Acne Gradient Jeans

Not sure what I think about these but something is strangely interesting. Feels very *new*...like the next thing. And gradient is very big for home goods: sheets, pillows, mugs.

Danish brand Hay's gradient sheets here:

Flex Degrade available at Acne and Steven Alan. $300.

A random pic I saw on Pinterest a couple weeks ago. It's a guy but still:

ACNE SS12 - London Fashion Week

Acne Spring/Summer 2012 really looks great. I would think it was an old Helmut Lang show if I didn't know who it was. Vogue thought so too.

And ombre hair is apparently here to stay.

white with black

As spring is right around the corner (for some) a nice segue into the season is with a bold white statement piece on top of a black outfit. Kate rocks an amazing white blazer here with a head-to-toe black look during a morning-after meal in Paris.

This ultra white Acne cardigan works really well as a statement making outfit focal point and its oversize feeling and contrast buttons add a little something extra. It's part of their new Spring line, which if you haven't seen it, you really need to check it out. So far I think they have the best collection for Spring, I want about 20 pieces for sure including jeans and leggings but also tops, dresses, coats and cardigans. I know I already posted about it so I'll wait till later on to post more pictures (also I think they are still getting more stuff) but meanwhile check it out on their site but also at Creatures of Comfort.

spring Acne

Some amazing pieces from Acne's pre-Spring collection: several well-tailored silk pants and shorts, a nice asymmetric dress, spot-on denim leggings, and FINALLY a long dress. (I love long dresses and they have been almost extinct for the last several years. This dress would look great with a textured cardigan and a low shoe.)

All items available at Creatures of Comfort.

lycklig lykke li

The Lykke Li album Youth Novels is one of my favorites. Not only because she's Swedish and clearly very cool (here seen posing in Acne as part of her new spokesperson status for them) but also because her music makes her sound way older than her 23 years.

She has just written a song for the New Moon soundtrack. It is UNREAL. Such a great song. I am reeling over it. And just discovered that when she'd been asked to write the song for the movie, she was actually pretty unsure about being part of something so big-budget-Hollywood. Then she saw a pre-screening of the movie and fell so in love with the story that she became COMPELLED to write it. Yeah, the song is that good.

Another reason she's cool - her name is sort of a play-on-words in Swedish. Lycklig means happy.