SAINTS SAINTS SAINTS DUH

I don't really care about football but I gotta say
WHO DAT

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Having a Super Bowl party with red beans & rice, jambalaya, king cake, and Abita beer cause we miss the dirty South.

IT'S THREE-SHIRTS COLD

I dig this outfit because it has a lot of my favorite wardrobe themes running through it--quirky menswear stripey sailor girl.



The RayBans give it just a touch of that 60s beatnik feel I've been into lately.


I have a scarf, the scarf, in my hair. You can just barely see it here.






And these shoes! So darling, I hardly ever wear them, and I have no idea why not. I am an idiot.



I bought them for a steal ($16) maybe a year ago from somewhere totally not fashion savvy; I think it was Sears.






So excited for the weekend. Making 2 more king cakes, reading multiple novels, catching some UV light (it comes in a coffin-like box and I pay for it, what of it? I have to cure my S.A.D.ness somehow), checking out a new apartment possibility, celebrating Allison's birthday, hello Super Bowl Sunday, and finallllllllllllly changing my iPod playlist (o god please). What are you up to?

1. Grace Elements Stripe Tee, $Free, work.
2. Banana Republic Black Vneck Cardi, $Free, I found it at the bar.
3. IDK Gray Cardi, $Free, handmedown from Rachel.
4. Denim Legging Jeans, $12.50, Forever 21.
5. Miss Bisou Gray Wedges, $16, Sears.
6. Missoni Scarf (in hair), $Free, gift from Rachel.
7. RayBan Wayfarers, $130, technically a trade with Rachel.

CREEPY GOOD

Started seeing these all over NYC this week:







photos

very hopeful,
afraid of disappointment.
still excited.

WATCHES > JEWELRY

Saw this at Chanel Spring 2010

Style.com (obvi my edits)

So I tried it out with some gold necklaces






I was kind of bummed for no real reason, so I made this nontraditional King Cake from scratch.

Tastes freaking excellent.

1. Vintage Embellished Cardigan, $6.25 (employee discount), work.
2. Organic White Pocket Tee, $5.00, H&M.
3. 2 Gold Necklaces with floral pendant, $2.00, gift and thrifted.
4. Silence & Noise High Waisted Denim, $19.50, Buffalo Exchange.
5. Vintage Bass Oxfords, $2.00, thrifted.

99 POSTS

Vogue Italia

It seems better than celebrating the 100th. That and I'm antsy to talk about things.
So:
1) I feel really really special whenever I read your comments.
2) I feel really really really extra awesome when there are new followers.
3) Both these things introduce me to new and awesome reads and interweb paths that are just like my brain, which I like.

Which brings me to:
A) I want to work on updating and expanding my blogroll.
B) I want to work on updating and expanding my brain.

Which means:
i) Let's play link exchange!

Or, if lazy:
ii) Just give me your link.

WE ALL WIN.

F-CARDS

Can you remember the moment you first fell in love... with fashion? I do! I do! Way back in the 6th grade, it was the moody Amber Valletta for Prada ads that made a lasting impression. Suddenly my cartoon-ish drawings (I was always an artiste) became thoughtful mixtures of texture, design, and style. Eventually these drawings turned into "collections" (um yes I still have that notebook somewhere) featuring red bandeau tops over button downs, tuxedo pants, and 50s ball gowns with peter pan collars (my influences were eclectic OK) all with an anime-ish bent (cuz I was into that stuff) (and it was the 90s). Anywho, those Prada ads stayed tacked to my walls even through high school.

I give you my love affair, Prada, circa 1996-1997.








I couldn't find my favorite one--Amber is in a boat on a lake, wearing the daintiest of sheer slip dresses. OH IT IS SO GOOD.


To this day Prada and Miu Miu are still my number ones. Just look at these tangerine lips!


These sunglasses with their perfect amount of cat-eyedness and space-agehood, I MUST HAVE THEM. And pigtails. Obviously, I'm way into that.





STUNNING. BEAUTY.

Steven Meisel shot the campaign. He also did the Missoni ads I was ooh-ing and aw-ing over last season.

If Tavi has Rei, then I'll take Miuccia.

BE WEDNESDAY ADDAMS FOR A MINUTE

You know when you put on an outfit and you're like "yeahhhhh, this one feels like me" and you want to wear it everyday for the next three days and feel pretty damn good about your sheer genius and the state of the world in general? Well, that's how I feel today-- gothic, girly, grunge and lolita all rolled into one. I love it.










I'm submitting this one to Weardrobe's Best Winter Accessories look because this scarf is oh-so-adorable. It has rows and rows of fluffy white pom poms on the ends that make me feel like a little lamb.

1. Thrifted Angie dress, $4.
2. Unbranded black cardigan, $Free from work.
3. Secondhand Sisley scarf, $4.50, work.
4. Fleurish legging pants, $39, Dillard's.
5. Stripey socks, $Free, gift from grandma (aww).
6. Natural Comfort platforms, $20, The Dressing Room.