As part of the current Fashion Week hullabaloo, Anna Sui has collaborated with the Smithsonian to celebrate the Freer Gallery’s Peacock Room.

Did that sentence make any sense? I’m no art historian (like Lar), but I think I can break it down a little for you. Anna Sui = famous American fashion designer. Peacock Room = originally a dining room in London over a century ago painted by famous American painter James Whistler, now permanently displayed in its entirety at the Freer in D.C.

Our parents use to take us to the Freer Gallery all the time when we were young and the Peacock Room was one of our favorite exhibits. The Freer features Asian art so it seems fitting that an Asian American designer would pay tribute to the gallery. All the proceeds from the shirt sales go towards the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries to help further the appreciation of Asian art and culture.

Although the room is dark and gilded, there’s something very magical and uplifting about it. If you ever find yourself in D.C., I highly recommend that you stop by the gallery and take a look at the room. Since its a Smithsonian gallery entry is free – it doesn’t get much better than that!

h/t: Aunt Mare – our lovely aunt who works at the Smithsonian.

We’re not getting nearly as much as our home state of Maryland, but 2 inches is nearly equivalent to a blizzard for us in the dirty south. Yes, we are rather trepidatious of little bits of snow, but to be fair we don’t have any snow plows and very few sand trucks, and nobody here owns a Subaru.*

Cath jumping for joy in the snow. And being very practical by wearing wellies instead of heels.

Arty things. love arty things.

The bf looking very French- in a manly way.

“Rahhh, you snow! I’ll show you and wear heels! Muahahaha!”

My lovely heels in the snow. These patent H&M boots look very snow proof or at least water proof, don’t they? Not a bit. My feet are now soaked through to my socks and I was outside for all of 10 minutes.

What Daphne Guiness (yes, the heiress of that drink that is a meal itself) says of wearing 7-inch heels in the snow:

Absolutely. If you can permanently shorten your calf muscles and tendons, I’ve done it.

Happy weekend, readers! Hope you’re having a great start to the best love/hate holiday of the year!

MUCH LUV,

Lar

*Cath has just informed me that many, many people in Decatur own Subarus. I think I’m just not a car person (I drive a beat up Chevy). Or maybe a Subaru just doesn’t look like a Sabaru when it’s out of its element (snow!).

It’s always so gutting to hear when a magnificent light goes out.

I like Valentine’s Day regardless of whether or not I’m in a relationship and despite the fact that it’s nothing more than a greeting card holiday. However, I’m not big into wearing a lot of pink – especially when dressing up for the evening. So when I saw this outfit on Style.com I thought, “If I had all the money in the world, I would buy that outfit for Valentine’s Day.”

Well, I don’t have all the money in the world, but I do have a Polyvore account! This outfit is a little skimpy for the weather in Atlanta this week. I’d probably wear a coat – or two – over the jacket.

We never get compared to the Olsen twins. This kind of surprises us because even though we aren’t blond and don’t own a multi-million empire of any sort, we are petite and we love fashion and, well, you know, we’re twins. Maybe it’s the Asian-ness that throws people off the scent. I think it’s more likely that most of our friends aren’t quite as fashion obsessed as we are. They still think of MKA (that’s Mary Kate and Ashley for you less obsessed) as that little girl on “Full House.”

Like most fashionistas out there, we think MKA are some of the most inspiring ladies in the fickle fashion world, even if they wear things that don’t look uber-flattering. They wear what they want and they hardly ever follow trends. In fact, they set most of them. So while you might not slum around NYC in a raggedy house coat and old loafers (both probably thrift finds, one cashmere and the other real leather), those piles of rings and bangles you wear and the perfect baggy tee you love is all Olsen.

All photos below are from Olsens Anonymous.

I have a lot of these things below in my closet (the cheaper, Target or H&M versions mostly), but I particularly have had my eye on that oversized black Moxsie purse. It’s currently out of stock, but they are usually pretty good about getting more of an item back in quickly.