the style ruminative: Isabel Marant

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Monday, May 5, 2014

the mule

guys, my loyal fans, my dedicated followers, my little minions...

i have a serious case of the-mondays-after-a-four-day-weekend-in-saint-tropez. it’s a very specific case of the mondays, a very tryhard case of the mondays because everyone knows that only tryhards go to saint tropez and then write about it on their blog – but today i feel like being a tryhard, so sue me. so given my case of the mondays where my work-to-break ratio has become 20 minutes of work to 1 hour of fun, I figured I would share my latest fashion musings during one of my many 1 hours of fun-time to be taken throughout today (i should probably de-friend all work colleagues before posting...but hey, i'm a rebel who likes to live on the edge...).

i know every fashion publication that pops up on my facebook newsfeed says that THE MULE is THE shoe of the summer, but i am not 100% convinced for two main reasons, which i will breakdown in the following lines of wisdom if you just bear with me.

firstly, the mule is just too casual a shoe. sure, i’ll wear it to the park. sure, i’ll wear it while i shop. sure, i’ll wear it to the grocery store. sure, i’ll even wear it to brunch. but will I ever wear it to work? probably not. backless shoes are just too damn unprofessional. now if i were one of those blessed beauties who got live off mah man and chill during the day or had my own company so i didn’t ever have to go to the office – brunchin, munchin, yoga-in (though i don’t think i would ever be into yoga, but i feel like it’s part of the dream – i like to claim that i’d have a super hot bod if i didn’t have a full-time job, but i am about 100.5% sure that would not be the case – i would actually be just as lazy as i am currently, and i would actually probably eat even more baked goods because i would be so damned happy to not be working in an office (in my little life to-date, i have found the chub to happiness correlation is very high – the happier i am, the chubbier i am – my future husband is VERY excited about the sound of this, men everywhere rejoice!!)

okay so my second reason for not being convinced is actually not really related to the mule, but rather to the birkenstock. I know the very appeal of the birkenstock is the fact that it doesn’t totally go, makes your outfit look more caaj, and just makes it seem like you don’t care…but there are times when i just can’t opt for the birkenstock over a shoe that will actually make my outfit cuter. it’s really hard for me, guys. i’ve tried – God knows i’ve tried. i have almost even made it out the door, but then, in the last second, i always relent and switch to the cuter shoes. i do like the floral ones that i have seen out and about, but i still think i would only wear those to pick up flowers or to pick up my kiddies from school or maybe run to the store to grab some milk (obvi to feed those damn kiddies and to try to counteract the fact that their mom is only five feet three inches tall and their grandma only five feet flat).

anyways, there you have it, folks – my stance on the mule and birkenstock. now that all being said, i will obviously still purchase the alexander wang dina mules as well as the isabel marant Birkenstocks since every fashion publication tells me that it is THE it shoe and I need to obviously partake in the trend or else I wouldn’t be much of a caaj kim, would i, butttttttttttttt at least everyone knows how i really feel (does that make it better or worse when i sell out?)

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

the requisite isabel marant post

so in case you were living under a rock, don't check facebook 9,000,565,388 times daily, or are too deep a person to follow frivolous fashion news (for those that fall under this category, watch andrea sachs get TOLD by miranda priestly for thinking the same - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVptO7o4L8), isabel marant for h&m happened last week and yours truly, caajKim, did not purchase a single piece.

i know you're shocked - how can a caajinista such as myself not purchase from a collection produced by the truest caajinista of them all, isabel marant?!?! well, the truth is folks, i did not purchase from the isabel marant for h&m collection for the same reason that i don't go out on halloween or new years - I HATE THINGS THAT CAUSE A FRENZY. maybe it's the introvert lurking deep within me, but i hate when things get too busy, too crazy, too much ruckus, too much excitement. i hate lining up for stuff. i hate getting on a waitlist. i hate purchasing tickets ahead of time. it all causes far too much anxiety in me. i like the red carpet roll-out. i like to breezily saunter into stores without any craziness or hoopla. yeah sure, i'll wait in line for a cronut or a cupcake, but THAT'S where i draw the line. okay, no, i will also wait in line for a burger from shake shack...but THAT'S IT, PEOPLE. (luckily, i am usually the one running late, so by the time i get there, the friends waiting in line are near the front, so it's not so bad and people waiting in line to consume food are not sticklers for line rule etiquette like those waiting to consume fashion..LUCKY DUCKY FOR ME!)

but okay, back to isabel marant. to be honest, all these people talk about how it's so great for these high-end, super discreet designers to do a collaboration to raise awareness, but i really don't understand the draw. i am sorry, but it DOES dilute the brand value, especially when it's a brand like isabel marant who is ALL about discretion and for people-in-the-know, so why would you want to increase mass appeal? it's a slippery slope, my friends - slippery like that last little piece of spaghetti that you just can't seem to capture with your fork. okay actually it's not slippery like that at all - wrong comparison. i guess it's slipperier like an icy mountain you're trying to climb. bottom line, i don't really get the motivation.

but anyways, enough of my musings. all this being said, if there was no line for isabel marant for h&m, no sell-out, no secondary ebay market, no frenzy, no craziness, i would have purchased the oversized blazer, coat, and sequin pants shown below...not gonna lie, they are pret-ty cute and caaj..

Thursday, October 10, 2013

just a small little postie..

guys, i am seriously slammed right now at work, not sure WHEN i will leave tonight. BUT, i stumbled upon these babies during my 5 minutes of fun time while eating a piece of cake i stole from the gucci cafeteria (picture at bottom)...and i just HAD to post - just a short and sweet (just like me) little post about these amazinggggg little mocassin loafers. man that isabel sure knows WHAT'S UP. they're just calling my name..they're like "KIM! KIMMM!!" and i'm like "NOT NOW, CAN'T U SEE I'M CRANKING?!" though kim is not my real name. c'mon guys, obvi i use a pseudonym - can't have people knowing my real identity!! these little mocassin loafers just screaammmmm CAAAJJJ NATIVE AMERICANNNN!!! i am so obsessed. damn, my 5 minutes of fun time have gone into over-time - i am in the 7 minutes of fun time range now...you know me, made to live on the EDGE. thank GOD i type fast, guys. OKAY, cake is done, so gots to go. DON'TULOVETHEMTOO?!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

sneaks

so i know isabel marant started the whole sneaker trend with her hidden wedge sneaks, but i personally don't really like those original ones. i think the wedge looks weird and the sneaks end up looking midgety and stunted. i do, however, like sandro's spin on the trend with their albatorocks (pictured below). i think the studs make them especially caaj and cool (i mean we at the the styleruminative always appreciate a good stud). what i don't like though is that they are priced at a whopping six hundo which seems rather aggressive for a pair of sneaks, esp by sandro - given that the isabel marant ones retail at only $80 more. i know my finance skillz aren't the strongest, but what limited finance knowledge i do have (hello 2 years of investment banking, what what!) tells me that these are not a good investment. however, since this is NOT a boring finance blog, but rather, a fun fashion blog, the bad investment sneaks are prominently featured below - enjoy!

Friday, November 25, 2011

caajkim's xmas wishlist

if caajkim celebrated xmas, below would be her big annual xmas wishlist. as you can see - bags, leather, and shoes rank very high in importance in caajkim's life. i feel like if i had the below staple items, i could style around them with cheaper finds from forever21, zara, h&m, etc. and create a multitude of looks that could last me until next xmas (or so i would claim...) ahh now if only i celebrated xmas! i guess this wishlist will have to wait until my birday...