Bright Lights, Shiny Disco Balls

Wow so it's been a while since I last looked at this thing. It's been pretty busy working here in Detroit. Right now there are two categories of people: The hordes of those that are laid off, and the hordes of those that have to pick up the 3, 4, 5 extra workloads of the people who were laid off. That's me.

Luckily, things have been winding down here at the offic

e so I am taking it upon myself to blog again. And this particular post is a little shoe oriented because one of my boochie cousins is getting married and I have the very delightful task of helping figure out shoes. I know I have shoes on the brain most of the time as it is, so this shoe finding task fits expediently into my shoe obsession.

A lot of the Fall 08 shoes have been geared towards texture, texture, texture. Delightful. While suede has always been the go to material for fall, there are so many more options this year:

miu miu

Also, let's not forget about how animal print has always been such a cold weather staple:

Lanvin

YSL

Alaia

Happy Fall!

"A watch doesn't really go with this outfit, daddy"

So this is what I'm hoping to emulate, for fall 2008 (Proenza Schouler RTW Fall '08):

I'm so loving the detail of the colorful tights. I am def investing in colored and textured tights this year. Gives the outfit a little kick, no?

The combination of jewel tones here is so yummy. I love the pop of color with the shoes.
I have so many black dresses, I love that this is a way to update them and make them more interesante.

Now, if only I had the legs to go with this outfit.