Artisanal Basenote HO5 & Studio NTK

None of these people are me

When I was at the Pattern store launch VIP event a few months ago, I accosted Laura Walters by screaming "what are you wearing?" It was an amazing modern vest diagonal thingy that was just a wee to short to wear as a dress but too long to be a shirt. Not only was the silhouette striking, but that fabric was quilted, extremely contemporary in a just right medium weight. Nataliya Kitic's line Studio NTK is carried at Pattern and Boomerang, just to get you started and every season she comes out with a new collection. I previewed  this at Nataliya and House of 5th's  part,y Artisanal Basenote, on Thursday at their workshop.  The cuts are Helmut Lang cool but the fabric is all Lee McQueen kinda freaky. Fall 2014/15's mainstay is a honeycomb stretchy thick scuba-ish fabric and it is super great. I'd pair the boxy top with skinny pants and cage heels or get a really big one and share it with my boyfriend

A word about HO5. Truen has stepped it up with new leather treatments (a cool worn-ish ombre) cut outs and a pop of this crazy deep saturated hot pink. I am a champion of this brand (only slightly behind his uber supportive family) it is quality and detail all the way and just damn good bags that you will not see anywhere else.

No backsliding, Pantone color of the year decider

Now I'm completely confused. You can have more then one "color of the year" and it is application specific? That kind of defeats the purpose and makes you seem wishy washy, Big P. Perhaps you are reeling from the Marsala dried blood debacle which everyone pretty much hated. This aquamarine is much nicer, I do love a chalky pastel and was recently torn between this very color and an Essie lilac at BR Nail so I think this is a bit more spot on. Perhaps we can just all forget about the earlier announcement. Pantone was drunk

Afghans: not just for snagging your little toe anymore

Lord von Schmitt ( pretty fab name is I do say so myself) over at etsy has managed a recycling coup by finding new uses for the bane of my garage sale existence, the acrylic patchwork afghan. He claims folk art I call scratchy. They are kind of cute in a festival hippie kind of way but I think he is missing the mark by making them for guys but then again it has been a long time since that summer of following The Dead, (actually my boyfriend) I mean my boyfriend was following them, not that The Dead was my boyfriend)  so perhaps that is his market.  I would find it hard to take seriously any guy wearing these unless he was very very very drunk. Then I'd think he was kinda fun

New habit

They say it takes 30 days to make a habit and I have taken this to heart and tried once again cigarettes. Just kidding. My habit this January was to, immediately upon waking, drink a mug of hot water and lemon. And maybe honey, if I was feeling naughty. I have to admit I like it a lot and thank god it does not interfere with my runny egg over leftovers breakfast an hour later. Next up: lipstick. All the damn time. I am currently carrying a stain from mabelline, a traditional lipstick from Clinique and a crayon from Revlon,  my fave. Oh and a base coat of bliztex pre application. Every single time. Wish me luck