nineties redux

{castor leather vest} Veda here {sweater} Alexander Wang {skirt} 3.1 Phillip Lim {bracelets} Elena Estaun, H&M {necklace} H&M

If recent runway trends are any indication, long live the nineties! Rodarte's SS14 had plaids-a-plenty, Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane FW13 was highly derivative of the grunge era, as was Phillip Lim's FW12 just to name a few. How to throwback to the nineties without looking overly nostalgic, or Blossom-era Mayim Bialik. Take thoroughly nineties concepts- hello plaid, hello shirt tied jauntily around waist... Then update the concept with modern shapes and materials. Plaid gets millenial in this sheer white Alexander Wang incarnation. Phillip Lim takes the shirt around the waist to the next level with this trompe l'oeil silk skirt with attached "shirt". Oh, Phillip Lim- the nineties never looked so good!   

surface to air

{coat} Surface to Air Prezo Parka (FW 12) similar here {dress} Rag & Bone Gayatri Arrow Print Dress {sunnies} House of Harlow 1960 {bag} PS1 

One of my favorite views in Los Angeles is from the Getty Center looking out over the 405 to the ocean.  Other impressive vantage points include Griffith Park, and Mulholland Drive. Check out that "marine layer" cough*smog*cough. An LA parka may seem to be an oxymoron of sorts, what with fairly consistent 75 degree weather and an inherent lack of seasons, but this parka from Surface to Air has been the perfect bi-coastal outer layer. Sans lining for schizophrenic LA weather and with lining for NY chill. Dual climate technology- if you can count a removable lining as technology. Fake winter > real winter. It's funny that I once braved -14 degree temps in NYC like a trooper but nowadays 60 degree weather in LA sends me into a rabid parka frenzy. I guess fake winter has turned me into a real pansy. Whether you're battling frost giants real or imagined, keep it cozy!