A is for Amy who fell down the stairs.

I've decided to go through all the Spring 2010 menswear shows on Men.Style.com and post the highlights as I see them. (Alphabetically because that's how I roll.)

Adam Kimmel: I look through these shows because I like looking at models. This kind of presentation does not compute for me. You'd think this wouldn't be a problem and would help me focus on the clothes, but I left central Pennsylvania so I wouldn't have to look at these wardrobes anymore. I'm about 92-97% sick of this Americana/masculine/whatever craze that's been going on forever now.

I like this sweatshirt okay (and yes, it seems to be worn by a woman):



Alexander McQueen: Again, not too exciting, but I like this shirt:



Alexis Mabille: Who is this Alexis Mabille? He seems to have mastered the skinny pant. I like this cardigan and the (fuller) pants:



Ann Demeulemeester: The shoes.

A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

Happiness: When I first heard Audrey Tautou would be playing Coco Chanel in a biopic about the designer.

Sadness: When I saw the trailer for Coco Before Chanel and it didn't live up to my excitement.



I realize now what I want is Coco after Chanel. I had searched this trailer out after reading a Dlisted piece called "Kunty Karl Doesn't Have To Be Nice To Audrey Tautou" (and if you click the link, please notice the tag). Before reading that I hadn't realized Nicole Kidman was originally supposed to do this movie. Funny how many movies she's always having to back out of--and that's coming from one of her last fans.

Apparently Tautou doesn't wear too much Chanel and that's what set Lagerfeld off.

Chanel:




And look! It's Angela Lindvall, the model/actress from CQ who played Dragonfly/Valentine:



And look! It's Karl and friends in St. Tropez! (via The Fashionisto, via ASVOF):

Somehow I find myself doing a triathlon this weekend.

I'm hoping it won't be that hard, but I'm guessing it will. Also, why do I keep putting myself in these situations? This is turning into the summer of outdoorsy/athletic Frontier Psychiatrist--I worry I'm not being true to my (lazy) self.

We know Blair Waldorf is.

Confession: Last year I was thinking about getting white or red Wayfarers to wear as glasses (I was boring and went with black). In retrospect I should have if I wanted to be in a video with Brit Brit or Leighton Meester (which I do).

Hello Mr. Bond, I've been expecting you.

I finished The Quiet American * and decided I need to keep going with my James Bond reading. So now I'm reading Diamonds Are Forever.



I still haven't seen any of the old movies. I've been meaning to, but you know how life is--yesterday I watched Serial Mom again and I still haven't seen Confessions of a Shopaholic. Anyway, I believe it was filmed in architect John Lautner's Elrod House, which looks awesome:





Anyway, I'm reading this Bond book so my brother tells me he has a song I need to listen to. I do and I like it, so I find the video which makes me like it even more. This is where my mind's at right now:

Scouting For Girls - I Wish I Was James bond


*This is why I write this blog. A couple posts ago I lamented how long I was taking to read The Quiet American. But pretty much as soon as I'd written that, I got my act together and finished it (I'm making it sound like a struggle, which it wasn't. It's a very good book. Recommended.) Are these Penguin Deluxe Editions new? I love the covers:

Finally.

The Criterion Collection is finally releasing Whit Stillman's (most recent?) movie, The Last Days of Disco, which was released in theaters eleven years ago. I think it was very briefly available on DVD, but then it wasn't for some kind of legal reason (I assume). Used copies would seriously be like $75 on Amazon. But I can calm down because the wait is over.

The trailer (the picture's a little clearer on the Criterion website, which is the link above):



If you can't wait until August 25th when the DVD is available, I recommend starting with Metropolitan* (Barcelona seems to be for the more hardcore Stillman fans).

Chloë Sevigny, Robert Sean Leonard, and Kate Beckinsdale (who steals the movie):







*Metropolitan:

Happy 2nd of July!

I will camping again this weekend. For a family reunion. Which is another way to say 1. I will be drunk* and 2. I won't be able to have a holiday post. So here it is:



*The night before my cousin's wedding I got so drunk with my aunt (not the parent wedding cousin--get it? wedding cousin!) I threw up in the hotel lobby bathroom. Then went back to the bar so the bartender could take our picture. Memories.