street style, the wintry 1990s edition

I keep seeing summery, bare-legged looks in the street style blogs that I follow.  I don't know if it's just a really warm winter everywhere, if these blogs happen to be shooting in warmer countries, or if they're just reposting old photos because it's hard to get good street style looks when everyone is all bundled up.  I happen to love coats and winter fashion, though.  (Actually one blog that always has a lot of folks on the streets in coats and scarves is Helsinki's Hel-Looks.)  Here are some of the street style looks that have caught my eye since I last did this back in November.

London (Style Sight).  Great layering, cute shoes, plaid!  Pretty great hair, too.

Kater of All This Happiness.  I just love everything about this.  The soft blue and gray together, the length of the skirt, the flats, the cute bag.  And the beret!  I am really digging berets lately.

Barcelona (Face Hunter).  So sassy.  I love the plaid pants and scarf.  And the short bangs remind me of myself in the 90s.  (I'm seeing a lot of looks lately that harken back to things I wore in the 90s, and they aren't disturbing to me in the way that 80s fashion reruns are.)

Berlin (Style/Clicker).  She looks a little like Elizabeth McGovern!  I love the deep green plaid coat paired with the floral dress.  And the cool bag.  And the beret!

Helsinki (Hel-Looks).  This one is a last minute addition.  Although she is totally cute, I'm mainly including this because I'm pretty sure I used to own that coat (or its twin)!  I recognize the pumpkin color and the buttons.  I bought it at a J. Crew sample sale (probably in the late 1990s).  Change the Docs to black, pants to jeans or a dress, and hair to a reddish bob--and it's me in 1995!

xo

K

hailee steinfeld for miu miu

Regular readers of this blog will know I don't often post about what designers are doing nowadays.  The clothes are far out of my price range, and I usually find street style fashion (and other bloggers' outfit posts) far more inspiring.  However, I've been posting images from this Hailee Steinfeld shoot for Miu Miu's Fall 2011 campaign on my Tumblr this week, and figured I should mention it on the blog.

These photos--these images and more from the shoot can be found on the Fashion Gone Rogue blog--just kind of have it all.  I loved Hailee Steinfeld in True Grit, and she makes a gorgeous model for these 1940s looks.  Which is another thing I love, the nod to the 1940s.  And the amazing bird print on that dress.  And I might kinda love the oversize bags, though I'm not sure.  I love them in the photos anyway.  Also love the train track setting for some of the photos (which, by the way, were taken by Bruce Weber).  Enjoy!

xo

K