Fashion Week Is Coming! Fashion Week Is Coming!

It was the night before New York Fashion Week started, and all through the house... Anna was so effing excited!

That's me, being effing excited!

I love this shot from the New York Times today of the pre-show start photo shoot by Patrick Demarchelier in front of the Bryant Park tents. It juices me up for the festivities. Of course, you can count on I Want To Wear It. to bring you all of the up to the minute coverage of all of the fun, feathers, fur, ferocity, fedoras, fans, famousness, Ferraris, and ferrets. All of it. Right here. Starting with tomorrow's huge 5-borough-wide partay hosted by Anna Wintour, Fashion's Night Out.

I'm personally heading over to Opening Ceremony for their block party that will feature the work of my fashion fetishes, The Mulleavy Sisters, as well as Alexander Wang and other designers. But, if you'd rather ogle MK and A, Zac Posen, Victoria Beckham, and ALT, you can head on over to Bergdorf's uptown. Or, get a lip reading by Poppy King the Lipstick Queen at Barneys, or you can see a Little Red Riding Hood recreation put together by Grace Coddington at Prada. Oh dear, if only I could clone myself a couple Annas. There's so much to do! Listen, tomorrow you will be golden no matter where you are! It's gonna be a blast. You should wear good shoes (walkable people, no sky high stilettos!) and be prepared to make the rounds. I can't wait!

Check out the official Fashion's Night Out schedule here.

Passionate Kisses.

I've been a bit obsessed with formulating a fashion uniform of my own lately. I'm sick of wondering if I'm on trend or off, if I'm in or out, if I'm with it or over it. It's exhausting, so I have something brewing in the frontal fashion lobe of my brain. I'm going with a formula that's timeless and girly with a tomboy edge. I'm still working out all the details of the execution, but I know one thing for sure, I'm going bold with the lipstick. I've always loved the idea of doing the drop-dead red mouth on the daily, but I've been intimidated. I've never worn lipstick regularly, but I am always so struck by how pretty a red lip can be with a minimal face of makeup. It's so feminine, but almost assertively so. There is no mousing around with a poppin' pair of lips. You declare womanhood with a red pout. It's such a force of nature. As long as you keep the eyes simply and lightly lined and just brushed with some mascara, you will not be overdoing it. You'll look classic, not crass. At least, that's what I'm hoping. What's my signature shade going to be? I'm going with the Queen, baby!

Poppy King, The Lipstick Queen! She's a brilliant business woman with a passion for all things lip-related and I feel good about spending my hard-to-come-by bucks on her great cosmetics. She started her own lipstick company out of her home when she was just a High School grad and has built her business into a $2 million a year operation. Even in this dismal economy her sales are up, way up, 34% up! That's big. Why? Well, let her tell you...



It is always so inspiring to me to see entrepreneurial women making a killing in the business world. She's a dynamo. Her story is a success to pattern yourself after and her products are thoughtfully, well-made. There are no gimmicks, no over the top over-promises, no crazy bee ess, just color-filled pencils, sticks, glosses, and pots that provide great shades in lasting formulas. Need to know more? Poppy'll give you a lipstick lesson.



I'm choosing the Red Sinner, because I'm that badass. Or, maybe I'll pick up Sinner and Saint so I can choose my level of badassness on a day to day basis. Either way, this is going to be fun...

What's Poppin'.

Lipstick is a glam girl's best friend and for Poppy King, it is also a way of life. Ms. King is the gorgeous force of nature behind the cosmetics line Lipstick Queen. She's been creating pout-perfecting products since she was 18 and fresh out of high school in Melbourne, Australia. That means she knows her stuff. The Coveted featured her recently, and I realized that she's a face I've seen around the City many times. Let me tell you, her lipstick is always on and always perfect. She's a fan of animal print and a stellar knitter. She is petite, pretty, and hard to miss, even in crowded New York.

Her makeup has possibly the prettiest packaging I've ever seen and I'd drop the bigger-than-usual-bucks for it in a heartbeat. If you want what she's got, you can get it here.