Week of May 20, 2013 - Favorite Things

My Favorite things...
                              from last week and weekend.

Sally Draper reading Rosemary's Baby in last night's Mad Men, which was one of the most revealing episodes yet.

Frank Ocean's cover of Gaga's "Bad Romance"

Andrew Garfield in NYC (in & out of the spidey suit)! 

Best Dressed from Cannes 2013

 Jennifer Lawrence in two looks from Dior.

 Jessica Chastain in Chanel | Casey Affleck in Dior Homme

Zoe Saldana in Lanvin | Rachel Bilson in Dolce and Gabbana

Photos courtesy of: TheCut/ NYMag

May 1, 2012

Jane Sterling's Futuristic princess/"Dinner with a side of LSD trip" outfit on the April 22 episode of Mad Men. The glitter mid-drift cut-out and color palette is reminiscent of Marc Jacobs' Spring 2010 collection. Too much, and too good.

After 34 years of wild-child fashion, Betsey Johnson has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. She will reportedly still be designing sportswear for the Steve Madden line. Sure, designers such as Jeremy Scott, Meadham Kirchoff, and Jean-charles de Castelbajac will continue to use color and pop culture iconography in fashion, but there is only one Betsey Johnson.

The Fall 2012 Alexander McQueen collection behind the scenes video with DAZED which Stylite referred to as "fashion porn", and I agree. Also, the very interesting spread in May 2012 VOGUE, "Jewel in the Crown" which focuses on the headpieces/art created by Julien d'Ys.

Photo credit: AMC, Vogue, Stylite, DAZED Mag

Paging Betty Draper to the Runway...

I can't believe it has taken me this long to get into AMC's Mad Men,

but now that I have started watching,

(beginning Season One right after Black Friday and currently starting Season Four)

...I'm HOOKED.

Betty Draper has got to be one of my favorite female lead characters in television now. Not only does January Jones (-future Versace Spring11 Ad Campaign model) portray the 60's depressed housewife perfectly, she started bring back the 60's "open umbrella under the dress" look way before this past Fall season when it was shown again Paris & Milan with Louis Vuitton and Prada.

Slim waists, billowing bottoms and prints, prints, prints...

PRADA, Fall 2010

Louis Vuitton, Fall 2010

That is the other reason I am posting this...it is so sad to me that I am just now picking up on this trend besides the fact I don't know how many times I have passed the ads this season in about 20 fashion editorial magazines.

PRADA Fall 2010 Campaign

Louis Vuitton Fall 2010 Campaign

SO, here it is. The post that I should have posted in September.

The 60's are here for Fall, and now, 70's for Spring!

The 70's revival is so exciting. All about exhilarating colors and prints. (Reds, oranges, deep purples, neons, and animal prints ---LEOPARD), but that post will come later! Enjoy, my post I am ashamed to be posting in late December just as Fall is coming to a close, but I feel is too good to not post!

Happy Holidays!

Blonde Bombshells for Spring!

First off, I'd like to start by apologizing for my absence for almost an ENTIRE MONTH from StopTalking. I really can't pinpoint a concrete reason other than a lack of news I found worthy of posting or just laziness. Sorry either way! :(

Secondly, THIS. (below)

Yeah, just James being himself, hitting on himself in a mirror. He's just that good.

And now I'll spit out some news I guess...

-Blake Lively is Chanel S11 Handbag Ad Campaign's lucky lady! :) But is it any surprise? I think I recall reading an article where Karl said he "adored" her and I knew something had to happen. Plus all the Paris Haute Couture BFF time with Anna this past summer...

& I've recently become obsessed with MAD MEN, so of course it would only become a matter of time that I become obsessed with January Jones and her

House of Versace-muse-flawlessness.

Donatella has named January the Model for the Versace S11 Ad campaign (!!!YAY!!!)...also not groundbreaking since Donatella and January are attached at the hip and January has been draped in Versace everywhere! Who can forget the already infamous blue Emmy gown. She and Blake both such timeless looks. I guess blonde is in for Spring...also, not a surprise.

UPDATE: (December 18 --- The first images of the campaign have been released. (below).)

ENJOY!