///THEORY///

Each year I seem to decrease the extent of my wardrobe by one color, & eventually I'll solely be dealing with achromatic schemes. That's just the tendency I wish to inch toward because I don't feel that fluorescent green spandex is a staple in a semi-maturing female's closet, but others' opinions may differ. I never thought I'd be such a fan of simplicity (considering my randomly-thrown-together-clashing-colors&patterns-candy-raver-ish history), but the moment Olivier Theyskens started working with Theory in 2010, his creations flipped a switch in my mind - simple designs with complex tailoring & the most unique, discreet details. They are basics with the thoughtfulness of couture injected into them, thus more fashionable yet still very versatile. The pre-fall 2012 collection consists of black on black on black with florals thrown in sparingly, within a balanced mix of dresses of varied lengths & pants from heavy to hot - precisely what I like. The casual, candid rebel attitude of the photographs makes the collection appeal to me even more, as well as the fact that he chose swedish Elsa Sylvan to model it, fiercely but softly. It is all very Elin Kling to me, which is actually. just. perfect.
/end of generic runway review.

Television photographs by Lee Friedlander. Walking photographs by Lisette Model.

///HALLOW///

I hope an over-a-month late Halloween recap isn't too irrelevant. It was my first Halloween in Vegas as well as my first time sober in Vegas. I found out it's not as crazy as I remembered (or didn't remember), & it's more about the food than the partying now which defeats the purpose of all pre-Vegas dieting. Jacq & I went as whores of sorts, making me wish corsets were still a staple in a lady's daily attire despite my not being able to fill even an extra-small. As for heels, they're fucking unbearable when you're not drunk & high, especially at huge-ass Marquee which requires the perseverance of a long distance runwayer to tour the entire venue & the nonchalance of a sedated passive-aggressive to tolerate the rowdy inebriated & the overly-friendly ecstasy'd. Marquee sits in the Cosmopolitan, which is where we got a room with theee best view & theee best bathroom-to-wardrobe flow.

photographs by timothy laws & i.