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charlotte olympia fall 2011

Move over Red Sole faithfuls (AKA you Loubobutin fanatics)! Charlotte Olympia's golden spider web soled shoes are the sexiest, funnest, and funkiest collection this fall - in my book at least. The tootsies of Blake Lively, Katy Perry, Keira Knightly, and my idol SJP tend to favor Miss Charlotte Olympia's fashions. Check out my favorites! 

 carmen. 

ninivah.

delores [quilted], and greta

martha in stripes.

priscilla.

polly.

Such an innocent name for such a sexy shoe! Leopard print and blush pink are way too cute together. This platform pump is just too amazing to not comment on. Love. 

kitty.

Talk about cute! So obsessed with these I have no words. Except, meeeeeoowww! 

Beautiful collection, yes?

stay classy,
maddy

thankful thursday

books

Harry Potter?- Wouldn't exist. Twilight?- Edward who? The classics? Out the door. What would our world be without books?! Honestly. Sit. And. Think. About. It.

Give it some good thought? Our world would seriously suck without books. Let's be literal for a second here: Books tell stories. Great ones, amazing ones. Now let's be cliche: Books inspire imagination. Let's be real: Books are fucking amazing. I'm not talking about Nooks, Kindles, etc. I'm talking about a physical book that you go check out from a library, or buy from a store. So old school right? That's the way it ought to be. Books deserve a cover, a spine, pages to flip. They lose their character when you rewrite them to format them for a screen. I'm thankful for printed books.

what are you thankful for?

stay classy,

madeleine

sassy, classy betch

"Everyone thinks they know so goddmamned much about everything, and no one knows fuck all about anything!" -Carrie Bradshaw

Miss Carrie Bradshaw. Albeit, she is a fictional character, but she is one sassy and classy betch. For all you SATC (Sex and the City) novices - shame on you, might I add - Carrie Bradshaw/Preston, is the classiest New Yorker there is. The OG of fashionistas, and a sex columnist, Carrie lives the life any girl dreams about. She's sexy, sassy, savvy, smart, and silly. This betch has it all. Oh and BTW, she has a hunky, dreamy, Wall Street savvy Mr. Big. Um where can I get one, please? So basically betches and bitches want to be her, and its not only because of her amazing closet, (the shoe collection resembling everything you've ever seen in Vogue is only part of it!) its basically because she's a crazy sassy and classy betch.

stay classy,

madeleine

classy vs. unclassy

-Will and Kate in matching outfits! Kate can definitely pull of this boyish style.... even when she's shopping for groceries! (Sidenote: Why the f*** is everyone so damn fascinated every time Kate goes grocery shopping? I don't get it. Now clothes shopping, that's another story) Basically anything this couple does is ridiculously #CLASSY

-On the boyish style topic: Lady Gaga released her new album cover for 'You and I' (umlauts over the u - of course!) single and simultaneously introduced her male alter ego who eerily resembles Prince. Anyone else think so? Anyways, Mother Monster has a photo book in the making by the notorious Terry Richardson (read: creep, porny, gross). Gaga's note on Richardson? "he'd film me, like, peeing in a cup, and, like ridiculous things". We can't wait to see that in the book, now can we Little Monsters? Hm methinks there are things that should stay behind closed doors. #UNCLASSY

-The cast of Glee at the 'Glee 3D Concert' premiere. Super stylish and super #CLASSY. My favorite was Dianna Agron! Absolutely gorgeous! I love her hair, makeup, and her dress! I love her!

-Speaking of concerts...Oh RiRi. In her concert in Barbados, Rihanna brought up a 60 year old fan(? maybe innocent bystander), to grind on top of during one of her songs. Hey, I have no backstory here so I'm not quite sure what was going on, but SO many things! Number one, what is this guy doing at a Rihanna concert? Was a Grateful Dead coverband opening? Number two, most Rihanna (male- and some female) fans would be ecstatic to be brought on stage and grinded on (I guess?), but this guy?! This guy looks miserable - as if he's just been given a death sentence. Maybe he's just not into a little S&M ? #UNCLASSY.

stay classy,
maddy

thankful thursday

sunshine

It makes my days brighter and warmer! How can you not be thankful for sunshine? Dreary days are so passe. Everything is just better with the sunshine. Go to your itunes and type in "sun" and see how many songs pop up. Yeah. Shit's popular. Everyone loves sunshine. Shouldn't it be a proven fact that sunshine automatically yields happiness? Yeah it should.

stay classy,

maddy

summaatimeee

I am SO exhausted. I'm so done with work. My summer job has legitimately dominated my whole summer. For the 4th year, I'm working again as a lifeguard and swim instructor at my local pool. Cool that I'm making bank? Um hell yeah. Cool that I have no life? F*** no. Whatever, at least I have a pretty decent tan! Don't get me wrong, I have some pretty amazing perks to my job. I get to hang out and essentially do nothing all day with my best friend (pictured above with me). The people I work with are the chillest, most amazing people ever. Basically, I do what I want. Downside? I don't really like kids. No wait. I don't like kids. And considering 80% of my job is teaching kids and pretending to like them, it just gets absolutely exhausting after 7 weeks. I also have a really shitty patience and tolerance level with most kids. I'm making money, and I'm getting tan. That's what I keep telling myself. Besides, I need the extra $$ for New York!

Speaking of which, I'm moving to NYC (later Villanova, helloooo NYU!) in less than a month! It's ridiculous, right? I'm pretty damn excited to be in the Village. What else is there to say? I'm about to become a NewYorker, bitches.

stay classy,

maddy

currently listening to: sleigh bells - kids

thankful thursday

So I'm trying this new thing...

Every Thursday I'm going to (fingers crossed I keep up with it) blog about one thing in particular I am thankful for. It will be either general, or specifically for the day. I saw this idea on a few blogs, and I think it's a good thing for me to realize the amazing things I have available to me that I shouldn't take for granted. So here goes!

This year I've been doing TONS of traveling. Flying from school in Philly, to back home in SF alone racks up the miles. Add in a flight to Istanbul, with a layover in Munich, and a flight back home from Athens, with a layover in Zurich, as well as a weekend trip to LA. I absolutely love traveling! I am very thankful that I have the opportunity to travel to such amazing places. The thing I find ridiculously intriguing is the fact that you can simply get on a plane and end up in a completely other place!! I love it! So this thursday I am thankful for airplanes, and the amazing technology we have to make traveling possible. And of course, I am superbly thankful for the great top notch airlines, like Virgin America and JetBlue, who make traveling not only convenient and comfy, but also quite stylish. Who doesn't like traveling with class?

What are you thankful for?

stay classy,

madeleine