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The other day, this girl I know was saying she wished she could find some fancy jellies (shoes not food) and then Saturday, I saw these Jelly Flats from J.Crew. Personally, I think I’d wait until they went down from their $45 asking price, but do what you want.

They also have red, green and black.

–Valentina

Check out Agent Provocateur’s new ads for their bridal collection starring Kate Moss. This one above is kind of Russ Meyer 2008, but actually, these photos are a response to a script called White Wedding written by Agent Provocateur founder Joe Corré. The story is told in 6 scenes, starting with “The Happiest Day of Her Life” (bottom) and ending with “Let Them Eat Cake.”

This one below is scene 5, entitled “Revenge.”

The photographer behind these ads is Nick Knight, who I first became aware of back in high school when my friends and I were obsessed with his book Skinhead. We were both attracted to and repelled by Knight’s pictures of the East London Skins, so it makes sense that he’s been able to cause the same mixed emotions here, even with Kate Moss (not disgruntled skinheads) as his subject.

You can see the films that go along with the photos at SHOW Studio (just click on the pictures).

-Valentina

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I was checking out Refinery 29 this morning and saw this Lyell blouse, which looks so inviting on this gloomy California day. Its super-fem silhouette and detailing made me wish it was sunny and that I was near the beach (or in some wheatfield or something) lilting around. What’s it like to lilt, anyway?

So, then that got me wanting more ladylike grub. Like this Stella McCartney dress for instance:

Sure, it’s never going to happen being that it’s $1,695, but as my friend Joanna was saying, there’s always hope for an H&M knockoff. Amen to that.

On the lighter side of the wallet, there’s these skirts from Forever 21:

The tiered skirt is back in with a vengeance, and they’re pretty versatile. You can wear them with a blazer or just a tank. My friend and I are obsessed with Keds right now, so of course, we wonder: wouldn’t these look cute with some Champions?

And then there’s there’s the no-fuss frills option from Alexander Wang:

-Valentina

I’ve been bopping around in my canvas Keds Champions ever since Spring hit. However, I’ve reverted to my 6th grade self by wearing them sans laces. It’s an okay look, but admittedly kind of sloppy. So, I was pretty excited to see these Vans Aunthentic Lo Downs in Lucky magazine.

The lack of the third lace hole perks the style up a bit, and polishes up the classic shoe. I’m into it, but I’m waiting for the blue to come out.

-Valentina.

1. America’s Next Top Model is a battlefield.

2. You can’t let a Roman gladiator F up your shoot.

3. Anya should win. These remaining episodes feel like a formality.

4. If Tyra tells you she’s your “Mama.” Run away.

5. Wow, Saleisha, a Canadian sportswear line!

6. Tyra will use any excuse to strike a pose.

7. Tyra is crazy, but she can work high-waisted jeans.

8. If we were in Egypt, Katarzyna would be perfect.

9. A “busted, broken-down waistline” is a good thing in the world of modeling.

10. Poor Katarzyna. Yuck to Whitney.

Just yesterday I was looking at one of the frumpy old t-shirts I wear to the gym, and I thought, jesus, I should really order some decent shirts from American Apparel.  And, quite delightfully, when I went on their site today to do just that, I noticed they were giving 10% off all their organic stuff until May 1.  That includes shirts, undies and baby clothes.

Ten percent isn’t that much, but if you buy $50 worth of stuff, you also get free shipping…so that’s something.  Stock up in a sustainable fashion (wah-wah-wah).

–Valentina

I’ve been marveling at the hair of the women of FLDS, too, so I laughed out loud when I read this on WOW Report:

“Say what you will about their lifestyle, but these non-fiction Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints wives, with their eccentric, perfectly upswept coifs and hand-tailored, ankle-length frocks, are just as self-consciously fashionable as anything galloping down the runways of Paris and Milan.”

What products do they use?

-Valentina

I picked this Groove Theory video more for the song than the video although they do have the so 90s motif of a faceless guy dancing alone. Plus I love when she says, “cuz you’ve got more appeal than any man in this whole world.”

So good.

No blog round-up this week.

–Valentina

As always, I’ve probably lost important information that my parents paid a lot of money for me to get, in order make room for the things I learned on this week’s installment of America’s Next Top Model:

1. Always keep track of your travel documents.

2. “Paulina Lessons” are pretty obvious.

3. Never ask Mrs. Du Bois is she wants more champagne.

4. Whitney is a plus-size ball of bitter.

5. 7-Up is “all-natural,” and apparently so is high-fructose corn syrup.

6. People who accidentally cut themselves while chopping “don’t know how to use a knife.” Ugh, that Whitney is such a mean jerk.

7. People who talk funny are always good models.

8. Whitney is no J-Lo in that Red Carpet Dress.  Scary.

9. It’s okay with me if Top Model contestants don’t exercise their right to vote.

10. Poor Stacy Ann.  But really, with a name like that, what can you expect?

–Valentina

Project Runway is moving to the Lifetime channel, and I don’t like it.  Bravo is so much classier–well, minus all things Real Housewives–and Lifetime is so “A Mother’s Rage: The Tilly Hanson Story” and “A Father’s Betrayal” or (and this is a REAL one) “But She’s Only 16.” So, just like when your favorite brand starts getting sold at Macy’s, it just feels kind of cheap. Yech.

–Valentina