I’ve called about 15 bookstores and newsstands in the LA area today looking for the June 22 edition of the French newspaper Libération. Karl Lagerfeld is the guest editor, and besides his most likely insane comments, lucky readers also get to enjoy his artwork in this copy. I would love to be one of these lucky readers (collectors). But no …
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Tokidoki
I’ve been a big fan of Kidrobot for all its quirky toys from Japan and Europe. Loitering in their stores reminds me of running around Tokyo collecting trinkets/toys from the seemingly endless vending machines. After all, Japan has about 1 vending machine to every 23 people or so according to recent stats. Tokidoki, which means sometimes in Japanese, is a …
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FIMTSO: The Mariner Shirt
Ever since Coco Chanel made it cool to look like a gondolier I’ve been collecting Breton or mariner shirts. A fashion editor in one of my favorite magazines once wrote that women over the age of 30 should stop wearing stripes, especially the horizontal kind. I was past 30 when I read that and stored it in the back of …
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FIMTSO: The Tuxedo Shirt
At last count I have about 9…ok, 12 tuxedo shirts in my closet, so it looks like I’m destined to become a maître d’ or a symphony conductor. Or a female James Bond (though Larkie Bond just doesn’t sound as fab, does it?). Lucky for me, the tuxedo shirt makes its round every few seasons or so and I can …
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The Price Is Right
I’m pulling a Tiger Woods and making an unnecessarily public apology today. On the way to shopping rehab I’ve done a complete face plant. Have fallen and cannot get up. My shopping ban has been a total failure; I blame some of it on my weakness and a lot more on the releases of Sonia Rykiel at H&M and Jean …