In A Lady Who Lingers, Saying She Is Lost

Hey ladies and gents! Hope you had a lovely New Year's Eve/Day. I drunkenly played board games with friends... so, you know - PRETTY WILD. obviously. hah

I've been really immersing myself in things I love this winter. I usually waver (style-wise) somewhere between a hippie and a punk (with twinges of goth, county, and classic prep, I suppose), but I've been basically drowning myself in the 1970s lately.

Music-wise, I cleaned out a record store near my house that was closing with everything from Big Brother and the Holding Company to the Yardbirds to the Dead Weather, so my ears are in a pretty good place lately. This has translated to platforms, boots, and bellbottoms.

I've also been stalking vintage turquoise rings on eBay. I've bought four so far, but two are still in the mail so I'll show you those once they have all arrived.

Here's what I've been feeling lately:

Dirty Hair Halo, lovely as always

Nasty Gal (except Neil Diamond? I've been wearing my Neil Young shirt to death, though)

George and Patti

again

from La Garconne Noire

cheers!

Show Your Teeth To Everyone

This time of year always makes me very conflicted, fashion-wise. It's summer. It's 90 degrees and I'm melting most of the time. I have to walk to class, and anything other than cutoffs and a tank top is simply impractical. BUT my closet is full of new fall purchases that I am dying to wear. With this confusion in mind, here are a couple outfits I've found inspiring lately:

Warm weather. Minus the jacket, even though the jacket is my favorite part and I've been looking for a good blazer.

Cool weather. Badass. And I might die if I don't get those shoes.

Take It Easy

As always, I wish I had a never ending supply of vintage clothing from the 70s... particularly during the summer. I've been trolling on eBay, so I'll let you know if anything interesting is won on my part.

Here are a few current inspirations:


Loving Daria's outfit. Those bell bottoms are nuts.
(with Lily Donaldson for the Vogue UK March 2008 "Trail Blazers" editorial)


I have vowed not to wear makeup on the daily this summer, as well as keep my hair non-straightened or blow-dried. So far so good - only 2 days with makeup and one night under the blow dryer and it's already July! I think my skin and hair are thanking me.


Always.


Love this outfit, although as someone who has worn glasses since the age of 5, I really question the whole "nerdy frames/no lenses" thing.


The stunning Ms. Pallenberg, looking wonderfully outfitted as usual. (And I'm not hating Keith's arms in this picture, either.)

Cheers!

Grab That Cash With Both Hands

My jacket search/lusting after Rick Owens has become a full time job. I think I have a contender, though. I'll keep you posted.

The Door Slammed Loud And Rose Up A Cloud Of Dust

First day of Spring semester... raise your hand if you're ready for summer!

I've Been To Hollywood, I've Been To Redwood

from Sally Jane Vintage

I need more tweed in my life.

A Million Miles Away

I've been neglecting my computer lately. I think he is bitter about it, but it has been a nice vacation.

I uncovered this old Guess sweater in my mom's cedar closet the other day. It's warm and grungy and good.

Oh, and I have hair! -

Everyone have a great new decade! Stay safe tonight!

I Was Waiting Down At The Ancient Gate

I truly feel like there is no need for me to elaborate much on this post. Navy, black, brown, tan, whatever. Mix plaid with plaid if you make it work. The only rule is to look good doing it.

I will say this, though - I don't think navy should count as a "neutral." I realize this picture isn't true navy, but still - technically speaking, I don't think navy counts as a neutral. But mix neutrals, wear navy, fear not! Whatev's, life's too short to give yourself a migraine when you get dressed.

Gianfranco Ferré Fall 2008

Own it.

This is my favorite! Tanned brown leather with a rustic belt on black. Tooled leather is even better! All the time, this is my favorite.

Similar. Throw in some charcoal. Charcoal/greys + black + brown/tan = outfit GOLD.

Rumi rockin' it. Which brings me on to the open toes with tights. Even this I am just barely starting to get used to myself. It has to be the right tights and the right open toed shoes. None of this crap:

Bleh

And what is this Labor Day of which you speak?

Source: Hand Me Over

Stomach As Much As Fast As We Are Able

Happy Thanksgiving!

At this point, I'm really just using the pie as a vehicle for whipped cream.

In other news, dug up an old picture: this outfit of MK is one of my favorite outfits of all time, mostly because those shoes are dopplegangers of my FAVORITE pair of heels. Anyway, rad outfit. I love everything about it and it is certainly one of my top cold weather outfit inspirations, although personally, I need a better leather jacket since my H&M one hasn't been cutting it these days...

Let It Out So It Can Breathe

Loving the Payless boots! :)

Finished my shredded up Raquel Allegra DIY shirt, I think... to the dismay of my roommate. She looked like she thought I should be institutionalized when she saw me working on it

Dr. Marten or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Boot

like a straight up badass

(source: Hedi Silmane, via Je Suis)

effortlessly

dresses

shorts

(sources for the last 5, I don't remember... likely Lookbook and random blogs, but they're just ones I have saved to my desktop over the past few months)

"These are my new 'I don't need a job, I don't need my parents, I've got great boots' boots."

OK, so I do need my job and parents, but I'm super happy with my boots! I got the Madison Biker boots by Alice + Olivia x Payless and I am positively thrilled with them. They totally fit true to size, and they are so different from anything else I own. 100% no buyer's remorse on this one. I'm going to wear them to death this fall/winter (dealing with ANOTHER heat wave in LA right now...) and they are actually really comfortable! I was impressed. Wedges are usually good like that, but it is an inexpensive pair of shoes, so I had so hesitations.

It's weird, because just looking at these boots or describing them, these boots shouldn't be aesthetically pleasing at all. The snubbed toe bit doesn't seem like it should make for much of a flattering silhouette. For some reason it kind of works, though. I guess these boots are a little bit like pigs. They're weird looking, but we love them anyway.

Anyway, here are some awkwardly staged outfit pics for you guys. I still need to figure out the best way to arrange the self-timer thing in my new apartment... I think I've come to the conclusion that I need a tripod.

Some are blurry, all are bad - use your imagination a little! :)

Wonky arms...

And we can just pretend we don't see my bra strap in this one, right?

top - hand me down, belt - hand me down, skirt - $10 sale American Eagle, boots - Payless!

It's true love.

I Don't Believe In Kings

Some people said they liked my outfit today (including a mildly creepy guy... hate that!), so here it is.

(I just moved in, so sorry about the paint splatters on the mirror! Once I get used to the new apartment, I'll find a better way to take pictures.)

My favorite part is that it's cheap!

tank top - American Apparel

belt - gift from my bestie Andrea

bracelet - Forever 21

skirt - "vintage" Rampage from my mom

(mid-90s? I don't remember her wearing it...)

sandals - Urban Outfitters

This is a ring I was wearing today. It is one of my favorites... I got it out of one of those 50-cent machines from a pizza joint or something, years ago