i spy: pretty ladies staying warm stylishly

For many of us in the northern hemisphere, the weather--despite it not yet being officially winter--has been making a clear statement:  winter is here.  Now.  We've had snow since Thanksgiving, and freezing temperatures.  So it's not surprising that so many of the images that inspired me in November were lovely ladies keeping warm in high style.

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*Fur coat by designer Jacques Kaplan, painted by artist Richard Anuszkiewcz, 1963.  Photo by Meyer Liebowitz for the New York Times. / NYT The Lively Morgue

*Svetlana, by Igor Grabar, 1933 / via

*Helsinki street style / Hel-Looks

*Polish film poster for The Glass Mountain, 1960 / Movie Poster of the Day

*Helsinki street style / Hel-Looks

*Mademoiselle Vaughan, by Paul Helleu / Wikimedia Commons

*Sophie Victor, by Berenice Abbott, 1926-1930 / Amon Carter Museum

xo

K

more wintry street style

Winter seems to be having a hard time loosening its grip on the northern hemisphere.  (We still have a frozen lake and snow on the ground here in Michigan.  I have not yet stashed away my winter coats.)  This apparently hasn't stopped many stylish ladies from getting out and looking fabulous, as evidenced by several of my favorite street style looks from the past two months.

l-r: Solanah of Vixen Vintage

Parisian street style via Face Hunter

Helsinki street style via Hel-Looks 

I love all three of these looks so much, and one thing they all have in common (and which I always struggle with) is the wearing of amazing headgear.  Some day maybe I'll learn how to rock a headscarf the way Solanah and that fashionable Helsinki gal do.

NYC street style via Stylesight

Wikki of Luukku

NYC street style via calivintage

Copenhagen street style via The Locals

That red embroidered coat is just amazing, and I love the combination of maroon/burgundy and gray that Wikki is wearing.  My favorite, though, might be the young woman on the left, who is kinda grunge (plaid, creepers, pea coat, knit hat), but super cute.  And I'm loving the coat and big cozy scarf worn in the Copenhagen snow, on the right.  I just love seeing fashionable folk actually out in the snow!

xo

K

spring hair

If you follow me on Twitter,  you've already might have seen a couple of these photos, but I got a much-needed haircut and a color update last week.  (For anyone in the Grand Rapids area who reads this blog: Didi at Panopoulos is the woman who does my hair, and she is absolutely fantastic!  She is also a great friend and a lot of fun.)  I love it, and I think I'll be wearing lots of gray, blues, and green with this hair color.

Andy and I went on a movie/art opening/dinner date this weekend, and I wore my heaviest coat because it was supposed to be cold.  But the sun was über bright and Colorado intense, so I ended up not so buttoned up.  You've seen all these clothes on my before in this blog.  The coat is my favorite, and that dress and those shoes get a lot of wear.  The needlepoint bag is relatively new, though.

The only vintage garment on Andy is this beautiful Harris tweed jacket.  We are always on the lookout for Harris tweed items, and find it more frequently in menswear than women's clothing, but often the jackets are bad, boxy cuts.  This one is nicely tailored and looks great on Andy.

The movie we saw was Argo and I think I've already grumbled enough about that.  We also checked out an art opening at the UICA, at which one of my favorite local music acts, the Kent County String Band, played.  I really loved the shadows cast by these silvery discs in the room where the band played.

xo

k

marni resort 2013

I am loving these looks from the Marni Resort 2013 collection.  Particularly the great open (knit?) coats with the elaborate, western-y trim.  And of course, I love the prints, especially when layered with those fabulous coats.  And the gorgeous dusty colors on this first look.  All photos via Vogue.com.

xo

K

street style roundup

I just realized I haven't done a street style round-up since mid-March.  I went to look through the images I'd collected since then--and there weren't that many.  I had houseguests in April and May and not as busy on the internets, so that may explain some of it. 

Kiev street style / Face Hunter

What an amazing skirt--shimmering stripes of bronze and silver!  But I also like the pops of neon yellow and the cute cardigan.

1. Kater / All this Happiness  2. NYC / The Sartorialist  3. London / The Style Scout

Fabulous coats always make me happy.  I especially love Kater's pattern-mixing here, and the colors on that Londoner's plaid coat.

1. garconniere   2. Milan / The Sartorialist

Trenchcoats--a little less wintry, a little more springy.  I love garconniere's earthy green and brown color mix and that fab hat--so great with her flapper-esque hair!  And that outfit on the right...can I have it all please?  Including the amazing tights and t-straps, and that bag?  Thank you.

xo

K

menswear + outerwear

But before we get to that, here's some Ladywear that is meant to be Underwear! Andy hung these crinolines out to air and I love that he put the Halloween colors together.

And now...a preview of a few menswear and outerwear items that will be in the shop shortly!

1950s three-piece atomic fleck suit, by Merit.

1950s tan gabardine western styled shirt jacket, by MacMurray.

Fighting stags sweater.

1950s atomic fleck sport coat, by Berkray.

1950s green wool plaid Pendleton coat.

Black velvet cape with beaded pockets and attached scarf, by Ruth Jones.

Blue velvet funnel neck coat, by Carol Brent.

xo

K