Death By Vintage Peacock Wall Art

($2,700, Candystorecollective.com)

Peacock, peacock on the wall? Why are you the most beautiful but outlandishly expensive vintage wall art of them all? Weep.

On Sale NOW: Charlotte Ronson Boots!

($74, Charlotte Ronson, Candystorecollective.com)

Look at these perfect black slouchy Charlotte Ronson boots. I know it's practically summer, but they're SO on sale. (And they're right there in EVERY size!) And all they want to do is to make you happy. I know you'll do the right thing.

I Dream Of... This Corey Lynn Calter Tory Dress

($220, Corey Lynn Calter, Candystorecollective.com)

I also dream that it was like 1/4 of the price. Still, is it not the perfect shade of vintagey blush/ rose? So many cute tan flat options too. Balls, economy!

I Really Really Need These f-troupe Black Boots!

The basic black boots I currently own I wear about three to four times per week, and I've worn them so much that there's almost no difference between their soles and asphalt. They're from the '80s, and I found them in a scary thrift store in a rather scary part of Paris, but it was all good because I got them for like 10 Euros. But that was about three years ago and one original sole ago. It is time. to. move. on. Perhaps to these?

($190, f-troupe, CandyStoreCollective.com)

Like the Ayla boots I love -- I have them in Tokyo and Manhattan -- they're wide at the top to accommodate soccer-player calves (even if/ when you don't play soccer, ahem!) They also remind me of Golden Goose boots, but they're about 1/10th the price. AND they're on sale! I think Imma getum!

Pony Necklace: A Tribute to Thumbelina, World's Small Horse

Real quick last post of the day...

I saw Thumbelina this weekend -- the world's wee-est horse! She's only 60 pounds and apparently likes to sleep -- probably because she had kids (um, and grown-ups... guilty) gaping, hemming and hawing at her all day on Saturday, when I saw her at the Natural History Museum's opening day celebration of their new exhibit, The Horse."

Apparently she travels around in the "Thumby-mobile," visiting sick kids and melting hearts in her wake with her freakishly adorable teensy stature. She's only about a foot high! Eeee!

Sadly, I didn't get to see her for long, because I was surrounded by pushy children and even pushier prototypical New Yorky parents, and I felt bad for her (the horse, that is), so I snapped the above pic and scurried away, but her sweet, sleeping mini-horseness will live on in my heart forever.

To commemorate her, check out this horse necklace:

($34, Frozen Peas, CandyStoreCollective.com)

Sweet, and cute, like Thumby herself. Won't somebody think of the kids -- i.e. me -- and get me this? Please? I barely even got to see Thumbelina!!!


... More cute stuff:

($40, Pony Attack, LittlePaperPlanes.com)

By the awesomely-named San Diego duo Pony Attack.

($24, Caitlin Keegan, LittlePaperPlanes.com)

The rare piece of non-wearable art -- "Horse Lady," by Caitlin Keegan. I like to think of it as "Me + Thumby = TLAAF!"

And, sorry to OT for a second, but I also love this one:

($24, Caitlin Keegan, LittlePaperPlanes.com)

Peacocks! My second-fave! (Don't worry, Thumby! You'll always be first!)

My New Aoyama Itchome Dress!

It's Wedding S/S '08 season -- I have at least four between next weekend and October. I say "at least" because you never know who's gonna pull the trigger at the last minute, be it a shotgun wedding (helllloooooo Ashlee Simpson!) or one of those "fuck-it-let's-do-it-now" joints. So, of course, I needed a new dress to wear on this season's circuit.

Target: Atlantic Avenue and points south.

Budget: Under $200. Preferably well under that, but sometimes it ends up being worth it to spend more money and less time/ sanity. Although, ONE dress for $200 around Atlantic Ave. is no easy feat...

BUT...

I'd stopped into Aoyama Itchome a few weeks after it opened on Atlantic Avenue. Aoyama Itchome, by the way, is named for named for Japanese designer Hogo Natsuwa, who resides in Paris, and started Aoyama Itchome in 2001.

Honestly, I liked a lot of the dresses, but I wasn't into all of the pretty-peasant-style flowy dresses, painted silks and and other frocks in a variety of worry-doll wovens.

But I stopped by again today, and I walked out with this pretty, forgiving, flattering, and 'fordable frock:

($155, Aoyama Itchome)

Purdy, right? And in case you're interested, you can't shop the store online, but you can stop by: at 296 Atlantic Ave.

Now... shoes: I might get some pretty purple heels, or these, which I blogged about before:

($104, Pura Lopez, Amazon)

Si? Are the studs too much? I kinda think they'ze just right.

+ More Aoyama Itchome pretties:

(Aoyama Itchome, Noisette)

Sold out! BOOOO!

($60, Aoyama Itchome, Noisette)
Best! Wintery!

($108, Aoyama Itchome, CandyStoreCollective.com)

Such pretty fall colors.

($108, Aoyama Itchome, Aqui-Nobhill.com)

Purdy. Would be even cuter with some tights and flats, and not Mom Jeans.

($79, Aoyama Itchome, eBay)

Love the bib front. Git it, girl!