thai tea, two teas, please

wearing vintage dress c/o undead dandy, vintage lei shoes-little raisin vintage, stud collar-fitch bace

this is very The Craft isn't it?  that wasn't intentional... wellll, witchy & 90s are both up there on the bravegrrl aesthetic pyramid.  i wore dresses like this to every high school event that was formal/semi-formal.  with a pair of docs of course.  maybe i'll dig up some old pix some day and show y'all my steez...

the dress is from my newest sponsor undead dandy.  audrey is soooo awesome and her shop is filled with thrift finds with a 90s gothy vibe... sooooo perfect.  and everything is very affordable.

check out her shop xo

here are some of my favorite items(click on the pic to shop)...  someone really needs to buy them before i break down...

on a real note (i can really only write about clothes so much.  i prefer to touch, cut, dye & take them on burrito adventures) you must read madelines' new post here.  it is necessary.  she really is unbelievably awesome at spreading knowledge and empowering other grrls.  in a recent post she wrote something that perfectly describes how i feel about my new grrlyfriendzz

isabel, seaghna, rachel, brit, madeline, casey & selena
annnd larissa... we need to hang again grrl.

"Being surrounded by a positive community of smart badass women does wonders for the soul, especially given how eager society is to encourage women to hate each other in some bizarre pursuit of male attention. For all of you who fall into the 13-17 year old demographic, there's a moral in this story. If you find yourself intimidated by someone who's hot and badass and smart and talented and stuff, don't get jealous. Get friendly."

~madeline pendleton

word.

color block this

i feel slow like a snail, why can't i do anything... so unmotivated.  

wanna meet for coffee?  i'm down :)  especially you isabel!  xoxo

i'm in a very strange mood right now.  must be the heat.

tunnel vision is soooo killing it lately... i can't even tell you how much i love their new lookbook.  the styling is sooooo good and so me, like i'd wear it all.  and taylor flipp'n killed it.  nothing more needs to be said about that... except that i know you are jealous of my dashiki and boots, right?  well, i got them over at t.v. so go check out the shop you won't regret it...  right now i got my eye on this and this.  yep.  pure unadulterated vintage lust.  what can i say?  i'm a simple kinda grrrrrrrrrrrL

ummmm yeah, what else is new besides that i'm melting with the a/c on?  

ok, gotta go... i need something cold to drink...

wearing dashiki & harley davidson boots-tunnel vision, shorts-thrifted & cut, socks-gift from momma, house of harlow sunnies-ebay, choker-molten store, belt-lazy days relics etsy (here is a similar one in brown from the same shop)

it makes no sense. but i'm desperate to connect

coffee (actually chai) with alexis and tessa to plan a clothing swap... if you are in l.a. and interested in joining us hit me up.  by the way casbah has the best chai.

i really need to get out more... i'm such a bookworm vampyre haha

sooooo... this outfit... is just a normal get up for running around town and such.  it's very me.  i would have preferred it with boots, but it was hot and well i wanted to be light footed and quick (yes, these are things i think about)...  so do you blog your regular outfits or do you plan outfits?  do you change your shoes because they create better lines in your photos?  i find that blogging has definitely made me more comfortable with dressing how i want.  there was a phase where i wondered if certain looks were "bloggable" or interesting... but that ended QUICKLY.  and now i feel like it's given me a freedom to be as unique and as loud as that may or may not be.  i just kind of don't really care about all that other stuff.  basically i guess i've come full circle.  wow insightful.

bravegrrl say

i guess in the end i want my blog to be me, i don't want to be my blog

wearing top & anklet-goodwill, leggings-crossroads trade, sunnies-ebay, corso como santorini sandals-ebay(gift from ana), necklaces-ax&apple/la dama

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i love my amoeba tote i got for my burrrfday

today i made homemade marinara... and it was a success :)  and it was easy :)  i don't cook by recipe but since this was a first for me i loosely followed this one.  i am in the process of trying to minimize my processed food intake...  i think i may start making a big jar/pot and use it throughout the week.  it's perfect to spread on bread, over your favorite veggies or on a sandwich.  ok, now i'm hungry.

quite often lately blogging has made me feel yucky... yet another place where i didn't belong...

BUT i really have been quite surprised and inspired lately.  i've found some bloggers that really inspire me and not just with their clothes and style, but with guts, ideas, individuality and most importantly daring to be unique in this world of fashion blogging.  they are feminists, activists, thought provoking and real.  and i no longer (or at least at the moment) feel like i shouldn't be blogging.  i'm just going to blog about what i want to.  i'm not the best writer... i mean i can hardly contain or organize my thoughts in any kind of cohesive flow, but whatever.  i'm pretty much a crazy space cadet... that daydreams of mermaids, burritos and painting water color bunnies with wings... sooooo yeah.

for a long time i've been thinking of having a clothing swap.  i've never done more than think about it though. it just seemed too hard to put together and i didn't really know anyone who would want to do it.  but i thought i'd throw it out there and see what you think.  specifically l.a. grrls.  i mean i love thrifting, flea marketing, ebaying and etsy, but it seems like another way to promote 2nd hand clothing in a different forum.  we all get bored of our clothes and most of us have more than we need right?  anyhow let me know if you'd be interested.  i think it'd be fun.

still...

dying over this romper.... thanks casey.  12 freak'n buckaroos 

ok.  i'm done.

wearing vintage tie dye jumper-RogueRetro etsy, secondhand cardigan-ebay, vintage boots-RetroVintage123 etsy, socks-sockdreams, house of harlow sunglasses-ebay, necklace-goodwill, rings-melrose trading post/pamela love/alexandria & buffalo nickel ring-ChickamaugaBill etsy, tote-amoeba

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china town on cinco de mayo

we really are spacey and kinda out of it.  whatever "it" is.  the boyfriend and i are trying to think of something different to do over saturday morning (not really morning) coffee... and he comes up with the great idea of taking the metro to downtown.  oh yeah.  that sounds fun.  being the only los angeles native that hasn't taken the metro this sounds like an adventure.  we pack up and go... grab some more coffee in south pasadena and jump on.  at every stop it gets more and more packed.  and some people have sombreros...hmmmm... this is gonna be good.  we get off at union station and QUICKLY realize it's cinco de mayo!  hahaha.  the streets were packed.  it was hot.  this was quickly going down down down... until we took refuge at philippes, shared a lemonade, some coleslaw and soup and became engrossed in our safe house strangely decorated with circus memorabilia.  we decided to play around china town where it was much much calmer even though it is was only a few blocks away from the festivities.  fun times.  we are space cadets, but we have fun...

so my photos aren't great cuz i'm not really making that any kind of priority.  i've been trying to live instead of document living.  that doesn't always produce the best photos, but whatever....

i've been into a kind minimal 90s thing for a while now... not that you would ever know that cuz i am not very minimal.  yesterday i was looking through some old photos and i think i dressed better in highschool.  i don't think the internet has helped that... i love reading blogs and getting lost in tumblr, but i really need to stop spending so much time surfing shops... it just makes me want stuff, save for it and then not look as good as when i had $10 to spend at salvation army.  so that is a current goal... to spend less time lusting in online shops.  that being said, i adore this look, it felt very me :)  and that is always a good thing as far as clothes go.  i mean they are clothes not rocket science.  speaking of science.  i bought the history channels ancient aliens at target the other day... dang i love that shit.

xo

oops almost forgot....

wearing top-young captive (etsy), slip-goodwill, boots-retrovintage123 (etsy) bday present from the bf, socks- olld nastygal, sunnies-old focals,  chocker-molten relic, buffalo nickel ring-chickamaugaBill (etsy) bday gift from daddy

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typically me

this is very typically me.  i bought a pair of sandals at dsw last week and felt guilty and returned them... they were good, but not perfect and i have a hard time buying new if i'm not totally in love or in need.  miser any?  sheesh.  for some reason jewelry is the exception... why is that?  most of the time it is handmade, maybe that's why.

i'm such a walking contradiction... maybe we all are.  maybe i'm just making myself feel better.

(that statement had nothing to do with fashion)

wearing saks 5th ave sweater-crossroads trade, jimi tee-gift, ksubi jeans-goodwill, jeffrey campbell gene boots-ebay, jewelry-ollld etsy/maya/alexandria

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whatever i'm so tired of figuring "it" out

a couple more of my newest creations/diy's...  more tie dye and destroyed denim.  what can i say...  i know what i like.

kinda obsessed with the kills right now

wearing bravegrrl diy tie dye top & overalls (cropped, back pockets removed,)-both from goodwill, parka & boots-ebay ollld

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