Feeling Amelie-ish

All from Modcloth.

Stripes make everything better

Though I'm sad that they're so "in" that now the WSJ is writing about them. Boo.

dangerous women...the tome

part of the joy of being a pretty, smart bird is the allure of being a muse, being loved, being immortalized in verse and art and having the scars to prove it. dangerous women: the perils of muses and femmes fatales by laure adler and elisa lécosse is itself alluring in all of these ways. looking at the tensions and trysts between female muses and those they inspire the book is an eclectic mix of art balanced by a sturdy read about historical women and the psychological and sociological effects of these attachments. after almost a full hour of flipping through this at the bookstore i am still wanting more and am placing it at the top of my intellectual wish list...take a look.

boudoir betty

in the winter stupor induced by these short, dark days and my hiatus from studying, i am leaning toward a more boudoir-chic aesthetic chock full of loungewear glamorized by the silver screen goddess pieces we all squirrel away. imagine me as an eva gardner meets annie hall type: a bird who is obviously intelligent as can be seen by her nerdy glasses, piles of antique books and the man handled Times strewn about, but who also has all the trappings of modern-day goddess: innumerable sequin pieces, plush velvet slippers, and perfectly tousled curls. she is one who is serious enough to have a thought wrinkle above her nose, but dashing enough to know that leaving that slightly smudged mascara on her lashes is indicative of a whole other side waiting just around the bend to the boudoir...


Sequin Jacket and Gilded Journal, Anthropologie, $128
Silk Pajamas, Julliana Rae, $80
Glasses, Definitive Touch, coming this month

chanel, please

in search of the ever-elusive perfect nude polish for my ever-difficult skin tone i now have a new strategy and three new prospects. the strategy: go for an off-nude instead of a true nude, as i am convinced the true nude does not exist for me due to the ever changing nature of my skin, light sources, and outfits. thus, the plan is to go for grey nudes, pink nudes, and pearlescent bronze nudes. the prospects: Chanel's Rose Des Vents (shown here), Chanel's Particuliere, and OPI's Tickle My Francey. prepping fingers now...

so i just watched 500 days of Summer and...

... i need to make a fuss about the not the movie but rather the wardrobe of the ever-endearing Zooey Deschanel. it is a cross mix of 50s style dresses with her 60s style hair interspersed with loose Catherine Hepburn (let's take a moment of silence for that amazing bird) 30s style men's pants accessorized with a baby blue hair bow often only worn but the under ten crowd but pulled off flawlessly by the ingenue. the movie make me pull out a pretty headband today determined to wear it more than once this year, bit that is not the only lingering affect of this wardrobe. it also made me consider, (considering still), putting on the vintage black and yellow circle dress i found with the other blogger bird and dance around the house cleaning to the full playlist of indie music on my ipod...which upon further consideration may be even cooler if i tied a bright blue bow around it as well...

Think I need to rent 500 Days of Summer just for the outfits