not gunna lie

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

we like to use the term "inspired"

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

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

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

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

i like it.

the shorts were another rogan temptation. :/

she's crafty, she gets around

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

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

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

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