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Go Gaga
Let Lady Gaga entertain you with ABC’s A Very Gaga Thanksgiving. The songstress will perform sing-along tracks, from “Marry the Night” to “White Christmas,” and talk about her childhood and inspirations in an intimate interview. When that’s over, shop online at Barney’s for limited-edition Gaga-esque ephemera—from extra-long, sweeping pink false eyelashes to a leopard-print journal—which the performer collaborated on with über-stylist Nicola Formichetti.
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving airs on the ABC Television network on November 24, from 9:30 p.m.–11:00 p.m. ET.gagasworkshop.com
Photo: Courtesy of Barney’s (left); Photographed by Mario Testino, Vogue, March 2011
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Work Off the Turkey
Make good use of any post-family dinner frustrations by going ten rounds with one of artist Nick Cave’s blow-up Soundsuits. The original textured and wearable sculptures—made from anything from rustling human hair to twigs—inspired the jangling shell-embroidered shifts and bustiers in The Row’s ethereal spring collection.
Inflatable Soundsuit Punching Bag, $70; soundsuitshop.com
Photo: Courtesy of SoundSuitShop
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Dream of California
Kate and Laura Mulleavy collaborated with acclaimed art photographers Catherine Opie and Alec Soth for their recently launched compendium that draws parallels on Rodarte’s collections and the inspirational Californian landscapes of their homeland. While Opie captures models Riley Keough and Frankie Rayder in Rodarte’s designs, Soth documents such patriotic landscapes as Santa Cruz and Joshua Tree National Park.
Rodarte, Catherine Opie, Alec Soth, $51; amazon.com.
Photo: Courtesy of Black Frame
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Brush Up on Your Fashion History
With a library of fashion tomes having recently hit stores, focusing on the behind-the-scenes workings of some of the industry’s finest luminaries—labels Dior, Azzaro, and Gucci; and lauded photographer Cecil Beaton—there’s no better time to work on your sartorial education.
Clockwise from top left: Gucci: The Making Of, $85; rizzoliusa.com. Dior Couture, $115; rizzoliusa.com. Cecil Beaton: The New York Years, $65; rizzoliusa.com. Loris Azzaro, $25; assouline.com.
Photo: (Clockwise from top left) Courtesy of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. (3); Courtesy of Assouline
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Practice your Spring Hairdo
Irresistibly gamine French braids were wound around models’ crowns in Valentino’s spring collection. Make use of holiday time to perfect yours in the bathroom mirror. Tip: Start at the top of your head, fold sections of hair into a traditional French plait, and then pin the length of it in a clockwise direction.
Photo: Gianni Pucci/GoRunway.com
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Indulge in Some Underwater Love
In the spirit of Givenchy and Chanel’s sub aquatic–influenced spring collections, get mesmerized by Daryl Hannah’s glistening scales and shell-like adornments by re-watching Ron Howard’s classic movie Splash.
Photo: Courtesy of Everett Collection (left); Gianni Pucci/GoRunway.com
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Get Crafty
Take print outs of Jil Sander’s spring sweaters—which were inspired by Picasso’s ceramics—to a local pottery class and re-create your own updates of the cubist’s originals.
To register for classes at the Greenwich House in New York go to greenwichhouse.org.
Photo: Courtesy of Greenwich House Pottery (left): Marcio Madeira/firstVIEW
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Write a Gratitude Journal
Log everything you have to be thankful for in Christian Lacroix’s beautifully decadent notebook. Number 1: The glorious return of feminine skirt suits at Louis Vuitton for Spring.
Christian Lacroix Papier Love Notebook, $16; liberty.co.uk.
Photo: Courtesy of Liberty London
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Cook Up a Storm
Forget leftovers. Look to Dolce & Gabbana’s Italian-themed spring collection where pasta shells were looped into earrings and bag handles, and stir up a turkey-free Sicilian concoction of your own.
Photo: Courtesy of Davies and Starr/Getty Images (pasta); Olivier Claisse/firstVIEW
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Get Poetic
Take cues from Haider Ackermann’s romantic spring collection, inspired by the poetic sensibilities of Byron and Baudelaire, and handwrite a heartfelt sonnet for someone you love on Lanvin’s stationery, covered in Alber Elbaz’s signature doodles.
Lanvin Alber Theme Stationery Set, $115; For information: net-a-porter.com
Photo: Courtesy of Lanvin (stationery set); Alessandro Viero/GoRunway.com
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