"said it once before but it bears repeating now"

Let's be honest; I haven't been the world's best blogger thus far. Granted, trying to do something with fashion while not having a photographer as I have been isn't too easy. So what I've decided to do is try this once again under much much better circumstances.

I got to thinking after this shoot with my good friend Kirk of Live Art Media and with many other incredibly talented friends in the past, why only collaborate with one person on a regular basis as so many fashion bloggers do? There is an abundance of promising local photographers, designers, and artists that have so much to offer and deserve a global audience. And that is why I have decided to dedicate this blog to promote and showcase not only my taste in fashion, but the many beautiful and talented people I have the pleasure of working with on a daily basis.


So for my New Year's Resolution (to match my New Year's outfit pictured above) I promise to all of my current, and hopefully future, readers to show you a taste of the elegance and edge I see in my everyday life, my eye for which is my true talent in this world. 


Ladies and gentlemen, let's get this started.

"come on hide your lovers underneath the covers"

All Photography by Faith Martin of Real People Photography
Vintage Scarves, Ellen Tracy Blazer, Forever 21 Boots, American Apparel Sweatshirt, Bozzolo Shirt, Random Brand That I'll Look Up The Name Of Later skirt, Don't Be A Hero Jewelry
Faith's Clothing by Urban Outfitters

It's been ages.
Shocker.

Faith's work is incredible, more of her epicness to come once my life doesn't sound so inflated with fact alone.
Do you ever feel like this all must be a test? Where's that great deity parting the clouds to tell me whether I pass or fail then take me to the real game?

"draw those flames that burn before him, now he's gonna find a fight"

It's been an inexplicable past few months. This aint the half of it.

Worn: Rachel's Mirror Wayfarers, Bozzolo Thermal crew neck, Thrfited Hane's tank, Don't Be A Hero necklaces, La Dama Knit Rosary, destroyed Forever 21 Jeans, Ray Ban Aviator's, Vintage peacoat.

"turning us into fire, turning us into monsters, it's all desire, it's all desire, it's all desire"

here are a few things I've purchases recently. so I'm assuming this would be one of those "recent purchases" posts? am I doing it alright so far, I'm so concerned

seriously, if you've gotten this far and not realized I'm the most sarcastic person this side of the Mississippi, turn back now. that part wasn't as much.

so I got this United Arrows jacket from Lulu and googled it the second I felt how freaking soft it is, the version of this without sleeves is fuzuckin $700 for serious.

needless to say, I got a fantastic deal. what now

how you like teh poladriods? the actual pictures were better, but this is kewler. which I'm told is not a word, but I refuse to give it up. my face-stomping friend Stompface (I'm all into redundancy, which is to say needless, tautological, pleonastic or superfluous text, by which one repeats, in duplication, the same, identical, aforesaid things over and over and over and over again, tonight. I've reread Uncyclopedia's 'article' on redundancy. again. trouble always follows) showed me how teh poladroids put smudgy fingerprints on for you! this is my most favorite thing of this second.

WAIT. where are my smudgy goodness-es? damn. I had such hope. second over.

so here's the condom box in the first pic. you see that big-ass box in the pic below that you would expect to find a toaster in if it were shipped to you? yeah, that's what it came in. had a friend over the day it came and we laughed at that irony for hours. talk about pipe dreams.

the white blazer, which is epic, is from Camille, and the denim bustier (by which I mean, holy fuck, I didn't realize such epicness was manufactured, ya know? this means I can buy it for my very own!) is from The Stylish Wanderer. I've been a bit busy on the spending like someone between jobs shouldn't be spendin. oh well.

the last pic is of my closet, which isn't actually a closet, but a clothes-rack, and don't pity me, but I freaking love it. every person that I tell that face-to-face just sighs and looks at me like "oh you poor thing" while I'm like, but no! I live in the basement and have concrete floors and it's awesome! which honestly, doesn't convince them of anything I'd like them to think.

promise to do the "satisfied customer" posts for all very soon, I'm nearly done with teh research paper and I will soon be available for, um, blogging that actually takes energy. fancy that.

"mother I lost it all on the fear of the lord I was given"

I really aught to stop doing this in direct sunlight so I'm not forced to wear shades in every post and then maybe I'll look like a person and not a terminator.

How do you like the processing here? Each is a little different, but all essentially upping the "shadow" "contrast" and "fade color" settings on iPhoto, just varying degrees.

Also got a black pair of these pants, which came with these tears, though I've since torn both pairs a bit more to emulate the Topshop versions and am thinking of going back for a second set to do this to. freaking only way I'm even going to come close to wearing pants this summer.

"here's to you, i feel this too"

guess the song in the title and you get a pat on the back, that you'll have to give yourself because *sigh* I don't know you.

yes, that's a bottle of Sofia Rose in my hand, totally freaking inapropriate with my song choice, which would go well with absinthe and sex. though lots of beer might work too. eh, maybe not.

but no, I'm going off with my girl wine and that I'll drink while singing along to "Catus Tree" by myself

 

I've been freaking living in these wedges, even after a particularly brutal leg work out that had me hobbling around hours after, which of course gave my friends reason to point out yet again how silly and unreasonable I was for buying these and that they couldn't possibly be comfortable, even thoughtheyfreakingaresodealwithitpeople.

:P

And freaking yay? for the unseasonably warm weather, so insanely confusing, I keep thinking I can tan or  start bikini shopping. Anyone else having trouble with this?

Snowed like a mother today, and I, oddly, am not wearing a coat in these photos. Silly me.

Truth is, I looked insanely huge in my blazer and coat so I did it without. Thinking about it now, I'm a twat. My coat is gorgeous. What is the point of having a blog if I can't get past looking twenty pounds heavier than I am and wear my fucking fantastic coat inthegawdamnPHOTO?!?

Grrrrrr.

To resolve my issues with the coat and myself, I'm now going to take it out on my treadmill. With loud music. Loud, angry, retaining-water music. Whatever that is.

I know I don't make any sense. Just wait until I start posting in French as well. Ma grammaire est merde. Muahaha.

I have heard, on many an occasion, this funny little rumor that Winter is supposed to freaking be cold. How silly of me to believe such things.

The above Exhibit A will prove to the defence that it is, indeed, Warm Outside and that the defendant, Mother Nature, is falling down on her duties to provide a picturesque weather pattern over the Holidays and through to Spring for those kindly people in the Seirra Mountains who so freaking deserve it. Otherwise, Thomas Kinkaide will have nothing to "paint" and therefore have no "revenue" and so the world economy will collapse.

Do you want that on your head Mrs. Nature? Hmmm?

... I'm pretty sure that's how conservatives would spin it if there were said trial. :P Can you tell I can't stand the Kinkade? Everyone here freaking adores the idiot. It's Comercial Art, people. Get over it.

Sorry, rant over. Now Friday was my birthday and I was an idiot an didn't take any pictures. So I will get on that an re-create my Birthday Suit and post it probably ....Tuesday? Yeah, more dental work tomorrow. I really want to spare all you poor people from seeing my bloated dental-work face if at all possible.

On the other hand, I go birthday money, woot! And my Pre-New Years Res is to get myself some decent luggage-y things, so I've started by lusting after this toiletries bag. So, To Buy or Not To Buy? Tell me now cuz the sale ends today.

Good god, am I ever going to get to that era of blogging where I'm not apologizing for the lack of posts every post?

Wouldn't that be nice.

The mess of photos is kinda the fault of my being on vacation (!) for the past two weeks which complicated things a bit. Pesky Vacation.

The hat in the pics is something I just tried on in a shop, but didn't end up buying. I figured Lulu might get mad if I stole her hat thunder :P But really, just a touch too much money and I've got this rule if I really love something that's too pricey; it's Meant To Be if I've come back later and its still there and I have the funds. Yeah, that hasn't really worked out too well. Especially because I've always capitalized Meant To Be.

Unnecessary capitalization is so the new quotation marks.

More to the point, I was tagged by the lovely chicka behind Le Smoking and Le Fashion ages ago and I've finally had the wherewithal/technology/consciousness to post them, yay!

So here are a few non-important things/habits/quirks about myself

• I hate nail files
• I didn’t learn how to spell my middle name until I was 13
• I hate being cold, but love cold weather and the clothing that follows
• I am the world's biggest beauty nerd. For God's sake, I've had a subscription to Allure since I was twelve. Case in point, see above picture of me with my first can of Elnett.
• My floor is cement, no carpet or wood flooring, and I love it. No. Really. I'm actually serious. There's paint splatter everywhere and it's so completely bitchin I can't even tell you.
• I don’t actually have a closet, but instead I have an mobile clothes rack so my clothes are kind of my decor
• It took me years to convince people that I wasn’t a vegetarian or from Europe.

And here are a few things that make me happy.

• My Golden Retriever, Sam. (awwwwww, I know. I'm a sap)
• Mandarin Oranges
• Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes
• Dramedies
• Truman Capote
• Arizona Green Tea
• House

Randomly Tagging:

- Fashion Pariah
- Zanita
- What Is Reality Anyway?
- Oui, Je Suis!
- Stompface
- Ed Westwick

okay, I kid, I kid. Can you tell I did this while catching up on GG?

But Ed, if you read my blog and want to do this tag you are perfectly welcome to it... in or out of character :P

PS how do you like the makeover? took me long enough right?

The Inagural Post

Ta-da! I finally have my own blog. Honestly, I don't know what took me so long, it's not like I actually had to do anything. Anyway, here begins the beastly ramblings of a California girl who is obsessed with fashion and who, with any luck, fashion might soon be obsessed with :P

Please excuse my puffiness, I'm usually a bit more angular, but I just had some dental work done and I always come out of it just swollen enough to make me look like I'm twelve again.