Got My Addictions

Just add cash, and I'll be ready to party in three quick steps:

1. Soft leather jacket from Theory
2. Leather and chain dress from Balmain
3. Wedges from Diane von Furstenberg

Tonight's Gonna Be a Good Night

Today I turn one quarter of a century old (ancient, I know...), and it's a Saturday, and it's the annual Christmas party at work.

All of this means I've got a busy Saturday full of cake, gifts, drinking and dancing. Right now I'm listening to awfully catchy pop music, doing my nails, and generally having a great time.

Kate wishes you all a great Saturday! Cheers!

Rest In Peace

So shocked by the news of Daul Kim's death right now. I really have no words, so I'll just repeat what tfr said:

"Let this be a lesson to those of us – including myself – who are shallow enough to ever catch themselves believing that they would be happy if only they were taller, thinner, better-dressed, wealthy or more beautiful."

Rest in peace. You will be missed.

Not Takin' No Calls Cause I'll Be Dancin'

These shoes might be from the Pierre Hardy SS10 collection, but all they do is remind me that party season is upon us in not too long. Bright colours, geometric details, see-through plastic, metallics and shoes with ... knee pads? That is certainly a new version of gladiator style, and it'll be interesting to see if it catches on.

My favourite of this batch is the blue cut-out boot below. It slightly reminds me of the YSL cage heels, and the colour alone is enough to make me salivate.

I Know They're Watching

Another great, old editorial I recently re-discovered. Romina Lanaro by Tom Munro in Numero # 80. Full editorial here. Make-up and styling is perfect, and I think those tights take the editorial from good to great.

Extras

I've been up since 5:30 today, so I'm probably a bit incoherent right now, but my inner magpie feels like writing a post about shiny items. These are also from the Accessory report. Two quite different takes on a bracelet, and I love them both, but the Kokosalaki necklace is the real reason I'm posting these. Pretty!

I love pieces of jewelry that challenges my view of what I think something is supposed to look like. That cube bracelet can't possibly be practical (or even comfortable), but it's fun and unique (and really, really shiny).

3.1 Phillip Lim / Tom Binns

Sophia Kokosalaki

No Heel too High

The people over at New York Magazine have been kind enough to gather pictures of the amazing Daphne Guinness at recent events. While I'm normally not that fond of her outfit choices, I often go crazy with shoe envy when I look at her feet. One of my dreams is to some day have the money and access to stock my closet with the craziest creations directly from the runway.

Below, Guinness is wearing both the famous Nina Ricci skyscrapers from fall 2009 and the spring 2010 McQueen monster stilettoes. As impressive as those look, the biggest challenge has got to be the pair of red heels below, simply because wearing thin heels on grass is a whole new level of difficult!

Pictures from nymag.com.