slam book edition

a lil about me... cuz i was tagged and it is fun... 

favorite color - purple.  to wear black/gray/denim

favorite food - right now it's a tie between thai and vietnamese

favorite dish - noodles!

favorite dessert - none, would rather have seconds

three things you can't live without - my tribe, creating, iced coffee

addictions - lip balm, thrifting and coffee

closet must haves - basic tees, black skinnies, leather jacket, black leather boots and comfy chones... secondary must haves; oversized scarves, a comfy (non itchy) black beanie and a bikini

best find - chloe docs

best vintage find - my trench.  it's perfect.  like it was tailored for me. navy.  $10. salvation army.  i don't wear it often, but when i finally grow up it'll be there in my closet in all it's perfectness.

dream find - ann d triple lace boots.  t h e y a r e p e r f e c t.

favorite shoes - jeffrey campbell gene boots and my chloe docs

favorite places to shop - online(ebay for designer/brands/rare and etsy for vintage/independent designers), goodwill and a handful of other thriftstores.  i also lust after things on other sites like oaknyc, ssence or opening ceremony.  but often enough i find their vintage/independently handmade cousins :)

three random facts about you unrelated to fashion - i cook A LOT.  i am NOT a morning person.  i try to be as green as i can be.

fashion mantra - no rules, comfortable and be me

something you did today - dip dyed clothing and made lentil burritos yummmm

favorite movies - 5th element, dracula, man on wire, rise of the lycans, edward scissorhands, the fantastic mr fox and my new favorite the girl with the dragon tattoo

favorite bands - too many to name them all... but i will say that sabbath was the first band i fell in love with, at age 10 :)
and i'm listening to ani difranco right now.

# of tattoos & piercings - 2 tattoos, 5 piercings

celebrity crush - rooney mara & jimmy page

status - divorced.  not kidding.

dream - to go to paris

ok, i took out the favorite blogs question, but i think i'll have to take an entire post for that one.

all that said, i am a odd cookie and all this might be different in a month. cept for my favorite color and going to paris :)

topshop jacket-ebay, vintage henley-goodwill, vintage drop crotch pants-some velvet vintage etsy, chloe docs


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lounging in leopard

wearing vintage leopard dress c/o black pyramid

took a whimsical road trip up the pacific coast.  it was short, but definitely sweet.  texting in bed at the hotel santa barbara.

thanks to black pyramid for the dress... i love it.  the most perfect lounge-y thing i own.

i was browsing their site and i fell in love with this leopard jumpsuit.  i'd buy it if i could.

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lucy is making noise

last week in eaton canyon.  good times.

i've been full of thought. sometimes that can be good and sometimes bad.  but it is good for my sartorial choices because it becomes about necessity and comfort.  and skinnies and tee are basically my comfort zone.  supposed to rain tomorrow.  will make for cozy crocheting/snacking/sipping/napping on saturday and a beautiful hike on sunday shall that actually happen...

xo

vintage calvin klein jean jacket-salvation army shredded by me :) vintage tee-american vintage, thrifted jeans, ralph lauren boots-etsy, pendleton laptop bag-ebay, choker-molten store, pamela love ring-gift

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second chance!

cause everyone deserves a second chance, right?  at least to win this awesome bag :)

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photo via fashionchalet

back in the day when things were cool

basically how i used to dress in high school with a few changes.  remove hat add hair clips to middle parted hair, change bag for jansport patch covered backpack and take the platform off the docs :)  

some things just never change.  i guess what works, just works.

xo

bomber jacket-american vintage, dress-goodwill, vintage bag-thriftstore in san diego, platform docs-ebay, ray & bone floppy brim fedora

christmas snaps

1/my lil christmas tree.  hint... one of my favorite bands and movies inspired it's decor.  i'm a nerd like that.

2/vegetarian christmas eve feast i whipped up for the beau.

3/at my mommas house in the velvet underground tee that beckoned me at amoeba whilst christmas shopping.

4/goodies from my momma... christmas wouldn't be the same without some new cozy socks from her.  and how purrdy is the sweater?!  good job momma...

5/hand candy from my sis.  they are supposed to be worn on the feet, but i prefer wearing things as they weren't meant to be :)  i love the outfit i wore this day... gonna have to get some photos of it to show ya'll... vintage jimi tee... yeaaaaaaaah.

okey dokey

xo

fashion chalet balenciaga giveaway

ever since i saw a balenciaga hanging off mks arm i knew it was my dream bag.  we all have one.  that one you go back and visit online, debate over which color to go with just incase you become rich over night... yes, i know too well :)  so when i saw this giveaway over at fashion chalet i knew i would be reposting... thanks erika for being so awesome!

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enter to win here

xo

photos via fashion tidbits, fashion coup & fashion chalet

yummers

come

home

to momma.

couldn't wait to show you guys

topshop jacket via ebay

top picks of 2011

here are my favorite looks from 2011...

as i was going through last years posts i realized that i didn't really do that many outfit posts and that most of them don't really convey how i dress on an everyday basis... i guess i find flannel, skinnies, tee and sneaks or boots unworthy....  hmmmm.  kind of odd as i obviously love wearing some kind of version of that almost everyday.  well, anyhow... i think it's kind of weird to post favorites of personal looks, but it was fun to go through last year and interesting to see what i find post worthy.  i also realized i've sold a lot of the things i've worn on the blog... so to go with the theme of 'so fresh and so clean clean' i'm definitely gonna try to only buy things that i love and not on a whim (which i thought i was already doin haha).  but i will say that i still have all the things worn in these looks :)  the first is definitely my fav... maybe it is because i was at the tim burton exhibit.  it was such a magical day.  that is definitely part of what fashion is about for me... feeling more me and therefore adventurous.  in a world that pressures us in so many ways... it is refreshing that something as little as feeling comfortable in being the unique human that you are is so gratifying.

to a great new year and future posts of me lying around in my favorite flannels :)

xo

i love who you are i love who ya ain't

so fresh and so clean clean is my new years theme...

i find what you do & who you are with kinda prophetic for the year... so i always try and hang with my most beloved peeps.  i didn't even realize it, but i guess this goes for my satorial choices as well.  this hudson tee arrived at my door yesterday and although it isn't something i would have ever bought for myself, i love it.  the soft natural color, the simple and comfy cut... it's pretty much perfect.  i have to admit i got the stylemint mystery bag hoping to get the $1,000 target giftcard.  i was pretty torn... i wanted to wait for the new styles to drop before i used my credit, but i decided to take the chance... although i didn't get the giftcard i am pleasantly surprised that i like the tee it came with.  and starting the year with a pleasant surprise sounds a lot better to me than starting it with a hangover..

so this is my everyday makeup or we can call it non makeup routine.  it is very simple.  line the outer edges of the eyes in a matte reddish/plum brown eyeshadow (about mid point of eye to the outer edge on top and bottom.  i tend to start closer to the center on the bottom and wing out just a tad on top).  mac matte eyeshadow in corduroy is very close to what i'm using... sorry i can't read the label on mine anymore.  a touch of rosy blush on the apples of your cheeks.  i'm using the top right color in this coastal scents contour palette.  brush my non manicured eyebrows with bare escentuals brow finishing gel... i love this stuff.  i use it everyday, my favorite beauty product for sure.  well except for what i use on my lips... vaseline :)  yep, that's it.  four products.  simple.  fresh.  clean.

wearing stylemint hudson tee

i'll leave you with this...
just watch it... you'll thank me later when you have it on repeat and are dancin round your room in your chones...

xo

i REALLY need coffee

i missed out on this brilliant wildfox tee... but it's even better as a sweatshirt.  damn santa already came and left :(

get it here or in the u.s. for much cheaper here & here

via asos

autumn eyes

spent today decorating.

maybe some wrapping tonight...
after bowling that is... yes, bowling :)

vintage dress-darklands vintage etsy, cowl & beanie-handmade by me, ralph lauren boots-black velvet sunset vintage etsy, childrens jcrew peacoat-thrifted

topped off

love my new hat.

rag & bone floppy fedora, childrens jcrew peacoat, stylemint venice t

platform docs

a very special ebay find indeed. homemade platform oxblood docs in my size. ohh and $60. yeah, i'm on high.

i'm almost not crazy

i'm almost not crazy.

this is 100% true

my bf will assure you

(that rhymed)

and i'm easily amused

so this was my first stylemint tee and i've since collected three more... soooo soft.... and the price is right. i am a tee kind of grrl and am on a constant treasure hunt for tee perfection. i think i wear one almost everyday. reallyreally (insert shrek voice here). most of my favs come from thriftstores because of how worn in they are and stylemint tees somehow feel like you've owned them for years... my kind of tee.

this sweater is one of my best scores off etsy.... it is heavy and cotton! yes cotton... what a concept huh? it seems to be so hard to find cotton knits these days... i don't get it. ohhh and the superhero-ness of this sweater puts it up there in the ranks... warm cozy and doubles as a cape? yeah! it helps inspire the crazy scenarios that go through my head as i walk down the street. yes, i am walking through a comic book or sometimes an alter universe... it really just depends on the day.

okey dokey.... soooo i haven't found THE jeans yet... it's just so hard to spend that much on jeans and not be sure (since i mostly shop online).... so i got the rag & bone hat instead :-/

i really gotta go now. dang my posts take me sooo l o n g

xo

stylemint i'm almost not crazy tee, old chopped h&m pants, vintage sweater-jessjamesjake.etsy, asos scarf, jeffrey campbell nation boots, super old uo hat, clare vivier tote

i've lived all this life like an ocean in disguise

lucy chadwick

saw this on serendipity max this morn. the perfect accompaniment to my coffee... so inspiring.

i've never been a flats girl. flat chucks yes, flat boots yes, flat girl shoes... uhhhh, just don't look right on me. guess i'm not kate moss, but i think i need to give it another go. right when i was thinking that she pulled out her chucks and nailed it in :)

santa baby

my fall wish list

black skinnies-think i'm gonna give these a shot

rag & bone floppy fendora

simple geometric staking rings-this one is by elizabeth & james

asos collar

zara leather sleeve coat

bebe teygan pumps

the perfect tees-the row & stylemint

i really only need the pants and tees... but i want the rest... santa baby?

xo

sweet dreams

i just started doing jigsaw puzzles. two in the last week. and i haven't been getting out much.... but i did meet my mom at souplantation... that is where these photos were taken. so it really isn't an outfit post. i mean it is, but not really. i just went out to eat and i ate lots and then i took these photos... yep that's how it went.

anymore recommendations on good black skinnies? come on help a grrl out.

i'm thinking of writing another zine.... but big grrl status, since i was like 16 last time. do ya'll read zines? like homespun ones?

i'm tired, i'm gonna nap in front of the fireplace... then i'm gonna wake up and have a big glass of iced coffee and a sandwich. see what happens when i blog before coffee?

xo

lna slant tee, leggings-trade from crossroads, chloe docs, jacket-goodwill, alexander wang beanie

tee bee

these are kinda off, but i think(?) i like them

what say you?

take a closer look here

in the end... i think they are a bit too threatening on the ankles... haha

xo

sugar plum fairy

topshop jaquard midi dress

topshop quilted platform sandals

christian louboutin dancing queen clutch

alexander mcqueen twin skull bracelet

nars lipstick

i'm so excited.... i love the holidays. the crisp air, the cozy sweaters, busting out all my vintage coats that i've been collecting all year, wrapping presents, getting creative in the kitchen, driving home late from family gatherings, falling asleep in front of the fire... and the list goes on...

realistically i end up in a 'fancier' version of my everyday jean look to family events. add high heel boots, vintage coat and red lips. but i think i may change my ways a bit. if i could i would totally rock the outfit above... i might switch the blue shoes for the black version just to get more for my buck, but i think the blue adds a nice festive touch. both the dress and shoes are pretty affordable... the same doesn't go for the accessories which could easily be replaced with something easier on the wallet :) it's really all about the dress though... i'm just dying over high necks lately...

soooo, i wear black skinnies EVERYDAY.... does anyone have any good recommendations? i like the between jean and legging thing and they have to be pretty good quality because i wear them so much... hope you guys can help...

xo

heaven help me for the way i am

went for a walk in the hills today... attempted the ashish boot flower thing, but being as fall is slowly coming upon us the flowers weren't in abundance... i will try it again though. that i'm sure of. got these docs on ebay for $25... uhhhh yeah... been wearing 'em everyday since. the tee was borrowed from my best bud... i promise you'll get it back :) and the sunnies.... another ebay find.... i'm killin' it on ebay lately. damn working again. i'll show you photos of my bar soon....

ummmm... yeah, that's about it folks

xo

tee-borrowed :) , old levis, docs-ebay, house of harlow chelsea sunnies-ebay