Juniform

I first saw Birta Bjornsdottir's Juniform collection earlier this year. She is an Icelandic designer with such a cool name! I emailed her to see if she had any clothes in stores in the US. She was really nice, but said that she did not. So for the time being, I guess I can only look at these clothes online! Some of the pieces have a Star Wars/fantasy/romance feel to them, which on paper would not appeal to me, but I am really quite charmed by her clothes! She uses a lot of layering and contrast that result in a little bit of a nomadic effect. I would love to have one of her jackets. She has some of the most unique and interesting shapes and textures! Her 2007 collection and "New Stuff" is amazing! I don't really like her 2006 collection much at all, so stick to the newer stuff.

I want to wear every piece of this outfit. I love the piping on the pants and the jacket is so fun!

For now you can only buy her clothes in Iceland, but I think she is working on her online store. One more reason to go to Iceland!

Perfect Jacket

There were two major factors that made me finally decide to buy a nice jacket. One, I got a raise. Two, I need a warm jacket for our impending move to Philadelphia. And, yes, we are moving there. Over the last few months I have seen so many cool jackets that I am just in love with. There were quite a few contenders for the final choice:

This leather one was my very favorite, but with a $3200 price tag, I just could not justify it. My raise was not that good.

In the end I went with this very close second favorite. It is a WeSC jacket and it is so beautiful! Every few days I go look at it in my closet. Tonight, M and I walked to a local hotdog place and I tried it out for the first time with my Pretty Raccoon scarf. It was perfect. A friend of ours owns Retail Laboratory and he gave me a pretty sweet discount. Thanks Chris!

Fashion156

One of my favorite online fashion magazines is Fashion156 . It is a pretty simple magazine with minimal content in each issue, but a new issue comes out every 2 weeks, so there is always plenty to read. Susie Bubble, of StyleBubble fame, is a writer for the magazine and she always has interesting things to say.

The Christmas/New Year's issue came out last week and the pictures are beautiful! They are so ethereal! I keep going back and looking at the pictures over and over.

I loved the description of the issue:

"A Christmas issue and not a sequin or piece of tinsel in sight! As someone who loves Christmas more than most six year olds it was a pretty tall order, but I resisted and present to you a frozen winter landscape as the set for our elaborate fashion story this issue. Taking distressed lace, fur, feathers and adding the odd sculpted fishtail evening gown, lashings of tie-front shirts and a touch of harshness with skin-tight leather gloves, these are romantic looks echoing the mood for next season. Colours are faded and washed out: pale greys, ivory, fawn with black added for a touch of drama."

I appreciate the lack of sequins and tinsel when it comes to clothing!