I love these photos from Topshop's newsletter.

You know, I must say -- I am so ready for bright colors, sunshine and warm weather. I'm really sick of wearing gray, brown, black and navy blue, and I'm definitely sick of all the rain we've been getting lately. However... DC summers are terrible. The temperature is regularly in the 90-100F area (that's 30-38C), and sometimes it goes above... like last summer, when it was 115F and our air conditioning broke. My computer was overheating and crashing all the time, there was absolutely no breeze, and even the nights were unbearable. So, weather gods, can we please just have a 70-80 degree summer?!?

Also...

Happy Mother's Day!

Faith 21

Forever 21's plus-size line, Faith 21, launched recently. I took a look at the clothing recently, and I have to say that there were some things there that I wanted!









I'm really pleased that a) the clothes aren't all muu-muu like or outdated and b) that the models look AWESOME. I have a few friends who lamented the fact that the sizes only go up to 2X, but hopefully this is more of a test run, and if Faith 21 sells well, Forever 21 will make more sizes.

Photos: Forever21

I can't even front --


Rihanna looks great! Very... Bianca Jagger (the suit) meets Cruella de Ville (the hair). I don't know if it's her personal style or a stylist, but somebody has done a wonderful job of keeping her look fresh, current and edgy.

Photo: WWD, via StyleCaster