skint + mint

by the way

2008-09-18T21:02:00.004-04:00

i mostly post on my tumblr now, because i'm in school/lazy.

however i will probably still put the rest of my fashion week faves up here, for anyone who cares.

:)

phillip lim

2008-09-12T10:51:00.001-04:00

narciso rodriguez

2008-09-11T23:45:00.001-04:00

marc by mj

2008-09-11T23:41:00.002-04:00

fucking love this collection. when marc gets it right, he gets it RIGHT.

doo.ri

2008-09-11T23:36:00.002-04:00

parfait

2008-08-21T15:46:00.001-04:00

clemence looks AMAZING in the new gap ads.

sex.

2008-08-19T11:50:00.002-04:00

thx flora's box

my girlfriends

2008-08-19T11:40:00.000-04:00

alex wang and his furry chair

2008-08-19T11:35:00.005-04:00

via theselby.com

the sartorialist: anna dello russo

2008-08-18T10:54:00.001-04:00

country living?

2008-08-14T12:25:00.002-04:00

photography: alecia tuggle

dammit

2008-08-12T18:33:00.003-04:00

i hate that i've been wanting to do selby post for a while now and just when i get it together i find that everyone already did a post on stupid erin's pictures. errrrrrg.

two more weeks til the big move. eeeeeeeeeeeeek.

chicago + depaul + FALL here i commmme. :)

stylish voyeurism

2008-08-11T20:29:00.008-04:00

the site says it best: "theselby features photographs by todd selby. it is updated daily so check back for new shoots of people and their possesions in their environment." if you love peeking into cool photos of cool people's cool houses like i do, then you'll enjoy theselby. check back soon cuz alexander wang is going to be featured!!!

matthew eikelberger's home:

the nylon offices:

erin wasson's place:

[even though i'm pretty anti-wasson ever since the chain debacle fashionista uncovered... sigh...]

happy vestivus

2008-08-04T16:48:00.000-04:00

tomboy chic?

2008-07-28T12:22:00.000-04:00

more outfit catch up.
i love this tank from uo.

wildcat

2008-07-28T12:16:00.006-04:00

this dress from h&m used to be super long and have straps but i didn't like the way it looked so i cut them off and did some creative folding. it's kind of wild but i dig. :)

tres simple

2008-07-28T11:54:00.002-04:00

inspired by rag & bone and prepsters everywhere

another reason to move to canada

2008-07-28T11:42:00.004-04:00

notice the petit prince tattoo. agh perfectionnnn.

via whatever lola wants, a new favorite of mine, which is not exactly work/parent safe, but chock full of male models and sexy goodness. check it out. ;)

pants lust

2008-07-28T11:25:00.009-04:00

i reeeally want a pair of slim paneled pants for this fall, to tuck into boots and whatnot. the first pair i saw on the facehunter a while ago. i think they're so unique. a little bit of equestrian mixed with balenciaga or something. me likes. the second pair are [is?! it's only one thing! someone help me out here.] from topshop, but they're already out of my size, and it's difficult to justify $20 in shipping on my budget. c'mon h&m, i'm counting on you.

inspiration addiction

2008-07-28T11:03:00.006-04:00

chictopia user guiltyquilty

good lord how i wish i could pull those docs off. it has become a weekly habit to go through every single picture in the chictopia style gallery and compulsively add the ones i like to my "favorite photos." i have a serious problem. :/

crushinnnn

2008-07-22T11:21:00.002-04:00

oh phillip lim, my love for you grows ever stronger. that ditsy flower print. that perfectly casual sweater. the preppy nonchalance of those pants, that jacket. you make americana so cool.

this modern love

2008-07-22T11:13:00.003-04:00

future cool + schoolgirl romance = thakoon's awesome resort collection.

80's peter pan joins the military?

2008-07-22T11:08:00.001-04:00

jonathan saunders. crazy/cool.

young professionals

2008-07-15T21:45:00.002-04:00

rag and bone: masters of slick irreverance. that second look up top is perfection, and why is it so hard for me to find a pair of shoes like this?

pretty lady

2008-07-15T11:30:00.005-04:00

i've never before considered myself a cavalli girl, as i ususally picture some sort of heiress dripping in gold and leopard fur, donning something pink and short and sparkly, but damn. this resort collection is nothing like that and i really, really like it. girly in a good way.

<3

2008-07-15T11:24:00.003-04:00

the girl you want to be wears alexander wang.

it's as simple as that.

wtfffff mate

2008-07-04T23:04:00.002-04:00

can someone please explain to me what the beautiful boys at proenza were thinking?
because i really don't understand...

i usually love anything they touch, but this... oy vey.

under the influence

2008-06-28T12:28:00.006-04:00

i had never felt a gaping hole inside me that needed to be filled with a shining white blazer until all of these damned good looking chictopians persuaded me otherwise. plus it was only $40 at h&m, so i had to, yknow? i hardly ever purchase anything white, one because i am usually one for black and two because i will inevitably spill something on it. which i did, by the way, on my first day of wearing it. luckily my oxy bleach stick took care of it. :)

see, how could i possibly resist:

clockwise from top left: fashionispoison, lulu, missinterpret, karlascloset

resort favorites, part II

2008-06-28T11:20:00.006-04:00

helmut lang: more of what you can expect from lang; simple, fresh, and clean design. this is my kind of color palette. :D and i know the grey jumpsuit thing is pretty ridiculous and cocoon like but i couldn't stop looking at it, so it had to be included, right? it's like a onesie for adults haha.

doo.ri: lovely collection, a tad futurisic looking in the prettiest way.love the colors and the lightness of it. perfect for spring, and super wearable. if only it were super affordable too... :/

derek lam: awesome, awesome, awesome collection. very lam. kinda preppy, kinda retro, but super fresh. very "american" looking, in the best way. :)

donations welcome

2008-06-27T11:02:00.004-04:00

how come my deep rooted desires are always caused by clothes, and never men?

i would like to make sweet love to this dress. this wonderous, $120 dollar plus shipping dress.

ack kill me.

resort favorites, part I

2008-06-27T10:05:00.016-04:00

costume national: really awesome collection, liked the colors, loved the shoes.

balenciaga: duh. the height of cool. could probably wear when humans live on the moon and you would still look fresh.

abaete: well, there's really no way that i wasn't going to like this collection. give me clean design, menswear touches, and a black and white palette and i can't say no.

ADAM: i loved this collection for summer, however, it is all very simple. i don't believe that fashion always has to be avant garde or even forward thinking. if someone can perfect basics and make a person look pretty, that too is a skill, and a necessary one at that. simplicity can be an art. plus, i thought that "cable knit" sweater idea was pretty clever, but i'm a sucker for that kind of stuff. :)

so sue me!

2008-06-26T22:53:00.000-04:00

but really, don't.

i did end up buying that old navy vena cava knockoff.

and of course i wore it for the SECOND TIME tonight and already it has some wine or salad dressing or something on it. god i rule.

watcha think, does it need a necklace?

lulu chang - not so ugly

2008-06-25T19:21:00.002-04:00

she's cool, funny, well dressed, totally edumacated, has an awesome job and is the marketing force behind one of my absolute favorite fashion sites on the net. its true, i'm a total fangirl for lulu chang. take notes kids, and if you have yet to check out the browser's wet dream that is chictopia, do it ~~now~~ right after you read this interview!

1. what exactly is it that you do?! [career-wise, besides chictopia]
I am a freelance contemporary arts writer/ editor for a really awesome indie mag. But right now, Chictopia is my baby. Previous to this, I worked in fashion pr/ production in New York for various young labels.

2. when did you first become interested in fashion?
Tiffany's self-titled album when I was 5 years old. It made me want to dress like an 80s pop star. I've since decided to retire this look - but I do occasionally enjoy a nice body-con mini dress.

3. did you ever consider any non-fashion careers?
Technically, what I do now is not fashion - and I love it. I still help out my friends who work in fashion on and off because I just enjoy it. To be honest, I think I'm far too California-nized to ever do the NYC fashion thing again.

4. your style is so personal and unique, yet chictopia is basically a place to go to get inspired by others - do you think your style comes more from your natural aesthetic eye or from outside inspiration?
Mmm... a little of both? The great thing about Chictopia is that everyone is so damn chic. My outside inspiration are usually really pretty boys - Adam Ant and such.

5. where did you go to college and what for?
I went to UC Berkeley, I was an English and Political Science double major.

6. top three fav. items of clothing, besides your beloved jewelry? :D
Any of my Alexander Wang knits - buffalo plaid or oversized cashmere cardigan, Topshop bandage mini, and my beat up and worn to death Comme des Garcons combat boots.

7. top three fav. cities?
San Francisco, London, New York

8. top three bands or albums right now?
I've kind of fell out of following current bands. I went back to listening to what I listened to in college: Adam Ant, Kate Bush, Sugababes (god I love pop music... )

9. $1,000 bucks to blow on one item right now - what is it?
This Christopher Kane dress: http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/S2008RTW/CKANE/RUNWAY/00220m.jpg. All the zips and ruffles really turn me on. And I have these vintage Justin Roper boots that are similar to the ones on the runway minus the metal toe.

10. what are your biggest fashion pet peeves?
People who don't dress for their size - things that are too tight or don't button. And I really hate those striped shirts from Express that every man thinks is sexy time for ladies at the club.

11. is it weird being an internet superstar? [hah seriously!] do you get recognized on the street?
Am I? I'm kind of always used to homeless bums cursing at me on the street. So when people say they've seen me around it doesn't really phase me. Someone at Opening Ceremony, one of the most bad-ass stores in the Lower East Side recognized me. That was cool.

12. what advice would you give to fashion industry hopefuls for breaking in and being successful?
I started interning when I was 19 for a pretty large fashion/ design/ architecture mag that is now based in New York. Since then, it's been a series of friends/ colleagues in the industry and a mutual respect for the business that has lead me up 'til this point. Be observant, hard-working, and smart. Also, don't expect to make any money.

13. and finally, do you have any goals/new projects in mind for the future or are you content with just being the coolest girl on the internet? :D
Again, am I? My team at Chictopia and I are working really hard on the site. We want to take over the world - it's gross.

summertiiiiime

2008-06-24T23:08:00.001-04:00

i know, major slacking over here. but i promise good stuff soon. :)
i looove these sandals, if you couldn't tell.

chictopia faves

2008-06-11T11:52:00.009-04:00

velvetunderwear

rissa

rissa

s33z

s33z

unwisepedestrian

maleugly

missinterpret

nonno

nourahshammari

pauline

carolinephoto

carolinephoto

cherrymacaroon

lindarrr

looops

not gunna lie

2008-06-07T14:12:00.002-04:00

i didn't wear the heels out of the house. i still need practice. :D

we like to use the term "inspired"

2008-06-04T23:03:00.008-04:00

Q: where have you seen me before?

A: thaaat's right, the vena cava fall 2007 collection!

Q: where can you pay $35 to get a pretty knockoff dress and another heaping of guilt for your fashion conscience?

A: old navy! see you there!

gradjumagation

2008-06-04T12:17:00.005-04:00

so on sunday i was officially freed from the bonds of that fascist machine known as high school. we had to wear a white dress and white shoes. in a move of utter brilliance i decided that graduation night was a good time to purchase and wear my first pair of heels. four inch heels, no less. [i mean yeah, i had previously worn some hideous sparkly kitten heels to a homecoming dance freshmen year, but i prefer not to talk about that.] so yeah i got these heels at old navy for about thirty bucks. they are actually super cute. and they actually made my feet feel like hell. so i took them off during the ceremony and slipped them back on just in time to walk across the stage. and no, i did not fall, thank you jesus.

again, horrible picture quality, i'm sorry i'm sorry but i'm more poor than sorry.

now i get to start PAYING to go to school, oh joy. at least there won't be any ridiculous dress code restrictions. no sleeveless shirts? how about "no hideous uggs and tacky juicy couture track suits?" now that's a rule i could get behind.

omgreendocs

2008-06-04T10:52:00.002-04:00

SO COOL!

i wanna get some docs so bad but i'm not sure if i will be able to pull them off. i haven't got those camille-esque legs. [those of you who are true fashion blog devotees will know what i mean.]

photo via facehunter, bien sur.

lurked, volume two: angela stella

2008-06-01T12:13:00.014-04:00

if you remember a while back i did a little post on the wonderful mark p, co-founder and creative powerhouse behind the LA group PRMTVE. now i would like to introduce y'all to mark's gf and partner and crime, the beautiful and talented angela stella, all around cool kid and photographer extraordinaire:

i'm a huge fan of angela's photography so i showcased some of it below and had a little chat with angela via myspace about her inspirations and aspirations. i have no doubt that angela will go far with her artistic eye and skill behind the camera. also, she has excellent taste in music and some seriously awesome hair. you can find out more about angela and see more of her photography on myspace and flickr.

How did you get interested in photography?
Since I was 5 my Aunt Angela from Greece comes out to visit every year for a month during Winter Break and she always take pictures of everything. Growing up, I wanted to be just like her so I began taking pictures of anything I saw lying around. At the age of 13 I picked up a fashion magazine and my vision on photography expanded immensely. Since then I’ve been aspiring to be a fashion photographer.

Favorite photographers/artists?
Ryan McGinley, Lina Sheynius, Juergen Teller, Diane Arbus

What inspires your photography?
Human beings, Places, Stories, Honesty, Vintage, Diversity, Old-school, Fashion, and a little bit of everything that has made an impact on my life

What inspires you and your style?
Fashion magazines, 1970’s , imagination, passion, family

Dream photoshoot?
Shooting for Nylon Mag on the streets of Tokyo with every single person that would like to be in my picture.

Favorite magazines?
Nylon, NME, VOGUE, PC PHOTO

three favorite books:
Sex, Drugs, and Coco Puffs
I Love You is Back
Born in the year of the butterfly knife

three favorite movies:
Gladiator
Pulp Fiction
Good Fellas

three favorite albums:
The Black Keys - Magic Potion
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 2
Muddy Waters - I’m Ready

top three places in the world you’d like to visit:
Tokyo, Ireland, Australia

Who are your style icons?
my best friend Shelby and my boyfriend Mark ;]

Describe your style:
New-wave, but old-school

If you had $1,000 to blow right now on one item, what would you get?
The Canon Mark 3!

What’s your summer soundtrack?
Sublime, The Black Keys, Shwayze, MGMT, The Expendables, Girl Talk, Leftover Crack, Howlin Wolf, Cool Kids, Bloc Party

What do you plan on doing after HS?
Attending Brookes Institute of Photography, makin money, taking pictures

Person you would most like to meet?
There’s not one person in particular, I’d like to meet anyone.

And umm… what shampoo do you use? Seriously - best hair ever.
Natures Gate Tea Tree Calming Shampoo!

coral + black + white

2008-05-31T15:29:00.000-04:00

i like it.

the shorts were another rogan temptation. :/

she's crafty, she gets around

2008-05-29T20:53:00.005-04:00

she's crafty, she's always down.

if you can sing the rest we'll be bff's. :D

anyhow, thanks to the wealth of creative linkage at myloveforyou, i have fallen in love with the animal-tastic glassware of tracy bull. tracy's shop, happy owl glassworks, is full of super cute [but not that "so cutesy you throw up in your mouth a little" craft fair bullshit IF you know what i mean] pendants, buttons, dishes, and more.

think my college roomate would think i was insane if i brought this nightlight to school, just cuz i think it's cute? hmm.

you can buy tracy's work from her website or her etsy page, where everything is relatively cheap. which means you can hook me up with some sweet graduation presents, right?

the cannes and the canne-nots

2008-05-27T21:39:00.007-04:00

yes:

NO.

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

seriously, angelina and lindsay should have lent/borrowed some fabric to/from each other. lindsay's is a shirt and angelina's is... i'm not sure, some sort of drapery? anyhow they should both fire their stylists.

natalie and devon on the other hand: stunning!

i wish i could do a post on the fashion travesty that was my high school senior prom [i didn't go, but the aftermath has been duly facebooked.] all i can say is: disney princess, animal kingdom, figure skaters gone wild. use your imagination, then multiply that image by 10 times the tacky. :D

yay target, nay jumpsuits

2008-05-25T19:52:00.003-04:00

wearing two of my new purchases. sadly rogan's line for target is actually GOOD so i was forced to drop 100 bucks at freaking TARGET. haha. i am super happy with the dress + vest combo because it is so damn comfy. perfect for summer. also bought the leopard print shorts from the collection. good stuff, def check it out if you haven't yet.

side rant: jumpsuits - what the fuck. seriously? i mean, how stupid are you gunna look if you are about to git summm and you have to awkwardly undo and step out of your ridiculous one piece? actually never mind because no one is going to get laid in a jumpsuit. fuck jumpsuits.

k hope everyone is having a lovely memorial day weekend. :)

inspiration board: chictopia

2008-05-19T21:42:00.011-04:00

here's a smattering of some of my favorite chictopia pics. it's quickly becoming one of my go-to sites when browsing for inspiration. it's like style diary [remember?], but way cleaner and more navigable. i dig.

also, i've been listening to the new islands album, the arm, which they have kindly offered up in its entirety for my listening pleasure on their myspace page. it's pretty awesome - i especially love the opening track, "creeper." what can i say? it suits me. enjoy! :D

missinterpret

molly janeiro

ouijesuis

vingt8

lulu

fashionfake

homme

karlascloset

lindarrr

slightly better than my tenth grade art projects

2008-05-19T20:37:00.005-04:00

check out the chair project by students at the new york school of visual arts.
my faves:

racist chair

eurotrash chair

ambition chair

horny chair

kleptomaniac chair

ultimate girl crush: alexa chung

2008-05-17T11:54:00.013-04:00

seriously, what's not to love. she's funny, smart, mind blowingly gorgeous, and always looks fly as helllllll. marry me, alexa?

this just in: news only fashion people could care about

2008-05-14T13:43:00.002-04:00

according to fashion week daily, the rumors that nina garcia will be joining the staff at marie claire have proven true. the article states that the move will be official in september, when garcia will take the spot left by tracy taylor and resume the title of fashion director.

the color purple

2008-05-14T13:31:00.004-04:00

another book to add to the coffee table wishlist - purple magazine will be releasing a fifteen year anthology on may 27th. you can preorder it now from amazon for $37.80. also, please feel free to send me a graduation present... the big day is in about two weeks. :)

consider yourself lurked: mark p of prmtve

2008-05-14T10:33:00.014-04:00

almost everyone i know [or should i say, everyone in my "social network"] has made the great migration to facebook. however, i am one of the few that still checks up on myspace, because, let's face it - that's where the style's at. facebook is simple and perhaps better for business, but you can't jazz it up in the same way you can a myspace. also it makes lurking a bit more difficult. and i love to lurk.

about half of my "friends" on myspace are people i have never met. no, i'm not looking to expand my halo3/d&d network or to find my future husband, i'm just style-hunting. if i browse someone's site and it inspires me, i add 'em. and sometimes, these stylish kids actual do something cool, and then i can put it on here. ya dig? and so i present, mark p - young, good looking, forward thinking, and all around man of style.

mark is cofounder of yet another one of those groups of kids in L.A. where you're not sure what they actually do, but they look damned good doing it. mark and friends kyle p and kyle n [i'd like to suggest some beastie boys-esque nicknames for differentiation] collaborated to start PRMTVE. right now prmtve exists in the forms of a website/magazine and some stylish teenagers, but the group is currently working on a clothing line and other partnerships. i asked mark about the name "prmtve" and this was his response:

"primitive in the websters dictionary is the first stage of any existance and i wanted to take that meaning and form a group of selective individuals that will express the art of fashion in they're own interpretation, being the first of this unique style. i also made it into PRMTVE [pronounced primitive] and took out the I's since i believe in team work and as has been said, "there's no I in team" to sum things up, we're a group of stylish young nonpareil individuals that are pushing for individuality. and PRMTVE is a movement for the world to venture upon in to reach individuality."

check out mark and prmtve here.

not for those with low self esteem

2008-05-12T21:37:00.004-04:00

i love these photos of the jealousy-inciting lisa from lisaplace. i definitely couldn't pull this off but she does it with ease. oh, to be cute and european...

through the lens: fall '08

2008-05-11T19:58:00.003-04:00

ny mag has a slideshow up of christopher anderson's fall fashion week photos. the images are absolutely stunning - vivid yet ethereal.

i will now commence combing the internet for more of anderson's work. :)

thanks for the heads up, fashionologie!

aesthetic excellence: graphic-exchange

2008-05-11T17:54:00.000-04:00

if you're like me and you enjoy every aspect of design, regardless of how ignorant you are about it, check out the bastion of eye candy at graphic-exchange. i particularly liked these highlights of work by the architecture firm murdock young, featured in GE's "excellence" section. very contemporary, very light, and very much nothing like my house.