Neon Animal Print? But of course.

Thanks to our fabulous eye for fashion and oozing charisma another case of the style gods smiling upon us, what started as just an admirer's portrait of Mercedes Hart (pictured above) turned into so much more!

But let's start at the beginning. Remember our Amanda Uprichard shopping spree around the new year? Well apparently we love her so much that we are drawn to her designs without even knowing that they are hers!  Mercedes first caught our eye with her vibrant yellow and blue Amanda Uprichard hoodie paired with an amazing cross, which was handmade in Mexico for Virgins, Saints & Angels. Sadly, you can't see the cross too well here but not to worry - we will be following up in a couple months with a post on Virgins, Saints  Angels and their designs!

Another fun fact - as it turns out, Mercedes is featured in the collage of photos as taken from Diplo's 128 Beats Per Minute and on display at Milk Gallery. We all know how it goes (or, in our case, pretend to) - she just happened to be hanging out with Diplo and Shane McCauley in Mexico City at a Major Lazer party, where Shane just happened to snap her photo, which just happened to be so effortlessly amazing...

Virgins, Saints & Angels: http://www.vsadesigns.com/public/

Milk Gallery presents Diplo's 128 Beats per Minute

Neon lights slicing through mist and disappearing. Turning a mirrored corner. Catching a glimpse of beautiful people. City streets twinkling beyond the glass. If there were no tomorrow, we’d be nowhere else but here…

That was Saturday’s afterparty at Le Bain, but it could have easily been captured as a moment in time and added to Diplo’s 128 Beats Per Minute. Until April 11th, Milk Gallery presents photos from the book, which features photography by Shane McCauley and a foreward by Alexander Wang.   

As you might imagine, Milk + Diplo + ShaneMcCauley + Alexander Wang > epic. Take epic and raise it some Mad Decent (Diplo’s record label) and you get just a glimmer of the launch party, which was studded with power players both in person and in the photos on display. We were spoiled by the cornucopia of stylesetters. Not surprisingly, there were sheer skirts galore and several partygoers with skateboard in hand. One trend that we loved was the varsity jacket on both men and women. Our favorite moment of the night occurred with the photos as the backdrop for a (very) slow motion dance-off between a tiny fascinator-wearing girl and a floor-length tunic, giant headphone-wearing guy.

Check out this exhibition at Milk Gallery while it lasts! And, for the full version, you can pick up 128 Beats Per Minute either at Milk or at Urban Outfitters.