PeSuit and Tie

books of the week   i continue to patiently await the arrival of the next book in the it girl  series, but one cannot wait too long, so this week, in proper patriotic fashion (leftover from last week's fourth of july celebration), i decided to tap into the next books on my shelf, and i believe nothing ties americana  with fashion more than jackie kennedy .  i read jackie: the clothes of camelot , a style analysis of jackie's fashion from the white house days, as well as her later years - when she turned into jackie o , and defined 70s and 80s sophistication with amazing sleek wardrobe choices. a unique and honest fashion, something so natural one can only try and replicate through cheap trends and dupes. it was enjoyable to learn more about jackie, years ago i read all about marilyn, and it would only be fair to give the queen of usa her flowers.  as if one book wasn't enough, i continued the path with another book from my collection, a huge coffee table bo...

  books of the week it was a week to celebrate the brats, it girls, and icons. and you'll see that with all media i consumed.  i read reckless , book #3 in the gossip girl spinoff the it girl . we're following jenny and her boarding school bitches through the trials and tribulations of spoiled teenagehood and confusing teen love.  currently i'm on hold for book #4 - unforgettable. while on hold, i am reading  jackie  - the clothes of camelot  - a coffee table book on jackie kennedy's style through her white house days, and after. i got this book at a book sale a while ago, and i was always a lee radziwill style fan, but there's something so chic about jackie o's white pants, giant sunglasses of the 70s. new style icon unlocked. and every summer, i get into a kennedy obsession! i was a lucky girl at the coffee shop the other day. they had a mini library and i audibly gasped when i discovered midnight sun , the newest book of the twilight series, just waiting...