Keeping Up With the Kardashians at Oktoberfest

Watch out Munich. The Kardashians are taking over your town.

We'll be the first to admit that we totally watch Keeping Up With the Kardashians and its sister show Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami. Gosh darn it, if those Kardashian gals don't just seem like the most down to earth likable girls in the world (don't even get us started on Scott).

And we also love the fact that when Kim and her mom travel to Munich's Oktoberfest, they keep their fashion wits about them. In the photo below, Kim's keeping her traditional German dress on trend by pairing it with nude heels. And Momma Kardashian's even rocking black tights with black ankle boots, which seems to be a thing lately with celebs.http://fashionistainhydepark.blogspot.com/2010/09/red-carpet-report-card-town-premiere.html#more.

Madrid Fashion Week: Christmas in September

Some people prefer turkey legs for Christmas dinner. Others prefer breast.

Juanjo Oliva 2011 Spring Collection at Madrid Cibeles Fashion Week

Tattoos, Leather and Lace at London Fashion Week

The recent Marios Schwab 2011 Spring collection shown at London Fashion Week was an unlikely collection of leather, lace and mystical tattoo prints. And, amazingly, it all worked remarkably well together in an edgy, feminine, and chic way. We plan to save our money to buy one of these adorable get-ups (the first dress is calling to us) because, let's face it, it's the closest we'll ever get to the tattoo parlor. Enjoy.

SJP at Burberry Show

And in other HBOish news, Sarah Jessica Parker attended the Burberry show at London Fashion week, looking a bit like a bobblehead. We love the jacket and the skirt and her hair and her bag. In particular, we love both the color on her and the structured leather jacket with the soft, feminine skirt. But we also think the proportions are just a bit off. In particular, we think her jacket requires just a bit more skirt or maybe a little less skirt? Don't get me wrong, she looks terrific, we just think she could look even more terrific with slightly different proportions. Or as we've thought for awhile now, maybe she just needs to gain a few pounds.

Boardwalk Empire and Flapper Fashion!

Michael K. Williams, who played Omar on "The Wire", is Chalky White on "Boardwalk Empire"

Well, dear hearts, we don't know if you watched Boardwalk Empire on Sunday night or not, but we sure did. Much to our dismay, we had been hearing a bit of damage control already regarding this show and were really concerned it wasn't going to be any good.

The adorable and talented Michael Pitt.

Wow. Were we ever wrong! First of all, Steve Buscemi is a fantastic actor, as everyone knows, and we can not wait to see what happens to his character Nucky Thompson. Second, we have loved Michael Pitt, the actor who plays Jimmy Darmody, since he wooed Michelle Williams on Dawson's Creek as Henry Parker. And, finally, the costumes are to die for!

In fact, we are really, really hoping that we see some 1920s styles hit the fashion scene soon as a result of this show (just as Mad Men is inspiring designers now). But, until the 1920s craze makes its way onto the pages of Vogue, we'll have to settle with the few 1920s-inspired fashions we can find now...

Breakfast Club Reunion

Dear hearts, you may or may not remember the tribute to John Hughes at the Oscars this past year. At the time, Mr. Fashionista and I were a bit upset, because, well, our fave teenagers were now seriously middle-aged.

Well, recently four of our fave brat packers (Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson) reunited once again for the 25th anniversary of the Breakfast Club and tribute to John Hughes held by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and we were either prepared to see the Brat Pack in their forties or they were looking better than they did earlier this year.

As seen in the photo above, Anthony Michael Hall is looking pretty messy here, but he doesn't look ancient, so that's good at least. Judd Nelson has (thank god) shaved all of the offensive facial hair he had at the Oscars, but has still committed a horrible wrong by wearing that atrocious tie.

Chanel Suits in Bangkok

There is something about this look, by Ana Locking seen recently at Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week, that we think we might love (assuming you add some kind of nude slip or lining under there).  On the other hand, we kind of imagine this is how the ladies wear their Chanel suits in the red light district of Bangkok.

Part 3: Road to Scotland with Russell Brand and Katy Perry

Russell Brand may have recently attacked reporters at LAX, but to the left, we see Russell and his fiance Katy Perry at LAX in happier, less violent, times. And, since Russell and Katy are already at the airport, we've convinced them that a hop across the pond would be a guaranteed blast for all. Russell is crazy. Katy is fun. And so, where else should we go with these two
than Scotland, the land of lake monsters and moors?




1. Edinburgh. Our tour begins in Edinburgh. Russell and Katy, who are wearing matching kilts, meet us at our hotel, the Glasshouse. http://www.theetoncollection.com/content.aspx?pageID=450.

Edinburgh Castle.

 Russell explains that we won't need any transportation for getting around the Royal Mile in Edinburgh's Old Town. We start off at Edinburgh Castle, which served an important role in the Scottish War for Independence, which we mainly know about through Mel Gibson's portrayal of William Wallace (prior to Gibson's psychotic break, of course) in Braveheart.  Speaking of Mel, Russell Brand spots the William Wallace statue in front of the gatehouse and does his best  they-may-take-our-lives-but-they-can-never-take-our-freedom speech. We are pretty worried the vivacious Mr. Brand will offend the many Scots milling about the fortress (we've heard more than one conversation regarding Scottish independence during our stay in Edinburgh). As such, we decide to escort Russell out of the hallowed castle ASAP and move on to safer sites before he starts reenacting any further scenes from the film.