Post Production: Mimi Jung of Brook&Lyn Shares the Three Blogs She Can’t Get Outta Her Browser
Before Mimi Jung launched her streamlined jewelry line Brook&Lyn, she was a full-time fashion blogger. So she is pretty picky about what finds its way into her RSS feed. These are the three sites she can’t stay away from these days.
“Su Wu of I’m Revolting has the best sensibility that I’ve ever seen in anyone, both online and in real life. Jayne of Stop It Right Now is just effortlessly cool. Her blog is one of three fashion blogs I now read exclusively. And The Milanese is pure eye candy—my favorite late-night art blog.” —mimi
Head this direction for more internet finds from plugged-in designers.
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Post Production: Ann Yee Has a New Music Blog Love
We’re taking the week to ask some of our internets-savvy designers where they’re pointing and clicking these days in hopes of copping some of their fave bookmarks. Today, Ann Yee—of this rockin’ number—shares a music blog that’s making her feel really tuned-in.
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Post Production: Alyson Fox Gets Down With The Apiece Apart Blog
We kinda have a thing for the internet, and we’re always dying to know what sites other people are obsessing over these days. So we’re using this week as an excuse to quiz some of our plugged-in designers about their browser habits. First up: the so talented (in so many realms) Alyson Fox.
“The ladies behind Apiece Apart make some of my favorite clothes and their blog is really lovely. They always seem to find the best quotes that really ressonate with me in some way, and they categorize by color.” —alyson
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Emerging Thing of the Week: Children With Swag
There are a handful of photo-driven Tumblrs out there that always deliver—Real Men Swear, for example, or Daily Bunny. (Opposite ends of the spectrum, we know.) Latest (Mother’s Day-approp!) fixation: Children With Swag, which doesn’t just document kids all done up in Baby Dior—that would be called Children With Real Fancy Parents—but rather tots who have both the style and the flair that swag connotes. Bottom line: We knew there were kids way cooler than us. We just didn’t know there were so many. —erica
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Lizzie Fortunato Gets her Blog On
The internet is the jewelry designer’s latest medium.
Lizzie’s blogging pose.
Since Lizzie Fortunato launched her blog A Fortune Found this summer, it’s become a killer outlet for her—a passion project, even. Storytelling is a big part of her namesake line of complex, reference-melding accessories, and, as her sister and business partner Kathryn puts it, “Expanding her narrative has been good for her.” It also helps that Lizzie has tremendous taste and follows sites that we are outraged to only be learning about now. She talks through her five favorites below.
Another stellar new Lizzie creation? The thread-wrapped gold bracelet she made for Of a Kind. There are just 30, so look now!
Decade: “Bernadette Pascua, who illustrated our past two lookbooks, is so talented, and she couldn’t be more modest and adorable. Her blog’s so inspiring because she does a lot more than post her own creations. But, her fonts are amazing, and so are her watercolors. Kathryn bought me one for Christmas, and it’s hanging in my room.”
Solid Frog: “I’m not addicted to any fashion blogs, per se. I’m more interested in interiors and travel for inspiration, and this one posts all interiors.”
The Brickhouse: “For our fall and spring collections, I was looking at a lot of mid-century California structures that are really simple but high-design. This blog comes from California near Palm Springs. “
The Epicures: “This is a couple based in Brooklyn, and their photography is extraordinary. They go to amazing places and tell all these stories.”
Broken English Blog: “We found this store in Santa Monica, and it has a nice blog. I can’t look at a ton of other costume jewelry because it’s just too overwhelming and nerve-racking, so I appreciate the fine jewelry here.”
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Nina and Kaya’s Inspiration Swap
Both Tommy Ton and Woody Allen get the duo excited.
Not only is Toujours Toi Family Affairs a mother-daughter operation, but it’s also a bi-continental one: Nina Egli splits her time between Brooklyn and Zurich, where her mom Kaya lives, and they do much of the designing of their free-spirited clothing line with an ocean between them. “At times, it’s almost helpful, because I have to condense my inspirations,” Nina explains. “I collect them all in my head or on a computer and then send them to her. Blogs have become really important to our relationship.” Here are six sources that, according to Nina, have made the transatlantic voyage.
MOVIE - Another Woman
“We were both really excited about Woody Allen’s movie Another Woman with Gena Rowlands—the winter fabrics, the mood, everything was just, like, ooh.”
BLOG - Jak & Jil
“My mom sends me links all the time. She’ll say, ‘Did you see this on Tommy Ton’s site?’ She really likes sharp images.”
ALBUM - Bringing It All Back Home
“There’s a lot of Bob Dylan stuff I’ll never part with, even though I’m not a Bob Dylan freak or anything. The cover art of Bringing It All Back Home is my favorite. I have it here and also in Switzerland.”
BLOG - Park & Cube
“My mom discovers these blogs, and I’m like, ‘How did you find that!?’ Park and Cube, for example—I heard about it through a very cool friend from Switzerland.”
MOVIE - Working Girl
“I always blog about movies I’ve seen, and then she tries to rent them from the library. I like eighties movies like Working Girl—there’s something about the storytelling.”
BLOG - Turned Out
“I really like Maya’s blog, Turned Out. We have the same taste in girls. I don’t have much interest in the Sartorialist-type women—they’re all really pretty and luxe. Maya’s are more distinct—more about the little things.”
Nina and Kaya created a very wearable tunic just for Of a Kind. Grab up one of only 13 now!
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Things of the Week: We’re Not Messin’ Around Edition
Mutual: We both discovered this graphic statement of truth completely independently of each other and each found it compelling enough to make it our desktop backgrounds. The fact that it’s uncredited only adds to its mysterious specialness. So, mark your calendars: Full-on amazingness arrives on Nov. 17.
Erica: I have a new favorite blog, you guys, and that seems like a big deal. It’s called Miss Moss, and it’s written by a South African graphic designer named Diana Moss who has stellar taste in everything that has to do with aesthetics. According to her Twitter, she also appreciates cheese and cured meats. How about you go check out some of my favorite posts and then immediately add her to your RSS?
Claire: There isn’t so much to say about Zicam RapidMelts except that they work. They really work. The moment you begin to feel mucus aggregating anywhere in your body, take one. Completely disregard the thing it says on the bottle about every three hours: Follow your first by as many as you can stand, as quickly as possible. It’s homeopathic; there is no overdosing in homeopathy.
