Dear Rachel,
You are correct. I will not have those Ann D. shoes nor did I get to meet Kidada Jones. However, I

bought all this stuff for like the cost of two parking tickets,

am eating amazing food (even the food from 7-11 is delicious here),

and am the proud new owner of this extremely angsty bag.
Boo [...]

This weekend we kicked off the Nike-id shoe design competition; it’s west coast vs east coast (like the good ol’ days of rap) and we are one of the contenders!  Since Yasi is in Asia, my sidekick Aram joined the Cultist team for support, entertainment and inspiration.  Our first face-off was against Kidada Jones (awesome) [...]

Ok, I’ll admit…Yasi’s going to Beijing and Seoul for a week and a half and I’m jealous.  Whatever.  You get to eat unlimited kimchi and shop overseas, but you can’t have these, so HA!
 
or THESE! (in black, HA!)
 I don’t feel better.  I’m still jealous.  I guess that is probably because I can’t have the Anne [...]

How about this?  Some shine, some black…now we’re both happy.Nina Ricci Fall ‘09.

 But, back to reality for now.  A more realistic compromise of black and shine that I would recommend is inspired by this pic from the January ‘09 issue of UK Vogue.
*Hint: Check out her LNA zipper leggings.  We got ‘em in stock (Click here) if [...]

I like black. (And I’d like to get married in that first Balmain dress).
Here are my picks:
ANN DEMEULEMEESTER

JUNYA WATANABE

HUSSEIN CHALAYAN

I’ve been looking for a suit for school…wonder if this counts as “business attire”?
xx
yasi