She Shaman

LIU WEN BY GREG KADEL IN WILD DREAMS -VOGUE GERMANY NOVEMBER 2010

Modern Day Monk

Albino SS11


I love the ethnic Asian influence from this collections construction and silky floral prints.  It reminds me of the modern day monk.  And its calling all those ladies who are in the field of lightwork.  The YSL inspired Spring colors of Chartreuse, Lavendar, and Cement grey, gave its seeping sophistication a fresh take.  With a mix of geometric structure and flow, this collection personifies the balance we all strive to have in our daily lives...  Fortunately for us, we can Now.

Style Savant Sonia Eram

What drew me to this particular article was the word "savant".  Preceded by the word "style".  For those of you who are unaware of the term savant, it is a person of profound knowledge or extensive learning.  Yes, right up my alley.  Curiously, I began to read the article, wondering how a person can gain such a repetoire to be called a "Style Savant"...


Reading this article was the first time I learned of this fabu boutique and store owner.  Sonia Eram owns Mameg (Kurdish for "breast") boutique in Beverly Hills, CA.  A bit kitchy, but nonetheless still maintains its class.  Her "relative anonimity", as journalist Cat Doran put it, was something I admired.  It reminded me of Maison Martin Margiela, but I suppose that's why the two boutiques are conjoined at the hip on Santa Monica Blvd.  Mameg houses some of the most intricate, forward minds of fashion such as Huessin Chalayan and Viktor & Rolf.  Each piece in the store has a reason for being there.  Not just for the sake of making profit or succumbing to fashion trends.

She talks of her displacement in America because of her upbringing as an Iranian Kurdish woman, but transfers this passion into her work.  Chalayan describes her appeal as such "...  Being an outsider creates a sort of floating eye. It could be rootlessness—she belongs nowhere and everywhere."  You could tell her thought patterns lied outside the capitilistic perspective or the narcissist need to be different in an individualistic society as she honed in creating a space that personifies her Self.  The boutique is a direct indication of her personal experience in life.  “I’ve tried so hard to make Mameg a place where the love for hospitality, genuine curiosity, tolerance for new ideas, as well as past mistakes and purity of design, are welcomed and cherished.”   

Finally!!! Functional Fashion!

Chloe Dionee Folding Sunglasses

Quote of the Month

"The humblest materials make the most beautiful things sometimes"
-Keith Johnson
Buyer for Athropologie

Look Familiar...

I can only hope that one day my vision will encompass and shape the direction of fashion and life itself

(left) Brigette Nielson by Helmut Newton

(right) Amber Rose in Elle Oct 09 issue

Contributor's Note

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Settling For Pleather

Apparently, in this day and age, it's okay to settle. The market is over saturated with low quality stock... Thus, in economics, supply and demand would tell us that high quality goods must lower their standard prices, in order to compete with the demand for low quality stock.

Same goes with the economics of courtship. Men can't tell the difference between real leather versus synthetic. Assuming that it appears to be the same, a man goes for what cost less, what's not so hard to get. Now, maybe the advantages of synthetic fibers is the facade of something that looks real temporarily. But eventually, when the pleather cracks and peels its layers back, we all see the fibers of someone untwine. And all thats left, is, merely, a low grade jacket that can no longer be used. So what does he do? He throws it away, and searches for the new, fake leather jacket. With no foresight, that in the long run, this pattern of cheap cop-outs is, ultimately, more expensive.

Without teaching men the difference between leather versus synthetics, high quality goods are being sold for less. Women are giving up all that makes them REAL, a high quality good, for a fraction of what they're worth. Because of lack of effort and mere ignorance, Women settle, just as the men have. And the threat is that if Women don't, he'll run across a fluzzy pleather jacket in the sale rack of undesirable items, that he can get for less and throw it away at his discretion. All the while thinking, because he didn't pay much for it, it must not be worth much.

And that's it! If he doesn't pay much for it, Ladies, he doesn't think it's worth much. It's quite disheartening. Do not settle by lowering your standards for some heartthrob who doesn't understand the value of a real leather jacket. Even though leather jackets are durable, save yourself some wear and tear by making him pay what you are truly worth.

- AJ of Nirvana Style & Co.

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What to wear &

Who to be for NYE…

With the holiday credit card purchases bidding a do, not to mention, the economy's financial rut dragging at the heels of our shoes, who can possibly think of spending more on an extravagant ensemble for solely one occasion? A momentous occasion it is, as we conjure up resolution to change who we were that past year and become who we want to be in the coming year. Fortunately, not many set modest- or even remotely reasonable goals, so why does your New Years ensemble have to be? Who the NEW you in the NEW year???

PARTY GAL

Looking to spice up your life with a little fun? The original party gal exudes fun from her personality to her nightlife attire. Be festive from your head down to your shoes!

THE VAMP

No more wearing your heart on your sleeve. Femme fatale, mademoiselle. This irresistible look is bound to turn heads. Not to mention, break a few hearts.

FUTURISTIC INFERNO

Remaining one step ahead this year will ensure success in all your endeavors. Look to the future by planning ahead and wear this get up to show it!

THE REBEL

The only way to see change is to make change. And a rebel does just that. Go against the grain with an abnorm ensemble. Try it.. I dare you.

SOPHISTICATED SEXY

For those of you deciding to go back to school, transition into the corporate world, or just want some intellectual or professional interaction, walk into that holiday gathering in your stillettos with sophistication and style. Who's bringing sexy back?

CLASSY ICONIC

For those of you wanting to savor what this past year has brought to you, try this timeless look. A symbol of how somethings should never change because they're perfect just the way they are.

ROMANTICA

Any hopeless romantic who didn't have so much luck this past year, this look is for you. Whisk him away with an alluring attire. Now don't go looking for love in all the wrong places in this number.