Material Girl shorts, Forever 21 bee earrings, and a vintage sweater that reminds me of something Sandy would wear in Blue Velvet…
Category Archives: Jewelry
In a Word, Pink
Erin Fetherston silk dress, £236 Alexander McQueen platform high heels, $750 Valextra envelope clutch, $1,320 Benefit cosmetic, $29 Revlon nail polish, $5.49
“I believe that there’s always going to be a group of girls who still want to look pretty and feminine. I think you can be directional and edgy and not look like you’ve been dragged through the gutter.”
-Erin Fetherston
Garage Rock
I promise some substantial posts will be on the way as soon as I push through the last of this semester.
A garage was a slightly better setting for an all-black outfit than the following pretty, tiled background. I mean, butterflies.
Vintage tee, 2BWU jeans, vintage boots via Buffalo Exchange, Forever 21 cuff, rings and arrowhead necklace
Urban Outfitters skull ring, Hue leopard print socks, stone necklace given to me by a vagrant in Buffalo, NY
I’m smushing my face, taking a “selfie,” and using new vocabulary.
It was fun to revisit my middle school style and try to do it over. Unique white boots take the place of knee-high combat boots and none of the excessive jewelry involves pony beads or guitar picks this time.
How did you dress in your early teens? Do you hold on to certain things or cringe at all of it?
Nature Reclaimed My Rusty Bike
…and now it only serves as a semi-artistic prop.
Pardon my sass in these photos. I needed to project confidence in case my neighbor came out and was like, “Why is your camera propped up on my car?”
Thrifted Libertine silk camisole, vintage skirt and bracelet, Charlotte Russe double finger ring
As you can tell by the overgrowth and my footwear preferences, I don’t ride this bike a lot.
Stylish brass knuckles
Thinly Veiled Effort
American Apparel chiffon camisole layered over an Urban Outfitters racerback tank, Aerie bracelet, Hot Topic jeans (Don’t laugh. I’m goth now.)
A friend gave me these cute, polka dot earrings as a high school graduation present. My college graduation present to myself is to stop freaking out.
Pearl Snaps, Pearl Studs
I did some reporting yesterday for an article on the Sustainable Food Center’s new East Austin farmers market. They’re doing some great things for people who live in a “food desert” and qualify for government food assistance. I had to skip my usual take-me-seriously blazer and heels combo for this assignment.
What to wear for a gloomy vernal equinox at the farmers market and the library?
Fake pearl earrings, a floral western shirt (from my Goodwill Outlet expedition), Gap grey denim leggings, Wanted tassel loafers, and Jason Wu for Target handbag
Ah, the soft geometry of Jason Wu. Raffia has never looked so proper. It must be the boxy structure and leather piping. I kept the tags on this thing for the longest time, worried I might have to return it to pay for groceries or bills. But I love it more than I hate eating Ramen noodles frequently. The American Dream could never get me like the Vogue Dream can.
Washed Out
Sometimes you just want pastels.
Energie top, vintage rosary, Express shorts, Payless wedges
I excavated these from the depths of my dresser. I know embellished denim from Express doesn’t scream “cool,” but these are just what I want in a pair of shorts this season: light wash, ripped, studded, but not too much of any of the above. Plus, I like the flip indecency of an exposed pocket or two.
I call this my secular rosary since the cross fell off. Maybe it was a sign that I shouldn’t be appropriating a sacred relic for fashion.
Basically
American Apparel shorts, vintage boat neck tee and bracelet
It’s my last Spring Break. I’m spending it with people who make me happy and the things that can be bought at corner stores. Forgot what we wanted to be when we grew up, so we didn’t. Days pass like morning through mini-blinds and night finds us shuffling to some new tune. Worries muted like the pastel tiles in the bathrooms of our dirty mid-century homes.
There was style and there was substance. Both were a little illicit.
For Those About to Rock
Photo by Thomas Allison
Albertus Swanepoel for Target hat – Urban Outfitters top - Forever 21 bustier - vintage necklace - Target belt - vintage shorts
Jessica Lee (of Sparkle and Stripes) kindly featured me in an article about South by Southwest style for The Daily Texan, our university’s newspaper.
I’ll be working a lot during SXSW, but at least I’ll be just a block away from the free, back lot shows at UO. Can’t wait to see the lovely Eleanor Friedberger and Grimes on Saturday. So many choices, so little time.
