Top 17 Finds of the Spring

So, I've been at this hitching post for over a year and have typed out over 600 posts already. Weird. I should probably start dating these summary posts, but for now, here's my first Top Finds of the spring season, meaning the kOs posts of the last three months that you should read if you feel like you've missed out on...something. Happy first day of the summer!

1) Designer: Amanda deLeon, Heather Martin of mono
2) Fashion grad student: Sky Lucy Young, Alexxsia Elizabeth
3) Male designer: David Chou
4) Label: Thomas
5) New collection: Mandula, 'Gallery 9', mydearthing S/S 10
6) Runway show: Central Saint Martins BA grad show
7) Basic piece: 4-way dress by Study NY
8) Future purchase: Dusturbance creation
9) Custom made piece: Attila Design Tea Part coat/dress
10) Post: Interview with Konrad Parol
11) Unexplainably popular post: This, featuring ArtLab tanks and scarves.
12) Most wordy posts, in two parts: Part 1, and Part 2
13) Most worn pieces: Attila Design Sybil dress, mydearthing Carly dress, Liza Rietz Points dress, mono jodhpurs, ArtLab Oversized Revolutionary Jacket
14) Best DVD set: Friday Night Lights Season 1
15) Three of the best nights of my life: Beauty and the Beast, Eddie Izzard, Eluveitie
16) Coolest dress ever: mono Scarf Dress
17) Most intriguing piece: Dress by Layo Gbadamosi

Layo Gbadamosi

My goodness I love this piece. Such a brilliant combination of Vivienne Westwood mixed with the goddess Athena. This is by a Nigerian-born fashion design student at Parsons by the name of Layo Gbadamosi, and is a part of this year's AAS Line Debut. I just can't stop staring at it. And it doesn't hurt that it has a gorgeous red lining, just like Mr. Izzard's jacket on Monday... I almost feel bad that I'm not totally pumped to see the iconic Henry Rollins tomorrow night just because I'm still hooked on Eddie. Indeed, I just finished watching a moderately bad rental just because he had a role in it (as a super villain at that!). Followed by reading reviews of Monday's show, which was a good refresher on the bits I had already forgotten. I curse my bad memory, but three hours of hilarious material is a lot to completely absorb when you're laughing so hard your entire face hurts. Really, the only downside of the night was that it had to end. And we didn't stick around to try and meet him. Anyway, let's just hope that the second rental (yes, with Eddie in it as well, this time as Charlie Chaplin) is a bit better. And that it has some more jazz chickens...

(Photo via Aneta Genova at Bobbin Talk)