fashion

14 Jun 2010 6 Comments

country mart'ing

Los Angeles likes its country marts. And I’m glad it does. I like um too.

Don’t be fooled by the name, because they aren’t what you’d typically think of as a “mart” – these are actually unique upscale outdoor shopping centers. But the name “country mart” is kind of cute and appealing, right? I am assuming they were more mart-like in the past and have evolved over the years into what they are today.

First up: Malibu Country Mart. It is made of 2 parts: the older, original section and then a newer section, built just last year. It is called The Lumber Yard, due to the fact that it was literally built on an old lumber yard.  Its design is inspired by the Malibu surfing culture and the vintage surfboard form. Very cool.

Here we ate Crumbs cupcakes before noon, hung out in James Perse’s beach house, perused Alice + Olivia’s latest collection, admired goth jewelry at Maxfield and fell in love all over again with the J.Crew.

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tomorrow:    Country Mart’ing Part 2:  Brentwood Country Mart

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credits:  all photography by Tara R. McNulty (except the one of me)

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by Tara in fashion, shopping Tags: , , ,

11 Jun 2010 5 Comments

an LA story

Just got back from 3 days in L.A. playing and shopping. Had the best time. As a girl who grew up in Seattle, L.A. is a true novelty to me.  It’s like an exotic foreign land. Everyone’s so good looking! And the Sun! And the celebrities! And the shopping. In case you didn’t hear, L.A. has great shopping….

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we stayed at the Mondrian on Sunset

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Long days spent shopping are best started with a latte from Cafe Primo on Sunset

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Breakfast at Chanel in Saks

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Ultimate L.A. shopping experience: Fred Segal on Melrose

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One of the coolest and most unique shops I have ever seen is the Double RL store across the street from Fred Segal. Double RL is a newish concept from Mr. Ralph Lauren. It’s an edgier, grittier (non preppy) version of Rugby. This store is in an old mechanic shop and has a vintage industrial look. The front garage style doors open for an indoor/outdoor shopping experience.

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Outside the pink Paul Smith store on Melrose

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Unfortunately, you can’t really take pictures inside the stores. I had to be sneaky with those ones inside Fred Segal and no one happened to be around at the time (they don’t really do the store justice anyway). Store owners don’t want you knocking off their interior design/merchandising style.

more LA stories to come- up next:  Country Mart’ing

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credits: all photography by Tara R. McNulty except the ones of me  <3

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08 Jun 2010 4 Comments

L.A. bound

This morning I am jet setting off to L.A. for work.  Lucky me! That does mean, though, that I will be MIA for a few days - but I will be back here blogging about my trip on Friday.

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So what exactly does one pack for a 3 day working/shopping/cocktailing trip to L.A. with some trendy fashion girls? Luckily, they’re not the kind of company that judges for overpacking. Here’s some what I have decided on:

Gap cotton tanks to tuck into short black tulip skirt for breakfasting at Barneys on Wilshire, Joie silk key printed dolman dress for dinner at AOC, Kooba chain strap purse, scarves for airplane warmth and outfit dimension, Frye leather sandals, strands of colorful beads, tie dye print long knit dress for shopping the Malibu Country Mart, lavender crop top to wear with black skinny jeans, gold and blue stone gypsy earrings, dolce vita black back zip heels and a black strappy Ella Moss dress for afternoon hang-out at the Mondrian Sky Bar.

Who wants to meet me for a cocktail?

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by Tara in fashion, travel Tags: , , , ,

07 Jun 2010 No Comments

outfit envy

this chick has totally stolen my look….

except not really – because she’s doing it way better than i ever could. i mean, she’s really killing it.

… that dress, that belt, those shoes, those shades…

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02 Jun 2010 5 Comments

getting carrie'd away

My long holiday weekend started out far more glamorous than it ended (in the coming posts you shall see…). On Thursday evening, my college girlfriends and I went and saw Sex and the City 2 at the Sundance Kabuki Theatre here in San Francisco. Despite its critically panned over-the-top excessiveness and weak story-line, I loved it. It was just so fun to watch! And the Fashion! It made the movie. Especially the Desert Fashion. I am trying to decide when and where I can rock a turban….

In order to celebrate the new movie and a night out with my girlfriends (Happy 25th birthday, Aileen), I threw on my most Carrie-inspired ensemble.

The dress is by Rojas. It is hard to tell from these pictures, but it has a pleated look much like the very cool and numerous Halston Heritage dresses Carrie wears throughout the movie (SJP is their new creative director).

The layered necklaces I wore were an ode to young Carrie from the early SATC seasons. And since I am such a nostalgic sucker for those episodes from the late 1990s, early 2000s, one of my favorite moments of the movie was when Carrie came out wearing this:

The John Galliano for Dior newspaper dress Carrie first wore in Season 3, when she went to meet Big’s ex Natasha. Adorable. Loved it. It was a cute tie-in the the early days of Carrie and Big’s relationship, too. Nicely done.

The only thing I do have to say about the fashion in the movie was that everyone was just so dressed up all of the time. Carrie even wore an evening gown to hang out around the apartment with Big. Remember when she used to wear hilariously funky lounging outfit get-ups while writing in front of her window and narrating to us? I missed that.

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