Photography by Kietrie Noe
(vintage skirt; Henri Bendel headband, Forever 21 bow; Urban Outfitters socks; vintage Chanel handbag; Christian Louboutin shoes)

Over the past few years there has been an Ugly Christmas Sweater craze that has swept the nation from New York to Los Angeles to Steamboat to Coral Gables. I know this through Facebook photos. I ring in year 2011 with a Magnificent Christmas Sweater. Out with the old, in with the fabulous.
We took to the streets of West 116th Street for this shoot. Stopping in and out of a pre-war Columbia University schoolhouse, I felt seductively pubescent in my jacquard mini and Hugh Hefner flats; a haute Glee-Gone-Wild moment. Loafers, plaid, and a chunky knit took me back to college, the good ol' days!
Those days were BC.
Before Christmas sweater parties, Before Cory Monteith's career, and Before Christian Louboutin's reign as King.
Oh, and Before Cellulite. Tear.