Weekend Review Timeline

Friday 11 pm: The Blind Barber, East Village. Dance party at our new favorite going-out spot. Barber shop by day, vintage cocktail lounge with an impromptu dance floor by night. Great crowd, rockin' music, unpretentious environment, awesome times.

Saturday, 12:30 pm: Hell's Kitchen flea market, Hell's Kitchen. Love checking out all of the vintage jewelry, clothing & home accessories. H couldn't stay away from the racks of sequin clothing while J was pining after a vintage Woolrich coat & the awesome gilded mirrors.

Saturday, 3:00 pm: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Upper East Side. Doing research for the carol marie fall 2011 collection. Details are under wraps, but we did spend a fair amount of time in the armor hallway...

Saturday, 7:00 pm: Le Singe Vert, Chelsea. Dinner of Bloody Mary's and an iceberg wedge salad (our new obsession) at a chic French restaurant that feels like an authentic brasserie.

Sunday, 5:00 am: J's kitchen table, Chelsea. Came back to J's after dinner and segued into one of our infamous "kitchen table sessions" marathons that lasted until the wee hours of the morning involving conversation about cm, love, life and the pursuit of happiness. Oh yeah, & lots of vodka.

Sunday, 1:30 pm: The Sunburnt Calf, Upper West Side. H joins editor friends for eggs benedict and unlimited drinks at one of our favorite brunch hots spots.

Sunday, 8:00 pm: The Half King, Chelsea. cm business meeting with potential LA sales rep over beers & french fries with our favorite chipotle sauce. Perfect way to end the weekend.

4.5 out of 5 apples on the big apple weekend review radar. Great weekend, hoping the week will be just as productive & fun.

xx H&J

The Blind Barber.

HK Flea Market. Lots of great vintage finds!

H studying the ancient armor.

At the Met for research!

Le Singe Vert. Delicious.

NY Fashion Week Recap

It's been fashion week here in NY, which means we've been busy, busy, busy with shows, presentations, events & parties galore! Here's a photo recap of some of the week's events:

J & high school friends, S & N, at the presentation of N's clothing line, Madame (N was also a Project Runway contestant)

Fashion for Passion party at the uber chic Good Units.


Porter Grey presentation. Adorable & wearable - want it all!

H & J at Porter Grey.

Standard Grill for late night snacks & muchos, muchos glasses of wine.


Betsey Johnson show at the new & improved tents in Lincoln Center.


Betsey leading the models down the runway after her signature cartwheel.


At the Amanda Pearl presentation - tons of baubles, bags & amazing headbands against a floral shop background.


Alice & Olivia extravaganza!

After party at the Griffin followed by late-night food fest at Pastis.

xx H&J

Luck be a Lady

As if I needed any more fodder to increase my undying love for my favorite design label, Proenza Schouler, the creative duo behind the label have brilliantly tackled a subject that I never thought would work for me. For spring 2011 they took the tweed suit lady look (a style that is the opposite of everything I could ever try to be) and added their usual spin for a look that's downtown girl doing uptown chic in a way that I couldn't be more obsessed with.

xx J

Theyskens' Theory

It's not often that a collection comes along where every look shown is something that I'm dying to wear. Leave it to Olivier Theyskens (former designer of Nina Ricci & Rochas) & his new collection for Theory to accomplish just that. And at just a slightly higher price-point than the regular Theory line, Theyskens' designs are now (almost) within my reach. I've got until spring to save my pennies.

xx J

Weekend Review: Summer Send Off

"I love New York on summer afternoons when everyone's away. There's something very sensuous about it - overripe, as if all sorts of funny fruits were going to fall into your hands."
- The Great Gatsby

And so we tried to enjoy the last days of summer hanging around the city (the first weekend we've spent together in the city in what seems like ages) - enjoying the peace & quiet of the last hot days of the year. We hit up our favorite local haunts, spent a day at the beach, and spent time working on cm (it wouldn't be Labor Day without the labor...).

With Labor Day weekend behind us, summer has undoubtedly come to a finish in NYC. Summer shares in the Hamptons have ended, there's a hint of crispness in the air, signaling that fall is just around the corner, and the frenzy of fashion week is just days away. That's it kids, summer is officially over.

3 out of 5 apples on the big apple weekend review radar (minus points for working on the holiday weekend specifically created to give workers a break).

xx H&J

At the beach!!


Shopping for chain for our Spring 2011 collection!

The Half King! Gotta make time for summer beers & french fries with our favorite chipotle mayo sauce!

Having the back patio at Half King all to ourselves - our favorite secret spot!

Let Prepdom Reign

Although I consider my personal style a little more edgy, I've had a long-time fascination with the preppy fashion and lifestyle. It stems from a mix of amusement, admiration and curiosity. Having grown up in southern California, skate shoes and board shorts were far more prevalent than top-siders and seer sucker, but the longer I spend out here on the east coast, I find myself becoming more and more versed in the ways of L.L. Bean, Brooks Brothers, Jack Rogers and CK Bradley.

This mild fascination led me to an extreme obsession with the book "Take Ivy" a few years ago. The book is full of candid photographs of students around Ivy League universities in the 1960s shot by Japanese photographer T. Hayashida. Hayashida approaches the prepsters the same way that I do, which is why I think I adore the book so much. He studies them - observing but not judging, fascinated but not intruding.

The book had been out of print for decades & original copies are hard to find, but powerHouse just released a new English translation. My name has been on the waiting list for months so I couldn't have been more excited when it arrived in the mail today! The images do a beautiful job at capturing a style that eternally transcends time and trends.

xx J

Small Screen Sparkle

If there's anything we love more than a night of Jimmy Fallon hosting an awards show, it was the sparkle and sass we saw on the red carpet at the Emmys last night. Check out some of our favorites below!
xx H&J

Claire Danes in Armani Prive

Julianna Marguiles in L'Wren Scott

Julie Bowen in J Mendel

Kelly Osbourne in Tony Ward

Lea Michele in Oscar de la Renta

Nina Dobrev in Zuhair Murad

Sofia Vargas in Carolina Herrera