are you getting that i suck at titles yet?

This is probably the strangest outfit I have worn in a while, mostly because it is insanely mismatched, and contained slight references to a number of things, if-I-do-say-so-myself (one thought there, I know its not meant to have the dashes, I am not grammatically confused...I hope). Anyways, It reminded me of the J.W. Anderson SS11 collection, in the pattern of my skirt, which looks EXACTLY (ahem mostly-sorta-kinda) like the pattern in this outfit:

and then the boots, well, I may be ever so slightly embarrassed to own fake uggs, but these were 20 bucks and I was pretending they were like the Chanel FW10/11 ones, which would certainly have been more convincing if they were covered in shaggy fur...maybe thats a good DIY project? Anyways, sorry the pictures are so...down-to-earth (theres that hyphen thing!), or maybe crappy is the right word. I actually like the second one though.

Turtleneck from Old Navy, skirt from Thai market, boots from target, vintage belt.

LULA ARRIVED TODAY

from vietnam

It's been forreeevver since my last post. Sorry about that... a quick recap of my last month or so:

-I went to Vietnam for Thanksgiving vacation, during which I shopped excessively

-I am about to take all my finals

-I am seriously dreaming about how awesome my trip to America in a few weeks will be

And that is all. My life is so dull...except for the whole international vacations thingy. I bought a few things in Vietnam, like this absolutely adorable fish shaped purse and my mom got me this silk dressing gown that makes me feel like a batty old former movie star. It goes surprisingly well with regular clothes. I pretty much wore this or variations of this outfit the whole trip, which I am of course not ashamed to admit... :)

BLAM!!

This is an outfit post like no other!! Ok, not really. It's just that its three outfits in one post, so ya know...

This is what I wore out to dinner on Sunday night, so like 4 days ago. Those boots! They are my moms, and since she is letting me break them in, I have been wearing them constantly. The only objectionable thing about them is the little metal decal things. I am not a big fan of studs, and these are approaching that sort of thing. But the quality and shape of them is great.

Ralph Lauren polo shirt: thrifted; leggings: Nordstrom; bag: Thailand (a market)

I wore this today because it was "Halloween", meaning the closest school day to Halloween, so we were supposed to dress up. And I dressed up as a hipster. Which is kinda how I always dress, so that may be why no one believed me when I said I was dressed up. I had ironic glasses though!

same shirt; Levi's jeans

I wore this yesterday. I think I wore the exact same thing a few weeks ago, but I didn't post it then. Pardon the awkward pictures lately, this is what happens when I prefer the iPhone camera to my real camera (with tripod) so all the pictures require a mirror or some sort of balancing act with me trying to get into the shot and simultaneously take an actual picture. And no, of course no one else wants to take the pictures for me, no one is that helpful.

shirt: Nordstrom; dress: Anthropoligie; tights: Nordstrom

detail of the tights

Dress/shirt detail. I am a sucker for ruffles, especially in this gunmetal grey color.

And finally, this is what I wore on Monday, cause I did a shit-ton of laundry on Sunday and EVERYTHING was clean, including this dry-clean only skirt, which reminds me of both goth-ness and cutesy schoolgirls at the same time. I don't fully understand my fascination with frilly ridiculous skirts, but as long as its balanced out, its so much fun to wear things like this.

t-shirt: the Gap; skirt: Forever 21; tights: the Gap

THOSE BOOTS :)

nuevos zapatos

The most recent additions to my ever-growing shoe collection. The pair of peep-toe pumps are the ones from Aldo, and I'm not sure where the boots are from, but they are my moms and I have been given the task of breaking them in, which is not hard, because they seem to go with everything! Sorry the picture is in black and white, the shoes are both black anyway and the background of the picture was a weird yellow.

i wanna live in greenland...

Or Iceland. I don't exactly confuse the two, but in my mind they are equally cool. I might think differently if I actually lived in Greenland and shoveled snow every day and skied into town. Am I stereotyping here? There probably isn't much fashion in Greenland, its all parkas and boots. But you never know.

Its really quite sad, lately I want to be anywhere but here. Maybe because here I have mountains of homework and laundry (this is seriously the bane of my existence, why can't we just get a live in maid? EVERYONE else at my school has them) and the weather is dismal: hot and humid and never cold or rainy enough. My hair is like an afro guys, which is actually a hilarious image, since my hair is like two feet long. Like the Topshop Unique show!

This entire weekend I have been sitting around my house and wearing only pjs. I even took pictures of them. Look, they have fancy effects!!! Ok, only the second one, but it was so boring on its own... And sorry to do the whole taking-a-picture-in-front-of-a-mirror thing, It was just there and THAT IS MY NEW IPHONE ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!! Sorry, vapid teenager moment.

t-shirt: the Gap; pj pants: anthropoligie, fake glasses (yes I am one of those people who wears fake glasses sometimes. hate on me if you will.)

Dramatic lighting; angsty pose! (Orchestra music in the background!!) Hell yes! Sweater: Nordstrom (kids section, I don't even know how to defend that, I'm 5'8") tank top: also Nordstrom; pj pants: Jockey.

And what I have been doing is hanging stuff up on my wall. I only moved in what, three months ago? Hahahah, at least I'm doing it now.

Only the frameless stuff is up now, but I am gonna fill in the rest later. We have concrete walls, so everything will have to be stuck up with plasticky something.

All the framed things, plus a few more postcards, plus the sticky wall thing trash. Any idea how to stick a quilt to a concrete wall? Its a dilemma.

It's Rainin Bitchez

Its Raining Bitchez by dmel.emma featuring a long sleeve coat

Blughhh

Hello everyone! I feel like I've been neglecting this blog. I am deeply sorry! I have been getting an education these past few weeks, while moping about it. And wishing I could understand all the references on Hazel Cill's twitter page. Seriously? Czech surrealist filmmakers?! And that sums up my last few weeks. I haven't bought anything new lately, I can't wait to shop vintage in Austin. I think I need some high-button boots. Like those ones from the 1910s. My life would be complete. And a peter-pan collar dress. I'm such a consumer. Sigh. I am patiently waiting for Lula, when does it come out? So thats all folks. That whole thing made no sense....

former prom dress

My mom wore this dress when she was in her 20's, I can't believe she was so tiny! It barely fits me, I would compare it to wearing a corset. I can zip it up just fine, but when I want to take a deep breath, it's sorta impossible. Also, I think I'm busting a few seams every time I sneeze. Its hilarious. But I love the dress, its very ballerina-esque.

how i spend my time

Sitting on my kitchen floor eating cereal. What else is there to life? In lounge clothes :) Nike shorts, Nordstrom cardigan, Calvin Klein tank top.

This is what I wore to school yesterday. The skirt is just so amazingly poufy, its ridiculous. the tank top is really pretty on the back, but sorta plain on the front. It has the unfortunate effect of making me look like a wrestler. I had to wear the cardigan to school cause we have a dress code :( I wore it with flats (my sperrys) but I am sooo excited about these shoes! I got them for the winter formal at my school, but I know I won't be able to wait to wear them out, so I'm already thinking of what I can wear them with. The only problem is that they are peep-toed, and I have freakishly long toes. I'll post a better picture soon, they look kinda weird in this one.

All I feel like doing lately is watching Amile and drinking affogatos. I have never even had one, so I'm not sure why I would want one, but they suit my mood for some reason. I'll just have to settle for chai lattes. And no Amile.