i've returned!

at long last... after a year in NYC I've moved back to Detroit to pursue matters of the heart and hopefully open my own business. until i finally become my own boss, pretty party is just an amusing way to connect with fashion friendly people.

julie's junya

Junya Watanabe / style.com

Colette is my favorite online stop and hopefully boutique when I make my way to Paris. Often times when not devouring what's new, I just let site's music play - excellent soundtrack for painting nails or organizing shoes. On one of my recent searches I came across above Junya Watanabe dress (colette's version here) which captures my wardrobe essence right now. 

Since being in new york, my style is evolving (thanks to no stuffy NM clothing rules). Letting down my hair a bit shall we say and the juices are staring to flow. 

Something about this entire Spring 2011 collection speaks to me. The odd faceless /seamate/old school bathing suit/nautical references. It's kinda all over the place but it feels feminine and sexy to me. These longer proportions feel so much more  modern to me than that of the 1940's skirt, deep cleavage we had last Fall. 

Marc Jacobs / style.com

It's just me I'm sure but not sexy... at all. I'm sorry. Maybe on the model on the runway but on the street for real. If we are going full coverage, let's do with with some interest in draping, tailoring, or cut. Not just with shit tons of fabric. (no disrespect here - I'm fully aware of the time and energy it takes to create looks like this.)

Off to Queen Anne Spanish Institute for a dose of Balenciaga. Happy Saturday!

coolest shoes ever

Isabel Toledo's striped Vamp heel ($45) from Payless.com ordered last night in a flurry after seeing in Lucky Magazine this month. So much style, so little $$. They remind me of Prada's Spring 2010 shoes... sorry that brand is coming up a lot here. No, I don't get any freebies. 

Prada here...

at home with lauren santo domingo

I fell in love w/ Lauren Santo Domingo's Flatiron loft previewed on Vogue.com this month. As a lady who does know/buy couture and the finer things in life, her home is cool (not sure what I was expecting) and full of interesting, weird furniture (rhino bar, mushroom stool) and trinkets (ebay science kit, bronze dog statue) that define her sense of style (and her husband too, I'm sure.) She probably had the help of a designer, however aesthetic/input is not traceable when you look at LSD's space.

Satisfying interior design, regardless of budget, seems warmest and most inviting as an edited mix of collectibles and pieces you love that represent your life and times.

Her dressing/working space...