Semi Permanent: 2011

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Wish List....or dream list

Dear Santa,
Since I have been so good this year, going to school almost everyday, then please please can I have these things I have been drooling over... Thanks so much, Tara.

Jeffrey Campbell cosmic lita

maybe throw in these Jeffrey's for good measure

the awesome Gotham city ring for only $225

collar style necklace from anthropologie for $458

yeah a little mini too... thanks again santa!

Friday, August 26, 2011

On Loan

T shirt; boyfriend’s, orange tights; American Apparel, Vintage Leather Purse; Monster Vintage, Vintage Mexican Circle Skirt; Monster Vintage, Wedges; Jeffrey Campbell

Monster Vintage was nice enough to loan me some items. I requested three different hand-painted Mexican circle skirts and was ecstatic when they provided me with all three. The detail in them is beautiful. The condition they’re in, is incredible. And their versatility, is slowly dawning on me…

very…

..very….

..slowly…

Monday, July 11, 2011

Go Forth and July

Dress; F21, Jacket; Vintage, Wedges; Crappy

My nail habits are currently spiraling out of control. Fourth of July weekend was four swell days. Now that I have a job again, I’m turning into Noel and going to bed at a reasonable hour and waking up at an unreasonable one. The good thing about working for an aesthetician is free skin care products and plenty of time for minesweeper during hour and a half long facial appointments. The bad thing is comments like, “Oh dear, you’ve been picking at that blemish haven’t you?”

Also wrote my first post worth some bow chica buuuucks. Should be writing regularly for them. Very excited.

Monster Vintage Blog

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Unit. Corps. God. Country.

The American flag is a representation of the United States of America and everything noble and true that we stand for. Freedom, Democracy, the American Dream, and the rest of our revered beliefs. It has been said that no one is truly worthy of wrapping themselves in the flag, save for our brothers and sisters in arms and our Olympic champion athletes. Some argue it’s vulgar and disrespectful to splay our beloved stars and stripes on trivial materialistic goods and grimace at the sight of them on everything from bikinis to beach towels. The flag to many Americans is sacred, sacrosanct, and should be treated with respect, handled with discipline, and valiantly defended.

Having said that…

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

Whether you’re arguing with your outrageously conservative Fox News fan of a father-in-law over potato salad, or loitering near the barbecue explaining the validity of the Birthers’ citizenship concerns, no one can question your love for this fucking awesome country as long as your sporting some seriously flamboyant ‘merican footwear.

America.

Fuck Yeah.

Monday, June 27, 2011

The catch 22 of the Summer Dress

Each and every summer I encounter the same problem. Even though I do my best to avoid it, and prepare for it, I cannot stop it. It’s a force greater than any biological urge, supernatural pull, or natural disaster. It’s the lure of the Summer Dress. The Summer Dress is girly, flirty, cute, pretty, and maybe every other disturbingly stereotypical feminine adjective you can think of. But, the Summer Dress also keeps you cool as temperatures rise. The Summer Dress is comfortable and allows you the range of motion you need to frolic through a field of daisies in full bloom. The Summer Dress is casual enough for the weekly grocery errand, but still dressy enough for drinks out on the patio at dusk. The Summer Dress, however, is rarely edgy, and therein lies my yearly dilemma.

Worn alone, the Summer Dress leaves me looking pretty, but hardly, interesting, creative, and downright awesome. Sandals and a sundress alone rarely provide me with the “oomph” and “rad” I crave in an outfit, and mostly leave me feeling like the love interest in a country western music video. Here, are some ways I’ve found to combat this problem. Whilst, remaining loyal to my first love.

First of all. The simplest way to make a Summer Dress undeniably cool, is by buying an undeniably cool Summer Dress. Unfortunately that is easier said than found.

A few key things can make a Summer Dress interesting enough, to stand on it’s own.

An amazing print

Pixie Market / Monster Vintage

Fantastic Structure

asos

Interesting Details

topshop

If you’re anything like me though, you’ve probably promised yourself you’re not going to buy just another pretty dress, moments before falling into a silly stupor over a cute summer number. Here’s a few dresses I could see myself easily buying on a whim. And with them, a few strategies I might employ to keep myself from looking like a CMT extra.

Compare and Contrast

comp1

Monster Vintage / Oak NYC / Pixie Market

Taking the Back Seat

comp2

Pixie Market / Lori’s Shoes / Lulu’s

Mix and Mis-Match

Forever 21 / Steve Madden / Monster Vintage

I am forever searching for ways to make “fun flirty” dressed, into something a bit more cerebral. What are some ways you like to punch up an outfit that’s border line too cutesy?

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Sugar, Spice, and bows!

I have always had a weak spot for the most girlie of dresses. Those pieces that as kids we'd play dress up with and dance around like Disney princesses or olympic ice skaters( I totally don't do that anymore...yeah). In later years (long long after those young dress up days...) I drooled in awe over the extravagantly clad Lolita dressers of japan in that famous Fruits photography book. I still feel like I need to get dressed up and have a tea party when I look at Lolita fashion. I'm excited that right now lots of girlie garments are coming out with this Japanese influence, and bows are on just about everything. I love it! The Japanese magazine Alice Deco a la Mode is full of this classic lolita look.

but they also have neat twists like this cute, modern, and vintage outfit. agh soo cute.

The Christian Dior 2011 resort line was the aged up, vintage version of that classic japan street wear. Amazing, and full of those lovely shades of mint, peach, and powder pink.

Urges to dress like a cupcake are more and more frequent for me, but sometimes I just want to wear my same old jeans and tee... add a bow, and wow!! girlie-casual. wish I could afford this $225 exploding bow blouse from J-Crew.

Monday, March 7, 2011

nails

black beads on nails

crackle finish

faux-minx

I've been obsessing over nails again. The ultimate in being useless. I do my nails and watch back to back netflix crap, two useless activites killed with one stone. I've been way into this China Glaze halloween series, specifically the "Ick-A-Body," pictured on the far left above. (picture snagged from here.) It's a copper flat glitter in a sheer black and goes over dark blue teal like awesome sauce.

I'm also becoming enamored of the idea of gluing useless shit onto my nails, in order to prove my delicate feminine nature to the world. Yeah, the last part of that sentence is bull shit, but something in me always feels kind of guilty about spending so much time painting my nails. I should give it up, as there are way more important things to feel guilty about, like not cleaning my cat's litter box, or how there are so many starving children.

Anyway, back to nails. I'm also stoked about that crackle finish that OPI is coming out with, and kind of interested in these heat activated metallic things. Oh, the time I waste.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Wandering

Massive multiple month long road trip has finally ended. Arrived Wednesday, but heading down to Portland for a conference next weekend, then off to NY, then off to Mississippi, then who knows. Maybe even skiing.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Damage Control

“ I know I’m alone if I’m with or without you. but just being around you offers me another form of relief.”

thanks.