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Got this black linen long shirt with gold piping and gold buttons. This outfit only looks good in my mirror–the mirror is warped, so I look stretched out and thinner. I wanted to preserve this look. In real life, it looks like I’m wearing a black bag with gold dots.

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Saw a cool window at Bergdorf’s a few weeks back. A shoe display was setup in a wall to wall, ceiling to floor window display. You could see shoes and a chandelier reflected infinity times…

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In the west village today, walking around with my life partner.

We were on Bleeker when we witnessed a woman carrying 2 large containers out of Magnolia Bakery. The containers were filled with cupcakes–3 tiers per container. Throngs of women approached the containers and started munching on the treats.

Quite a scene, along with the long line winding around the cupcake shop. They’re not THAT good. Especially the cake-it’s rather dry and rubbery. I’ve never seen the SATC episode where this bakery was mentioned.
Perhaps I will one day, be compelled to appreciate these cupcakes.

Taking a nice autumn stroll on Bleeker, we passed by a few Ralph Lauren stores decorated for Halloween.

Here is the window for the women’s store–a fairy princess/gypsy…typical girly costume. The props are kinda cool–broken decrepid doll…antique, spooky, shabby chic look…

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For the rugged double RL store, windows displayed skeletons wearing RL flannel and sweaters…

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Not planning on celebrating Halloween, but if I was, I wouldn’t be picking out a costume at Ralph Lauren.

Went shopping.

Rather, window shopping. I had my eye on a few things…

Dior windows set mannequins on NYC fire escapes. It looked quite crappy in real life, but for some reason, the picture below made it look rather decent.

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LV fluff. This looked comfortable to wear. Probably made of silk and probably feels like cotton candy–or it’ll make you feel like you ARE cotton candy.

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And finally, YSL sandals–they look like shoes that had put on an Herve Leger dress… (also clearest picture of the night)…

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Ralph Lauren. East Hampton.  July 11, 2009.

Perhaps these windows were up prior to P.Diddy’s white party.

The gold is pretty RL. I’m not sure if anyone there would be willing to try on anything as eclectic as gypsy pants. Fancy dress and blazer yes, but the pants are quite a departure from the traditional equestrian/yacht look. Then again, there was one year Ralph Lauren focused on bull fighting and a gaucho theme. Not too American and I certainly don’t imagine anyone in native to East Hampton wearing those.

Bergdorf Goodman is currently promoting the Model as Muse exhibition at the Met with their interpretation of iconic photo shoots from Vogue. The mannequins were of much better quality at Bergdorf than at the Met–mannequins used in the exhibition had cracks and holes in them. Images of Cindy, Naomi, Kate, Linda, Claudia, and many other supermodels are celebrated in the iconic images displayed in the Bergdorf windows.

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Supermodel faces

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Modern day Louis XIV court

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Bergdorf replaced elephants with skinny giraffes and Dior with Balenciaga

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Mod Twiggy

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Motorcycle leather without the frou frou skirts found at the Met

Bergdorf used dresses and accesories from the latest collections of designer clothing to create classic looks from the past.

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Moschino is known for its cutsy bows found everywhere from bags to belts. Here the morbidly sweet Moschino bow is blown up 100 times and framed on top of a khaki colored raincoat.

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Mannequins in a forest of blow up dinos at Stella McCartney on 14th Street. Black and white jungle leaf prints on bags, shirts, and pants.  A black jumpsuit similar to YSL‘s safari jacket is also featured.

A joint curation between the 7eleven gallery and Nick Poe features art by New York artists. The art is playful and features youthful motifs–Sylvester the cat, colorful dinosaurs, and a wall hanging reminiscent of road runner cartoons decorates an industrial space in Chelsea.

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Sylvester the cat

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Wild E. Coyote prop

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Dinosaurs!

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Artists featured: Tim Barber, Sebastian Bear-McClard, Sebastian Black, Maximilian Bode, Sarah Charlesworth, Francesco Clemente, Billy Copley, Patricia Cronin, Lance De Los Reyes, India Donaldson, Lena Dunham, Judith Hudson, Fab 5 Freddy, Fancesco Galetto, Alex Kalman, Maira Kalman, Tibor Kalman, Mel Kendrick, Victor Kerlow, Barney Kulok, Eva LeWitt, Troy Lumpkin, Alex Massouras, Michael McClard, Thomas McDonell, Harry McNally, Casey Neistat, Van Neistat, Deniz Ozuygur, Peter Passuntino, Grear Patterson, Paolo Pelosini, Nick Poe, Nico Ponce De Leon Dios, Paula Poons, Steve Powers, Alex Rickard, Alexis Rockman, Theo Rosenblum, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Kenny Scharf, Laurie Simmons, Gordon Stevenson, Billy Sullivan, Jonathan Waite & Robert Waltzer

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Mannequins on Modrian

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Gaudi knock off pole

Sportmax windows in Soho feature Mondrian and Gaudi. Not sure where the art intersects with the fashion. The window props are funky. Mannequins stepping over Mondrian and gypsy pants near a Gaudi inspired pole.

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Pinkyotto windows in both Soho and the East Village feature this ensemble:
Hairy white shrug
High waist printed skirt
Pearls

It’s not a particularly beautiful outfit. The hairy white shrug makes it unique and eye catching but not necessarily tasteful. I’m not sure why it’s featured at both stores.

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Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland
Queen of Hearts in Moschino greeting window viewers as Alice was greeted. The Queen’s card soldiers (who were painting the roses red…) stand next to her.

I would imagine Moschino to be worn by a darker version of Alice. Instead, the dress is on the Queen of Hearts. Perhaps the black dress has commanding power when worn.