f21

In the last couple of years or so I've made a pact with myself to try and spend less money on 'fast fashion.' Ie: lower quality goods that don't exactly withstand time, but have a favorable price tag. Though I'd rather go the vintage or thrifted route, sometimes the lure of the mega retail chain seems to just reel me in... 

Here are some things from Forever 21 that I would purchase (that is if my bank balance wasn't at $15 at the moment).

cardigan 

tweed skirt

button placket top

plaid jacket

starry blouse

Striped top 

Denim 'capris'

leather overalls 

undies

cable knit v-neck sweater  

ruffled hem top

gonna

 

 1. Maison Martin Margiela SS 2006 (petrole)

2. Steven Klein, May 2000 (tfs)

3. Peter Lindberg, 1996 (tfs)

Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv

indoor cat

 This frigid, cold weather makes me want to bum around my apartment all day. 

Sweater-vintage?

Socks-Monki

Knickers-Shakuhachi

Blanket-West Elm

knits

By Jonathan West, Feb 2000

[tfs]

[deer dana]

Josette Gris by Matisse, 1915

[moma]

wine tote

 A gift supporting both alcoholism and fashion? Count me in!

$20.99 well spent I think. (Christopher Kane, eat your heart out.) 

some things

Some things on the web I'm inspired by:

Creatures of Comfort pajamas

Silva/Bradshaw Cirkel ring from Project No. 8

Billowy|slim silhouette from Style Sight

Tat Vateishvili. Fav in a while from Stylelikeu

Living space from Old Chum

1900 cigarette case by Kolomon Moser

fans of

Justin Bieber

   Kim Kardashian

Robert Pattinson

 Urban Outfitters on Black Friday

go with the flow

[gif via justin teodoro]

Chipie "bush" hats

I'll take the gingham one, please?

[The Face May 1992]
scannedbyme

easywear

1. Dorothea Lange, Untitled, 1951

2. Actress Janet Leigh, 1950

3. Gant tights

[SF Moma, corbis, gant]

blondie

 “Blondie” silk scarf by artist Alexandra Bircken via Ooga Booga.

Model for Creed 1938

Stumbled upon these bags by Model for Creed in a 1938 issue of Vogue. I found zero info about the brand even after a bunch of Google searches. Anyone have any knowledge to drop?!

thug life

Lazaro and Jack by Ezra Petronio for Self Service Magazine issue 35.

 [self service mag blog]

wares

Boys camo jacket from army/navy store

CDG Play t-shirt

UO shorts

Vintage shoes from Etsy

nailpower

H&M Stick-ons / glitter 'ombre'

current etsy wants

The Circus Book: 1870-1950

Birthday flowers, 1941

Aerial ballet showgirl, 1949

Circus girl, 1950s

Aerialist Pinito del Oro, 1953

[how to be a retronaut]

anderson show

Super psyched to go to a taping of the Anderson Show this Friday.

schiap shade

This photo reminds me how much I still want the Schiap shade of lipstick by NARS. It's also no secret that I'm a huge fangirl of Ms. Schiaparelli herself, so I find the name of the color a great tribute to her signature 'shocking' pink.

[jeana sohn blog, mecca cosmetica]

hit it and quit it

Polish film mag via eBay

Knitted pineapple purse 'reticule', 1800

Yellow trench/rucksack via Face Hunter

Baked Potato by Roy Lichtenstein, 1962 

Knit jumper

Multiple Capri-Batterie by Joseph Beuys, 1985

[dark victory, schuhtutehemd, face hunter, KCI Institute]

mini bags

 

Little 10 year olds toting these around? For real? I'm not even slightly embarrassed to admit there is a whole list of things I would like to own from Zara Girls.

A-O-H

Google tells me that my average post per week is about 1.4. This is a super sad fact and I'm going to try to up my number. Of course I say that now and then a new episode of Real Housewives of Bev Hills is on or I want to eat a second dinner or take a nap...I know where my priorities are. No but really, I am going to spend more time on this thing.

Last week I took a trip out to Bard to visit Amy which was really sick. She has this huge house in the woods she's renting out which smells like a sleepaway camp cabin in the best sense possible and looks like it's straight out of a scene from Twin Peaks. We spent most of the weekend listening to records, overeating, and drinking cheap beers. We're so baller (fat) that we made fried oreos and M&M pancakes in one day.  

We also got vegetarian burritos at Bubby's. I was skeptical at first because the thought of a burrito without meat seems horrifying to me. But it actually ended up being so delicious that I forgot to take a photo of it like I had originally planned and thus scarfed it down in two seconds. 

 She showed me around Rhinebeck, NY, where we went into a bunch of quaint Mom & Pop shops. At a craft store called Wing & Clover I spotted these Russian nesting dolls that are a way better version of an overpriced Margiela variety.

Instead, I ended up buying these clogs at a thrift store. They completely grandma-ify me but I love them dearly.

Be back soon, mum!!!

ashes to ashes

In other news, the Outlawz admitted to smoking Tupac's ashes. Read the article here. 

"Yes, it's definitely true... Had a little memorial for him with his mum and his family. We had hit the beach, threw [in] a lot of shit he liked at the beach. Some weed, some chicken wings, he loved orange soda... Pac loved that kind of shit, so we were giving him our own farewell." -Young Noble

"I came up with that [plan to smoke Tupac's ashes] shit. If you listen to 'Black Jesus', he said, 'Last wishes, niggas smoke my ashes'. That was a request that he had. Now, how serious he was about it? We took it serious." -EDI Mean

shade parade

My personal view count: 6 and counting.

bottle vases

 Repurposed bottles cast in porcelain. 

 Here.

shet

Just want 2 b as happy as Lindsay. Fall Apartment hunt: outlook not so good. 

  [olson stuff]

babybabybaby

When and if ever I am with child, I hope to look half as good as these two. 

[mary dear, anywho]

moschino bear

 Vintage Moschino teddy bear backpack...Someone buy this now?