christmas

so what did you guys get? (oh and i got the purse, not the dog)

finals suck

You guys, my mom is such a trendsetter. She had these way before Robert Pattinson. 

inspiration

Life is pretty much full of fail lately. Here are some things I want.
A oversized slouchy beanie.
This strapless bustier dress from H&M.
A coin necklace.
studded converses. (i will most likely attempt to diy some)
A shredded Raquel Allegra tee. (this will also be a diy attempt at some point)
This Sophomore zipper skirt.
I also want to learn to knit. Someone teach me please? Oh and is anyone else watching the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? I know I am. Ilu, Miranda and Behati.

i'm obsessed with rings

Ok, so apparently I suck at doing any school work whatsoever. I picked my classes for Spring 2009, which was incredibly unpleasant. I probably made bad decisions but oh well! I hate my freakishly small fingers! I want yet another ring it is so beautiful. It is by Yves Saint Laurent, and $195 which is expensive but not bad for YSL.

i'm still here...barely

so this blog seems to be dead. i just thought i'd post, because the election has me freaking out so i need a distraction. i doubt i will be posting very often because i am taking organic chem this year, and you guys it's as crazy as everyone says! and i kind of hate taking pictures of myself so i don't feel like posting outfits of the day anymore. i don't know. anyways here is this cute ring i got from forever21. i really like cocktail rings lately. and black, white, and grey. and i have been wearing heels more. i am proud of myself.

EDIT: You guys, we did it! I am so proud to be an American today.

Awesome Stuff I Bought This Year

So I've been sort of lax about posting...I hope Maryse can forgive me! Hopefully by the end of the summer I can convince my parents to get me my own digital camera so I can start doing posts similar to hers (which I always love). My freshman year of college is OVER!! It's good to be home, but I'm starting to miss Bryn Mawr a bit.

Starting next week I'll be in D.C. for an internship, so I want to wear my "teenager clothes" (as Mommy calls them) as much as possible. Most of my stuff is still packed up in the garage--my dad keeps knocking over my boxes with his car, ugh--but I went through a bit today for a quick inventory.

I accumulated a lot this year, I must admit. Mostly it's my own selfish materialism, but I think my wonderful location is to blame, as well. Philly is only a 25-minute train ride away, and though no one on the Main Line will ever say anything positive about the Septa, it's really not that bad as public transportation goes.

Every time I went to South Street, I found something wonderful. This one place, I *think* it's called Siglo Accessories, was where I found my current two favorite pairs of earrings. I purchased my over-the-knee black suede boots from Barefeet Shoes (or Barefoot, sorry I'm bad with store names) fall semester. When I went back in the spring, I found my current obsession: a great pair of gladiator sandals.

I had a hard time choosing, but ultimately I went for brown. I can't say how much I love these shoes--comfy and stylish, how rare. I'd never pair it with such a blah denim mini-skirt though--my favorite outfit has been the sandals, with red matte Banana Republic shorts, dangly gold leaf earrings, and a sea-green kurta with red-orange beading at the neck I got from Pakistan. Ugh I wish I had a picture, I promise you it's cute.

However, it wasn't just the allure of Philadelphia that resulted in me buying so many things. Often times I didn't have to go any further than the town of Bryn Mawr! As far as college towns go, to most people, Bryn Mawr isn't really the coolest place...lots of antique shops. To me though, it's a terrific town. I've been to a few fancy restaurants in Philly but for my money nothing beats the Greek place by the train station. Seriously, GO THERE.

While the Greene Street on South Street is definitely better than the Bryn Mawr one, my favorite consignment store is Piccadilly Court, also by the train station. My mom hated it when she came, complaining about the smell, but hey! That gives a thrift store character, and legitimacy. I haven't gotten any clothes there, it's pretty hard to find things in my size, though I have two scarves, a ring, and my favorite, a watch.

Before I got this watch, I basically just wore this superfantastic silver Dior watch every time it matched an outfit. I really recommend having two different types of watches, I personally enjoy being able to tell the time while being coordinated with the rest of whatever look I'm going for. Haha I wonder how lame that sounds :P

Anyway, I don't know much about the company, but my thrift store watch is a ladie's wind-up Elgin watch. I did a bit of research, it's a fairly old company and I think they've stopped making watches so it's pretty cool to own one, I guess. At least the saleslady said that, she was very excited when talking about the watch.

I think my favorite thing about it is the ticking noise--it does get a bit annoying having to re-set the time almost every day and wind it back up, but for some odd reason I find that tick deeply comforting. Good sound to hear while taking a vicious final, I think. I don't know if the left picture shows it very well, mostly I put it because it's one of the few pictures I've enjoyed of myself haha.

I cropped an ad from 1948 (featuring Rosalind Russel, very exciting) to try to find a better picture. Mine is the very last one. I have pretty small wrists, so as you can see from the Me picture, the watch falls down a bit. The woman at the store suggested going to a jeweler and having it fitted properly to stay at my wrist, but I kind of like the effect of it being like a loose thin bracelet. Eh, I don't know. Thoughts?

Aww I'm definitely going to post more, I forget how fun and cathartic this is.

Home at last

I am home from my first year at college and must confess to having been in a bit of a style rut for the past few weeks, especially the last weeks of the semester.

I have always been one of those people who refused to leave my home in my pajamas, or anything approximating pajamas (this includes sweatpants, baggy t-shirts, or any kind of clothing you would wear to work out at the gym). No matter the weather, I would always attempt to dress myself in a stylish (but not requiring TOO much effort, has to look careless of course) manner

This semester however, the weather would just not cooperate. I figured that since DC is sort of the South, the weather would get nice in late February/March.

THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.

I kept my winter clothes around for far too long. And then, when I finally packed them away in late March/early April, guess what?! We got a cold, rainy few days and I was forced to unearth my tired old sweaters and tights and jeans and wellingtons when, emotionally, I was more than ready for sandals and (classy) shorts and flimsy florals and COTTON.

Most shamefully, my friend and I started our own radio show. As freshmen, we got the worst time slot--8 AM on Sunday mornings. Foolishly, I thought, "Oh, I can handle this. I had an 8 AM class three times a week last semester, a 15 minute walk to the exact opposite end of campus. I never EVER wore pajamas to that class, always managing to dress myself with dignity."

Waking up that early on Sundays is really, really hard. And it never got easier...it got harder each week. Thankfully no one was really out that early...but I am ashamed to admit that every Sunday for the last semester, I wore my pajamas out to walk to radio. Thankfully, I managed to follow another one of my personal rules: ALWAYS wear a bra, even if you think you don't need one. (The exception, of course, is if a certain dress or top is cut too weirdly to wear one, and you're small enough to pass). Despite temptations to just throw on my coat over my ratty Model UN t-shirt and call it a day...I forced myself to, at the very least, have some semblance of decency and put on a brassiere.

Anyway, the point I'm trying to make is that I am home now and ready for some NICE weather so I can get out of this style rut and wear some fun summer clothing. Alas, it's raining today...but as a curly haired orphan once said, the sun will come out tomorrow.

IT BETTER, anyway. Because I put my rain boots in storage.

outfit of the day

This is what I wore for my first day of no classes! I just have 4 finals to take and I will be done with school for the year (well, until the Fall semester starts). It's funny because I am actually starting to run out of jeans and more casual stuff. All I have left are skirts and dresses really. So I might be quite dressed to take my finals. (You know, instead of being a normal person and doing the laundry. I am TOO lazy). The forecast is calling for a lot of rain though...oh well. I sold some books back today and got around $100 back. Not so bad. I still have a massive biology textbook to get rid of though. I'm going to have to find somewhere else to sell it because the bookstore was going to give me $7 for a book originally purchased brand new for $150. I've been watching videos of Lisa Hannigan lately and this outfit was kind of inspired by her. At first, her style was pretty grungy/hippie/overall kind of unflattering but now she wears velvet blazers, skirts, boots, and cute head scarves.


The poses are a bit funny and I look rather miserable but I got tired taking pictures. Also, as you can see my roommate has already moved out.

deetailz
boots: franco sarto via zappos
skirt: AA
t-shirt: AA
tank top underneath: j crew
blazer: ebay

swimsuit

Does anyone want to lend me 95€ to buy this incredible swimsuit? Of course something this chic could only be Parisian. My birthday is coming up and I still don't know what I want. Maybe this? No, even for me that's much to impractical. But it's still so pretty, isn't it?

outfit of the day

Hmm, it says there is a scheduled outage at 4pm, so let's see if i can do this in 8 minutes. It's hot today and I have a headache. I kind of look fat in the pictures. Oh well, college will do that to you I guess.



details
tank top: j crew
top: matty m from century 21
jeans: american eagle
earrings: canada
sandals: banana republic. Haha they are so gross looking, so I tried to cover them up with my fingers. Sorry.

dilemma

today was interesting. I have no classes on Wednesday so normally I don't try to waste outfits, because what is the point if no one sees you? However, later on today I am going out to a restaurant to eat Indian food for the first time. So I thought it would be fun to dress up. I decided to be "daring" and where something I feel might be too much for class. I felt really proud of myself and I liked the outfit I chose a lot. However I faced two issues.

1. Heels are hard to walk in - Yeah even my beloved oxfords, the most comfortable heels I own gave me a lot of trouble. I was convinced I would fall and walked incredibly slow everywhere all day.
2. I am really self-conscious - I realized today that when it comes to the way I dress I am torn because I love dressing up yet at the same time I hate standing out. Today I was convinced that people were staring at me because of my outfit and NOT in a good way. I even heard a whistle and I convinced myself that the guy was certainly making fun of me. It's weird because I have definitely seen girls on campus "dress up", as in wear heels almost everyday. And I don't give those girls a second glance, so why am I paranoid that everyone is paying that much attention to me? I really should listen to my mother (she is right once in awhile, haha) because she tells me that no one cares enough to judge me as much as I think they do. I guess what I'm trying to say is I need to get over myself!

In other news, (the good kind this time) I received two magazines in the mail today. Elle and Marie Clare. I'll tell you what I think, maybe, when I'm finished. Although I have so much work to do...perhaps I'll do some of it?


*~*deEtz*~*
boys blazer: ebay
raspberry dress: urban outfitters (someone was insulting jersey dresses the other day which offended me. I love that they can be dressed up or down and pack well!)
knee high socks: target
oxford heels: ebay
moon face: mother

peace out.

inspirations...

Just felt like posting some things that I have been obsessing over despite the fact that I should be concentrating on all this end of the semester chaos. I haven't been feeling well lately, hopefully that won't affect my dress sense (or "dress sense", rather).

For one, I absolutely adore the label Heimstone. The brand was founded by two French stylists Delphine Delafon and Alix Petit, who met at Michel Klein. It revolves around beautiful, easy dresses. Each season the brand puts out a short video with a model wearing the clothes. This is their Spring 2008 one and I've been watching it over and over. The model's hair is lovely and she looks fantastic in all those dresses.



I've been wanting really thick heavy looking silver bangles lately. I am at a loss for where I'd find them though. I imagine they are quite expensive. This image isn't the best but you can see them in the left photo.

Next I am super excited to say that Alexander Wang is doing a collection for Uniqlo that is meant to launch in May. Those of you who have read this blog know I am a big fan of his stuff. Here is a dress from the collection that I adore (pic from Susie Bubble)

Again I am still obsessing over Scandinavian style. I even attempted a high ballet bun today, but I can't exactly say I pulled it of. No picture, sorry! I love this easy look from Stockholm Street Style. It gives me an idea for styling my own leather jacket.

Another Scandinavian girl I've been obsessing over is Lykke Li. Not only are are songs infectious (I recommend "little bit" and "i'm good, i'm gone"), but her style is unique and inspiring as well. Here are two great videos you need to watch!

outfit 04-10-08

Today is so nice out! This is just what Spring is supposed to feel like. I wish it would stay like this, but it probably won't. Anyway, I am wearing my new earrings I got from Forever 21. They are pretty enormous, but I love them. Things are pretty stressful now, with trying to get my grades together and struggling to get into the classes I need to graduate. But writing in this blog and reading others helps me unwind. 

The photos are so shoddy, I know. And my shirt is a bit wrinkly as are my knees. But regarding the former I am too lazy to iron and regarding the latter, well that's just a problem I always have when wearing jeans tucked into boots. It really bugs me, but I have yet to find skinny skinny jeans that fit my little knees. 

I just wish school was over so I can enjoy summer! 

in my white tee...

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Hello! How are you? I am quite good, as I just went shopping on Saturday with some friends. I picked up some cute things. And I'll take pictures and show them to you when I am looking something other than disgusting. Anyway I was looking at this picture of Mary Kate Olsen. It's a given that I want those Nine West shoes that look like her Balenciagas. But...I also started looking for white t-shirts. I know I know, a white t-shirt is something so basic only a freak like me could obsess over the "perfect" one. I have so many t-shirts, but I have yet to find the perfect white one. I've come close to perfection with the American Apparel tri-blend unisex tee, but it doesn't offer as many colors as I'd like (though I am guilty to say I own three of them). I want a shirt that is oversized yet slim and sheer yet not completely see through. See how Mary Kate's shirt looks so soft and sheer yet you can't see her bra despite the paparazzi flash? That is what I want. I found these two shirts from Alternative Apparel which I really enjoy. (Shown are the burnout tee in white and the destroyed tee in vintage black, respectively). 

Oh no, the html seems to be messing up so I'll fix it later. (Long story, but Firefox is being a pain so I am on Safari which is set up slightly differently...basically Macs are lovely yet horrible at the same time). On a side note I found a watch I adore that I want for my birthday. I actually found it several months ago (I didn't post it here) and I told my mom about it. I am so excited, though I probably shouldn't get my hopes up. Mainly because my mother is quite adamant about me trying it on first and the only place I've found it is online. She is right though, it probably will be too large for my grossly malnourished wrist. And another thing is that it is already on back order and my birthday is May 20, so I don't think my mom will try and order it now. Meaning it will probably be out of stock by the time it gets closer to my birthday. I'm sorry if my gibberish is hard to follow. Anyway I really should get back to ecology! I am forever procrastinating. 

outfit of the day

nothing too special. sigh, when it's not cold it's raining and when it's not raining it's windy. anyway here are some pictures.

my skin has been acting up, it's so annoying. anyway this top is from anthropologie (my sister found it for me) it's about a size too large but i love it anyway.

i wear those bangles...95% of the time. they go with everything. i bought them from husna and sundes's mom. they are from pakistan.

and these earrings are from some random shop in canada. they're not special, forever 21 has the same exact ones. i've been really lusting after the third pair of shoes in my last post, but alas i can't find them ANYWHERE. So now, I'm looking at these babies. I really need to stop shopping! It's outta control.

kinda atrocious/amazing heels

i know i have been telling you all that i am wary of wearing (woah) heels around campus. but lately i can't stop lusting over them. the ones i like are reasonably priced, but not for someone who wouldn't wear the shoes on a regular basis. it is times like these i wish i went to an incredibly expensive school where everyone dressed up. then i wouldn't feel so weird about wearing "fancy" shoes. anyway, on to the eye candy.

so, i know i already have a pair of oxford heels. however, they are a kind of awkward color. they are a very dark brown (almost black) but i can't wear them with anything black. hence, my reasoning for wanting this pair from aldo. mmm, i love that chunky tall heel.

i know you may be cringing at these, but i love them. they look comfy too, considering how tall they are. i have realized that my purchase of flat black gladiator sandals (in a previous post) was a mistake as they successfully truncated my already minimal height. these are a blatant pair of balenciaga rip offs from ninewest, but oh how i love them. i imagine they would give anyone instantly killer legs!

these are my absolute favorite! i can just imagine my sister telling me how ugly these are. oh well! i think they would be adorable with thick grey knit tights and a great floral dress (something i have yet to purchase, but need). they are beautiful. but sold out everywhere in my size in that sweet cognac color. they have them in black, but...just look at them. i want them in cognac! basically, my birthday is coming up (in may) and these shoes all fall within my price range. but i doubt my mother would want me to purchase such "unpractical" things, as she suspects i am already quite overdressed for my casual college campus (alliteration!).

testing some outfits/pieces

even though no one reads this, i just can't stop posting. i decided to be unproductive and try some thingers on to experiment.

ok so here is the leather jacket i mentioned in a previous post that i got on sale for around $50 (real leather!). i paired it with a grey tank top from j crew and an american apparel mustard skirt. which is so comfy! and it has pockets, which is always a plus.

i tried this outfit on with a pair of oxford heels from ebay (they were around $15 or $20, which is expensive for ebay, but not bad for the quality). i love these shoes so much, but i am really intimidated to wear them around campus. first of all i am a complete klutz and also i don't want to look "slutty". i don't know if they look to hoochie paired with the short skirt.


i also tried them with knee highs. i probably wouldn't wear all this stuff together, but i was being lazy. i like the knee highs for coverage. if i wore them with those shoes i would probably wear a dress instead. i dunno, i love those socks (they're from target and so soft!) but they are another item i am not sure about. do they make me look short? are they slutty? too school girl?
ah, questions. anyway, i wish it would warm up so i could actually wear this stuff! or maybe i'll be too shy. who knows.

outfit of the day 03-25

hey y'all. i like how it is still cold when it is supposed to be spring. and by like i mean hate. because then i don't get to wear my dozens (ok, i'm exaggerating) of adorable cropped jackets. i didn't bring my camera to school with me, which explains the photobooth pictures. although, i have to admit photobooth pictures are like polaroids (which are being discontinued!) in that people just tend to look more attractive due to the low quality of the pictures. anyway i should be doing a statistics project. but i felt like posting because i just came back from a chem test that i failed! and i liked my outfit today.

my room is ruther messy, i know.
and here is my face...for good measure?

t shirt: american apparel
vest/waistcoat: f21
jeans: american eagle
boots: steve madden
necklace: ebay, it makes me think of you dear sundes

spring update

I apologize for the extreme lack of updates. But the thing about this blog is I do it for fun, so I never want to feel like I HAVE to make a new post. I've been pretty busy with school, but I haven't forgotten about my love for fashion. Basically, I am so sick of this cold and rainy weather. I have been dressing down lately because I am ready for winter to be over! I held off looking at the spring shows when they actually occurred in Fall 2007, but lately they are all I can think about. I don't want to get into all the shows because that would take forever, but I will mention two of the shows that are inspiring me the most at the moment.


First would be Alexander Wang, whose Spring 08 and Fall 08 shows were styled by model/muse Erin Wasson. I definitely see her influence in the clothing, which has a "model off duty" vibe. My favorite look opened the show, it was a threadbare white t-shirt paired with a oversized "boyfriend" blazer and a pair of beat up denim shorts. I already have a blazer and similar shorts, but I am still looking for the elusive perfect white t-shirt which is surprisingly hard to find. I also liked the pairing of a grey slouchy tee with a more structured khaki skirt. I don't know if I would necessarily purchase a khaki skirt, but I have a similar tee from American Apparel and it would be interesting to pair it with something structured. The model also wore it with a pair of black patent cutout booties, but I am kind of against wearing heels at school. The look here is incredibly casual so I would feel a bit weird. Knee high boots is about as fancy as it gets. I also loved this boxy cropped trench one girl was wearing. It makes me really want a trench for spring, but I'm not sure where I would look. I liked the look of one in GAP, but the material was much to heavy for me.


Speaking of jackets, I am absolutely psyched to wear them this spring. I have a French Connection cotton swing coat I purchased recently that I love. I also have a shrunken black leather jacket that I bought on sale from Newport News of all places. I can definitely imagine pairing the jacket with a white eyelet dress. I also want to get a super soft and shrunken denim jacket. (Oh before I forget to mention I loved the models' easy, wavy hair at Alex's show).


Ok the next show I want to mention was Frida Giannini for Gucci. I thought the show was really modern and quite dark, considering it was a Spring/Summer show. I loved the dramatic eye makeup and they had the PERFECT leather jackets (as seen on Freja Beha). I also liked the use of plaid, as well as the black and white palette with splashes of yellow and pink.
Hmm, so other things for spring...I am excited for shoes! I bought a pair of black gladiator sandals, I must say they are pretty intense. I'm a little worried about them making me appear stumpy so I feel like I will have to pair them with shorts and little dresses. I am also excited for flat sandals. My dream sandal would be a black thick leather t-strap, which I feel is the ultimate chic statement. I also want to wear knee high socks (I got two great pairs at target, they are soft and cottony yet nice and thin) during that transition between cold and warm weather. I am imagining them with oxfords and shorts (or a dress), but I am still figuring it out. I suppose that's all for now. Sorry for writing a book! I hope you are as ready as I am for Spring.

By the way, this post was rather spur of the moment. I saw Afia had mentioned we hadn't been updating. As a result there are probably many errors writing wise (because I am the queen of all things awkward). I am going to edit this later. Maybe.