Wetter is better

Once again, JPG served up some major fierceness for the couture shows in Paris, this time turning out shimmering suits and liquid-look frocks inspired by sassy sirens and sailors alike. Milagros Schmoll stole the show in a superglam gold paillette jumpsuit, looking like the modern day lovechild of Ziggy Stardust and Botticelli's Venus. Cintia Dicker better watch her back -- if Milagros holds on to these gorgeous locks, I just might have a new favorite! 

For the rest of Gaultier's sea-worthy collection, click here.

Love, 

Tess

raging in the rain

I really love the rain... as long as I'm inside, drinking hot cocoa in front of a fire, and it stays outside where it belongs. However, when getting poured on is inevitable, a cute, colorful umbrella is necessary for keeping you dry and brightening your mood. These mini umbrellas from Fred Flare are adorable in a "just escaped from the psych ward and still wearing my straightjacket" kind of way, and definitely way cooler than that fluorescent yellow one with a wooden duck head handle you've been carrying. The drag queen geisha is definitely a keeper. 

Check em out at FredFlare.com

Love, 

Tess

Prada

vs.
American Apparel

Sometimes you've just gotta love amer appar.
Snatch these up before they get sued for design infringement.

Love,
Tess

Lisa Mayock & Sophie Buhai, I just kinda really wanna be you... especially so I could wear all Vena Cava all the time. 

Go to www.venacavanyc.com for the most gorgeous clothing on the planet. 

Love,

Tess

P.S. Lots of cute Vena Cava stuff on sale at Creatures of Comfort. I especially love the Birkin tank. Check it!

Kate Moss Loves La Coka Nostra

There are very few things that make me wish I was a boy -- namely, health class, waxing, and this shirt. I saw someone wearing this yesterday, and immediately fell into depression about how completely ridiculous and ill-fitting this would look on me. It's like the witty expression tee's really cool cousin, except instead of saying something like "your mom goes to college" or "the voices in my head made me do it," it's got a really hot picture of kate moss. Boys, get on this... and let me borrow it. 

get it here.

love, 

tess

Beeper rings, "What's up, holla!"

     First things first: I don't like Marc by Marc Jacobs. It has this cutesy-tootsie vibe that loses any endearing qualities it might have had amongst all those extraneous buttons, pockets, and stripey trims. It has the same effect of getting my cheeks pinched by my crazy aunt, even though I'm way too old for cheek-pinching. It is also Lauren Conrad's favorite brand. Enough said.

     However, Marc by Marc has always had one redeeming quality: Juergen Teller's brilliantly simplistic photographs. They lend the ads this effortless "cool factor," this subtle beauty that the clothing so obviously lacks, due both to his intimate, vintagey style and the unpredictable muses that grace the pictures (Dakota Fanning?! Perfect.). So of course I expected great things when I heard about Marc's newest model: one of my current fashion favies, M.I.A.

     That is, until I saw the photos. 

     All I can say is, thank god for Cassette Playa. 

For the girl that makes M.I.A. look fly, go to www.cassetteplaya.com.

For the guy that makes M.I.A. look like Dwight from The Office, go to www.marcjacobs.com.

Love, 

Tess

All I want for Christmas...

are the perfect new rings from favie jewelry designer, Han Cholo. The now discontinued Chewy ring that first got me hooked has been revamped with a vato bandana that could give even a skinny white girl like me some instant street cred. They've also made their signature LA hands in ring form so you can rep all day every day, and released the genius skull and Indian chief combo ring that Keith Richards would (finally) die for. 

Hit up HanCholo.com, or better yet their store at 1549 Echo Park Ave. for more info, ese. 

Love, 

Tess