::a perfect day to profess my love for j.crew::

i've been meaning to write this post for a while now since these pics are from the october j.crew catalog. my respect for j.crew has grown so much in the past three years, and although i do love Michelle Obama, i have to say that the company was catching my eye before the obama phenomena. whoever has been manning up the creative direction there has been doing a phenomenal job, pairing the classic j.crew tweeds, plaids, cashmeres, and neutrals with quirky hipster glasses and hints of neon. and now, in the men's section of their catalog, they've started using non-models to model their clothing. in the october issue they used working artists like Stephen Shore, Billy Sullivan, and Ryan McGinness...so clever, so good...plus, how did they know that Stephen Shore is my favorite photographer??