street inspiration: fall 2009

note: I'm all for flowers and bright colors for fall. why not!?!

  

PS:  can I please be as cool as her (see below) when I grow up! please? (adorable.)

photos from: hellooks, the sartorialist,garance dore

I know I promised to do more personal style blogging. I'm not doing a very good job with that yet but...

I'm working on it - scouts honor!

art of the trench

I know I have expressed my love of le trench coat on this blog at least once or twice before, however, two trench-related items have come up over the past few days so I am compelled to revisit this iconic piece of clothing...

First off... I, along with several other bloggers, was asked by Kristin of IdiosyncraticStyle what my ‘Holy Fashion Grail’ items would be.  I decided to go ultra-classic with my answers; instead of saying oh, i don't know a vintage Chanel/Givenchy gown or similar, I went with a black quilted Chanel bag and of course, a classic Burberry Trench Coat.  These are things I could see myself wearing forever because they will simply never go out of style. That's right, sometimes even I can be (stylishly) practical! check out idiosyncraticstyle

 

The second trench-related item is the launch of Burberry's "Art of the Trench" website (with images by the lovely Scott, The Sartorialist among others).  It includes street-style images of people around the globe wearing Burberry trench coats, a history of the trench over the past 100 years, and you can even submit your own photos which is pretty cool. So prepare to clock some Burberry browsing time...

more here.