lunch date with paul only to find his bike stolen. so lame. so so so lame... in an attempt to cheer myself up, i perused autumn de wilde's myspace (stalkerish, right) and found some images that did perk me up a bit...

double exposure of seattle skyryan adams (whom i immediately put on itunes)laura mulleavy of rodartefionn regan and laura murphy

The making of Photoshop

more here.

attention seamstresses

and fellow vintage fanatics: i was researching vintage sewing patterns for megan's bridal gown, and stumbled apon this gem of a site sovintagepatterns.com. even if you aren't a seamstress, the illustrations on the pattern packages are worth a gander...

pink

on my walk to work i noticed that a few bits of pink are still here in the autumn months, some natural some not...

elves in the window at kiss meti LOVE molte cose and would buy anything in their window. pink/rainbow jacquard jacket...more from molte cose's window: adorable vintage dress with bow at the neckdressing table displaying all kinds of necessary housewareand a dainty perfume bottle with a silver top...

there's going to be a wedding

my beautiful friend megan is engaged!!! and i'm going to help make the dress! time to start a bridal binder...

* addition: my grammie in her wedding dress! her mother, my great grandma cardoza, made it. great grandma had a few seamstress shops here in the city....

sunday leisure

after visiting julian, and delivering him a new toy dinosaur, paul and i came home to descend upon our own projects. i've been working on a three-pendent necklace with vintage star rhinestones sprinkled along the tops, and managed to finish it today!

concrete heart

dino riderthe finished necklace: three vintage chandelier crystals enveloped in crocheted wire with vintage star rhinestones

ysl at the de young

today, this drizzly san francisco day, i went to the de young museum in golden gate park with mom to view the yves saint laurent show. it was remarkable! there were clothes from all decades, my favorite being the 60s, all colors and fabrics. the last fashion retrospective i went to was vivienne westwood's, also there at the de young. being able to see art evolve is incredible, its history really, you can see what politics/religon/movements were going on when the piece was conceived blah blah blah.... ysl's collection included a few of his sketches, with swatches. there were outfits i recognized, little celebrities in their own right, with names included on the placard below of who ordered it. one of my favorites was a fitted velvet tuxedo with a frilly blouse, which was ordered by francoise hardy. the lighting was awesome, a cool blue fluorescent glow throughout. no cameras allowed inside the ysl part, so i'm including pictures of a book i bought at the museum store...

my contraband: a postcard, a coloring book of ysl's sketches, a blank notebook, and assouline's yves saint laurent

fancy friday

i've kept this photo in a folder with other images i've found on the internet, to look back on for inspiration and what not. the funny thing is that i stumbled apon it while looking for a fuller brush, from the fuller brush company. they are hands down the best hair brushes. or were rather, i dont know how they hold up in todays market. but i remember the fuller brush man coming to our door ever so often when i was little, in his pullover sweater and briefcase...
anyway back to the photo, i dont know if this was an old fuller brush advertisement but i love the dress, the jungle-like setting, the saturated colors, and the fact shes sitting next to the 'wishing palm'...

p.s.

proof the election must have been taking over the media: i had no idea kate moss cut her hair (wicked cool).

Warhol also in SF

Speaking of exhibits, I saw pole banners on the way to work for the Jewish Museum. Looks like they are going to show and exhibit called Warhol's Jews. Weird name but apparently he did a series called Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century.

This might be my fav

Check out the next Target collabo with Thakoon. The last one above is my favorite. I think he's bringing some more flavor to these ongoing projects huh. Looks like som cool Batik prints. Anywho I can't wait. Looks like its coming sometime in Dec.

yves at the de young

i know its only thursday, but i cant WAIT for the weekend. its been an anxiety-riddled week, month for that matter, so my mom and i are going to take in the yves saint laurent show at the de young! i'm so excited, i'll definitely dress up for the occasion, my sketchbook at the ready...hopefully they allow photography (no flash obviously), if not maybe i can sneak a shot or two with my phone...
my favorites are his rive guache peices, so romantic, but i can only imagine what else is awaiting me. the luxurious fabrics! the miraculous draping! it will be looooovely....

if only

if money were no object, i think i could come up with more than a few reasons for needing this bag. chloe boudior chain bag $1360....

Ms Klum

Man I must admit I didn't really like her at first. But she is so awesome. I love seeing her and her beautiful family. Sorry for the late Halloween post I just saw this.

Might I add

It's the Norma Kamali for Walmart sweater I ordered for 18 bucks plus 97 cent shipping!

what she wore

on top of wearing a relieved-shes-not-moving-to-canada grin, cheryln wore a patriotic outfit too. she looks beautiful...

Yes we can!

Last night as I watched the results of the presidential election, tears streamed down my face as I stood in aww holding our 1 year old daughter. It's a new day. So many thoughts ran through my mind. So many newscasts and coverage of the election kept saying its not about race and kept discussing how he won. For me its simple, he represents us. America and all its diversity. As a daughter of an immigrant mother and my father's mother, my grandmother, who was in America and went back to China because their was nothing to offer her only to come back. And her mother (my great-grandmother) who came to America and was held in internment camps at Angel Island just for the color of her skin. This truly means a lot to me and that my daughter will grow up knowing she can do anything she wants.

Now this is not to say I don't also back the issues Obama says he addressed such as healthcare and more importantly, to me, education and childcare. Man, I can go on and on. Yesterday was truly the most important day of my life right next to the birth of my child. I can honestly say I am proud to be American and feel a sense of pride I have never felt before.

Bush St is SF renamed Obama St

Our presidents

IMGS: poplicks

november 4th!

among other things, politics provokes art and design with intriguing results. this election in particular! so i thought i would try my hand at some political art myself. being that i voted via mail, i wanted to wear a sticker that honored the absentee...i also wore my new cloche. i grew rather fond of my pilot hat on halloween, and i came across this at urban outfitters. the new store on fillmore & chestnut is awesome, not just because its only women's, but the merchandise is displayed so nicely. and their clothing all seemed very 1920s-influenced, hence the hat...

stormy weather musings

it is raining hard, and its times like these i like to curl up with a good movie (last night it was suddenly last summer with the exquisite elizabeth taylor and katherine hepburn). i also take time to tidy my apartment, re-decorate, and work on crafty projects. on that note, my cousin sent me this article about brigid berlin on the new york social diary, who was andy warhol's best friend for decades, and has a penchant for needlework and pugs. shes quite eccentric, and surprisingly conservative, considering. AND her apartment is amazing! it made me want to swipe all my doors with bright red paint, and coat my floors with colorful print rugs. and get down with some kitch...

brigid with andy; brigid nowsnuff box collectionshe designed and needlpoint-ed the rose rug herselfchildhood portrait with sister Richie on the right

costumes

i was amelia earhart for halloween, and paul was a white trash roadie. i like to think for a motley crue reunion tour, or something tight like that. our pumpkins are still going strong...