Fashion Week Favorite: Rachel Roy

Hi sisters!
While I am no expert fashiononista (a la` Megan), I did find myself drooling over a few shows last week and cursing my fashion industry friends who've spent the last few days popping in and out of tents for work. I think New York is rubbing off on me more and more every year :)

My drool inducing favorite was Rachel Roy. Instead of holding her show in the Mercedes Benz tents this year, she broke the mold and showed her line on the balcony of the Avery Fischer Hall, which seemed the appropriate way to highlight her back-to-the basics style. My friend Mo introduced me to this designer last year and I've been loving her ever since. I adore her soft, neutral color palette and her simple, elegant designs.

And check out those freakin' amazing shoes!!! My feet would like to be their new best friends.

Wish you were here,
Kathleen

P.S. Nathan and I inside the tents two years ago (back right), maybe not my best look ...

Ten Years

Dear Sisters,

Today our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow New Yorkers and with rest of the world as we remember 9/11.

With love from NYC

PARKER ETC

Sisters,
My friend Amy just launched her blog, PARKER ETC, along with her new jewelry and home decor venture! She kicked off this new project with a trunk show co-hosted by Lulu Grace Vintage at her home (remember her and her husband's wall done by Dana?). When Amy moved into Eric's apartment after their dreamboat wedding last October, her true DIY nature was exposed. She was whipping up book wreathes, making cake plates out of vintage glasses, and taking weekly trips to the hardware store to fasten her newest necklace out of thingy ma-bobs (i.e. all of those small trinkets you find in boxes near the counter). Check out her blog post on the trunk show here.

I made some fruit tarts for the occasion - recipe to come on Thursday - and a few other friends made some tasty treats. Wine, sweets, and beautiful things! Who could ask for anything more?

Alright sisters ... let's take a page from Amy's book, get it together, and figure out what our new venture is going to be :)

Pictures by Eric Ryan Anderson

A McQueen Dream

Sisters,
I went to the Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met this weekend and it was AMAZING. I know very little about fashion (sorry Megan - I try) or art (again, sorry Christina - I try) but I do know that whatever I witnessed on Sunday was brilliant. McQueen has this beautiful ability to push political, social, and economic boundaries while also respecting the traditions of fashion that he's grown up and out of. You walk from tailored jackets, past dominatrix inspired head pieces and clothing, tartan pants, a Kate Moss filled hologram box, and end up staring in awe at a line up of space-aged goodness. The exhibit was curated to tell us a story, the one of McQueen, but also the one most of us hope to have. Nathan walked away inspired to pick up his history books and delve into the Jacobite Rebellion, and inspired to use history to help him create more and to create better. I wanted to come home and write something. A poem, a story, anything. I just wanted to throw my hat in the ring, or at least throw it so that the brim of my hat skims the artistic ring McQueen is in the middle of.

Some of my favorites are below...

To take a video tour of the exhibit go here.
To see more pictures head here.

All images found on Vogue