je me noie dans la beauté

whenever you feel a stress-induced panic attack coming on, it's nice to surround yourself with beautiful calming things. For normal people this might be children or Enya. For vapid materialists such as myself, looking at apartment photos is akin to a mental bubblebath. And that's even better considering the fact that I share a closet-sized shower with a hoard of french strangers.

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Lots more after the jump

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paint by numbers

My lazy guide for this fall:

1. DAY DATE: Acne jeans and jacket, Sam Edelman heels, Michael Kors watch, Zara bag, RayBan aviators. Black suede heels go with everything, and are super comfortable to commute in. I've been eyeing this Acne Rita shearling jacket forever and I loveeee it in pastel yellow. Throw it over a threadbare white tee and you're good to go. Also, all the purses in this set are from Zara because they killed it this season with minimal purses, total Cèline vibe.

2. DRINKS/DRANKZ: Acne jeans, Zara clutch and boots, La Garconne sweater, Mac lipstick, Armani beanie (but whatever get one at H&M). Dress up your fave jeans with a studded box clutch and killer baroque heeled boots. A smudge of coral-red lipstick and a grungy beanie and you're set for a night out with the girlssssss.

3. SCHOOL/ERRANDS: Acne jeans, Isabel Marant Dicker booties, Beats by Dre headphones, Zara purse, Maison Kitsuné sweater, Vera Moda scarf. Just 'cause you feel like shit from waking up at 6am and trudging through the snow to ride the Metro for an hour does mean you gotta look like shit too. Ubiquitous Dicker booties for mobility, Beat by Dr Dre for drowing out humanity, and the Kitsune Parle Francais sweater for some scene points.

keep pace with the sun

While I tend to favor black clothing normally, this coral raincoat is a welcome distraction on gray and rainy days. It even has ruffled shoulders! The raincoat and girly accessories nicely balanced the menswear inspired tweed trouser and a light linen button down.

[XXI pants and accessories, Tahari heels, Target raincoat, vintage Dooney & Bourke purse, Ray Bans, Gap shirt]

In other news, the domain change was a success! It was actually far simpler than I thought it would be (with a little help from tech support, that is). Unfortunately, I still have a million things to do this weekend! I'll leave you with some of my recent bedroom-redecoration-inspiration:

There's something so serene about all white bedrooms.