le bouton

I admire those who can make things by hand that can actually be sold.

Add a sick sense of style.

And you have Le bouton.

these are some of my favorites (yes, some include children's clothes):

<---- shows the power of textiles.



<----- if your kid wears this, she's more stylish than most adults



<------- back pleats










<------- nice use of stripes.

What a stylish family.


Found via les ani modernes, although I've seen the tape holding up clothes things before, so I think I've been to the le bouton site before.

Best search agent for finding boots

on racked.com i stumbled upon modista.com.

it shows you shoes and as you choose the shoe it shows you similar ones like it so that you ultimately find your dream shoe.

great idea right... well, yeah, in theory.

as i tried it i kept clicking one shoe leading me to another shoe, leading me BACK to the first shoe.

it was the worst.

it got me thinking about how complex it must be to create algorithms (right?) that search the way you want them to search and reflect your style.
i mean, it's difficult enough to choose words to describe style, how do you do it with numbers?

THEN...
i kept searching the internet for "mid-calf boots" because, just when you thought you had the complete collection of boots, they come out with another type that works so much better, well at least for this year.

I found myself at shopstyle.com, a website that i underestimated.

compared to the fiasco that was modista, shopstyle.com is soooo much better. how do they do it.
no really, they must link to select stores.

what did I find you ask?

inspirational ------------->
(meaning not affordable)
D.CO COPENHAGEN booties/mid-calf boots/boots from a website called farfetch.com. The shop they are from is called OLGA in paris. ugh. shipping costs would apply here too.



<-----------------------More affordable are these ALDO SAMMIE boots, which are cheaper on amazon.com than on the ALDO website (or their actual store, that's right i went).

i'm not 100% sure if they're cute because... they're the first that I actually like. one should not make rash boot decisions.

it's all about the wide placket

i've been following this wiksten blog for some time now.

she is a fashion designer named jenny gordy who lives in kansas and has what i imagine to be a romantic (in that huckleberry finn sort of way) life.

think of it, be in the calming setting such as kansas and designing during the day, doing kansas things at night.

i can't imagine having a profession that most associate with a hectic fast pace life in such a non-fashion setting.

she has a shop and a website for her designs.
her looks are subtle.
if you wear one of her shirts its obvious you know what you are doing.

the shop isn't open now, but what i've seen her collection from the past tells me i'll like what i see.

hide your face hat

subtly say... don't talk to me
with this hat from the blog style du monde-------->


there is an etsy store with hats like this by terry graziano.
<-------here's a wool one.

maybe suede is better.

not sure.

FRYE

So I have a pair of boots from a thrift store 3 years ago that look just like FRYE's paige short buckle boot -------->

now that i see MINE via digital image they look like crap.

(no wonder a lady at work asked me if they were from last year)

needless to say they did not cost me $237.95 like they are listed on amazon.

BUT mine look really used and I may need to replace sometime soon.

i think I remember seeing them in UrbanOutfitters last year for $175... should have got them then...

they look like a pair that should be barbour, or filson.com
you know, like one of those classic shoes... llbean maybe?