the perfect look for your peepers -- from office to evening.

happy fridays, darlings. keep your rainbows bright!

{rainbow eyes images via they roared vintage.}

for london fashion week, orla kiely took a memo from the '60s with a deliciously prim and proper fashion presentation. 

complete with typewriters, filing cabinets and rotary phones (remember those?), stylish secretaries donned their best orla K sweater sets, handbags, and squirrel cardigans...

...yes, squirrel cardigans.

{view the orla kiely london fashion week video presentation here. photos via betty magazine and memoirmode.}

darlings, if you find yourselves clock-watching the minutes today, filing your nails, prepping your bouffant, photoshopping your dreams, conjuring your cat, and cruising the cubes, just remember, elijah wood feels your monday pain.

and he feels it in alexander mcqueen. 

{elijah wood for mr. porter. shop the story here.}

...and i wish i were audrey hepburn - at least sometimes.

yes, lady audrey had a pet deer named pippin. pippin napped with her and shopped with her. he played with her and laughed with her. and, of course, he posed with her.

although we cannot be audrey hepburn, and most likely, we cannot have a pet deer, we can always play dress up and pretend, can't we?

{above: 1. silk dulcet top; 2. tasha 'skinny bow' headband; 3. forest place top; 4. sterling skirt in double-serge wool; 5. all wrapped up pearl drop earrings; 6. cafe capri pant; 7. french sole foxy flat; 8. fawn pillow.}

{audrey and pippin photography by bob willoughby.}

this post goes out to my friends, family, and readers on the east coast who are hunkered down due to hurricane sandy. i want to send a little bit of sunshine and lots of love from california.

i've been reading twitter, tracking updates and viewing photos from the field. also, i've been tracking the twitter feed of newark's mayor cory booker, whose superhero, on-the-ground response to NJ citizens in need is courageous and the true definition of leadership. i recommend you follow him, too!

hold tight, east coast. we are all pulling for you! xo

{above: "shelter" by jason wong; 1. dear creatures camille dress; 2. vera meat ship helm charm necklace; 3. un-teal the clouds clear umbrella in canary; 4. pan am innovator bag; 5. orla kiely the fox of life coat; 6. hunter regent carlyle rain boots; 7. leather heart cut out gloves.}

for all of your swan swimming cap needs.

{photography by gaby herbstein.} {via ban.do and the neverending story.}

this past weekend, i boogied on down to the cinerama dome for a special screening of the 1976 sci-fi feast -- logan's run.

in the film, citizens of a utopian society live a life of complete hedonistic pleasure (and awesome fashion) until they turn 30-years-old. upon turning 30, a blinking red crystal on the palm indicates your time is up and it's time to "renew" (aka die) in a public ritual known as "carrousel." if you don't want to die, you can run, but most likely you'll be hunted down by a sandman.

go for the premise, but stay for the fashion and production design. it's a feast of bubble decor, feathered hair, bra-less babes, spontaneous orgies, disco dudes, farrah fawcett, and michael york in a kimono to die for.

oh, and the film is social commentary on over-population (in case you were wondering).

above: 1. charming at the cantina dress; 2. collar necklace; 3. ankh necklace charm; 4. le klint pendant; 5. red acrylic rhinestone; 6. metallic skinny waist belt; 7. caviar anti-aging perfect iron spray; 8. bio ionic curling iron; 9. laverne lucite champagne side swivel chair; 10. TOMS silver glitter flat shoes.

above: 1. red acrylic rhinestone; 2. tubular hanging fixture; 3. infinity mirror; 4. pratt in dark shirt; 5. bio ionic blow dryer; 6. pair of italian space age lamps; 7. mid century dining set; 8. mid century french chromed metal hand sconce.

kittens, i think i feel a halloween costume coming on!

...always match your shoes to your decor.

{images: vintage shoes photographed by julian cottrell, 1968; gamper kitchen designed by upritchard; vintage phones.}

kittens, we've all fantasized about mad men extending into the '70s, haven't we?

and, when we imagine a world with don draper donning polyester and joan dancing disco, we probably picture our darling pete peddling porn. with smut 'stache in tow and robe unfurled, mr. campbell has got the goods for raunchy, lucrative wares.

he's a mad man, indeed, and he looks damn good while doing it.

{vincent kartheiser models for mr. porter. photography by kurt iswarienko. styling by gaelle paul.} {via tom and lorenzo.}

finally...the planets have aligned. 

{photography by craig mcdean.} {via demi couture and jamala johns.}