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 :)

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

birthday goodies

i love these kinds of photos... so i decided to do some of my own :) here are most of my bday presents. still really obsessed with it all. ohhh and if you haven't.. let me know which album cover you like best here

hope everyone had a great weekend xo

1/lna tank, zara scarf, apparellel hex nut bracelet & norwegian wood by haruki murakami from tessa

2/asos jeans, vintage blouse, prince tickets & ebay sunnies from da boy

3/handmade tiger eye & copper bracelet & fluffy pillow from my momma

4/h&m tunics from my sis

5/hodgepodge of it all

a magical faerie land

loving it all here....

i reconstructed this shirt out of a thrifted gap chambray shirt and i am totally loving it.... it is a combo of a couple one teaspoon shirts that i loved... racer back, oversized armholes, cropped high in back... these photos didn't catch all these details, but i'm sure i will be wearing it a lot hence more photos...

the pants are amazing... i love long johns and these stretch out all loose and comfy, but they have a wide lowrise elastic waistband that makes them more daytime wear then most long john pants... and the color goes with EVERYTHING. i wish they made them in more color ways...

the scarf and bracelets are my favorite bday presents.... the scarf makes me feel at home in a magical faerie land...

i hope everyone had a good weekend, i feel as though i could be drowning in a sea of errands if i don't start doing something other than consuming copious amounts of iced coffee and planning my next read...

xo

self altered chambray shirt, american gold coyote call long johns courtesy of spanish moss, zara star scarf-bday present from one of the bestest friends eva, topshop leather jacket, hex nut bracelet-apparellel.etsy, copper tigers eye bracelet-bday present from momma, rings/rubber bracelets-maya, jeffrey campbell litas

uniformity

i'm pretty much obsessed with all these looks right now... clean, fresh and not fussy... the only thing i foresee being a problem is the ironing necessary for the zara/celine crisp flowyness... but i don't see the bravegrrl versions being quite so crisp... haha...

anyhow... just thought i'd share my current inspirations...

1&2/acne pre-fall 11, 3/lexington aw 11, 4/elin kling, 5/zara ss campaign, 6/celing ss 11, 7/3dollars

greensleeves

tonight... vince guaraldi, a cocktail and wrapping under the tree... my dad brought over my old stocking :)

i made this bag a couple weeks ago... the velvet was salvaged from a vintage dress i hemmed... it's huge and soft, but i didn't account for the doily thing getting caught on everything.... it shall be a tattered bag before long

xo

vintage blouse-goodwill, zara cardi, h&m jeggings, jeffrey campbell nation boots, bravegrrl bag handmade by yours truly, rings-brazil/maya/lucky brand/vintage/alexandria, necklaces-vintage/dana hollister, bracelets-vintage/various

the lunatic is on the grass

oh man, the last couple days here in l.a. have been blazing!!!! crazy blazing! like gypsy grrl hasn't left the house blazing...
so these were taken right before the current heat wave... this is the fuzzy zara thing i told you 'bout... i foresee that it will be in heavy rotation this fall and winter. i'm loving the neutral blush color and the loop carpet bottom :D

~i am a music nerd
~i made a fort today
~thanks kimberellie for the sweet award. much love to you. i love your blog. and i give you the first ever cutest of the cute award!
~check out my interview on walk of fashion!!! thanks isabel! you rock!

these are my favorite shoes by the way. i've had them for a longlong time. got them on ebay. i saw them a while back in red and REALLY regret not bidding...

vintage romper-worn here & here, zara cardi, f21 scarf, miu miu platforms-they also look super cute with socks see here, vintage bangles-ax&apple, vintage bag-goodwill, popkillers sunnies

can't count all the ways

walking around the block in south pasadena... got some coffee at busters, did a jig in the alley behind the antique shops and posed an ancient pose in front of a big door.

~my favorite food is sushi, burritos and noodlesnoodlesnoodles
~i'm addicted to tapatio
~i've been using vasoline as lip balm since i was little... my lips were so badly chapped in the 4th grade that it looked like the top of my lips were right under my nostrils and the bottom was near my chin (and yes this is documented in a school photo) pretty much everybody stopped talking to me towards the end of grade school because of stuff like this... then i met the punks/goths/other rejects in high school :) but i didn't really fit in with them either because i got good grades and was in the dance team
~i walk around on my tippy toes at home
~i love vampires. this isn't a new thing. i've been reading vampire novels since the 4th grade. when every other grrl was dreaming about being a princess or popular, i was hoping a vampire would come through my window and make me a creature of the night and we would travel the world together forever...
~i have crushes on characters as opposed to stars... like albus dumbledore, gandalf, corbin dallas, edward scissorhands, vampire bill, leeloo, wolverine.. and the list goes on and on
~i've cried after finishing a book just because i didn't want to leave that world
~i believe

i bought this fuzzy thing at zara last spring and haven't been able to wear it until recently because of the weather. i really love these easy steps into fall. it's fun to feel the breeze moving differently around you during your evening walks...
i think this 'vest' is supposed to be some kind of faux fur, but it reminds me more of a 70s shag carpet or a muppet... i love it. it was actually the first thing i bought at zara and the only thing until yesterday. i got another fuzzy thing, but totally different than this. i will just have to show you. i'm kinda loving lots of the fall stuff at zara right now... this is no bueno for the traveling fund!

i watched the yeah yeah yeahs tell me what rockers to swallow concert on dvd yesterday... karen o has some crazy mad energy. i ♥ netflix.

my mom has old photos of me doing this pose when i was 5 and 6 and 7 and well... some things never change. i am still a little grrl. you know that song 'girl you'll be woman soon'? it has always sounded like neil was personally singing to me...

this photo really says worlds about me. i am doing some variation of this in between shots all the time...

vintage dress-goodwill, fuzzy thing-zara, tights-uo, gee wa wa fatales- lorisshoes.com, vintage armani sunnies- old focals