My Current Favorite Distraction

My colleague and fashion expert Arianna turned me on to the genius that is Polyvore. On this website, you can browse through the world's largest closet and sift through thousands of clothes, bags, shoes, accessories and jewelry, designer and otherwise, in order to create various "sets" illustrating your fashion tastes. It allows you to search through the entire database, whether by designer, color, style, etc. You can even search from specific websites--even ebay! And if there's something that isn't on there, you can upload it yourself to the server!

Although it took me a little while to get the gist of it, it's thoroughly taken over my internet browsing time at this point. I still have a few problems with it--the interface is a little iffy and sometimes doesn't work the way it should, from what I can tell there's no screening process for what items get uploaded, and it simply takes too long to scroll through some of the categories. Nonetheless, I've already spent far too much time creating a few sets.

First off, here's a little cross-section of my closent, currently:



I was thrilled to find that they had my neon Nikes and my BAPE sneakers (though not in my color), as well as my Minnetonka moccasins and lace-up boots, my Christian Louboutin pumps, my Goyard tote (but not my Marc Jacobs one, though every other MJ bag known to man was there), my vintage Chanel bag, Levis jeans, True Religion jeans, even the high-waisted jeans I got at TopShop in London! Not to mention both my fur vest and fur coat. And before anyone jumps down my throat, both my items are faux fur. They had my American Apparel leotard and skirt, but they shockingly didn't have the v-neck AA t-shirts that make up a large percentage of my wardrobe.

I also didn't delve too much into the jewelry section, mostly because I knew nothing I own would be on there. Granted, I have my fair girl's share of Tiffany's jewelry acquired throughout high school when it was the ultimate status symbol, but the jewelry I wear now is a pretty eclectic assortment of things I have gotten either in my travels (bracelets from Florence, Africa, London, Greece, etc), inherited from my mother or grandmother, or found in some vintage store here in New York.

And now just for fun, here's a rough draft of (a section of) my Shoe Wishlist:



Including Lanvin flats (at the "12:00" position), YSL MaryJanes (1:00), Tod's loafers (3:00), Chloe ankle boots (5:00), Burberry ankle boots (6:00), Christian Louboutin pumps (7:00)...and in the center: Chanel flats and the coveted Burberry Prorsum studded platforms, which can be spotted in every Fall fashion spread in every magazine, if you look closely. Of course, by the time I can afford them, at $940, they'll be out of style. But that doesn't stop me from drooling over them.

This website would have been amazingly helpful a few weeks ago, when I was coming up with my Christmas list, at my mother's insistence. I had a hard enough time coming up with a couple things my various relatives could get for me, but as I was poring through the collections on Polyvore, I--shocker!--suddenly found quite a few things I wanted.

However, discovering the site smack in the middle of the onslaught of finals is probably going to cause a problem.