Street Style Saturday- January Favorites

Here are my favorite street-style photos from the month of January 2011 :

Photos taken from the following street style photographers: Anne Bernecker, The Sartorialist, Jak & Jil, Mr. Newton, Garance Doré, and The Face Hunter

Red Lip Magic

So, I haven't posted much recently, because I am working at restaurant now that I am back in the USA. In France, I was only contractually allowed to work 12 hours. Yeah, TWELVE hours=endless blogging time. I have officially worked more in the past week and a half at the restaurant then I did the ENTIRE month in France. Therefore, NO blogging time and NO inspiration. I dream about black bean salads and my nightmares are of messing up orders. Yet, waitressing has proved one of my theories to be correct: the magical powers of red lipstick.

 Growing up, red lipstick was only allowed for theater performance and ridiculous Halloween get-ups. Yet, the recent fad of red lips inspired me to buy a lovely color from MAC last August, and I began sportin' the red lipstick. Slowly, I noticed things happening. Free Eiffel Tower key chains in Paris. Heads turning as I walked down the street. I pulled a "Liz Lemon" from 30 Rock, thinking, "Do I have food on my face or lettuce in my hair?" Well, friends (of the blogging category), I now believe it was the magic of red lips. I have been wearing red lipstick as I wait tables and the proof is in the Calypso-cuban-black-bean  pudding. The tips have increased.

 As one of my favorite French bloggers Garance Doré said,  
"Red lipstick equals a thousand cocktail dresses."

(Photos of Keri Russell {when she was promoting Waitress} by Ellen von Werth for Interview Magazine.)
Yeah, so what? I may have grandma-esque lipstick stains on my straws and have lipstick on my teeth like Ms. Geist from Clueless every now and again, but, hey;  
 MAGICAL THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU WEAR RED LIPSTICK.

SEE for yourself.
Wanna know a great song about Red Lips? "Your Lips Are Red" by St. Vincent. I like the version on the album A LOT better, but here's a video anyway:

Other than that, here are a few fun things that happened this week:

1) I was in a boutique, in my own world, and someone said to me, "Oh, I like your dress. It's sooo pretty." As I was turned and said thank you, I then realized it was Kelly Clarkson! The French have a saying, "Jamais deux sans trois (everything comes in threes)." The French are right, because I waited on 2 other celebrities this week.

2) I karaoked to Salt 'N Pepa's "Shoop." Yep, I did, and that song stands to be one of the best rap songs of ALL TIME.

3) The Season Finale of 30 Rock. Tina Fey is my hero. You must watch it if you haven't already.  Two words: Matt Damon.

Paris Fashion Week(s)

  (both pictures above by The Sartorialist in Paris) 

FASHION WEEK AHHHHHH!!!!!!
 The blogs have ablaze with footage and comments from all the Fashion weeks across the globe.

(picture from Face Hunter in Paris during Fashion Week)

First, though, let's talk about Vivienne Westwood. If you don't know her from her designs, you probably recognize the name from Gwen Stefani's "Rich Girl":

Think what that money could bring
I'd buy everything
Clean out Vivienne Westwood
In my Galliano gown 

Or maybe if you are a loyal reader of my blog (a girl can dream, can't she?), you remember this picture above from A Spot of Tea @ Printemps with Vivienne W. shoes. Ali and I went goo-goo-Lady-Gaga over these.

However, I primarily want to higlight VW's 2010 collection because of the pic below from Jak and Jil. 

 This was a model in her runway collection! How can makeup be so beautiful-ugly-freaky-sexy-mesmerizing at the same time? Well, this collection accomplished it!                            

The review of the show on Style.com said, 

"As the models walked past in their disheveled finery—wraps that could have been made from blankets found in an old country pile; seemingly sloppy but in fact artfully constructed sweaters and dresses slipping off the shoulder just so; smeared red lipstick with heavy black eye shadow—it felt like one had stumbled upon a massive rave in an aristocratic country house, just when the acid was hitting." HAHAHA

Her show obviously had a little influence from two movies. One being:

and the second being: