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I have to be honest—shoes this seaon were kind of a let down. My stand-by favorites like Ann Demeulemeester and Dries van Noten and Celine didn't deliever at all. An exception to this would be Prada & Miu Miu.. Miuccia is never afraid to have fun with the shoes.

Kind of a naughty show girl vibe at Miu Miu with the spectator & butterfly lace up details. The lime green version is my favorite.

I do have one gripe with a pair of shoes at Prada….

The baroque leather bootie would have been a solid 10 if it wasn't for that horrible gimmicky espadrille & foam platform. I made a helpful diagram here to illustrate my point. What a tease–because if you changed the ugly platform to a beautiful solid leather wedge this would be the best shoe of the season for me. I am praying Prada had the good sense to make an all leather variation of this shoe for retail.

These shoes at Prada were amazing though–the checkered woven platform cutie is high on my wishlist.

 Fashion month is right around the corner, so here's to hoping that we'll see more cute shoes!

We have been having so much fun with this freaky snow storm this week. I have never seen anything like this in my life. It was so strange walking around my neighborhood yesterday and seeing everything completely whited out. It's been like this for four days–and you know what they're saying, they expect more snow on the day of the Superbowl! Even Prince cancelled his show this week. I

It was so fun watching the neighborhood kids play in the snow and taking their pictures. They haven't been in school all week.

I'm wearing a 70's fox fur coat–I got it in Palm Beach. It's in great condition and it was a good deal–I can't take it off! Wearing a 50's fur hat I got on eBay…with Y-3 pants and Fiorentini & Baker midcalf cowboy boots.

Everyone's cars were stuck–this guy below was driving around giving people pushes. Even Mr. Sky Blue pools did. I hope everyone in the area is super careful on the roads this week! Or any snowy place for that matter.

This slip from Free People is really, really perfect. It's good to have this color and shape in your closet. 

This great 70's blouse I'm wearing comes from Vintage Martini…it's a small designer, has a great Giorgio Sant'Angelo feel.  The leather asymmetrical pleated skirt I'm wearing is Ivan Grundahl, one of my favorite Danish designers. I got this skirt at the If basment sale in New York a year or two ago. The boots are Proenza Schouler. Worn with my ever-faithful Mr. We cross, a few other gold trinkets and turquoise bracelets from Free People. 

These Louboutins are some of my favorite shoes, even though they don't get out much in real life because they are both extremely delicate and painful. These ballet pink tights sent to me by Hue inspired me to get these shoes out. Worn with a Jelly Garcia skirt and thrifted men's shirt, and tons of vintage gold jewelry.

Here are some random snaps from last week.

80's Moschino leather jacket with lion chain details

This vintage trapper hat keeps my head so warm.

Random outfit to grab lunch the other day–Ivan Grundahl turtleneck, 501's from What Goes Around Comes Around, Ann Demeulemeester laceup boots.

I got home from Palm Beach the night before last, but since I've been here my hands have been pretty full with our new family addition. Kim is an 8 month old chihuahua….her puppy mill breeder dropped Kim and her sister off at the pound. We found Kim through the Furever Friends adoption program, and immediately fell in love. She had to be spayed and had to have surgery for her cherry eye, but she came home this weekend and my neighbor babysat her. 

In the end, my neighbor adopted Kim's sister, and now they live next door to each other…they are extremely bonded but I think the autonomy is good for both of them. 

It's so sad to think that sweet things like Kim and Roxie end up in pounds–the chihuahua overpopulation problem in California is heartbreaking. A lot of these chihuahua's are being shipped all around the country to rescue shelters where they have a better chance of being adopted. I love chihuahuas…for all of their neuroses, their extremely complex personalities make them wonderful companions. My family was involved in bullmastiff rescue for ten years, it's funny that the strongest personalties really do come in the smallest packages.

Kim is totally precious–but admittedly a bit of a brat. She has to be held *all* of the time. To be honest I always wanted a dog like that. I have two toy mixes who are completely neurotic (but extremely lovable) and way too rough-and-tumble to really be lapdogs. Kim is sleeping in my lap as I type.

She has to wear a E collar until her stitches heal–her sister helped her take them out. 

I had a blast in Palm Beach at the House of Lavande party. House of Lavande is an incredible vintage couture jewelry store–I could have spent days going though their merchandise. 

It was so wonderful to see so many familiar faces! Garance Dore and Andrew Bevan were just a few familiar faces. I can't even tell you how much fun the party was, and I'm not doing the setting justice when I say it was breathtaking. Everyone looked incredible. Thank you for having me and my mom out! 

I am dying to get back to Palm Beach…the vintage surpassed even my very high expectations. The town itself was like Disney Land, and I loved the architecture. It was like a 40's movie… uninterrupted opulence as far as the eye can see. 

I'll have to come up with a scheme to get back to Palm Beach soon.