Target Anniversary Collection

I can honestly say I don't know anyone who doesn't love Target! For me, one of the things I've long admired, has been their ability to create partnerships and product launches with some of the most creative and innovative brands, with the goal being to make design accessible and affordable to the masses -- design for all! Pretty admirable, amiright?

This Saturday, September 14th, Target's 20th Anniversary Collection of designer reissues drops in stores and online. The collection brings back some 300 items from 20 years of collaborations with brands like Anna Sui, Isaac Mizrahi, Missoni, and Lilly Pulitzer. These are what I've got hearted and ready to put in my cart!

The 20th Anniversary Collection is expected to sell out quickly. Here’s Target's own Tips for Shopping Success. Cheers to aspirational design and happy shopping!

Ted Baker

I am so in love with this collection! From pretty skater dresses to beautiful structured bows --

I literally had them all in my shopping cart. Perfect timing too, because Ted Baker's Fall shopping event features 25% off! It ends on Sunday 9.30.18 so don't miss out.

Ted Baker The Orient Tulip Bow Dress

Ted Baker Polly Structured Bow Dress

Ted Baker Star Jacquard Knit Dress

Ted Baker Colour by Numbers Elsbeth Mix Media Dress

Ted Baker Scallop Trim Skater Dress

Ted Baker Karoll Skater Dress

Ted Baker Luela Floral Print Midi Dress

Book Review | Fashion Climbing.

I have been not so patiently waiting to read this book! I knew about Bill Cunningham from his "On the Street" column in the New York Times, but I didn't really know anything about him. That all changed when I watched the 2010 documentary "Bill Cunningham: New York". I was smitten immediately with this charming 80 year old man and completely fell in love with him and everything he embodied.

For those of us who were left wanting more, turns out the very private Mr. Cunningham, penned a secret memoir that was discovered by his family after his death in 2016. If ever there was a silver lining to the end of his legendary life this was it! The NYT called it the equivalent "of a major archaeological revelation."

His deeply personal accounts of growing up in an Irish Catholic family in the 1930's with his budding creativity and fascination and unapologetic love of women's fashion is incredibly moving. Although his reflections on his younger years are brief, they had me in tears. I imagined how difficult it must of been--for someone who truly was able to seek and find the beauty in almost every situation--to be faced with such ugliness and disapproval from your own family. But that is precisely why Bill is so endearing, in his mind, he thought of how difficult it must of been for them.

"It's as true today as it ever was, he who seeks beauty will find it." Bill Cunningham

He continues on with his first forays into fashion, retail and millinery--even his time in France serving in the Korean war (flowered helmet and all). It's filled with expressions and words no one really uses anymore, like dames and ritzy, and that makes it all the more delightful. His bright and optimistic personality comes through in his writing style and his vivid descriptions had me traveling through time and fully present for his serendipitous adventures.

I liken Bill's life to that of a fashion forward Forrest Gump, somehow every situation led him to these extraordinary experiences. He was scrappy and resourceful and never let anything get in the way of the beauty he sought.

"It’s a really beautiful story about a young, artistic man finding his way in the city, in a particular kind of bohemian world that doesn’t quite exist anymore." - Christopher Richards, Editor