Fashion Layne

Sunday Inspiration

2011-11-20T10:49:00.000-06:00

Erato: Call Your Girlfriend

2011-11-17T10:07:00.002-06:00

DAPPER DETAILS

2011-11-05T15:21:00.001-05:00

I am stoked to announce that my Friend Anna and I have started a new blog, Dapper Details

Dapper Details will focus on Chicago Street Style and highlight that specific detail of an outfit that pulls it all together because as we know, it's all in the details.

Show these newbies some love and follow us on Twitter @DapperDetails

xx,

Tay & Anna

Music Moves

2011-11-04T10:12:00.000-05:00

Peter and Kerry- Knees

New Purch: ModCloth

2011-10-05T12:47:00.001-05:00

Buy it here

SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW (FT. KIMBRA)

2011-09-27T11:38:00.000-05:00

Float Away

2011-09-14T08:39:00.002-05:00

Vogue: Lollapalooza Playlist

2011-08-03T16:29:00.000-05:00

LOLLA Playlist

JC

2011-07-18T13:11:00.000-05:00

Jeffrey Campbell

dfkjdjfakasflkaaopspk

2011-06-02T13:34:00.003-05:00

2011-05-08T21:49:00.002-05:00

Pretty Baby

2011-04-14T13:04:00.000-05:00

Alexander Wang—Jade Trunk Wristlet

Laura Stevenson & the Cans

2011-04-11T14:07:00.002-05:00

Neck Candy

2011-04-05T17:31:00.000-05:00

Tom Binns

Via Le Fashion

THRUSH

2011-04-01T13:44:00.001-05:00

Thrush from Gabriel Bisset-Smith on Vimeo.

2011-03-28T18:29:00.001-05:00

“I hate when people say I look miserable when I’m just sitting there. Do I need to paint a smile on all the time?”

— Stephen Gomez

EMPIRES

2011-03-28T16:51:00.003-05:00

Harrison, my main squeeze, plays bass guitar for Chicago-based band, Empires and his band is one of the FINALISTS to be the only unsigned band to ever be on the COVER OF ROLLING STONE!!

It started out with 16 bands that were hand selected by the magazine and now there are 8!
Let's help make Empires into the next round and on the cover.
The voting ends on April 14, 2011 for this round!
VOTE HERE, find Empires, and MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLICK ON THE 5TH STAR
(if you only click on the first star than you are giving them a 1 out of 5 rating and that's not really helping).

@Home with Elin Kling

2011-03-28T15:35:00.000-05:00

She may not be a huge star on this side of the pond but in her homeland of Sweden, model-turned-mega fashion blogger Elin Kling is a HUGE deal. Elin opened the doors to her amazing apartment she shares with her partner Gustaf and I have fallen in love with it. This self-described "bohemian chic" apartment in Stockholm is exactly how I imaged it.

Kate Moss

2011-03-19T21:33:00.003-05:00

(TFS)

We Trust You

2011-03-19T21:28:00.000-05:00

Skinny Love

2011-02-21T11:30:00.002-06:00

IMPORTED FROM DETROIT

2011-02-13T08:53:00.003-06:00

Rachel

2011-02-04T20:41:00.000-06:00

Rachel Bilson
in a Burberry Prorsum leather jacket
TFS

vaseline

2011-02-04T20:33:00.000-06:00

Dior

2011-01-16T14:28:00.001-06:00

MUST HAVE.

Just got back from celebrating my birthday in Vegas!
Oh, and I have a new job working for GROUPON! 2011 couldn't start off on a brighter note.

Birthday Wishes

2011-01-06T15:29:00.001-06:00

Tumblr

2010-12-27T19:23:00.000-06:00

I finally made a Tumblr:

stillshesings.tumblr.com

I would love for you all to check it out!

Macarons

2010-12-23T10:30:00.000-06:00

Home in Michigan for the Holiday.
After a full day of wrapping presents, mom and I have finally decided to take a stab at making French Macarons. Keep your fingers crossed for us!

Birthday

2010-12-09T19:40:00.002-06:00

Christmas List! by TaylerLayne04 featuring silver sunglasses

Wildfox Love Potion No. 9 Varsity Unisex Tee
$88 - boutiquetoyou.com
Unisex tee »

Karmaloop.com - Global Concrete Culture - The Linzy Pump in Camel...
$120 - karmaloop.com
Kelsi Dagger »

Navajo Duffle And Rucksack
$110 - topshop.com
Duffle bags »

Black and Crystal Mohawk Earrings
$238 - charmandchain.com
Chain earrings »

Nico Shooting Star Cluster Earrings
$150 - charmandchain.com
Vintage jewelry »

Barneys New York Dot Folding Umbrella
$125 - barneys.com
Umbrellas »

Hartlett The Silver Foxtail Clip, Accessories for Unisex
$80 - karmaloop.com
Silver sunglasses »

To Understand Everything is to Forgive Everything

2010-12-05T12:19:00.000-06:00

(Tumblr, quotebook, olsenanon, tfs, apartment therapy, tumblr, tumblr)

Sunday is my absolute favorite day of the week, for various reasons like, it's a day with very little obligations. I'm venturing out into the snow to see Black Swan today. I stumbled upon the trailer in September, and since then, I've been anxiously anticipating it's December premiere.
Happy Sunday y'all

Lissie

2010-12-03T22:20:00.002-06:00

Skirt PR

2010-11-28T10:41:00.000-06:00

Skirt PR cocktail party @ Cynthia Rowley in Chicago.

Cement

2010-11-28T10:37:00.000-06:00

Lanvin for H&M

2010-11-19T15:03:00.000-06:00

Has anyone else in Chicago seen the color coded 15 minute shopping slots for the H&M Lanvin collection launch? Ridiculous, I know, but this designer collaboration may be the greatest one yet and I sure don't want to stare with eternal jealousy at the girls who were more proactive and snagged these pretty pieces before I could. Sleep takes a back seat (in my eyes) for this fun & flirty collection. Who's with me? For real, I don't wanna do this alone!!!

2010-11-16T21:35:00.002-06:00

CAMILLA BELLE WEARING DEREK LAM SS11

2010-11-14T14:55:00.000-06:00

what a lady.

2010-11-14T10:37:00.002-06:00

Fake or real, indifference is a powerful personal weapon.

— Jenny Holzer

POPCORN!

2010-11-08T19:26:00.000-06:00

My deep love for popcorn is growing quite out of control
I just ordered Buffalo Ranch, Fruit Salad and Cookies and Cream.
popcornwagonfrankenmuth

Miss Stam

2010-11-08T18:55:00.000-06:00

Viktoriya Sasonkina for NAAG fall 2010
Via Photosdemode

Halloween

2010-11-08T18:50:00.000-06:00

Indian, Rachel Zoe, Wolf/mouse

FAMILY

2010-11-08T18:41:00.001-06:00

"What is family? They were the people who claimed you.
In good, in bad, in parts or in whole,
they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless.
It wasn’t just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger.
We have many families over time.
Our family of origin, the family we created,
and the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers,
sometimes even strangers.
None of them perfect and we couldn’t expect them to be.
You can’t make any one person your world.
The trick was to take what each could give you and build your world from it."

2010-10-24T18:55:00.000-05:00

' I watch you spin around in the highest heels
You are the best one of the best ones
We all look like we feel.'

CHRIS PINE

2010-10-24T18:52:00.000-05:00

Chris Pine for Details
November, 2010

Preparation

2010-10-23T20:30:00.002-05:00

"Why not seize the pleasure at once?

How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation."

-Jane Austin

HIDE AND SEEK

2010-10-23T19:57:00.009-05:00

Source: TFS
Vogue Paris: November 2010

2010-10-17T20:08:00.003-05:00

"Can you remember yourself before you were scared of life?
You will never see yourself the way the person who loves you sees you.
If someone doesn’t want you, they don’t deserve you.
Love is like breathing, you have to let it in to get it out. Learn to be happy with just yourself and you will never be alone.
If you always prevent yourself from getting hurt, you will never know how to deal with pain. What good is armor if you never take it off?
Everyone is someone’s ex, don’t worry about the past if you want a future.
Heartbreak can be interesting, food tastes worse, music sounds better and life seems shorter. The average person takes 21,612 breaths in a day, make them all count.
Don’t waste time sleeping when you’re young, there will be plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead.
Before you can help someone else, you first have to help yourself.
Everyone should go to Paris twice, once single and once in love.
All of your imperfections are what make you perfect.
Don’t waste time thinking about time.
Nothing is perfect, so learn to love the flaws.
The most important person you need to know is yourself.
Someone great only comes along so often, never trade them for someone good.
Don’t be afraid of dying and you won’t be afraid of living.
No one is too good for you if you’re good enough for yourself.
If you never rely on anyone, you will never be disappointed.
Don’t wait to tell someone that you love them, you might miss the chance and trust me, you don’t want that.
Life is not a fairytale, if you want something, you have to fight for it.
No matter how much you worry about the future, it’s going to happen, so let it.
Live it up today, because you may never see tomorrow.
In the end, it’s pretty simple, people want the impossible from you and you just have to give it to them."

ZARA TRF OCTOBER 10' LOOKBOOK

2010-10-16T18:02:00.000-05:00

(ZARA)

GLAM LIFE

2010-10-16T17:19:00.000-05:00

I FEEL IT IN MY BONES

2010-10-15T20:00:00.000-05:00

TFS:Quotebook:Danny Roberts

Went to see The Temper Trap in Wrigleyville the other night,
I had a blast and their sound is fantastic.

I'm off to Happy Village tonight. I've never been, but I hear they have a ping-pong table :)

Have a lovely weekend!

Love In The Time Of Cholera

2010-10-13T11:17:00.000-05:00

To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else’s heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love In The Time Of Cholera

MK

2010-10-10T19:14:00.001-05:00

I wear weird things sometimes.
I like to drink coffee.
Neither of these things have anything to do with who I really am.
I am a bit kooky.
I am a bit wacky.
And that’s how my friends know me.
It’s a happy craziness.

mk olsen.

Go STATE!

2010-10-10T18:55:00.000-05:00

Gall..This is you...

(TFS,Tumblr, TFS, Olsenanon, Tumblr)

My New Favorite Boots

2010-10-05T21:04:00.000-05:00

My favorite season is finally here and I cannot get enough of my new Whooga boots,

they are the absolute perfect boot for fall weather.
I'm a girl who clickity-clacks around in 5 inch heels all day, so needless to say, I can literally hear my feet thanking me when I slip these babies on.

"Each and every pair of Whooga boots is still constructed by hand, stitch by stitch with Australian merino fleece."

Minneapolis

2010-10-01T10:35:00.001-05:00

Off to Minne to reunite with 9 of my best friends!

Also, will someone please send me this dress?

Random Musings

2010-09-26T14:57:00.000-05:00

(Love magazine, Marie Claire, tumblr, tumblr, shoelust, tumblr)

GIVENCHY

2010-09-21T11:48:00.000-05:00

Givenchy

F/W 10 Campaign

Source: Studded Hearts

Rachel

2010-09-20T11:36:00.004-05:00

Pretty Rachel.

Source: Studded Hearts

FASHION

2010-09-20T11:28:00.002-05:00

Wednesday Obsessions

2010-09-08T21:32:00.000-05:00

-Fall weather

-Rachel Zoe

-Mustard pretzels

-Rice Krispie Treats

-Cheerios

-Whooga boots

-Pretty fall frocks

-Waiting yet another day to do laundry

-H&M Poncho

-Lemon mint tea

-Alexander Wang green button down via GILT

-Eating bad everyday and @ night promising myself that i'll do better tomorrow

-The color green and red (not together)

Vanille Patisserie

2010-08-31T20:44:00.003-05:00

The Best French Macarons aside from Ladurée...
http://www.vanillepatisserie.com/

January Jones

2010-08-30T20:12:00.003-05:00

January Jones can do no wrong.

Dreams

2010-08-25T18:15:00.000-05:00

People think dreams aren’t real because they aren’t made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real.

But they’re made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes…

--John Dee

Random Musings

2010-08-24T17:53:00.000-05:00

The Vintage Bazaar

2010-08-22T11:31:00.000-05:00

Off to the Vintage Bazaar

Pie, Beer, and vintage...How else would I want to spend my Sunday?!

Favorite Things

2010-08-20T10:09:00.001-05:00

Christine Centenera’s fav. things
Drooling over the leather jacket and backless dress
Via Jak&Jil

Featured in: French Fashion magazine "Public Look"

2010-08-19T11:25:00.000-05:00

Thanks again! If only I could read french.

Chicago Weekends

2010-08-18T21:39:00.002-05:00

@ District Bar

Dress: Akira
Belt: H&M

(Top: Rodarte for Target, Skirt: H&M)

Just some shots from last weekend...We ventured to a new bar in Old Town called Benchmark.

Satisfy

2010-08-18T21:11:00.000-05:00

2010-08-17T21:40:00.000-05:00

"Somethings are more precious because they don’t last."

—Dorian Gray

MISSONI x CONVERSE

2010-08-15T21:01:00.000-05:00

CURRENTLY READING

2010-08-14T17:13:00.000-05:00

More Stompers

2010-08-14T16:59:00.000-05:00

I know, I know, these shoes look very bridal, but I envisioned them dressed down with skinny jeans and some sort of nonchalant top.

GRAND STAM

2010-08-14T16:50:00.001-05:00

Grand Stam
Marie Claire September 2010
(TFS)

I

2010-08-12T22:29:00.000-05:00

“I needed time to get used to my new self. What kind of a being was this self of mine?

How did it function? What did it feel—and how?

I had to grasp each of these things through experience, to memorize and stockpile them.

Do you see what I am saying? Virtually everything inside me had spilled out and been lost.

At the same time that I was entirely new, I was almost entirely empty.

I had to fill in that blank, little by little. One by one, with my own hands.

I had to make this thing I called ‘I’—or, rather, make the things that constituted me.”

- Haruki Murakami, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle

The Social Network

2010-08-11T22:42:00.000-05:00

U Should Know Better

2010-08-11T22:32:00.000-05:00

I just wanna win. I’d rather chase my dreams than to try and chase these men, that try to chase these skirts, that try to chase these shots with flavors that aren’t even as sweet as me.

Robyn - "U Should Know Better" (Featuring Snoop Dogg) by Some Kind of Awesome

LOLLAPALOOZA

2010-08-09T21:40:00.001-05:00

Chromeo

The aftermath of LOLLAPALOOZA

A. Feeling the immense need to learn how to play my pink guitar.

B. Mending my poor blistered feet

C. Thinking that I need to see more live music

D. Learning to embrace beer

E. Discovering some new and not so new loves:

Chromeo, Phoenix, Dragonette, Neon Hitch, Arcade Fire, The Ettes, The XX....

F. Reinforces the fact that my friends are so refreshing and amazing

Starburst Candy

2010-08-09T21:06:00.001-05:00

Recent happenings

2010-08-08T02:02:00.000-05:00

Cookies and tea in the garden.

Gally and I waiting to get tattoos.

After this day, Gall with have 5. Extremely BA.

getting ready.

I must say, it hurt a lot worse than the tatt on my wrist.

Gall got the infinity symbol on her finger and a crescent moon & star on the outside of her knee.

The line outside of the grand opening of "Sprinkles Cupcakes"

Shoes.

Recent Purchases.

(Purse: Rebecca Minkoff from Intermix, Khakis: J-Crew, The rest: Thrift)

Cooler Than Me (Sia vs Mike Posner) by NEON HITCH

2010-08-07T23:37:00.000-05:00

Cooler Than Me (Sia vs Mike Posner) by NEON HITCH

Girl Crush

2010-08-04T21:29:00.002-05:00

Mira works as an editor @ harpers Bazaar Russia.
(misszuri)

When ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful.

2010-08-04T20:49:00.003-05:00

Marie Claire Spain

August 2010

(knightcat)

FIRE IN HER EYES

2010-08-01T18:06:00.001-05:00

Lollapalooza so very soon.

Recent Purch

Provoke. Confront. Elevate.

2010-07-31T19:35:00.000-05:00

Vogue Russia

Color Craze

2010-07-31T16:00:00.000-05:00

(Source: Obsessionmia)

Current Obsessions

2010-07-27T20:04:00.002-05:00

Trader Joes Alphabet Cinnamon Cookies

American Apparel Twisted Headbands

Mad Men

Natasha Bedingfield- Touch

I just scored these Christian Louboutin Menorca Polka-Dot Wedges....
The only pair, size 35...A clear sign.

Biking all around, without a specific destination.

I will forever be obsesses with Fruity Pebbles.

Some may say that the Zoe Boots are so passé...
Welp, they are finally mine.
I am more than pleased.

The mere thought of Lady Gaga having her own line of Tea.
I can only imagine what kind of weird concoctions she will have brewed.

An Airplane Carried Me To Bed

2010-07-25T21:01:00.000-05:00

(TFS & Tumblr)

Watching Mad Men and eating Berry Moon Frozen yogurt.

What a perfect evening.

Music

2010-07-20T21:43:00.000-05:00

Music is one of the best ways to enjoy the present.

It’s not much fun to look forward to hearing music or to remember what a song sounded like last week,

but music right now absorbs you

and places you in the present moment.

-Sonnett Branche

Charlize

2010-07-19T18:34:00.000-05:00

Charlize Theron for Elle France July 2010 BY Dusan Reljin

2010-07-17T12:16:00.000-05:00

The past that makes you cry will make you grow
the loneliness that makes you cry will make you strong
do not regret your past
do not forget your past
past is just past
anyway it does not exist
it can not exist
it will remain in you
but it can not rule you
as it is only memories
since you already have a different world,
you should be the person in that world…
nothing else.

-Daul Kim

Ray

2010-07-12T20:41:00.001-05:00

Begin doing what you want to do now.

We are not living in eternity.

We have only this moment,

sparkling like a star in our hand-and melting like a snowflake…

-Marie Beyon Ray

(TFS)

(lookbook)

TGIF!

2010-07-09T06:58:00.000-05:00

(TFS, Tumblr)

Radiant as the Sun

2010-07-03T09:01:00.000-05:00

"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful.

I am as radiant as the sun."

— Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Holiday!

2010-07-02T20:20:00.000-05:00

(tumblr)

Love this pic.

Wilma Flinstone

2010-07-01T18:24:00.000-05:00

Just pre-ordered these babies on solestruck. I recently discovered this Australian line called Senso and needless to say, I'm obsessed!

Hope everyone has a wonderful red, white, and blue holiday weekend. I just arrived in Michigan and I plan on having a fabulous weekend filled with a Tiger's game, eating lots of hot dogs, and relaxing at the lake house with my stellar fam.

xx.

The American Dream

2010-06-22T18:47:00.000-05:00

man-o-man, working is scary, but oh so wonderful all at the same time. It's weird not having a minute to myself. Oh well, I just need some time to adjust.

Things could be way worse.

(colemetter)

Growing Pains

2010-06-18T15:46:00.000-05:00

I am thrilled to announce that it's official, I just landed my first job out of college. I will be the Office Director at Skirt PR. Skirt PR is a full- service agency dedicated to the practice and specialized personal public relations, concentrating on fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.

My mom was in town for a few days which is always a great time. She helped me nest in my new apartment and I also bought a bike! She is such a beautiful woman, inside n out, and I am soo lucky.

She has been reminding me to "trust the process" and that is exactly what I've been doing.

More photos to come.

wildfox

Lessons from Life, by 90-year-old Regina Brett

2010-06-15T12:11:00.003-05:00

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch!
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion.
22. Over-prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.

Goddess

2010-06-15T11:15:00.000-05:00

Kate Moss
W Magazine

source StuddedHearts

Effortless Style

2010-06-14T21:36:00.000-05:00

“Effortless, unthought style
is what turns my head,
more so than a guy in last season’s
Prada studded shoes.”

- Zamari Graham-Smith