Navajo for Fall

I remember stumbling across a Navajo design last Fall. I think it had something to do with Pendleton for Opening Ceremony but I wasn't quite sure how I felt about it. Not knowing what to do, I consulted a few fashionable friends of course, one of whom informed me that Navajo prints were going to be very big. I wasn't quite yet there though and I wasn't going to be the one at the forefront of the trend. A short year later and it's still going strong. I like the feelings of Fall that it brings with it, in the textured heathered grey, oranges and browns and that feeling of rust that is really warm. This colors highlighted below the image are quintessential Fall colors and something that I wouldn't mind cozying up next to aside a warm, blazing fire. Fall made fashionable.

(photo: Color Collective)

Street Style Inspiration for the Weekend

While my editor friends are busy taking the world by storm at Paris Fashion Week (le sigh, bien sur), I thought this was a cute little reminder of how we do it back on our home turf. It may be quaint and simple, but we've got a few street style stars here ourselves and it gives me inspiration to try a little bit harder tomorrow morning when I get dressed. The world is your own personal sidewalk (catch that, sidewalk is more important than runway these days), and it's never too late to start looking the part.

For Fall: The Trench Report

As soon as she saw it in the window of The Kooples in the Marais (this chic little boutique store that happened to be all over Paris), my travel copaine Nicole had to have a trench coat. She spent many a day strolling around Paris planning her perfect Parisian outfits to wear back home and at the top of that list was the ultimate trench coat. So French. Well, thank god, she found one stateside at Zara, and quite a few Euro less than that one in the window at The Kooples. Moral of the story ladies and gents is that trenches are big. Despite me being the biggest fan ever of Gryphon, I have yet to get me one of their delish trenches myself. So maybe Nicole was actually onto something. It's so prepster chic.

(photo: courtesy of Cali Vintage)

Silver Medal Winner

I have to say that for the past few years, I've been all about gold. Particularly lately, I've been dying for anything rose gold. But with the price of gold at record levels, accumulating real heirlooms seems like an impractical hobby. I want more gold bangles and I weep at the cost. So even though all of my sterling jewelry needs a hefty polishing, looking at this image of a modern display of arm candy gives me hope yet. There's definitely room right now for silver jewelry. I still like the idea of mixing and matching, but you can also just do all out silver on one wrist, pairing bracelet after bracelet with tons of different stones. I haven't seen too many girls doing it which makes me like it even more. Time to take out the polish.

(photo: courtesy of New York Magazine)

From the Front Row: Bejeweled Shoes

Judging by the behind the scenes looks from Fashion Week, my favorite are actually the photos that are shot off the runway, Spring '12 is all about jeweled shoes. these stunners are about as good as they get. They're totally done up in the sense that they literally can make an outfit. Sure, everyone is thinking that they're perfect with a simple black dress because they're so ornate that they need to shine on their own, but I'd opt to pair them with a big, bad print. Why not, right? I think the stronger the textures, the greater the shoes will look. This is honestly a foolproof DIY--if only I owned a glue gun--that you can use to update any old pair of heels or wedges. Seriously, easy. Get on it, ladies.

(photo: courtesy of The Coveteur)

Street Style Inspiration of the Day

I used to hate with a capital "H" my uniform in grade school. It was jumpers and button downs and sweater vests in a palette of grey and white and navy. But now, funny enough, when I think about what I gravitate toward, it's peter pan collars, that trusty Theory grey sweater vest, and a grey shift dress that seems pretty standard uniform when you really look at it. This pic just shows how adorable a "uniform" can actually be--and how you can dress it up in a way that makes it look anything but. The penny loafers are an ironic add-on and the belt is a nice touch too. Note the brown on top of a black dress...well played. The Peter Pan collar is a particular fave (see nearly every outfit that Alexa Chung wears) and that cardigan, well, we all love a cardigan. So excited to go all schoolgirl. It doesn't have to look lame, there's a way to make it cute--and stylish--yet.

(photo: courtesy of Refinery29)

New Accessory: Collar Tips

I know this may seem like grasping at nothing but considering I wear a button down most days, I'm trying anything new to reinvent the wheel if you will, to make things still look and feel fresh for Fall. I love wearing a silk Equipment blouse out at night, but sometimes I feel like I look a bit too librarian. I never feel comfortably really unbuttoning it too much and it doesn't tuck that nicely into pants. So what to do. Well adding collar tips, like these sterling ones, would certainly accessorize without the chunky necklaces I'm apt to favor. It's something I haven't quite seen before and I am fairly certain they'd be a conversation starter, plus they'd reinvent what I already own. Precisely what I'd been looking for!

(photo: courtesy of Fashion Toast)