Instagram Pop-Up Sale

Models: Katy Tipton & Annie Oh
Stylist: Starr Crow
Photographer: Stephanie Parsley

Jake and I are moving to a new city new month so I have to get rid of some of my stuff. I've been holding on to a bunch of clothes and shoes for a while just waiting to have a sale, and last week I assembled a talented team of friends who helped bring it all together. The sale went on this afternoon on Instagram and it was a success! It was my first time selling clothes on Instagram, and I'd advise it to anyone. Sometimes things are just too good to send to Goodwill and just too new to send to Etsy. There are a few bags, shoes, and clothes left in the shop if you'd like to take a look. Just visit @shopstarrcrow on Instagram.

Thanks to Katy, Annie, and Stephanie for all their help and good spirits!

Greens by Grinshpan: Summer 2012

The Buenos Aires label Greens by Grinshpan gets it right every season. They keep it simple with lots of denim and stripes and a nice tomboy aesthetic. I post about them nearly every season because I love their designs so much and, just as I have in the past, I'm still wishing they'd open an online shop. I'm posting their summer lookbook below which is as good as ever.

Arabella Ramsay

A few outfits from Arabella Ramsay's shop that I'd love to get my hands on. More here.

Bed & Breakfast

Beautiful images from Japanese label Bed & Breakfast's summer collection. I'm all over the stripes and the delicate minty fabrics.View the rest of the collection here.

Elkin S/S 2012

I haven't had time to look at many spring collections yet, but if the rest are anything like Elkin's than I'd say were in for a pretty good season. I came across Elkin's winter collection on my most favorite Portuguese blog, Kiss Me Quick, and soon found myself on their website, dazzled by the photos from their spring lookbook.

Sisters Kara and Brit Smith are the magic behind the label, which combines Brit's love for lingerie, and Kara's love for staying out late and sleeping in her clothes. The clothes are meant to be seen in both the daylight and the after hours, with each collection themed around a particular literary genre.

These days it's seems like all my money goes to books anyway, if not for school than to satisfy my Amazon addiction, so I'm glad to see a label that's combining two of my favorite things. The behind the scenes video of the shoot is pretty cute too with all those farm animals running around!

RRL by Ralph Lauren

The new RRL collection by Ralph Lauren may be one of the best men's collections I've seen in a while. The photos look so convincingly old-fashioned and the styling has such an early-twentieth century, back-roads kind of feel to it. Every character reminds me of someone I've seen in photos on the Life website or in vintage photos around the web, making me think of late-nineteenth century gold diggers and cowboys and farming families from the 30s and 40s. Then there's the two dapper gentlemen who look more sophisticated and strikingly similar to Oscar Wilde and Aubrey Beardsley –– or at least the photos and clothes look like replications of their portraits. It makes me wonder if there are anymore influences from The Yellow Book in this collection, too, and what photos were hanging on the RRL mood board when they organized this shoot.  It's definitely one of those "i wish my boyfriend shopped here" kind of places. . .

Pretty Kirsten for Boy.

I usually refrain from posting more than once a day, but it seems that after my week long hiatus I have some major catching up to do! I'm kidding really. I'm not all that strict about keeping to a schedule around here, but I do like to browse the internet a lot and it's always nice to be able to share the things I find with you guys.

That said, I came across this beautiful lookbook from Band of Outsiders latest BOY collection early today and couldn't wait even a second to share them! With Kirsten as their model, there is, of course, a sufficient amount of charm. The clothes are sweet, but not too fussy that I couldn't run around like a Lost Boy in a field or curl up like a Monkeycat in the grass. And maybe it's the fact that Kirsten is present––I'm almost certain that it is––but I can't help but bridge these photos to the things I know about Marie Antoinette and the love and adoration she had for horticulture. In fact, there are several pieces of this lookbook that conjure up reminders of other things, but I'm sure I could ramble on until no one else could read anymore. I won't do that.

Club Monaco Spring 2011

These photographs from the Club Monaco spring lookbook are ancient by usual internet standards – released during fashion week in early September – but the collection resonated with my personal style so well that I felt I needed to share!

Once again, I'm most attracted to the minimalistic color palette. I've got plenty of white and navy in my closet already, but this collection is a great reminder that I need to find more blush-colored things. From what I can tell, blush is going to be a huge color trend for spring. 

Another big trend for spring (that keeps popping up in all my favorite collections) is loafers! I'm pretty much set in that department, but I wouldn't mind finding a shiny pair of solid black loafers at the thrift store. And while I'm at it, a nice solid black skater dress (like the one below) would be nice, too. I just know I'd wear them both to death!

Source: Sun Rainey