Tippety-Top Obama Shop

Alright so...I'm performing my tri-daily (is that a word?) ritual of searching for blog topics. I mean I could just say that I invent fashion news but I'm a truth-sayer so I won't. I'm here to tell you all about what you need to know in what's going on in the world of style. And apparently as of 6:58pm on Thursday, April 9th 2009 the only thing worth talking and/or knowing about is...TOP SHOP! OMG if I see another fashion story chronicling Top Shop and it's new opening in SoHo, I'm going to quit writing. No, I wont. That's a lie. But see, there's that story that's flooding mass media along with Michelle Obama's wardrobe whilst visiting the shriveled Queen. Ok, so Top Shop first, then Michelley Belly.

So Top Shop. I get it. I worked for H&M once upon a time...and was obsessed (and still am pretty much) so I get it. HUGE. Amazing. However, Top Shop is just another H&M, another Zara, another...what's another high fashion discount couturier? I don't know but think of it and that's what it's JUST LIKE!

The fashion is typical: trendy. Nothing spectacular. Funky printed shift dresses, bold primary colored strappy heels, cut-off denim shorts, and a wait-in-line from Broadway to Ave. of Americas (and back around to Houston). Oh and Kate Moss' fashion line is being sold exclusively here. I'm picturing Kate's clothing to be basically mirrors and razor blades, and white. All white. And nothing above a size 0. In fact, size 0 is the biggest size available. Aside from the mass amounts of parties blazing for the first ever Top Shop being opened in America (with special appearances by everyone from Jay Z to Michelle Trachtenberg) there is nothing to talk about that can't be said for H&M. So let's talk about Michelle Obama.

Um, why? All I've been hearing about is Michelles AMAZING wardrobe while she and Barrack (our President by the way) paid homage to Great Britain and did a shoe-shuffle-tap-dance for the starkly white Queen Elizabeth. Needless to say, I was deeply disappointed. I mean, her most 'amazing must-see' outfit was a cardigan. Seriously, google 'fashion news' (and read Daphne's recent post) and you will find nothing but Top Shop and Michelle Obama. I expected more from us, world.

I just have nothing to say except this week in fashion is a dead end. Snuggle up with CHAOS and go back to bed because you're not missing anything out there. Peace.

Peek-A-Boo @ Peachoo

Ok, so you can thank my 2nd vodka grapefruit for this blog. Tomorrow, I'll thank it for my headache but for now, the only thing I can thank for that is Peachoo + Krejberg. When I saw the 'Cousin It' ensemble from their Fall/Winter 2009 collection, I was hoping for something totally eccentric and hopefully fabulous (in an Eastern European sort of way). However, disappointment ensued. They, as a design house, "don't believe in a specific inspiration for a collection" and it shows. The off-centered tank tops and dangling poplin-esque blouses (?) are hardly inspirational at all. Take a look and you'll see why. I don't know if it's the way the samples were photographed or the way they're made but the busts are popping out so far I can't help channel Pamela Anderson as the only person who would find this interesting. This CHAOS blogger gives Peekaboo and Krashburn a thumbs down for sheer laziness. However, they must be doing something right. Thumbs up for getting my attention.