zoe

ZOE BOOT MINE.

FINALLY!

oops

remember when i said i was going to post in here a lot more over break?

i guess i lied.

sorry :(

i'm going to try to be better about it now.

promise.

roundup

i think a statement shoe is even better than a statement dress.

Jeffrey Campbell Morrow Combat Boots

Jeffrey Campbell Clinic Wedge

Sam Edelman Zoe Boot

king

back when she was still james

shine on

oh little blog how i have been neglecting you lately.

let me introduce you to my least favorite friend: finals week.

but now the worst is over (i think i hope i pray) and i can bring you pretty shiny things again.

soon you will meet my most favorite friend, winter break, and i promise i'll pay more attention to you then.

plus you know you can't stay mad at me after you see this:

INVISIBLE SHOES!

sure, you might just call them "shoes with little mirrors on them"

but you know they're way more interesting than that.

seriously. is this a possible DIY?

i need these.

other shoe art (you can't simply call these "shoes". at least not while uggs are still called the same thing) by Andreia Chaves

all dressed up

and nowhere to go.

acne whisperer 2 dress

if only i had a reason.

add on

in the wise words of my mother:

"you can always add, but you can't always take away."

Litter SF Street Walk Boot Chain

Peeps Shoulder Spats

Sretsis Alice Ruffle Collar in Cream

Litter SF Catwalk Shoe Jewelry

Posso the Spat The Siren in Black Croc/Black Matte

Something Else by Natalie Wood Ruffle Collar in Black

Litter SF Walk of Shame Shoe Jewelry

Dekkori Charisma Pull On Boot in Black Suede

Timo. A Bowtie Bib in Navy Perforated

oh snap

again... who else but paris vogue?

let's just take a moment here...

recently i was having a conversation with a friend about an article of clothing i had but no longer wore.

"that's more you in your 'bright color fashion stage' juuuust about to transition into your current 'neo gothic fashion stage'"

this was a true assessment. sure, i still like the dress, but it doesn't really go with the aesthetics i'm really feeling right now. what am i feeling right now? architectural shapes, structured silhouettes, sharp shoulders, clean lines, chunky shoes, and... no colors. as in, well, basically all black. is this neo gothic? i mean, looking back on my few recent posts i can see how that would fit. of course, the black themed one from a few days ago i did on purpose. but still.

i hadn't really thought about it in terms of that term before the conversation with my friend (hi christine!). what is neo gothic anyways? this brought me to google, which directed me to the lolita fashion entry on wikipedia. oh, gothic lolitas. i admire your use of black petticoats and ruffles, but i don't think that's exactly "it".

so what is this new theme as i'm calling it? what "stage" am i going through? i described it to another friend (hi dan!) as "nails stix n spit" but maybe mixed with a kitten. okay, fine... a black kitten.

this picture from a recent post kind of explains it all in my mind:

studded collar on an adorable black kitten poised to attack and bat at you with little harmless de-clawed padded paws until it gets bored and nods off to sleep? exactly who i am on the inside. how do i translate that into me on the outside? an ethereal rodarte-esque sweater with interesting dolman sleeves and patent leather platforms that could kick your ass in two seconds flat. in my perfect world, of course, the shoes would be wedges. i guess that's maybe the de-clawed part of me. this image, in my mind, isn't quite neo-goth. or... is it? is this the "neo" in "neo goth"? the fluffy kitten?

in my mind it's more of a clean high fashion look that's a little rough around the edges. when i see this woman i don't think "neo-goth" i think "badass" and wish i could take her clothes but know that she totally has the balls to fight me for them if i tried.

then again, i don't have the same long shampoo model hair or mile long legs as this lovely lady. instead i sport a dyed red bob and reach a good 5 foot 3 if i'm standing up realllly straight which i (of course) never do. so really, i could completely understand how the same outfit on me could translate to looking like a high schooler who raided her local hot topic. i mean, let's face it-- i was that girl not all that long ago. okay, maybe not quite that girl. but close.

of course i'm not exactly worried about this label, even if it does make me think of stars and skulls purchased from a chain store selling individualism like hot topic. i mean... aren't all fashion choices attempts at individualism purchased on the mass market? and even if i wound up looking that way who really cares? because even if the rest of the world doesn't see my true ultimate fantastic and glorious vision i know for certain that these outfits are the complete embodiment of badass tough and high fashion.

and really-- is there anything better than that?

i'll answer that one for you:

nope.

texture

tommy ton is the man

it's all in the details

sometimes you don't need the full picture

jakandjil.com

not safe

2010 vogue paris calendar.

theme: the art of... NOT wearing clothes?

i mean-- it IS vogue paris.

they can do this without being skeevy.

they totally get out of jail free card.

link here

cuz there are like, naked ladies and stuff.

and my family reads this.

oh hi, guys :)

black magic

i just... how? how do they know exactly what i want to wear? every. single. time.

black magic. no other explanation. nasty gal vintage uses black magic. got to be.