thoughts on style

Anyone worth their Louboutins should at least know the story behind the red soles (rumor has it that old CL had once been adoring the red nailpolish on a model, so he proceeded to paint the soles of his shoes with it, and voila, the rest is history). That said, in order to truly appreciate style and fashion and the entire universe that surrounds it, I find it necessary dig deeper into this vast black hole of the fabulous. So I started collecting style & fashion books. As a semi-closeted intellectual, I pride myself on my overfilled, about-to-fall-through-the-floor-and-down-to-the-apartment-below-me bookshelf. Scattered amongst works like Dante’s Divine Comedy, Valley of the Dolls, and 1000 Places to See Before You Die are the scattered few style books I’ve collected: Eccentric Glamour, Style A to Zoe, The Fashion Dictionary, In Vogue, Chanel, & Kate Spade’s trio: Manners, Occasions, & Style. Through these books I’ve expanded my knowledge and come to be a more discerning, educated shopper, and so much more. The only problem I find is that style books tend to come in coffee table book form, and why I don’t know. This has prevented me (more than once) from taking a book like In Vogue (weighing at least 20 pounds) on the subway, or Starbucks, or the beach, or anywhere worth reading for that matter. And this is why fashion books are so full of photos - without them what is the point? How enjoyable can it be to lug around a 20 pound brick? So I stick to the small ones for reading, and let the big ones collect dust on my bookshelf…or coffee table. And why not? A coffee table book is just another accessory, as far as accessories go. Just make sure you find the time to read it…at some point.