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09/21/2009 07:37 AM
Kristen CookAll you fashionholics out there probably already know about the Who What Wear book by Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power ($18.95).
It’s sorta like the print version of the wildly popular (and rightly so) Who What Wear Daily Web site and e-mail newsletter (subscribe — you won’t regret it). The book’s full of tips. One thing it suggests is to start an inspiration board. The idea being that you tack up pictures of anything that inspires you.
A good thought. But, I have neither the time, craftiness or place for such an inspiration board. Instead, I look online. There’s a lot out there. My faves:
• Lookbook.nu. Fashion-y types from around the world post their pictures of rockin’ outfits. You’ll lose hours scrolling through the endless photos. Many of the outfits are a little out-there, but it’s fun people/outfit watching.
• Fashion Toast. San Diego blogger Rumi Neely has grown quite a following for her blog, which boasts lots o’ magazine quality pictures and her funky mostly-thrifted ensembles. She gets invited to designers’ shows, has a line for RVCA and has a companion site where she sells off the stuff featured in her blog, Shoptoast.
• Sea of Shoes. It pains me greatly to plug this blog, but I feel obligated. It belongs to 17-year-old Jane Aldridge. She’s garnered a ton of attention (including a mention in the Wall Street Journal) for her uncanny fashion sense aided — in no small part — by her parents’ bottomless wallets. She has Giveaway, Mir Mic and Balmy shoes. WITH? Did I mention she lives in Texas? Did I mention she’s 17? Yes, I’m tropical palm* with envy.
While it makes me throw up a little to think about a teenager with such a closet, you can’t argue with her fashion sense, which is probably why Urban Outfitters asked her to collaborate on a shoe line.
*Tropical palm is J. Crew speak for “green.”
