life, by Linley

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Leftover fashion week

I swear these are the last fashion week images (that I totally meant to post weeks ago!)! My favorite collections from Paris are Dries van Noten, Chloe and YSL. I love the way plaids, florals, ruffles and lots of chiffon were mixed together at Dries. I've never been a huge fan of plaid (too prep school. too grunge. no middle ground) but in a new fabric (aka not flannel) I'm rethinking plaid! The other standout for me was Heidi Slimane's first YSL collection. I really, really liked the silhouettes (super skinny pants, the tallest heels, lots of blouses and those wide brimmed hats!), as this is how I'd like to dress one day.
(all images via ny mag)

Chanel

Chloe

Dries Van Noten

Valentino

YSL

Monday, September 24, 2012

Leftover fashion week plus last week in food

This season, I've been really good about pinning my favorite looks to my runway pinterest board. Most people I know have pretty much abandoned pinterest at this point. I'll admit to being a fairly infrequent user (compared to twitter or tumblr at least), but I do like having a virtual mood board of runway looks, bags I'm coveting, etc. Here are the looks I liked from London and Milan fashion week (all images via nymag).

Matthew Williamson

Clements Ribeiro

Blugirl

Burberry Prorsum

Blumarine

Issa

Moschino Cheap & Chic

Missoni

Cynthia Rowley

Last week I had dinner with two friends. The first night, I went to Bowery Diner, which I had read about last spring. I ended up getting the seasonal pie milkshake and mac n cheese. Both were really, really good and very rich. And the portions were quite generous. The next day, I went to Joe's Shanghai and feasted on soup dumplings! Afterwards, we got ice cream at Blue Marble in this food market in TriBeCa called All Good Things.

been craving mac n cheese, this more that satisfied it.

Burnt sugar ice cream in a pretzel cone

Enviable hair

Thursday, September 13, 2012

First week of senior year

One (almost two!) weeks done, only I don't know how many left until graduation. I can't believe that it's already my last year of college. Ever since I came back from abroad, time has gone by so fast. Seriously, junior year went by so fast. I feel like I say this a lot, but this year I actually want to do all the things I've never had time to do. Not sure how I'll fit that in with school, internship and work, but I always seem to manage.

This past week was fashion week, so looking at the collections kept me pretty engaged every night. Check out my fashion week post for a round up of all my favorite collections and looks. One of the biggest trends I'm excited about is colored hair extensions! I tried coloring my hair (somewhat unsuccessfully) over the summer, and seeing all the collections might be the push I need to actually commit and bleach my hair......but baby steps for now.

Besides fashion, my week was filled with my usual. Food, new friends, new classes, new notebooks, etc. My suitemates and I went to Social Eatz to celebrate senior year. Everything was amazing. I got the asian market salad and ribs appetizer. But the fried chicken (which my suitemate got) was outstanding. Next time I go, I am definitely getting the fried chicken. The drinks were fruity....but super strong. ick.

the lychee mix in is amazing. Kelvin needs to have it more often

new kitty ring!

new (but painful) shoes

obsessed with my nails.

#NYFW

This season I got to go to two shows!! One, for my current internship, and the second for my summer internship. The two shows were really different in size, location and crowd, so it was nice to experience the two. I had so much fun at both! It's truly amazing how much time and preparation goes into a 10-15 minute show. Here are some pics from my favorite shows, plus behind the scenes pics from Derek Lam and Anna Sui. Enjoy! (all images via the cut)