I Dreamt I Did a DIY

I keep forgetting to write about the last DIY project I tackled.  

It all started in December.  I heard Riccardo Tisci had designed the t-shirts for the 'Ye/ 'Z Watch the Throne tour and I knew I had to have one.  

It would be my version of his barking dog 

or panther shirt, which were out of my budget.

And my dad needed one too.

I noticed the ones we bought did not have 

the monogrammed sleeves or the stars,

So my DIY project was born. 

  

After I cut an inch off the neck I slipped a thick piece of cardboard in the T to prevent bleeding to the other side.

My handy tools were a star stencil, white fabric paint and a small roller paint brush.

 I soon learned the best way to paint a star was to use masking tape (and the stencil as my guide) to create a star shape ready to color in and protect the fabric from the paint. 

After I peeled all the masking tape off (which was really satisfying) I saw that some white paint had bled onto the fabric making the stars looks fuzzy.  My mom suggested making the lines sharper by using a black sharpie and the stencil as my guide.  

I painted five stars on the front and four on the back because that's what 'Ye had.

For the initials on the sleeve I free handed them using a thin paint brush. They aren't perfect but I don't want people that close to my arms anyway.

All set to wear for the holiday parties.

I bought a concert t-shirt from a parking lot guy for my little sis (she went to the North Carolina show but didn't buy herself a shirt) for $5 because I am so generous.  Then I painted hers as well so it would be more presentable.  We loved being twins this year.

Dreamiest Make-Believe Couple

Doesn't this look like 

Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig's 

wedding day?

Thanks to her perfect Givenchy gown.  

Oh Riccardo Tisci, you can do no wrong.

 [Really it's them at the London premiere 

for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.]

If these are their wedding day photos, then the New York premiere would be from their 'Engagement Dinner.'

Rooney in a modern, ethereal confection from Prabal Gurung 

. . . and Daniel Craig in that hot hot suit.  

I don't know if I've mentioned this but I love the way he dresses on and off screen.

  Hmm, then the Stockholm premiere (with Rooney in Roksanda Ilincic), would be them leaving for their honeymoon.  

I would want to dress smartly too when I left 

on my honeymoon with Daniel Craig. 

Dream Movie on a Dream Woman

I would say as far as ecumenical agreements go,

Carine Roitfeld is the sexiest,

most interesting ex-editor,

fashion-world figure we have.

She's intimidating but not icy cold

(unlike You Know Who in America).

Chic without being over-the-top clownish

(unlike You Know Who in Italy).

She has a way of making you covet things

you know you can't pull off.

Maybe I could wear these Current/Elliott jeans alright.

But most likely they would be a huge mistake.

W made all my dreams come true when they made a movie with Carine, showcasing her new role in couture as a client, called . . . Carine Roitfeld: The Client.

And there's that White Dress I dream of . . .

I can't stop watching it.

Here are a few lovelies from the film's Photo Shoot:

Thank goodness she edited/wrote A Book for us to indulge in when we miss the good old days when she reined at French Vogue.

Dreaming in White Continues

I am dreaming of white, and not just because I have been listening to the White Album non-stop for the last few weeks.

The Spring / Summer 2012 shows in Europe were inundated with white just like New York Fashion Week.

(Fendi)

The beauty of it is, even though white showed in New York, London, Paris and Milan, it looked different every time. I tell you I cannot wait to break out the white. (Except I can, because fall is my favorite season.)

I loved all the voluminous white, the sheer layers of white or subtle cut outs to expose the skin. The white menswear made me drool (my white suit is all ready to go come April). There was risque white and restrained white. Or sometimes there was a mix of all of these.

Some favorites included . . .

The volume at:

Jean Paul Gaultier

Louis Vuitton

Chanel

Yohji Yamamoto

Emilio Pucci

Comme des Garcons

Sheer layers and/ or cut-outs to show bits of skin:

Valentino (Maria Chiuri and Pier Picciolo are geniuses!)

Givenchy

Issey Miyake

Sonia Rykiel

Nina Ricci

Alexander McQueen

Menswear Inspired:

Maison Martin Margiela (Don't you love that Margiela has become so mainstream Kanye name checks the house on his latest album?)

Lanvin

Haider Ackermann

There was plenty of skin thanks to all the minis:

Marni

Giambattista Valli

Stella McCartney

Gianfranco Ferre (They wanted to show so much leg

they skipped pants entirely.)

And loads of modesty:

Chloe

Celine

Hermes (So commune chic.)

Comme des Garcons

Don't worry, you won't be wearing all white in 2012. There was still mad clashing of prints all over the runway. Hussein Chalayan, genius that he is, showed both at the same time.