Nov 11th, 2010
It’s about time, I’ve been promising this post to my stylish friend Lucy (@toonerlu) for way too long. So… finally, here it is: a list of my favorites places to shop. Most of them are in New York City, but have online stores as well. I’ll keep updating the list as I remember more names. [...]
Aug 31st, 2010
New York City has some great street fairs. One of my favorites, the Hester Street Fair—between Hester and Essex streets, in the Lower East Side—is actually pretty small, but it has great quality food, clothes and jewelry. Not too long ago on a Saturday, after stopping for a goat cheese and tomato omelet, buying some [...]
Aug 12th, 2010
I first heard about Marzio Fiorini a few years ago during a trip to Paraty, while I still lived in Brazil. His jewelry work stroke me for the intricate designs and unusual choice rubber as the main material. What makes the Aros choker (shown here) even more original, is that it can be taken apart [...]
Aug 4th, 2010
See the Poppy pattern on the right? This site is now blooming! Here’s the story: I just signed up for the Coach Poppy Project, a collaborative project in which bloggers can invite their readers to draw on their blogs using tweets, and Facebook “Likes”. For example: if you tweet using #Legenu and #CoachPoppy, this pattern [...]
Jul 27th, 2010
Why not apply your sense of fashion to your utilitarian electronic devices? I love Built, they transform useful in fun and fashionable. When I saw the Hoodie portable hard drive case I thought that the fact that my hard drive could wear a hoodie was too cute to pass on. Plus, it came in rainbow [...]
Jul 24th, 2010
Here I am blogging about plastic shoes again, it just seems to be an obsession of mine. We know, they’re not the most comfortable material to wear, but they’re always so fun! The glossy look and the super bright colors make me smile, plus they have become so trendy that in the past few years [...]
Jul 15th, 2010
I have been familiar with Matt & Nat‘s faux leather accessories for many years and I’m always excited to see this eco-friendly, vegan brand growing and evolving. Their Spring/Summer 2010 collection was inspired by of my favorite looks: the glam rock/chic punk, with lots of brassy metal and studs. No wonder I fell in love [...]
Jul 7th, 2010
“Compass Necklace” isn’t the official product name from this recently acquired favorite, All Saints Spitafields—a store that almost made me droll the first time I walked in— would rather call it the Tehya Necklace. Their new store in SoHo is phenomenal. The interior design is perfectly consistent with the collection, the steampunk aesthetic was meticulously applied [...]
Jul 1st, 2010
These lovely peep toe wedges of my latest Summer 2010 purchases and I already have a feeling I’ll wear them a lot. The design seems quite basic at first, but yet the subtle curves of the heel balance out the heaviness of the wooden wedge. The construction and materials are high-quality, with super soft leather [...]
Jun 29th, 2010
Working on a project for a fashion brand is making my routine of digging through my closet a bit harder, I just can’t seem to think anything there is worthy of a post (sigh). As for the item on the picture, I just like watches a lot and I have a bunch of them in [...]
Jun 10th, 2010
My apologies for the long hiatus, there have been many reasons why I haven’t been able to post, including lots of family happenings and visitors. I got the Valentina comic bracelet at Doc Dog, a multi-brands store in Brazil. I remember it wasn’t cheap for such a simple item—most imported items at Doc Dog tend [...]
Apr 30th, 2010
Tart leggings are very rock ‘n’ roll. Even I can look mean in ripped leggings, reason why I try not to wear them during the week (yup, “mean” generally scares people). Stop for a second, forget these photos in my living room and think about the possibilities: combine the leggings with pink/orange/red/yellow tights underneath and [...]
Apr 27th, 2010
Last time I walked into a Marc Jacobs store I was very excited to see their new line of colorful, plastic and rubber jewelry created in collaboration with Maripol, the designer who was responsible for most Madonna’s jewelry in the mid 80′s and art director of everyone’s favorite brand at the time: Fiorucci. The 80′s [...]
Apr 23rd, 2010
Launched in 2004, the year Melissa made a hugely successful comeback through partnerships with renowned designers and a line of fashionable shoes for grown-ups; the Herchcovitch Scarfun Wedges are now a classic. They remind me of Barbie shoes, not just because of the plastic, but the irresistible hot pink. Luckily, I’m not Barbie. My hair [...]
Apr 17th, 2010
These American Apparel tights are fun, my only advice is: be careful on how you wear them or “fun” can easily become “funny”—I wore them with denim shorts and high heels to elongate the silhouette. I’m loving how the brand has been coming up with creative new designs for tights, such a simple way to [...]
Apr 6th, 2010
These shoes had been hidden in my closet for over two years—I mean two whole years—until last week. I wasn’t sure if they were still acceptable, as I’m no longer as “edgy” (aka. young) as I used to be. But, with age comes wisdom, and with just enough of it one can figure out that [...]
Apr 4th, 2010
Here’s an innovative shoe company: United Nude. Their catalog is full of unique creations and is highly tempting for a shoe maniac like myself. This beauty, the Eamz Pump, was inspired by the details on the classic design of some of Charles and Ray Eames chairs. The shape of the heel, unlike most people would [...]
Mar 28th, 2010
This week I bought a pair of flats with hot pink accents for Spring. Although the shoes are cool and worthy of a blog post, the surprise that made me smile happened at checkout, when I found out Aldo redesigned their shoe boxes in an effort to go green. The new boxes have a little [...]
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