Fringe sunglasses? Cool! Beyonce wore these while shooting a video. Photo from JustJared UPDATED TO ADD: I love Dlisted’s comment: “All the bitch needs is Kanye’s horizontal blinds sunglasses and she’d have a fucking complete window treatment.” UPDATED AGAIN TO ADD: Susie Bubble knows all! She thinks the sunglasses are by Bless and judging from…
accessories
Tell Me About It … Stud!
Today’s eBay picks are brought to you by Olivia Newton-John in Grease. Vintage studded Anne Klein boots Vintage studded dress 1930s studded belt Burberry Prorsum studded clutch If you bid, don’t forget to snipe! Getting back to Olivia’s definition of a stud, any studs reading this should check out my thoughts on men’s jewelry over…
This Pouch Read My Mind
I was just thinking along these lines. Anya Hindmarch makeup bag$195 at Vivre
Glovely Jennifer Lopez
I just noticed that in her 2004 Play video, Jennifer Lopez wore both fingerless gloves and finger-only gloves — a couple of years before those looks became more widespread. Play WendyB in 2007 Lindsay Lohan in Chanel fingerless gloves in 2007Photo from JustJared Paris Hilton in 2006 A five-finger half glove is currently sold out…
Free Association
Square shades from Slow and Steady Wins the Race Square-toed Balenciaga shoes Closing credits to awesome ’80s show Square Pegs “Hip to Be Square,” by Huey Lewis and the News, in American Psycho (bloody!) Rielle Hunter, inspiration for American Psycho‘s Alison Poole character
PSA: Shutter Shades and Current/Elliott
This is a public service announcement for the people who find my blog while searching for Venetian-blind or shutter sunglasses. 80spurple.com has what you’re looking for in a variety of colors. The site also has a “half-shutter” style. Other people are looking for Current/Elliott boyfriend jeans. Here’s where you can get them: Singer22 Chick Downtown…
Oh Lady E Meets Hairy Mary
Gorgeous blogger Oh Lady E was in town on Friday. We had dinner at Novita, then hopped a cab to Orchard Street to see if my friend Evan was at his shop. He wasn’t, so we wandered across the street to Hairy Mary’s Vintage & Design, where we met the delightful Sharon. Sharon has some…
Shady
The giant sunglasses worn by tout le monde these past few years never looked good on me, so I became obsessed by little round ones. I’ve been getting a lot of use out of this pair. In Water Mill, N.Y., on July 4Doesn’t it look like that car is driving through my head? I got…
Want to Be Framed?
One of you bloggers recently expressed a fondness for clear/translucent eyeglass frames and cat-eye frames. I can’t remember which of you it was! Anyway, here is a pair of translucent cat-eyes from eBay. Moschino frames from eBay
Stuck a Feather in Her Hair
More peacocks! This hairclip is $62 at Shopbop. Shopbop describes it as “So Stevie Nicks circa 1979,” but to me it’s “So Mahwah High School circa 1982.” I guess we were behind the times. The Shopbop version is all snazzy, with a plastic comb-like clip. That’s not how it was originally done! Back in the…