rebel girl

xo.

wanting, needing, obsessing

PINK lipstick



a selection of sharp wigs



a like-minded sidekick



street cred

xo.

bang bang

Coco Rocha at Dior Spring 2007

We would only wish these bangs upon our very worst enemy.
Like the girl from the elevator who stole our haircut.

xo.

kors does kara

Top: Michael Kors, Spring 2007. Bottom: Kara Janx, Fall 2006.

Notice any similarities?





They say imitation is the highest form of flattery.

xo.

mini mumu

The mumu = the cockroach of the garment world (ie. the dress that just just won't die). Reinterpreted as a cute little thing by Diane Von Furstenburg.


DVF SS07

Wear it only if:
a) you have the rack of a stick figure;
b) you have a Get Out of Jail FREE card, issued by the fashion police.

xo.

lighten up, it's just fashion

Sasha Pivivarova, backstage at Nina Ricci

xo.

indie rock princess

In your next incarnation, you shall be born into indie rock royalty. We've already chosen your wardrobe; the only missing elements are the recording studio and the legions of hip fans that feel like they're dying on the inside.


Dior Resort 2007


Christian Lacroix Fall 2006

xo.

granny puts her foot down

We love Chloe just as much as the next girl, but pray tell, what's going on with the shoes for Fall? Last season's Mary Janes were dangerously, fabulously crafty, but this season's lot are just dangerously close to the year 1890. Quick - somebody page Dr. Scholl, and stat! Something has gone terribly wrong at Chloe from the ankle down.




Do not try and tell us that these shoes were inspired by anything other than the shoe closet in the orthopedic ward of Greener Pastures Nursing Home. We know it, Phoebe Philo knows it, and Phoebe Philo's crochety granny knows it, too.

xo.

every girl needs a little pucci

Pucci F/W 2006 is the first collection that has managed to get us hot and bothered in anticipation of the Autumnal Equinox. How very clever of Matthew Williamson to design a bright and relatively breezy collection; it's far easier to think about buying fall clothes in the middle of the summer when the vetements in question are fluid and colorful.





We are so loving:
The wooly little caps
The rich, opaque tights
The bright mini/black tights combo
The silvered grey/transcendental purple combo
The black tights/black shoes combo
The long scarf/fluid mini combo
The Matthew Williamson/Pucci combo

xo.

back in 5 mins

No, dolls, I haven't died. Got married; it was lovely.

Back in 5 mins.

xo.

pimp my bride

Last season's catwalk darling, Coco Rocha, pimps it for bridal designer Alfred Sung. Work those pearls, dollface.



xo.

axl!

Axl Rose at Dior Resort 2007

Out trolling for model girlfriends again, my darling?

xo.

if you must

If you must do the short-shorts thing this season, do it like Donatella and balance them with deliciously fluid, long sleeves. Wearing a bra is always advisable.



xo.

samurai surprise

Scarlett Johanssen's ensemble for the Costume Institute Gala: executed with the precision of a ninja, and the discipline of a samurai. Behold the earrings that ring and glow like temple lanterns, shoes that are as austere and sexy as a table set for sushi, a single finger set with a diamond cocktail ring. And the dress! The dress: pop-art bling samurai surprise kimono.




Stella and Scarlett at the Met, both in Stella McCartney

ps. Stella, darling, you look gorgeous, too.

xo.

coutorture me

Smashingly Fabulous is smashingly psyched to be a part of Coutorture, the fabulous online fashion community that you've surely heard so much about.

Head on over and immerse yourself in a wealth of edgy content: fashion news, opinion, advice, video, and so much more.

Special thanks to Julie Frederickson of Almost Girl for letting us join in the fun. (She's smart as a whip, so Coutorture is a fitting appellation).

xo.

the witching hour

The colour of midnight, sliced into fierce sheaths of blue.

Perfect for:
Slipping into the nightspot of your choice (via the side door).



Versace SS06

xo.

like a diamond

Dress is Matthew Williamson SS06

Panels of silk whirl and pool around your body as you flit about the house on a coke-induced high. You've been left to your own frenzied devices while your husband cleans his guns and brokers deals in his cherry-paneled study. You're sharp and polished, like a diamond.

Later, you're sipping margaritas on the patio with some of the girls from the neighborhood. They're as manicured as their lawns, which is to say: crisp, clean, and country club cool. "What does your husband do?" asks one. "He's in international shipping," you say, and your laugh rings out metallic, betraying the truth.

xo.

eye of the tiger

Split ends make the tiger very, very angry.



xo.

a girl's guide to owning it

The act of kicking ass and taking names is raised to a certain level of style and grace when one is wearing delightful hosery.



xo.

perspective

And you thought that you were having a bad hair day.

xo.