{ flight suit }

{ travel gear: F21 laptop case (i carried it as a clutch HERE), coach carry-on, tumi suitcase // wearing: lanvin for h+m sunnies, eskuche headphones, leifsdottir cardigan, missoni shirt, anya hindmarch bag, gifted elizabeth & james 'jimi' jeans, stuart weitzman boots }

i snapped these pics en route to the airport over the weekend, and am coming to you now from las vegas, where i've decamped for a few days' work before fashion week kicks off. traditionally, i'd prefer to wear something drapier for the flight, but after being patted down in surprisingly suspicious palazzo pants too many times, i've finally given in to more mainstream travel togs ~ ie something less likely to arouse unwanted attention at check-in. luckily, these elizabeth & james dungarees (which i feel very lucky to have scored in two colorways, these being the 'warm rinse') are so soft and stretchy that i barely know they're there! add in a silken tee and ruffled cardi and it all made for a pretty easy compromise ~ and an impressively pain-free flight.

{ dolce & gabblamourai }

{ runway photos via style.com }
i love that sunday's dolce + gabbana collection was accessorized with my very own rose-gold eskuche headphones! i've always thought of them more as a piece of jewelry than a practicality. if you too like your surround sound to sparkle, they're currently available here.

{ bag it up }

{ above: outside & in my rebecca minkoff 'nikki' bag: i love the little birdie lining! }

to salute the premier of tweet my bag, i thought it would be fun to do a good old fashioned 'what's in my purse?' post. here's what i carry with me every day:

though i prefer a canon G10 for blog photos, i like to carry the more portable power shot around for everyday snaps. i make my own music with bike keys and extra jewelry jingle-jangling at the bottom of my bag, but eskuche headphones (permanantly plugged into my iphone) are better at drowning out crying babies on the subway. a coinpurse from chinatown in san fransisco totes touch-up essentials: powder, lip gloss, cuticle cream, chanel 'coco mademoiselle' perfume mini (in a cool lipstick-like case), and an antique fold-out comb to keep my coif perennially polished. gotta have sunnies, and can never get far without my cesare paciotti dagger-print wallet.


good thing my nikki bag is so big!
want to own one of your own? post a picture of yourself carrying any bag on tweet my bag before february 14th, and you'll receive a unique link to discounted duds in rebecca minkoff's online store. better yet, they'll be giving away a free bag to each week's most stylish lass. enjoy!

{ costume of the day } glam rock

as last week's red umbrellery reminded me, sometimes our best accessories aren't clothes at all! these rose-gold headphones {from 80s purple} are my new favorite 'jewelry' item; i've had them on all weekend long!

likewise, i've been rocking my black glamourwrap nearly non-stop since the collection launched. of its many imaginable iterations, right now i like wearing it best as a vest. click here to see an animation of its other interpretations.

wearing: eskuche headphones, self-designed glampourwrap, necklace, and ocean jasper diamond ring, young, fabulous + broke t-shirt, genetic lace jeans, h+m dotted socks, kenneth cole shoes