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| Fashion Pirates |
| A fashion and style blog encompassing all aspects of fashion--personal, the runways, designers, highstreets, and what we are all inspired by. |
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| trendless |
| 2008-09-03 00:00:00 |
Things that stay with me. If given the means, I'd dress like I ran away from an art exhibit ALL THE TIME. Abigail says I'd look like an idiot...but I'm the one with the fashion blog, sucka.Also, I found a super rad acid green trench coat dress thing with the sickest angles. So cool. Need velcro boots. After that, I can complete the vision of a really odd space invader.P.S (These are becoming my signature, aren't they?)I HAVE SOMETHING REALLY AWESOME TO TELL YOU.Wait...three months?...
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| the sister grimm |
| 2008-09-02 11:00:00 |
My dad used to read to me old Russian and Czech folklore out of old, old books we found in abandoned houses and the books he kept from childhood. My favorite one was of the cannibalistic, unpredictable witch Baba Yaga. She ate children she stewed in bathtubs and roasted in her oven, in her living house which sat on chicken legs and had a fence of bones. She's an Earth witch, and therefore unpredictable and cruel to those who don't uphold their end of the bargain. Very ugly and greasy and venemous. My kind of girl.I have a lot of random ass objects in my house. My giant teacup makes me happy. All I need is a talking bunny and a top hat and I am good. to. go.P.S I don't believe plaid is a trend. ...
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| ...............week update |
| 2008-09-01 00:00:00 |
Mom: Did you happen to buy $2,000 worth of bedroom furniture from Amazon with my credit card?Me: Arghjk.....it's 5 in the morningggggg..... noooooooo..... *drawls off in cracked out drowsy rasp*Mom: Oh. Well, you're grounded anyway....
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| new york fashionistas |
| 2008-08-31 06:00:00 |
quick non scheduled post:My all time favorite vintage store, Another Man's Treasure is having a Fall 50 % off sale. They have the most epic selection of vintage clothes and to slash prices for THAT MUCH is kind of amazing. It'll be up all week but a lot of the stuff is going fast (meaning, a lot of dresses are gone already) so go now!I'll be dropping by later in the week but I seriously doubt there will be anything !!!!!! left in 5 days.... so go now if you are in NYC / NJ area. (And I know you are, Fashion Week is drawing closer...)Take the PATH to Grove St. from NYC and walk one block north. It's the place where all the really well dressed people are probably jumping around with bags of t-shirts and dresses.......P.S Tell Meika (store owner) Arabelle from Fashion Pirates sent you. :)P.P...
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| definition of: |
| 2008-08-30 00:00:00 |
this is what made me love fashion. A girl with practically no clothes on! I am constantly drawn to people and labels that are probably hard to understand by some people-- or rather, just understood poorly. Fashion is art to me, as lame as that sounds; I didn't start to like it because I saw a really well dressed person at any point in my life, or because my parents were designers, or because I liked shopping. I saw a culture that lived through clothes and the history behind it.... and I got curious. I am more interested in the people behind it and their mindset than their clothes. I like what the clothing represents. I like to make up a personality that the person has that explains the clothes. Haute Couture and the upper echelons of fashion in the "material" sense gets to the bottom of th...
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| what the shit |
| 2008-08-28 13:19:00 |
Jacket: Smithsonian Institution, Shirt: Goodwill / Gap, Jeans: Kill City, Shoes: EtsyMY NAME IS ARABELLE AND I AM ABOUT TO KILL SOMETHING DEAD.I put these shoes on. Yay new shoes! Yay having an income to buy shoes!*walk around**SICK SQUISH NOISE*HEEL IS CRACKED. I AM NOT FAT. WHAT THE HELL. The heel is cracked down the middle, if I wear it it'll get worse! Le sad.THANK YOU MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN. I got these like 30 minutes ago.....can i superglue it? WILL I HAVE TO GO GHETTO AND DUCK TAPE IT? because i am going to get my $30 worth if I have to sacrifice my firstborn or what. D: i am not kidding. (of course I am.)Sadface. I'm going to go to a cobbler, I suppose. After the mountain of paperwork I've yet to finish. This will go in the "must fix" pile of shoes I have steadily accumulated: 7....
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| wtf: charlotte russe |
| 2008-08-28 02:30:00 |
Behold, my lazy ass polyvore.Did they get a new design team or something? I am seriously digging these pieces lately...the zipper heels are the only rip offs of the Louboutin's I've seen. And I need those twill jodhpurs. So very much, in fact, I went back and visited them for a second time in my mall. Do want.The quality is poor and as such, I'm not willing to fork up $30+ for crappy fabric but then I am a greedy ho and I will finagle me a piece eventually, cheaper, with my super awesome persuasion / blackmail powahs.That being said, I really want Rick Owen's leather zipper pant legging things. 2 Cool.p.s my life is pretty intense right now so I'll be putting up scheduled posts if anything in the next week so bear with me! xoxo....
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| i feel like i'm in in a ghetto wonderland |
| 2008-08-26 18:53:00 |
Holy shit my head hurts, rahh. Anyway I hung out with Steph (EPIC. SKIRT. WANT. NOW.), Emma (who by the way is ridiculously pretty, I am unworthy~) and Jew (happy birthday, bitch) today. I am too tired to think so I will summarize:Shopping shopping awkward silence shoppingPeanut butter pancakes and shoppingDon't Show Your Chocha dresses galoreThe Virgins-type rolled pants, pretty people trying too hardTalking about Swedish Fashion BloggersShopping shoppingTrying to convince Jew that haute couture IS NOT POINTLESS AND STUPIDTea and lemon drizzle cakeMore shoppingTrying on Comme de FUCKING GARCONS skirts, dying inside that it's $180Spotting Alexander Wang LAST FUCKING SEASON ZIP UP BOOTS and MARGIELA HEELS, dying inside and too scared to check the priceUgh Tokio 7. STOP BEING AWESOME. Blah. ...
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| where have u been all mah lief |
| 2008-08-24 14:27:00 |
CAPTION REASONS TO WEAR THIS DRESS. THE LOLFACTOR IS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE.P.S My link list is being lame, I'm making another one. Comment with your blog for a link swap.P.P.S It seems no one gets the emails I send via my sidekick so if I never replied to your emails... Resend it, please!...
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| lalalala |
| 2008-08-23 00:00:00 |
Hah, you feel jipped right? You thought I was going to be in Teen Vogue / Gonna meet Carine right? Sorry. To console you here is a virtual hug.*virtual hug*Will be adding more in as the days go by. Fall florals, more blazers, shoes, and sweaters coming at you for September. Let me know what you want and I'll look for it. 20% off the first purchase made... because I like to celebrate....
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| my top priority is to have priorities |
| 2008-08-22 16:41:00 |
I have decided to dress in spite of myself in the coming weeks. Yes I can look good in blazers and keds but so can every other blogger in the entire internetz. I wanted to smack on as many obnoxious color patterns as I could handle in the summer weather today...and get some use out of my favorite designer item. YAY Japanese Designer Vintage! Yay!Top: GoodwillSkirt: Vintage Junko KoshinoVest: Taiwanese MarketsTights: National Wholesale LiquidatorsShoes: CutesygirlAlso, I got a package in the mail a few minutes ago from the very epic, very cool kids at Kill City, as a part of a campaign I'm participating in. More on that in a later post.P.S Surprise tommorow. Sorry for ze blande posts as of recent, I hath been preoccupied. As my shitty ye olde english writing indicated rather poorly....
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| lesson in life |
| 2008-08-21 17:23:00 |
When you need something done, you should:A) Get a sweatshop of your Asian friends to hem while you eat yogurt.B) Get a sweatshop of your parents to hem -- seeing as they're former DESIGNERS and they COULD DO IT IN THEIR SLEEP.C) Get the old lady down the block that likes to make sweaters out of her curtains to hem while you eat stale crackersD) Do it yourself.Quiz time.Also....
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| how to kill a stuffed zebra and hide the body |
| 2008-08-19 12:12:00 |
Alternative titles to this post:"is it obvious i'm bitter for being an only child yet?""Reasons I should not babysit your children""How you really get fur""The Devil Wear Prada & Hane's T-Shirts""My really, really, really bad metaphor for ~internet safety issues~"...
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| fashion flipside |
| 2008-08-17 21:32:00 |
My aunty dearest emailed me a flyer for Fashion Flipside, a festival on the Lower East Side. Sounded cool, so I went with Abigail (F MINUS ASSISTANT, WHO FALLS ASLEEP DURING A RUNWAY SHOW?!). We arrived late but did see some pretty nice outfits, got free soda, got into our daily bitch fights with each other, and pet random dogs.It was no Alexander McQueen HC but then again, it was just a show displaying clothes from boutqies on Orchard, Bleeker & Stanton so it wasn't to be expected. That said, it was still fun to watch for me and I took pictures for you all.A great deal of the dresses are a bit TOO chocha friendly, if you know what I mean? It's probably because the models are all legs (for which I say I HATE YOU) bu...
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| it's no big deal, i'm just going to die immediately |
| 2008-08-16 16:36:00 |
Mom: Hey, my friend just called, I have a surprise for you.Me: Mhm?Mom: You're going to church camp!Me: Hahaha, no, really.Mom: What makes you think I'm kidding?Me: ..............you are fucking kidding right?Mom: Get in the car.This situation is made even more pathetic by the facts:I am not ChristianI am called the Anti-Christ by my friends (who are only half kidding)I am not Christian (see above)She is not Christian either, hence giving us no incentive to go to said church campBut, putting aside I was in church camp, it was pretty fun and they are some of the nicest people I've met. We have obvious differences in religious outlook, clothing preferences and the like but that doesn't mean we didn't become friends. They are kind people, and I enjoyed being in their company.Also, I cannot di...
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| destination tokyo: aka heaven |
| 2008-08-14 13:36:00 |
I just came across Nozomi Ishiguro and fell in love. Hard. It's no surprise though, seeing as he worked for my favorite house, CDG. I'm kind of sad he's not as successful as the CDG breakout designers, because he truly deserves the hype and seriously... what the hell is not perfect with every. single. piece?I need this dress please give it to me please and thank youIt's so fun and childish and I want those leather pants and pretty much every piece right nowwww.NOZOMI ISHIGURO GOLD 2008-2009 AUTUMN/WINTERArt as fashion. Pattern pattern textures structure OH THE AESTHETIC IS SO PERFECT AHHHHH.Susie could explain this designer's work or at least a literate opinion of it so much better than me, but I'm lazy and I trust you all to gather your own opinions. The reason I fancy designers such as N...
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| i am a radio star and by god i demand hot fanboys |
| 2008-08-13 17:36:00 |
Jew's dad has a new radio show and I spent like 30 minutes trying to get on just to say "HI ABIGAILS DAD CAN I COME OVER ON SUNDAY?"Yeah, I've been wearing the same kinds of things for a week now? It's so easy to throw on tights and boots and call it a day. I'll stop tomorrow... maybe.I went to G-ma's again yesterday to introduce Abigail to the clan there. You never know who you'll come across there, my neighborhood rocks.I found a bunch of pimp necklaces next to a new stock of bulletproof vests, right over the toddler dresses. I laughed so hard I couldn't not buy one. *points to necklaces above* It was between the lion and the revolving basketball.I think I' going to buy that dress from AMT. Goodbye, $52, hello, dress that haunted my dreams....
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| life is 2 cruel |
| 2008-08-12 23:12:00 |
Dear epic gorgeous crinoline of my dreams,U r 2 cruel. It's like breaking up with your boyfriend, and then you see him on billboards and he's the new idol of everything and has a super hot girlfriend -- or worse, boyfriend, and you're just like, "Oh, I'm not doing nothing, just you know, getting fat and regretting my existence....". You see? You're practically edible. Sugar coated, purple crinoline goodness and layered and pretty and hardcore and 88 effing dollars.Do you speak yiddish? Do you grant three wishes? For $88, I suspect you have seven dwarves at your service and a magic fairy godmother to make everything around you taste like candy rainbows and unicorns. WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO ME.You are a seductress and I am your slave. But I will rebel and REFUSE to buy you. I will be so rebel...
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| be my american boy |
| 2008-08-12 12:30:00 |
You know I HAD to do the obvious combo of torn jeans with this. Nevermind I've been wearing this outfit for more days than deemed healthy. (I just eat ramen and watch the olympics all day long.) I'm gonna try out the skankiest ways to wear these first and get it out of my system. Oh white leather corset, I hear you calling....I'm going to the animal shelter today to play with kittens (cutest way to fulfill volunteer hours? Yes?) and then to feed my hookers. As long as I'm not mistaken as one I'm happy.Yeah, I probably will be, in these shoes. I'll take their money, run away and buy even more hooker shoes!Muahahahahaha.edit: I got the tights from a local Liquidator Store (which means the stock constantly changes) during Christmastime for like $4. American Apparel has a similar style in seve...
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| HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA |
| 2008-08-10 22:45:00 |
WE WON THE RELAY, YOU EGOTISTICAL BAGS OF SAND.I am dancing around with Michael Phelps' Olympic Trial swimsuit and LAUGHING. AT. YOU....
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| leathuuhhhhhh and cross dressing |
| 2008-08-09 12:10:00 |
haha, leathuhhh everywhere. Anyway, I went shopping with my two best friends, Jew and Hipster Jaime. Consonants ROCK. I don't think I've ever posted a picture of my manbitch, so to get to know him better, here he is.First stop was Another Man's Treasure. I found three lovely dresses. This was the one most in y price range -- $52. I've never spent that much money on one dress but it's so lovely! I put it on hold so I can think about if it's worth that much to me or not.... I only have $80 to spend and I want to get as much as possible! There's a blog meetup later this month and I want to have money to shop then as well. Opinions? I have a week."So Clothes Horse." Really lovely dress, I'd have to alter it and bring it up a bit to fit my bust and it's a hassle. I'm sure it would look fantasti...
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| proof i am a white girl |
| 2008-08-08 18:58:00 |
Listening to TheSundayBest's podcast = white girl dancing.We went shopping today. More on that in another post. Until then.. watch the Olympics!...
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| i don't want your cancer brownies |
| 2008-08-07 14:25:00 |
Sweater; mums White Tank Dress; f21 Tights; Sock Drawer Shoes; Another Man's TreasureLast day of camp, I walked out of the graduation ceremony. I feel like I've been let out of jail. Now I'm watching Garbo movies and her shiny, shiny pants are entrancing me. She was one of the first actresses to wear pants... and having sequined, shiny leggings and a swedish accent = Fashion / Life Icon. She was also possibly lesbian (lesbian superqueen Mercedes de Acosta was her friend to turn into stalker) but then Marlene Dietrich was bisexual, and I guess their sexuality at their time made them all the more ~glamorous.And there is your Classic Movie class of the day! Give me chocolate for my kindness.Mmmmm, there's a tea party I'm co-planning for my best friend. In the City... any recommendations? I l...
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| two words: polish henchmen |
| 2008-08-06 17:00:00 |
Things that have been on my mind.I found a pink lace shirt the other day, it's pretty ugly fierce. My room is disgusting though so I'll probaby spend the weekend reorganizing things.. and thrifting.. Oh yes. Sneak pictures of the boxes to the bloggers when I'm done!And god damnit, I am still sore about that pink lace tiered dress I didn't buy. I have no life....
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| pearls and heels and cotton swirls |
| 2008-08-05 17:15:00 |
Sometimes, you want to dress all in LEATHUHHHH and studs , other times you want to be girly and wear bows, upon bows, upon pearls, upon florals, upon pearls..... this was one of the days. It is also, apparently, a signal for every man in my neighborhood to hit on me. If they were not 30-80 years of age and in unmarked white vans this would not be as alarming.Also, one of my friends got kicked out of the program we're in for a stupid reason. Sucks, because he was the only attractive person in the whole campus. It's alright, I suppose.. just no more eye candy on campus. But whatever, we shall be seeing more of each other soon. Very soon. Can you see me cackling wickedly? Because you should....
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| it's no big deal, i just, you know, thrifted PRADA |
| 2008-08-04 16:16:00 |
So my day started off with me and my dad making fun of midgets and third graders (we are terrible, terrible people but we will make you laugh anyway) which was awesome and it only got better from there. Oh yes bitches. Start sending the hatemail and assassins, the thrift gods have shined on me today.Four Words:Black. Lace. Poof. Skirt. THE SKIRT TO END ALL SKIRTS, Lace Blouse, White Flutter Blouse, Helmut Lang-ish Black Cinched Shirt, Floral Denim Elastic Waist Pants...The whopping total.... $3No need for words.Other than, three of these peices are for two other bloggers. What can I say, I am just that generous.But you can make damn sure I'm keeping the skirt.(I got them at G-ma's. Hi Kristen!)Edit:Tavi: HOW DID YOU THRIFT PRADA??? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE??? SOUL TANGGG??I love you, you w...
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| your wang is showing |
| 2008-08-03 16:22:00 |
If you are too lazy to do DIY on a skirt to get the A/W Fall Look, you could go to your local Charlotte Russe and get this instead. It's on the long side but whatevs, it's ready made right?I'm making collages instead of cleaning my room, but it's not finished so you'll see in in a later post. Until then, I went through polyvore and my friend's polyvores are just terrifyingly gorgeous. This is not helping my longing for winter.Mmmmmm......busy patterns and atypical grandma inspired skirt and tee combo. Welcome to my wardrobe. If you look at it too much though, you'll probably have a vintage overload and crawl into a corner full of understated fierceness full of Helmut Lang, Rick Owens and Alexander Wang. I know I do. What I'd give for a black silk jumpsuit....Also: Some chicks IM'd me abou...
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| god dammit |
| 2008-08-02 18:29:00 |
How bad ass hooker fabulous are these? I want to hate them but they've been on my mind since they first hit the blogosphere a few months ago. I really should hate them because they could seem so tasteless on some chicks but paired with a frothy dress or a bubble skirt and sheer crayola knee high socks they scream to me GETT MEEE ANDD BECOMMEE A HOOOKERRRRR.So yeah. I'm off to hooker camp so when these babies come in the mail (and oh, they will) I shall be all prepped to don my pink lacey dress (you know, the one in my head) and boa (I have several) and parade out like it ain't no big thang.I've been in the house too long. ABIGAIL. SAVE. ME.*I am not actually going to hooker camp. Just west side avenue to feed the starving hookers. It's a pastime of my family when we get bored..... I'm on...
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| if you only knew two ways to wear plaid.... |
| 2008-08-01 18:30:00 |
here's a hundred more. Now you have no excuse to throw on a plaid shirt, a bandage skirt and call it a day because if these don't inspire you to branch out just a leetttleee then...well... tear.I'm trying to wean myself off of Fops and Dandies by drowning myself in FRUiTS, but that is just not going to happen. Am I the only one who is saving every outfit post of hers to my computer, or am I just being particularly stalkerish?Anyway, I think if you want to be an ass and categorize, a formula to epic outfits such as these would go as follows:Asian Genetics + Plaid + Belly Button Shoes + Wicked Styling + Better Than Everyone Else at Everything Possible = OutfitBecause this isn't too far from the subject, the awesome people at SHIFT.jp emailed me and now I am so stoked (reading gnarlitude reli...
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| because you can only do so much |
| 2008-07-30 22:42:00 |
The hipster post (which the comments are wicked fun to read, btw. Add your two cents in if you'd like) got me plenty of emails, none all too nice but an eye opener to read. I knew it was going to be controversial when I posted it and I like controversial topics / debates / hatemail amuse me.It got me thinking...labels. What are your labels? I refuse to believe society doesn't label; that's complete bullshit and even if you're in fashion you label. Geek-chic, geek, goth, preppy--fashion can be considered a label oriented industry as much as an industry that goes beyond them. But really, what defines what and who determines what goes where?I used to consider myself pretty non-conformist when I first started the blog. Which of course is exactly the opposite--I started the blog because of the ...
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| wheat grass? feet grass. |
| 2008-07-29 17:18:00 |
POP QUIZand you thought school was on break...When Arabelle woke up in the morning, she was feeling: A) Delightfully Peachy B) Tired / Zombielike and Mindless C) EggsLike most days during the summer, she was running ____ for school: A) Early B) Late C) BaconMost people wear ____ clothes when they are running (2) for school. A) Basic, Comfortable, logical B) Stripper C) No (I'm not a nudist..)Arabelle follows common sense like other people when she is running (2) for school. (T/F)Answers: Well, judging by what I ended up wearing I think you can get them yourself. I've been playing with patterns lately and if today's experiment wasn't successful, at least it fun to look at.... the colors made me happy. Blue is my favorite color, if you didn't realize by now.The Neiman Marcus bag...
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| thou shalt not covet |
| 2008-07-29 11:59:00 |
Songe Des RobesRaphael Dallaporta for Stiletto MagazineThou shalt not covet? Pfftttt.... Covet away.You should fall in love with: Sacha Hilton.His eyes hurt my feelings. And you know, his photography is epic too.And my friends. "you! horrible horrible person! your blog has single handedly taken my mode of throwing name brands on myself in a conformist-nonconformist fashion and thrown it out the window. I'm gonna be spending a lot more money on clothing because of you. Help me shop?"That made my day. Hi Kirsten. (And sure, call me. xD)...
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| dear antoine peters, please marry me |
| 2008-07-28 23:28:00 |
FAT PEOPLE ARE HARDER TO KIDNAP.I'm falling in love, oh I am falling in love so fast....Antoine reminds me distinctly of h.Naoto (very popular, visual kei-like japanese brand... very Final Fantasy and awesome..) in the end statements, but some peices remind me of CDG, the bear bag most definitely. I am not lucid enough to describe my love right now but it's justs so clean, easy, drapey... graphic... and the approach to fashion is just so happy, not serious, you know? I adore that. It's not suppoed to be stuffy. I adore me some Jacob's businesss-fashion but I am always and forever a fangirl of unadultered artistic exploration first, business ventures second. Antoine states: "I love to play with extremes and proportions in materials, prints, silhouettes and...
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| a note on hipster scarves and the douches that wear them |
| 2008-07-27 23:03:00 |
Dear Acquaintance that Constantly Refers to Me As Hipster Ditz And Can't Spell My Damn Name Right,I'll clarify my complete anti-hipster status right now. I do not own anything from Urban Outfitters. I refuse to go to Williamsburg. I don't read French Novels in Internet Cafes. I don't even like Expresso. I do not own a keffiyeh, you could not pay me to own a keffiyeh, and whenever I see a keffiyeh in the summer I have the urge to use it to smother the stupid person who would wear it in 90 degree weather with moccasins. Not only because of the impracticality of it, but also because if I were to walk up to them and ask if they knew about the statement they were wearing (Palestinians and politics in summary) they would just give me a blank hipster stare and try...
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| guess who's back back again |
| 2008-07-27 14:36:00 |
Just because it merits a post of it's own (and we all know how I like my long, fat posts of various subjects so this is pretty important)Agathe be back. Or rather, she never really left--she's just been posting on her backup blog.Click here. Mostly photography, less frequent; it's not as extensive as Style Bytes but it's good to know she didn't die, right? Drop a comment.Now back to Robocop....
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| random post is random |
| 2008-07-26 22:41:00 |
"Hey Mom, Dad... if you're proud of me, then you're probably high on acid."I know I've talked about Cole Mohr before (he is not before my love for Mathias Lauridsen and Boyd Holbrook though he is quite close) but seriously I found a bunch of pictures of him and oh my god perfect boy is perfect. Let me lead you through his ～evolution.Hi I'm Cole Mohr and even though I have the typical nerd boy haircut and have a bad shirt on I will grow up to be a sexpot badass and ruin your lives with my cross dressing and blue eyes.He's such a little nerd. I enjoy how if I were like 7 I would still propose to him in a heartbeat despite his obvious nerdiness. I think Pedobear would agree with me.RUN 9 YEAR OLD COLE MOHR RUN FOR YOUR LIFEMan Skirts + CDG + Cole = Brb, crying in happiness.Skirts --> Harem...
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| you should run before you walk... |
| 2008-07-26 09:57:00 |
I get a bunch of emails a week concerning where to shop / how to shop vintage from TV'ers (Hi guys!) and I've decided to just post a mini series on the subject. I'll be releasing posts on the subject in parts, because I talk too much and it's all my insomnia is good for anyway. It'll be for NJ/NY specifically but you can adapt it to wherever you are, methinks. Ask me some questions and I'll answer them in the posts.Anyway, I've always been into obnoxious prints and I fell in love with a boy dressed all in plaid the other day whilst walking over to my job. Blue plaid backpaid, black / grey plaid vest, white pale striped shirt, plaid pants and gorgeous Frye black boots. It was amazing, hence my stalking him for a good 5 minutes and when he looked back to see why an odd girl with hippy dry sh...
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| you can't spell prostitute without pro |
| 2008-07-24 23:45:00 |
Well technically it's probably after midnight when I post this but who's counting?
Sorry for the shoddiness in general, like I said, editing is hellish. What do you think, though?Now, my outfit. It was so amusing to play with the length and strings on the cape, seriously best $1.40 I ever spent. My program thinks I'm emo and antisocial anyway so I wore this not only because I like the cape but out of spite. They're just jealous they can't blend into the ~shadows.Example of me blending into the shadows. I know, I'm so invisible.Surfinn~ surfing U.S.A ~I went to G-ma's again today (the walls look suitably Pepto Bismol, they're really outdoing themselves).The jacket is really, REALLY odd, it's not tight fitting so it kind of bellows out, but it's just so wrong I like it. I haven't a clue what I'll wear it with, maybe the leather top I bought with it. All I need are leather and sheer paneled pants and I can look like a hooker / backup dancer for disco videos.As for the publication dra...
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| ain't no big thing, the earth just got a little smaller |
| 2008-07-23 18:10:00 |
To all the NYM Tavi skeptics and or/ haters, it's perfectly normal to be jealous of a 12-year old girl. If you didn't detect the sarcasm in that you should probably leave this blog, as it holds no merit for a dead monstrous soul such as yours.Enlarge, natch.I haven't seen Batman yet, unfortunately. No doubt I'll be toting these shades when I go.It was really fun to put these looks together in my head, I hope you guys enjoy them. My camera attempted suicide twice today: the battery lid slid off and the battery plummeted 25 feet, and the other time the camera fell 6ft onto the hardwood floor. My blood pressure probably sucks right now.Tommorow you'll see the video/(s), perhaps. That is, if it decides to upload. (I tried today, no dice.)Cheers.edit: in before "your hair looks odd" anons. Ther...
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| great minds think alike |
| 2008-07-22 19:21:00 |
I wasn't going to post this today, but after glancing over at Rebecca's blog I just couldn't not embrace the coincidence: bath tub, spectator shoes, dresses. Come on.If you were to ask me what was the most sentimental items in my closet, these would probably be them. My first perfect pair of shoes I bought all on my own, and a family heirloom dress. This dress is more than twice my age, and it's still as timeless as when my aunt first purchased it in Paris for herself. It's gone through my aunt, her sister, my mom, and now me.It's also the dress that scared me out of my mind when I saw it in my closet, I thought it was ugly and frumpy and I'd get laughed at if I wore it. It took me three weeks after I discovered it to actually try it on, another week before I got up the nerve to wear it to...
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