Inspiration Wall

On the wall next to my closet is a large-scale collage that I have nicknamed my Inspiration Wall. It is pretty dorky, but I love it. I have 12" squares of corkboard mounted on the wall in two rows. When I find and item or a look in a magazine that I love (which is quite often, as mentioned here) I cut it out and tack it up. The wall is always changing and pictures come down almost as often as other pictures go up, but some items have been up there for a LONG time. (For example, the several pictures of the PS1 bag that I love even though I am adamant about not liking "It" bags). I have it somewhat organized by category- purses, jewelry, dresses, formal dresses, pants, ensembles, coats, etc- but for the most part I enjoy the messy collage of my favorite things.

The whole collection- a mess of pretty things!


Close-up of dresses and formal dresses (my love of draping evident in the loads of Lanvin and the Ports 1961 bits!)


Might be my fav category- purses! The PS1, lots of Alexander Wang, and big, slouchy bags.

Where does your inspiration come from? Do you display it to enjoy every day?

I Might Have A Problem...

There's a giddy feeling that overcomes me when I open the mailbox and, in there with all the crinkled ads and bills, is a new magazine. I love blogs for street style, unique points of view, and the ultimate in vintage/hi/low integration, but there is something about the glossy pages of a magazine that I love to pour over in lieu of...everything. A little break from reality, magazines showcase a pretty (albeit sometimes vapid) world I could live in forever ;) Lucky is a definite favorite, I wonder what the new editor's take will be, and there's always Vogue, Harper's Bazaar...Elle, Marie Claire and InStyle are second-tier, but delightful as well. I like TeenVogue, too, but I think there is a tacit age limit ;)
What are your favorite mags and guilty pleasures?