Rainy days are here again

I know Felicia just had an umbrella post not too long ago, but look at this contraption.
From Joon&Jung, two South Korean designers in their conceptual product design studio in the Netherlands.

Gone Hunting

Alright, so kind of funny showing a child's fashion pic, but I am in love with this shot from the kids' line at KENZO. Since I work with kids' clothes & design, I am constantly on the prowl for cool catalog approaches, and this is just too much. This European rustic hunt look topped off with two stuffed animal kills, is so silly, creative, fashionable, ingenious and quite honestly, pretty daring. Something we would never see here, in good ole usa.

I Spy

New upcoming ad campaign for Oliver Peoples has me shocked that a hobbit could ever look so HAWT!!! I feel kind of wrong. Side note: a friend in LA just served Shirly Manson a Macciato the other day. NUTZZ.

hope

Cool stuff made by normal people makes me happy.

garbage dress

precipitation solution

Could it be? A cool umbrella? what's next, internet without the hassle of wires?! ha. that'll be the day...

happy birthday to me

mine, Mine, MINE!


boyfriends give the best gifts when you tell them what you want. thank you peter.

when will it end?!?!

By the time I remember to check pixie market, all the really friggin rad stuff is sold out. Then as I look through the lost opportunities, I get so angry and frustrated that I don't go back for another couple of weeks. Then finally, when I've calmed down, I check again just in time to see all the new friggin cool stuff just got sold out... it's a vicious vicious cycle...

I would rather be there than here

Tim Walker, london photographer.

Indecision

Which of these should I get for my office boots?


I'm leaning towards these Fossil "Allison" ones at the moment. Basic, but they have a wooden heel covered in the back with brown leather, and that little teeny platform. Cute!



These, by Very Volatile, have awesome heels. I am really liking that cone heel stuff. However, that particular cone heel is listed as 4 3/4" high, but piperlime also claims they have a 1" hidden platform. So, uh, I question the comfortability of them. And I just made a new word. Heeey, these babies would make me pretty tall, huh? I am always looking to gain some height...


These Lumiani "Madras" are plain basic suede. That cuff at the top looks kind of luxurious to me though. These would probably last me a while. I actually wore through the soles of my last black boots. I don't know; these heels are kind of boring. Oh, I am over these.


These are the "Ian" by Arturo Chiang. They have some very nice little details: doubled-over leather, cool stitching, little subtle pieces of hardware. Maybe I like these the best actually.
So what does everyone think?


Oh, and in my extensive boot research I ran across some interesting things. Like....

In case you have $1594.95 that you've been DYING to burn.


In case you always wished you had fat little misshapen ogre legs and feet.




In case you wanted the beauty of some power heel from the 80's combined with the awesome utility of a thick nylon sock.




In case you have little tiny feet or are a size 11!!!
These are SOOO cute and are almost 1/2 price on amazon!!! They're Frye!!! Get them. I am so jealous. Ugh. I hate you.

About face

Came across UK cosmetics line Illamasqua. Why haven't I heard of this name before? I love when people can color outside the lines.





They have some great tutorial vids also. None of that stupid drawing on a paper face w/pics of products in containers. You know what I mean (ehem, cough, MAC)?
Oh, but speaking of: check this shiznit out -->

Ok, I'm still yo bitch, MAC.

Scratchy Scratchy

I totally get off on a really nice matte finish. Matte print photos look like money. Mac's matte lipsticks look like money. Have you seen that black Starbucks card? Black matte with gold embossed print. I even dig cars in primer, even though that don't look like money. And once upon a time I had 2 matte nail polishes. A dirty pewter-grey and a blue toned pink shell. I actually emptied those bottles with use, something I never do now days because... uh... Anyway, I've been seeing an exciting amount of matte nail polishes once again, which I've been wanting so bad it's retarded. I don't know why I've been holding out; it's not like it's going to break the bank. I wants some. Above is the dragon queen primping it up for Knock Out Cosmetics. They've got lots of colors, but a new "concrete" gray and "pool," a totally hot blue color, are really catching my eye. $19 a bottle. Oh wait. Maybe that's why I haven't bought any yet.



But then OPI has to come out with an entire line as well, including a sick ass green that goes by the name "Gargantuan Green." Shown above is their "Lincoln Park After Blah Blah, We Know, at Least it's Matte Now." I'm much more excited about the green, if you can't tell. They're cheap,($5 - $9) but I can't really find them anywhere except on ebay, and I just don't feel like making the effort to bid and then having to pay some stupid s&h on one measly bottle. Yes, I'm lazy AND cheap.

But what is REALLY freaking me out now is this shit. Essie "matte about you" claims to put a matte clear finish on top of any polish you have. For $10 I can have any matte color I want. OOOOOOooOOOOOO. Save meeeee. I think I'm finally caving.

Summer Dreaming

littersf

"Cheap and Chic" Bullshit

Ok, so I usually don't talk like this but I'm fed up and it needs to be said. This has always bothered me, but recently it has just gotten out of control because of the economy. I'm so tired of articles and blogs and such coming out with these articles on how to stay fashionable in this miserable economy. Essentially all of them highlight products or items that are, and always have been, out of reach of people who are living low-income lives. I am poor. I have always been poor. I will probably be poor for many years to come. And I mean poor as in there are times when I've used newspaper instead of toilet paper. I have no trust fund. I have no parent-paid credit card. I don't even have a legitimate savings account. Don't get me wrong, I think articles on thrifty fashion are great. But only if they are written by people who know what it means to be thrifty. If you want to write an article about how to shop like a poor person, then why don't you find a poor person to write it. If your idea of recession-proof fashion is limiting yourself to 10 "timeless" designer pieces this season, then I really don't think you need an article about "recession-proof" fashion at all.

What up, duckie

Miz Mooz Shaggy Moon Boots
$29.99 Clearance (surprise!) at Infinity Shoes

In case you don't hate yourself enough, here's a shoe for you. There are some other color options, but why go brown or black at this point? No one thinks you're from Earth's color spectrum anyway.

Swine Flu, here I come

Portland weather is having a major identity crisis. Started out sunny and warm this morning and now it's raining sideways so hard that it sounds like a fire hose on my windows. But I don't give a rat's ass because I am going to MEXICO. Well, not for a while, but I CANNOT WAIT.


Here's what I need:



Outrageously floppy hat. I was considering this one, but hesitating since it's the Jessica Simpson line. Now, Macy's is out of it, and that makes me want it more than ever. Dammit.



Print smocked dresses. I don't need these specific ones, pictured from Victoria Secret, just something comfy and cute that I can constantly wear a bathing suit under. However, I will not be walking around hitching up the hem, acting like I can't wait to rip my clothes off, like that second chick pictured.


New nice flat sandals. Most of my sandals are heels. Super uncool for poolside hanging or walking on beaches, unless I want to be one of those fucking really annoying girls that totters around pools in heels and full makeup. I have too many other things I am annoying about; I don't have time to do this. So anyway, I have one nice leather pair of flip flops that are about to croak, so I think I need another nice, basic, classic, flat sandal. I hate flats, so it needs to be my one pair that will go with everything. I'm pretty into this pair from J Crew.

itchy and scratchy

Ok. So I've been really excited about this for the past couple days and no one around me seems to think it's as amazing as i do. The polish you see in the blurry and pretty crappy picture above has now been on my nails for almost 72 hours! Yes. yes. yes. i kno. it's incredible. not even chipped! fanfuckingtasic! I'm hooked. I'm never buying any kind of other polish. It's China Glaze and i initially found it at the sally beaty supply next to chucky cheezes in good ol' colorado springs. They actually have tons of cool colors and i apply three coats and it lasts forever. maybe i'm just naive and didn't know nail polish that actually worked existed but i'm still stoked. YEA!

I a m a r o b o t . zzz ee zz ee bbb beep beeep beeeee

loading....... I got these new shoes of mine in the mail today after 

waiting an excructiating three days! I think they're sweet like those 

cash for gold commercials. The hoochie in me has always been on 

the lookout for a casual heeled shoe. I'm still not sure if that exists but!!

!... this athletic inspired heel is completely amazing.

They remind me of this movie, Robo Jox, that we watched several times 

a week during the mid nineties. The plot is quite ingenious really. In a 

post World War III world, war is outlawed! Instead of battling out 

disagreements with armies, they do so with giant battling robots 

controlled by elite "robo jox." AWESOME!!! It's even cooler than it 

sounds. check it outttt yooooooooo! crazy wicked fresh.

It has begun...

A necklace to contribut to my S/S 09 look.