Third Times a Charm: Olivia Polermo on The Sartorialist

We have to admitt that we usually dismiss the cast members of The City and The Hills as wanna be actresses rather than up-and-coming fashion designers/tastemakers/stylish human beings.  We wish that we could praise these girls for some kind of contribution to the fashion industry, but we typically think that the shows give the fashion industry a bad name, while also painting an unrealistic picture of working in fashion.

However, today we are biting our tongues.  Olivia Palermo has proven to be a bit of a tough girl throughout this season of The City, but let's be honest, we really don't care about the plot.  She continues to assert herself as someone who won't be pushed around, and she does so in some of the best put together outfits we have ever seen.

It looks like Scott Schuman thinks so too.  Today we saw that Olivia was posted for the 3rd time on The Sartorialist.  She was posted for the first time on the blog about 5 seasons back, followed by the two pictures above.  The one on the left is from the fall shows in February 2009 and the right one was posted on Saturday and was taken during the London shows.

We have to hand it to her, she has impeccable style.  We take back our dismissive attitude about her, and we will now start following her clothing choices more carefully.

Also, don't forget Scott Schuman from the Sartorialist will be doing a book signing on Thursday Oct 22 at the Beverly Center in LA from 8-10

Keeping in theme with the model obsession....

We have been looking back at all the shows over the last 6 weeks and have been trying to piece together which models showed the most, where they showed, in what cities etc and who we think will be in the next group of it girls.  Thankfully for us, Models.com, Altimara and The Fashion Spot have compiled lists of the models that have walked in the most shows.

Out of the list, we have picked these three ladies as the ones to watch:

Coming in at #1 is Constance Jablonski (middle picture) of ELITE Milan.  She showed in 72 shows, opened 8 and closed 3.

#3 Kasia Struss (pictured to the left) of Women Paris showed in 61 shows, opened 3, closed 1 and scored a new Balenciaga Campaign

#4 Frida Gustavsson, (pictured to the right) of IMG Paris did 60 shows, opened 4, closed two and is the new face of sensation of the season.

We love these three fresh faces for a few reasons.  Constance has an amazing face, with strong cheekbones and piercing eyes.  She also has impeccable style on and off the runway. Frida's look is younger and more innocent than the others, however she has recently started to embrace the rocker chic trend and show her versatility as a model through different types of shows and shoots. Kasia is most likely the biggest IT girl of the season.  Her features are strong, but her look is still soft.  She has an amazing face and strong features and she was just recently chosen as the new face of Balenciaga.  Expect to see alot more from her in the next few months.

All 3 girls have great threads on the fashion spot, so to see more of them view the links below:
Constance's thread
Frida's thread
Kasia's thread

We caught the model bug

Check out this oldschool video of Kate Moss, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell posing for a Perelli calendar shoot. This was a nice find on Fashionista on this rainy Wednesday morning.

Model of the Moment: Sasha Pivovarova

Sasha was quite popular this show season.  It seems designers, editors and girls everywhere just can't get enough of her (us included!)  Not only has she been the face of Prada for the last six seasons but she walked in the Spring 2010 shows for Valentino, Chloe, Stella Mccartney, Chanel, Celine, Louis Vuitton, John Galliano and Hermes (to name a few).  Check out her Modelinia profile here and see her show pictures on style.com here.

pictures: top left Tommy Ton, others tfs.

Our Recent Shoe Obsessions

Death by Shoes by thestylistla featuring Christian Louboutin shoes

Would you rock sequined lingerie?

We love the trend of showing off exquisite bras underneath tanks with low armholes, see through tops and even sometimes underneath the perfect boyfriend blazer.  We have filled our closets with lacy bras of many colors just to indulge ourselves in the trend of having these once private items shown to the public.

We found this picture from New York Fashion week on Jak and Jil's blog.  We had never thought of wearing a bra adorned with sequins or jewels.  We must admitt, this is a pretty amazing look.  Would you ever wear undergarments like this?  And if you already do wear them, are they comfortable at all?

We are very intrigued.

Street Style from Tommy Ton (via Style.com)

Often times some of our best fashion inspiration comes from outfits worn by everyday people doing everyday things. We nearly die of happiness when we see a perfectly put together outfit, outside of a store or off the runway. We think it is an amazing talent to be able to create a great look and take it out to the streets, hence why some of our favorite blogs include The Sartorialist and Garance Dore (who both capture the art of every day people dressed impeccably on the street).

We are very excited to see this new piece on style.com. Photo blogger, Tommy Ton (of JakandJil) captures the amazing looks of people outside of the spring 2010 runway shows (in all four major cities). Granted these people aren't really doing every day things, we still love it. This piece captures some of the fashion worlds most stylish people and the outfits that they chose for some of the years most important events

Check it out. They are still adding more pictures as we type...

Picture courtesy of JakandJil

Paris Favorites: Lanvin, Sonia Rykiel and Lagerfeld

Lanvin, Sonia Rykiel and Lagerfeld.  Pictures courtesy of Marcio Madeira for Style.com

Obsession of the Day

We just came across this picture and absolutely had to share it.  Rumi from Fashion Toast just posted this picture of herself in an amazing outfit, that just happens to be a backwards sweater.  We are obsessed. So basically we will be spending next weekend searching for a sweater that one of us can do this to as well....

Thanks Rumi for the inspiration.

Paris Fashion Week: Balmain, Our Favorites

All pictures from Marcio Madeira for Style.com

Lady Gaga comic book to be available at Marc Jacobs stores

It's pretty obvious how much we love Lady Gaga, I mean, we named our mannequin after her!  We just got news that Brian Einersen is creating a comic book around this amazing lady, and it will be sold exclusively at MJ's stores for only 2 dollars.  We hear it is pretty funny and basically amazing.  So go grab one to get you through hump day!

We HAVE to have this

We just came across this bag on style.com.  Alexander Wang will be selling it along with his Spring 2010 collection.  He has redone his infamous duffel with see through material.  Wow, we wish we could get our hands on this now....

It Girl of the Month: Zoe Kravitz (September Edition)

Who She is: The daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, Zoe was born in LA in 1988.

What she does: Zoe is best known for her acting and musical endeavors.  She has been in numerous movies, most notably, No Reservations (with Catherine Zeta Jones).  She has also been involved in a number of new movies that are in post production and set to be released in 2010 including the much anticipated Twelve (with Keifer Southerland and Chase Crawford).

Zoe is also the lead singer of Elevator Fight, a rock band based out of Philadelphia. After listening to a few songs off of their myspace page, we must say, we are a bit impressed with her voice.

Why We love her:  This girl is busy creating her own path and making her own successes all the while expressing a style that epitomizes hippie chic.  She is always one step ahead of the trend, in style and in music.  She is dating Andrew VanWyngarden from MGMT.  We aren't usually ones to care about who is dating who, but we think this pairing is pretty cool.

On her style:  For Zoe, hippie chic was never a trend.  She has always thrown together outfits that seem to be effortlessly stylish.  She represents numerous trends but always manages to maintain a sense of her own style throughout the process.  Some of her favorites include: stacked hemp and wooden bracelets, flowy sundresses, headbands of all different kinds and if it's the right concert, she even will rock some facepaint.  We like to look at Zoe's outfits and gain inspiration from her out of the box outfits.  We think you should enjoy it too....