a toast to April JAM

I just learned today that April is national Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). So, give your usual playlist a rest & mix it up a little...treat your ears to a little audio pleasure. There's a lot more to jazz than elevator music and Kenny G!

Click HERE to learn more about JAM.

Inked Beauty

Inked Magazine features these fantastic editorials that, despite their minimalistic style, are, in fact, heavily laden with the beautiful myriad complexities of REAL women. Dripping with an infusion of raw sex appeal and tested strength, these inked beauties project a new standard for aesthetic perfection. No longer a blank canvas, these painted women have become both Muse & Museum, exhibiting not only spirited artwork, but a colorful spirit as well.

In honor of my new tattoo.

Photos: Inked Magazine

have a good one.

oh college.

shoe porn

This past week, I helped out Style Studio with not one, but two Macy's shoe events: San Francisco's big Shoe Diva event and San Jose's Foot Candy event. I'll tell you - working for hours in both shoe departments, completely surrounded by beautiful shoes fresh off their spring launch, without making a purchase, was a real test of my willpower. It was intoxicating, to say the least!

So, just because, in a sick and twisted way, I never, EVER get tired of looking at a fantastic pair of heels...here's, what I like to call, a little shoe porn:

he has stolen my heart...

I'm going to make this short & sweet because, honestly, the clothes speak for themselves. I'm completely infatuated with Balmain and the sexy, razor-sharp line, designer, Christophe Decarnin introduced for the Spring 09 collection (AKA: my dream wardrobe). It's what Judy Jetson's sporting backstage at a holographic Hendrix concert! Rock'n'roll nonchalance of the 21st century.

Stoked to see what Decarnin's got in store for us for the Fall 2009 collection!

The Incomparable Tilda Swinton

My BEST DRESSED award for this year's Oscars goes to...the incomparable Tilda Swinton.

Artistically swathed in Lanvin separates, Tilda epitomizes the "effortless cool" look I find so fantastically alluring. Ethereal, androgynous, and possessing a statuesque grace reminiscent of Michelangelo, Tilda Swinton is a fierce aesthetic force...and an unquestionable favorite of mine!

Stellar Style. Oscars 09

On the biggest night in Hollywood, the stars were looking stellar! The red carpet was ablaze with white-hot glamour. So it's no surprise then that my TOP PICKS for the evening were all heavenly visions of white.

Oscar winner, Penelope Cruz danced among the clouds in a breath-taking Balmain gown, joined by the beautifully eclectic Sarah Jessica Parker, in a Christian Dior Haute Couture dream. Successfully playing with volume, the two floated down the red carpet, like a lingering whisper of a reverie.

Anna Hathaway, in Armani Prive, and Taraji Henson, in Roberto Cavalli, stunned in the very absence of color as well, this time mixing textures, and creating an equally luminescent effect.


Speaking of celestial beings, no Oscar review is complete without the new generation's Hollywood titans. Brad Pitt, in classic Tom Ford, and the ridiculously gorgeous Angelina Jolie, in Elie Saab. And can we talk about the emerald-colored accessories on Jolie? Is it possible to be too good-looking?

While penguins are my favorite animal, the red carpet can start looking a little monotonous. However, a couple fellas did manage to stand out...or maybe I'm still just a sucker for the bad boy. Sean Penn was looking refined in all black-and I love, LOVE a satin lapel. And Robert Downey, Jr. was quite handsome in a beautiful tux that had a certain art-deco charm to it.


Ok, I threw the usually ultra-feminine, frock-wearing Eva in with the guys because she's proved she can hold her own with the big boys. She looks incredible. Enough said.