Light Brights

My friend, who has been to Coachella five times (sooo....jealous....) was saying that there has been a shift in the audience, with (apparently) lots more neon-ness. London nu rave is finally making its way over here, I guess. Call it the Aggy effect. It's too bad. A couple years ago I had a period of neon obsession, complete with highlighter yellow sneakers, but I'm not so into it anymore.
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Lanvin + Acne?

Alber Elbaz makes jeans? Considering I pretty much worship him and his huge bowties, I'm pretty excited. Too bad it doesn't come out until next year, and the price point will be on par with the ready-to-wear. My wallet is not going to be happy with me.

Musicology

Stuck in my head: Go Places by The New Pornographers

Still Searching...

UGHH I WANT OVER THE KNEE BOOTS!!!! SOOO BADLY!!
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People Listen!

After my first and only lengthy discussion about fashion with a few of my friends, one of my friends told me yesterday that she bought a grey top of some collared variety (she wasn't sure what kind of collar it was, but was sure I would know if I saw it). We had talked about how much I love grey, and the top she bought was probably the only grey article of clothing she owns. It seems that my inexplicable obsession with grey is infectious. Over the course of the year, my roommate has started wearing more and more grey. I would say I'm a trendsetter, but that's just way too pretentious, so instead I'll just be happy that I'm not a complete rambling fool. It's funny how things happen like that. You talk about what you're excited about, what you're thinking about, and you don't know if anyone is going to listen, but you might just end up affecting someone. And besides, grey isn't a trend, it's a way of life!

Fringe Benefits

I tried this Phillip Lim dress on in Neiman's a couple months ago. I LOVE it. Fringe can be so hard to wear, but after trying on this dress, I've really been into it. I'm toying with the idea of sewing fringe onto a t-shirt. If only I had a sewing machine in my dorm room. I could make myself a navy blue shirt with black fringe. Mmm. Dark colors. I don't care if the weather's getting warm. It makes me want to wear brighter colors, but my real love is still black and navy blues and greys. Ugh I love that dress. If only I had a reason to get it.

Alexander Wang for Uniqlo

I so so so wish I was in New York right now, for one reason. Alexander Wang's designer collection for Uniqlo is out!!! Alexander Wang is one of my favorite designers. And he's from the Bay Area! That makes him even more awesome. He even went to a high school whose tennis team I played when I was in high school. I've already written about his fall collection, but I can't say enough good things about his work. I wanted that grey tiger intarsia sweater from the spring collection soooo much. His collections' color palettes usually consist of grey, black, and white, which I love. Yay dark colors! In any case, I am seriously lusting after his new collection for Uniqlo, and I really don't know what to do about it. WHY DON'T THEY HAVE UNIQLO IN SAN FRANCISCO?!

Obsessing over...

dress by Stella McCartney. Because those perfect floral prints make me smile.

Custom-made

Today is my friend's birthday (two of my friends, in fact), which, when it's a girl, almost always calls for me to pull out my gems and put together some jewelry for them. I'm so busy I almost never have time to make jewelry for anything other than birthdays. I love making jewelry for my friends because: 1. I love giving presents, and 2. I like being able to custom make something. Designing a piece of jewelry for a friend lets me really think about a friend's style in a lot of detail. I love the fact that people can have such distinct senses of style, even if they're not "into" fashion as much as, say, me (which is...all my friends except one). It's interesting to sit at my desk with unorganized little bags of gems and rolls of chain and pliers everywhere, thinking about what kinds of colors, silhouettes, and styles of clothing my friends prefer. I pride myself on being able to really be able to get a sense of what other people like to wear, and then designing them a piece of jewelry that they like because it fits with their style personality. The other day I was having one of the best conversations I've ever had about fashion, and one of my friends asked me to describe different people's styles. I realized that I couldn't even really put into words how my friends dress, because it's more of an inexplicable thing where you can just tell what they like. It's kind of funny because everyone has a very specific way of dressing, whether or not they really know it, but the way I think about my clothes and the way I dress seems so schizophrenic and sometime totally random (at least to me). Some days I'll wear a headband Indian-style and my friend will call me a hippie, other days I'll wear a blazer and tailored pieces, etc. etc. I'm greedy, I want to wear every look, try everything, and I dress totally on a whim. So, while I can easily pinpoint everyone else's style and describe it at least a little, I don't really know how I would explain the way I dress. Sorry for rambling, I just think it's interesting.

RAWR.

Do you have some days where not much really goes wrong, but you still feel like your life sucks and you just want to smash things and snap at everyone? Maybe it's just me, but I've been having a lot of days like that recently. I'm not going to go into on and on about what is making me want to shoot lasers out of my eyes and crawl into a little hole at the same time, but I noticed something. Sometimes, when I feel bad, I want to wear lots of layers and dark colors and huge scarves and hide. Last night though, I was in a crappy mood but decided to solve this I would put on makeup. At 9 at night. When I was just planning to stay in and do homework all night. And I've had this urge to wear lots of f*** you clothes (to steal from Kristopher Dukes) and revel in the fact that, no, I do not wear sweatpants to class and I wear what I want, when I want. I sometimes express my emotions in a weird way: through my clothes. Too bad nobody can read them. Yeah, this probably makes no sense.

Zip zip!

I was talking to girl in my sorority the other day (yes, I’m a sorority girl. I’m not your stereotypical sorority girl though…I hope...at least pink is my least favorite color), and I mentioned how much I love zippers. I don’t really know why, I just love them. A well placed (or 2 or 3 or 4) zipper is just so cool looking. It might be because zippers keep things from looking too pretty, which I usually don’t like. They transform a simple dress into an edgy one in one fell zip. Another reason I like that jumper I posted earlier. Augh. I’m absolutely horrible at making decisions.
P.S. Does Kate Moss really just have one singular expression? Her mouth is the same shape in every photo in this shoot, even when she's smoking. It's almost impressive.

The Manolo says...

Only I would notice this. There is a girl in my sorority with the last name Blahnik. When I read it I thought it was basically the coolest thing ever. Nobody else really cared or got it, but I think its awesome. I wonder if her favorite shoes are Manolos. I will ask her. And I’m also being a total creeper. I don’t even like Manolos that much. I’m a Louboutin person. And Manolo doesn’t like platforms, to which I say “Feh!” because I’m short short short and I need the height.

To the Rescue!

Yay zippers. Yay Rick. Yay Coco. That is all.

Rogan for Target

Ah, yes. Target's Go International line. The line I always eagerly await since the designers they collaborate with are generally pretty cool, until I see the clothes in store and go "oh...hm...this isn't that great." There are a few exceptions, and I have acquired quite a few pieces from the Go line. But something about the pieces never really makes me excited. I see the photos and they usually look pretty good, but in person it hardly ever lives up to my expectations. So with the release of the Rogan for Target line, I'm a little wary. The pictures look a little iffy (I don't think I'm going to be wearing zebra print minis anytime soon, that's more down my mom's line of dressing...seriously), but some of the simple t's and things look like they could be ok. Come May 15 I'll be there to check it out, but I'm a little suspicious.
P.S. Those shoes are so hideous. I'm trying to avert my eyes.

Play...time?

Speaking of questionable fashion choices, I'm kind of perversely in love with this romper I saw from Topshop. I've never liked rompers or playsuits whatever you call them, but this one I kind of like. I love stars, and I love zippers, and this has both. It's just...it's a romper. Such a strange piece of clothing. It's even strapless. It's just kind of ridiculous. I know that pretty much everyone I know would think I'm the strangest person ever if I wore it. My roommate told me that if anyone could pull it off, it would be me. I don't really know if that's true, but I do adhere to my mantra that "I wear whatever the f*** I want, whenever the f*** I want!" And I kind of want to wear it. It appears as if Chanel's patriotic spring color palette is getting to me.

Whoa...my hands are huuuge!

I think I may be turning into a hippie. I was already kind of a hippie, but this is more serious than hugging trees and such (yeah, I do like hugging trees). I’ve started really enjoying wearing headbands across the forehead, and I’m even itching to go to the craft store so I can get feathers and fashion myself feathery headbands. One of my friends finds it annoying, but I like it for know knows why. It might just be the fact that I like to wear odd things like that. I’ve never been into boho (I hate that word), but I even looked at…moccasins (*gasp!*) and almost wanted them. It’s not that I have any problem with moccasins and other similarly styled clothing, it’s just that it’s so not me. Maybe I’m having an identity crisis. Hah.
p.s. futurama reference in the title? anyone? no? ok. I'm a dork.

Comme on!

When I heard about H&M's newest designer collaboration with Rei Kawakubo for Comme des Garcons, my first reaction was to be really, really excited. I didn't buy anything from any of H&M's previous collaborations, mostly because I'm a lazy bum and didn't want to face the frenzy (and also because Roberto Cavalli's collection looked like the cheapest, tackiest thing ever...sorry). I haven't seen what the collection looks like, but I'm looking forward to it. Comme des Garcons isn't a label I get to see very often, and can't really afford much of, but I love Kawakubo because she constantly pushes boundaries and challenges the way we look at clothes. Also, Comme isn't a label that a lot of people know, so opening day might not be as insane (although now that I think about it, Stella, Viktor & Rolf, and even Karl Lagerfeld weren't really household names and they drew huge crowds). In any case, I'm excited to see what she can do with this collection. I hope she doesn't sacrifice innovation or design quality to appeal to the masses (*ahem* Target *ahem*). At this point I'm still optimistic about the whole thing. Hopefully I won't be let down.
(photo from style.com)