Teacups & Couture A Fashion Blog by Roxanna Bina

Jeremy Scott may have had an a-ha moment when he witnessed a pyro – socialite set fire to her closet of countless couture OR there might be a historic back-story that you may read about here.  Basically, some a-hole  monks were burning things of beauty in Italy during The Renaissance.  Like, …

Designer Alessandro Michele has really revived the House of Gucci and with his second show, Michele has not only revived it, but also moved along full speed and has caught up with Italian fashion. Right now, I feel Italian fashion is slowly pushing ahead of the French. Don’t get me …

The Blonds  is always the belle of the ball at New York Fashion Week and this season was no different. Anything with loads of sequins, pink and fur is always at the top of my list! So, hip hip hooray to another fabulous season for The Blonds! photos: NY mag

This collection was a rainbow of colors, glitz and fringe and sequins. Basically, it was a Drag Queen’s dream lounge wear. I really just posted about Ashish because the Afro Puffs are truly a thing of wonder. I mean, they came in all different colors and shades and they matched …

Check out these fantastic pet portraits by Splendid Beast ! This company allows you to send your pet’s photo and they will paint a portrait of said pet in any costume/setting you choose. So, your cat or dog can be remembered furrrever as Napoleon or The Girl with the Pearl Earring. Genius! …

Holy deep, dark and depressed goth chick! I love love love it! I got Anna Sui vibes from this collection, but that’s ok because I love Anna Sui! It was like giant, goth dolls started stomping out of their purple and black Victorian houses in those huge boots and decided to …

This is Alexander McQueen’s latest collection by Sarah Burton. Sarah Burton is an enigma to me. She is quite talented and has carried on McQueen’s legacy seamlessly, however, I still get frumpy- lesbian- who- shops- at- Home Depot- on- Saturday- afternoon vibes.  My brain short circuits over this all the …

Fresh off the runways! The Hannibal Lecter Lady Collection ! Get it before it’s gone! Because everyone wants to look like a psychotic, cannibal, serial killer! HURRY! photos: Vogue

Oh my goodness!!! This is such a cool collaboration! Irregular Choice  and Alice in Wonderland ! I have a few pairs of shoes from Irregular Choice and they are positively my favorite shoes to wear. Firstly, they are very well-made and reasonably priced. Secondly, they are very comfortable and the designs …

Todd Oldham was and remains to be one of my favorite designers of all time. In the mid to late 90s, I used to take many shopping jaunts to his Soho boutique (right next to Anna Sui on Wooster) in NYC. Over the years, I had collected dozens of Todd …