Selective Lifestyle Trends
To anyone studying or working in home decor, learning about trends in interior decorating is one of the most exciting parts of life. And it should be, aside from work, the home is where we spend the bulk of our time, and like clothing it needs to be a reflection of us. Style Bust searches the web for the latest and greatest trends for the home; our hope is that you can use some of our findings in the environment you’ve created at home!
My Guilty Pleasures
13 years ago
I have so many guilty pleasures. Here’s a collage of them for you!
From top to bottom: every kind of cheese (and butter), every kind of ice cream (including sorbet, frozen yogurt and gelato), sparkling water (any brand will do, or homemade), asics tennis shoe, dark chocolate, every kind of beer, most red wines, naps as often as possible, stripes, and corduroys (in the background).
A Habit I Wish I Didn’t Have
13 years ago
Comparing myself to other people. It’s an awful thing to do and an extremely hard thing not to do. But I think all girls learn to compare themselves to others girls in junior high (correct me if I’m wrong). Some girls learn to ditch it, others struggle a little more – I’m the others.
Of course I don’t compare myself to celebrities…but others have compared me to these gals, so it seemed fitting to add them here!
My Top 3 SF Fashion Designers
13 years ago
Day 16 of the 30 Day Blogging Challenge is about my Top 3 SF Fashion Designers.
This one is tricky because even though I support a lot of local designers by going to their fashion shows and covering the on this website, I still own few garments designed by SF designers.
I’m a huge fan of Kajan Padraig. Cake Carlos and Patrick Steber make up the design duo behind the label. The team met while working under Lily Samii. Not only are their pieces gorgeous, and perfect for every type of event – I also really like their label even more because I know the designers behind the label and really like them. Here’s an interview I did with them earlier this year.
Bacca Da Silva is another local favorite for womenswear – he also does menswear, but I can’t remember if I’ve ever seen it or not. His designs are very cutting edge for SF, he incorporates great prints (in large-scale) and right colors. I think everything Bacca made for his Spring 2012 collection I would love to wear.
I was introduced to Alyssa Nicole and her line during San Francisco Fashion Week 2010 (here’s a link to my review of her collection shown at Fashion Week). She really knows how to make flattering, reasonably priced pieces.
My Celebrity Crushes
13 years ago
Day 12 of the 30-day Blogging Challenge asks that I share my celebrity crushes.
Regular readers my remember an earlier post I wrote about my main celebrity crush, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He will continue to be my main celebrity crush. Everything about him is just dreamy. He’s a great actor, he’s directed a short film that was selected for the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. He runs hitRECord.org, an online collaborative production company that shares its profits with contributing artists. He just sounds like a cool guy, doesn’t he?
My other main actor musician crush is Jason Schwartzman. He first won my heart in Rushmore in 1998. I think I’ve liked everything he’s been in, including Phantom Planet and Coconut Records.
I guess I have a thing for smaller, dark haired dudes…maybe it’s becuase I’m so blonde.
Check Out OhThatsYou.com
13 years ago
We’ve all been there before – seen great fashion or beauty tips in magazines we want to copy, but in reality, we just know we won’t be able to pull them off!
OhThatsYou.com is a new online platform that gives friends a place to give and get fashion and beauty advice from their trusted social circle. OhThatsYou.com allows users to interact with their trusted circle to make style and purchasing decisions, as well as receive personal fashion and beauty recommendations on items that ork with their face and body type.
OhThatsYou.com puts users in more control over their style through integrated tools that enables users to:
- Interact with their trusted circle–including their friends and other members with similar attributes and lifestyles–to make style and purchasing decisions
- Use the OTY Window-Shopper to collect fashion images that suit their tastes
- Mix and match these items to create different looks
- Receive OTY generated personal fashion and beauty recommendations on items that suit their face and body type
Our personal style is a combination of our unique physical attributes, the sum total of our experiences and our environment…..Oh That’s You! OhThatsYou.com enables members to find their own unique personal style, whether they want to fit in or stand out. Stated Azita Gandjei, founder of Oh That’s You!
I signed up last night and completely updated my profile within minutes.
Options for body shape include: pear, hourglass, v-shaped or straight-line shape (no doubt I’m straight-lined).
Skin Type gets fairly detailed, options here include: Environmentally Damaged and Hyper-pigmentation. I considered selecting environmentally damaged skin since I have a sunspot on my cheek that is cramping my style, but decided on combination skin.
This new site is definitely a place to hang out and lose track of time in. There are tons of products to look at, and buy. You can also upload your current closet to keep track of your clothing and outfits digitally. I think this is the perfect place to go an learn more about fashion, trends and beauty.
Something I Ate Today
13 years ago
I ended my day with one of my favorite desserts, homemade Pecan, Caramel & Fudge Pie (it’s delicious with ice cream).
I made this pie on Sunday since we were having a dinner guest. Note: I dislike cooking & baking…sad I know, but I get absolutely no pleasure in the kitchen. The only time I really attempt to make tasty food is when we have guests over. So in hopes of getting better at this domesticated eating style, I’ll be inviting more friends over for dinner to gain the skills and maybe force myself into liking this whole homemaker lifestyle.
This Pecan, Caramel & Fudge Pie is super easy to make (I buy the crust rather than make it myself). You can find the recipe here on Epicurious.
A Book I Love
13 years ago
Day 10 of the 30 Day Lifestyle Blogging Challenge is about a book that I love.
I read Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen during my honeymoon last month. It was a fun and easy beach read about a man named Jacob Jankowski, and his experience with the circus. I can’t remember the last time I read novel so quickly, you must go get it! Also, I just learned that there is a movie out based on the book starring Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson…I’ll have to add this to my Netflix queue!
Another book I read this year that I absolutely loved was Patti Smith’s Just Kids, which I covered in 10 Books To Add To Your Reading List back in January. This book was also hard to put down because the story of Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith’s life together is so compelling. They were out rubbing shoulders with the next ‘it’ group of artists, musicians and actors during the 60’s and 70’s.
My Weekly Rituals
13 years ago
Day 9 of the 30 Day Lifestyle Blogging Challenge is about my weekly rituals. Aside from doing laundry on the weekends, working out at least 4 times a week and bringing lunch to work at least once a week, my rituals are pretty minimal.
I guess I have to admit I usually have at least 4 online shopping carts going at a time – so this is a bit of a ritual as I can’t imagine life without these open carts. They’re usually on Urban Outfitters, J.Crew, Amazon, Beauty.com and Running Warehouse. Usually once a week I will push one of the carts through to an order, so I have a constant influx of weekly deliveries of clothing and accessories.
Today I received my order from last week, Gap was having a 30% off Sale Items Sale…and I just can’t resist a good bargain. Tyler just shakes his head in disgust. Luckily, we’ve decided that even though we’re married we don’t need to share bank accounts. This has worked out extremely well for me because I can just throw out random amounts each package is worth, and he’ll never know!