December 2009
8 posts
noel vallens: holy cowl
today i’m so excited to be wearing the most lovely knit cowl. it is….gigantic. and i love every bit of it. it was made by the lovely Chaucee of Taylor House.
it’s always nice to wear handmade knit stuff that you didn’t make yourself! sometimes, by the end of knitting something big, i’m so sick of looking at it that i end up not even wearing it. with this, as...
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joelle van dyne: lit up like a christmas tree
after last week’s mid-calf length comme des garcons skirt, i am taking things to even longer lengths with this vintage norma kamali number. this outfit is made up of many layers, so bear with me! this first layer features the gryphon timeless trench, which i purchased at their sample sale a couple years ago. it has the same great fit for narrow shoulders that i appreciate in all their...
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noel vallens: more plaid please
plaid has been making a slow and steady infiltration of my closet for a while now. probably because of the sheer abundance of it at thrift stores, which is obviously where i do 95% of my clothes shopping, and because vintage plaid can just be so plain pretty.
even though it’s not vintage, i picked this neon highlighter yellow lumberjack plaid, which is just absolutely perfect for these...
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joelle van dyne: the sunlight on the garden
this is my last set of photos from my montauk vacation.
it is hard to believe this was only a couple of weeks ago! now i am completely swamped at work, and bundled up in boots and sweaters.
i do think this outfit could transition to winter rather easily. the skirt is a fairly heavy fabric (velvet? cordury? some mix of the two? i’m not sure) made by comme des garcons. it has some...
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noel vallens: throw it in the bag
for some reason i have a strange preoccupation with wearing scarves, neckwear, kerchiefs, (and now necklaces) all bank-robber style. so, it’s not really a surprise that my latest crochet necklace is a similar version of that style.
i’ve been knitting variations of these sorts of things for a while. this was a fall-time knit that i did last year in a pretty blue denim yarn….
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joelle van dyne: along the sea sands
living in nyc, i am about a 9 hour drive from most of my family in ohio, so i don’t get to go visit them for hoildays and things. sometimes i wish i could be there, but the boyfriend and i have begun our own thanksgiving tradition of heading out to montauk, renting a cottage, and enjoying miles of deserted beaches and forests.
i don’t think i could feel more happy anywhere else.
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noel vallens: turned my world to black
i’ve always been one, when in doubt to wear as much black as possible. not a surprising idea, since everyone in my immediate vicinity seems to have the same inclination. new yorkers are known for dressing in dark colors, but sometimes you need a little something to make sure you don’t get lost in a complete black hole.
generally i gravitate to a bit of sparkle, usually with...
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joelle van dyne: not on the lips
le sigh. this is my first post on the blog in which i am wearing a full-on winter coat. it was freezing and i could see steam with every breath. i’m not ready for this!
but on the positive side, i was able to test out the insulating powers of this coat for the first time, and it seems to be completely impervious to the cold. (you may remember seeing it last summer in one of my first...