i can tell that we are gonna be friends

i have been cleaning out my lil apartment and took me ole clothes to sell at a few shops, but ended up trading instead. yes, exactly what i wasn't going to do. these pants came from a trade at the painted bird... awesome lil vintage shop in silverlake. i had been looking for some ticking jeans for quite sometime... and voila there they were waiting for me ankle zippers and all :)

ohhh yeah, here is something exciting...

i painted my nails yellow yesterday. i did. and i didn't rock it like karen or sandra. nope. may have something to do with how non grrly my hands and nails are. i use my hands a lot. it was hideous. hideous. oh my. so i go back to black... like right this second

xo

diyed thrifted tshirt-goodwill, traded jeans-painted bird, secondhand ralph lauren boots-etsy, rayban clubmaster, joes jeans belt-gift, anklet worn as bracelet-etsy, bracelets in my hair-moms

i'm listening to primus right now... damn it's been a long time...

so i found this jacket at salvation army for $5. yup you heard me. well, it was actually $5.99. i kinda love how easy it is. i've been wearing it like crazy. best part is it's the perfect way to wear all my pins... i collect pins you see... since i was like 14.... so i have A LOT. i haven't bought any in a while. hmmm.. i think i'm gonna have to fix that.

i have a real love/indifference to fashion... i know strange... i do have a quasi fashion/personal style blog right??? anyhow... i love fashion in the way that i love dressing up in my favorite stuff to take a walk or jump on the bed.... but sometimes i think the industry in general emphasizes the wrong aspects. i mean it's art and it's the best way to express who you are on a daily basis since you do have to wear clothing... unless you live in a nudist community :D but anyhow... my love for fashion and clothing came about in a really strange way... my mom left when i was a wee lil thang and left a lot of her clothes... i used to parade around the house in her dresses and heels... and nightgowns and long strands of fake pearls (it was the 80s). burying my muzzle in her stuff and smelling her as i cuddled in my strawberry shortcake quilt. i was a happy girl and keeping her with me in any way kept me that way. i still dress up like i'm a lil grrrl and wear what makes me happy. it's about that for me... feeling good... just like it was when i used to layer my mommys goodies...

that is basically how i got my name/blog title... i found ways to stay brave back then... and part of it was wearing what made me happy and made me me. the grrl part came from riot grrrl which was my saving grace in my high school years. so there you have it.

be brave! be you!

and don't be judgmental of all the other grrrls wandering around the planet being brave enough to be themselves. cuz well that just sucks.

ok enough

love

bravegrrl

h&m super short dress/long shirt-bday gift from da sis, ck jacket-salvation army, pins(X, bratmobile & riot grrrl)-old, jeffrey campbell gene boots-ebay, sunnies-ebay

yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow

i went to the tim burton exhibit at lacma yesterday. wow. i am sooo inspired. you should go. really just go. info here.

i'm all about this right now. i think it's because i can see myself wearing variations of this outfit as an old lady. how odd eh? i want my purchases to last a lifetime... am i a fashion miser or what? poet(ish) blouse, tailored trousers, my favorite tote and boots of course. and the bun... it seems to be a permanent fixture. it's just easy. i put in a tad of effort and wore a half bun yesterday...

ohhh, and the dreadies are coming along...

asos blouse, free people jodhpur pants, zara scarf, vintage luichiny boots, clare vivier tote, black pyramid arrowhead necklace

ethereal

this is for me... i know they have been posted a lot, but i just need them easily accessible. katie shillingford already blew my mind, but wow she just took it to magical faerie land...

that dress...

this is the kind of rubbish that makes me want to get married haha

via anothermag.com

wild heart

i went to painted bird in silverlake the other day to sell some clothes... instead i walked with a pair of ticking jeans (very exciting for me as i've been looking for a pair for a while) and some black&white striped suspenders...

but i was mesmerized by the leather jackets adorning the walls... the one above was my favorite as i've been captivated by miss stevie for a longlong time

see the rest... mattmomchila.com

xo

fresh pots

i love coffee.

i love dave.

this is just hilarious....

enjoy

frances bean

some favorites of frances bean cobain by hedi slimane. i've always loved monkeys, so i find them particularly endearing... all hedi's work is beyond words

hedislimlane.com

i have a plethora of stuff i wanna share with you and unlike a lot of bloggers i don't really appropriate things into different sites... i'm more a one stop shop kind of grrl... and remembering all the different passwords is just getting kind of impossible haha

xo

little ghost little ghost

Every morning I awoke

And I see my little ghost
Wondering if it's really her that's lying there
I lean to touch her and I whisper
But not brave enough to kiss her
When I held her I was really holding air

~the white stripes, little ghost

i've always LOVED stars.... but when this happened i kind of melted...

sweater-crossroads trade, top-gift, scarf-ebay, thrifted pants-h&m, demonia 202, rayban wayfarers

black magic woman

pamela love silver navajo ring

asos floral dress with dipped hem smock

jeffrey campbell what?

diggin it all. only been thrifting lately though... good for the earth, fun and affordable...

but i wouldn't turn any of it away if it landed on my doormat (hinthint boy or mom) haha

xo