Troubled Youth?

I don't have much to say concerning the fashion for Dimepiece's Too Much Too Young Spring 2010 Collection, yes, I am a fan, but the season's lookbook is captivating in another way. It raises questions and I find it to be a great discussion topic. I love the introduction to the photos, the way they explain the youth of today is shrilly accurate. My mind has paced over the plight of my contemporaries, not to exclude myself, of course. Are we too self-indulgent, sexual, gullible? In an engaging coversation with a very well-spoken friend, we talked about how revolutionary the youth has been in the past. The youths were the interrogators of the government, of society, of world issues. They were the people who wanted to see the world change. But, sadly today's youth is not nearly as strong-willed and resolute when it comes to society and change. We'd much rather look good and seem smart than DO good and BE smart. Don't get me twisted, there are some with concerns, some who want to see the world head in a different direction, but as I said before, we as a generation are not what youths once were. It's like our brains are clouded with bullshit, maybe it's not our fault, maybe we really can blame "society," the media, the times... See Dimepiece's Too Much Too Young Spring Collection 2010 Here

Patricia Field Out Loud!

I can't say that I'm over Betsey Johnson, but I've had to give her a rest, for a few years now. I have a new obsession with a fashion wild child that needs my immediate and direct attention, her name is Patricia Field and she rocks my whole world. The name may sound familiar as she was the costume designer on a fashionista favorite, Sex and The City. She's a clothing and costume designer and stylist, I'm sure you'll love her style. I've got a couple favorites from her collection, her style is fresh, classic and sometimes outrageous. I'm a fan of her clutches and other purses, hats, dresses...pretty much everything. In addition to styling the Sex and the City series, she also did costume work on both films and some of music's leading ladies have been donned in Patricia Field's designs as of late.

This is a shot from Bey's "Video Phone" featuring Lady Gaga, she's wearing the We Come in Peace Tee ($110) by Patricia Field. RiHanna wears a Patricia Field hat in the Rude Boy Video.

As I mentioned before I'm a lover of her clutches in particular, they're colorful, fun, affordable and different from other purses you'll see out here. Field has a number of collections that include clutch purses, so I'm going to show you what I love by collection.

This is the House of Field Patricia Field Signature Clutch in fuschia. There's something about yellow and fuschia that makes me feel outrageously sexy, and look at the hottie with the beauty mark, I love it. Seeing that my birthday is not far away, feel free to purchase this for me at Patriciafield.com for $80... or not, whatever, I'd appreciate it though.

To the right is the Signature clutch in blue and it too, rubs me in all the right ways. the face is different, but the effect is the same. These are two of the most feminine pieces I've seen in a while. What do you think about them? I'd indulge.

Patricia Field for Keith Harin is my next focus, the look is different, more colorful and artsy. I know some kids who would love to rock these. They're loud purses with artwork and I'm sure if you get a good look at them you'll enjoy how busy they are. Once again, I'm in love.

Available @ http://www.patriciafield.com/ $80

The last clutch I want to shine light on is for all the girls that have a thing for Barbie right now, or have always loved her. Whether you look like Barbie or a Cabbage Patch Kid, this clutch is a cutie, and will be sure to take at least some attention off of your face if you're unfortunate looking. The classic pink is perfect and the purse says "Paris Who?" at the bottom by the way, how precious.

Glory! I've been searching for over two years for half-gloves and I have found them here. They've got some with armor and spiky stuff and ones that are plain. All of them are exactly what I had been looking for. I asked around in the past and the only response I got was "we have biker gloves." EFF THAT, I want half-gloves for my fingertips. If the armor and spiky gloves are a bit steep for your tastes and you want half-gloves, why not get into a DIY project and grab some hardware from Micahel's or Hobby Lobby? (shoutout to @iCandiRandi). The Finger Armor gloves on the right are $150 and the Armor Armor gloves to the left go for $128. 5-finger half-gloves $48 http://www.patriciafield.com/

In addition to all the amazing things I've shown you, you can also get Sex and The City pieces that you've seen in the movie (and will see in the upcoming movie). There's the Eiffel Tower purse, studded belt, the gloves above, the clutches and the jewelry. I also love the shoes, hats and headpieces, sunglasses and handbags. Be sure to check it all out.

Beyonce: "Why Don't You Love Me?"

I havent been here in while, and this is like 2 days late, but whatever bite me if you have a problem with it. This here is Beyonce's most recent contribution to pop culture. I will admit that I was beginning to get tired of Bey, but this video was such a turn from her usual, I was enthralled. Two reasons why I love it: the song was written by her sister Solange, whose music I love and the 1950s may be my very favorite fashion era. The video captures nearly all my favorite looks from the time period and the song is different from Bey's regular work. This is not a music blog, so I won't shine anymore light on the musical aspect of the video. Let's talk fashion. I love the powder blue jumpsuit with Gianmarco Lorenzi sandals, I need the lingerie with the sweetheart cut, like now, and the high waist panties and bra set with lilac pumps are perfect. The Rosie the Riveter look she has in the beginning is precious, I don't give a hoot what anyone says. The 1950s were a response to the mannishness (that can't be a word) of the 1940s, thus feminity was a staple and a statement. Looking like a lady was all the rage then, tiny waists, high heels, perfect hair and immaculate boobies were a must. Now, I hear a lot of people are getting tired of the onesies everyone has been wearing and while I do realize that some things do get old I can't seem to bring myself to dislike them, they're sexy. I also enjoy being convinced that I'm looking into a different time period, wardrobe helped, but to top it all off the video work was straight from a time before now, the video really looked old. Kudos to the producer and other homies who made that happen.