Thank You!

To everyone (Jennifer, Amy, Francesca, Siriwan) who I had the lovely opportunity to include in the recent fashion feature in BUST Magazine...thankyouthankyouthankyou

I'm truly honored to have you grace the pages of the magazine as each of you are totally inspiring in your own unique ways.

Everyone else: Go buy the issue!

don't be fooled!

caution everyone! forever 21 is trying to make us believe that wearing jungle print is a good idea. they dedicated an entire section of the union square store to leopard and tiger and zebra and whatever else you can think of print. blah! no time, in my opinion, is ever a good time, to wear such prints. however! i did find this lovely, flowy skirt there the other day and while the print is very much, not a jungle print, i kind of liked it's feminine floral pattern.

tank top: target
belt: thrifted
skirt: f21
shoes: uo
necklace: birdhouse brooklyn

Tara (dactyl)

i couldn't help but post this. i was in rochester a couple weekends ago, visiting the remaining friends who still live there from college days. i stayed at the infamous house my bff adam is renting for the summer (the party house in college), think hardcore shows in the basement/kegs in the back yard/girls puking in the toilet/floors you would never dream of taking your shoes off on. many a crazy night went down in that house in college and every corner is nostalgic in some way. when we woke up saturday morning..this crazy, ridiculous, enormous, hysterical plastic dinosaur "thing" was in the living room. it was NOT there when we went to bed friday night. and there was no one else staying in the house. i don't reeeeally want to think about how it got there for fear that it would make the fact that it was, less funny. because it was outrageously funny.

Shorts!!

i can't really express to you how uncomfortable wearing shorts makes me, and thus, the reason they rarely make an appearance on this blog. however, i just got this mustard top at h&m the other day and felt that shorts were an appropriate matching with it for some odd reason. call me crazy! but i somehow feel that the lovely siri's ability to wear them flawlessly has gotten all up in my head. this may have added to my craziness a bit too..

Esmerelda?

Dress: vintage (given to me from dear friend, guess who?!)
Head Scarf: Laila Rowe
Oxfords: UO
Belt: Thrifted from a Salvation Army

big things..made small

i've been on vacation this week (!!!!) and that means i've had time to do a ton of stuff i've been putting off/not having time to do, which is so so satisfying. the super amazing effie gave me this dress, which was about 12 sizes too big on me. i wore it the very next day after i got it in the mail even though it was a sack on me because i loved it so much, and i've been yearning to wear it again, but not before i did some major alterations on it. i finally got a chance to take it in and i couldn't be happier a) with my altering job and b) with the fact that i got to wear it again! it really is one of the most beautiful vintage dresses i've ever seen and so very thankful to effie for sending it to me.

got my toes done up, and finger-nails poppin'

i got a manicure & pedicure today! i'm on vacation and i had gift certificate...that's about all that needs to be said about that.

New Vintage Items in the Store!

As previously promised, I added some more items to my store (including that amazing handbag that i wore with that yellow Tulle dress a few weeks ago!). Fingers-crossed, i'll keep up with this! Yay!

New Stuff!

i finally got my act together...like i've been promising for a ridiculous long time! I added some of my hand-made headbands to my store! And since I'm on this hot-streak, i'm adding more items with a vengeance! (Stay tuned!)

blog back-log

i've been a very bad blogger lately, so i'm playing catch up and posting 2 outfit shots in one post!

sunnies: payless (who woulda thunk?)
camisole: gap
skirt: thrifted
shoes: uo
bag: street vendor

dress: filene's basement $20!!
belt: thrifted
shoes: natural comfort via shoes.com
face: whoa uglytown

love at first sight.

remember a bunch of posts back i was hunting for a pair of wedges i could call my own? mission accomplished! i found these babies on zappos but they were all sold out of my size so i searched for them at shoes.com and found them for $20 less! score! best part....? they're made by Natural Comfort, which if you've ever had a pair on you know how heavenly they are. Like walking on clouds.

new things!

i haven't been buying as much new stuff lately as i usually am, which could either be a really good thing (for my wallet) or a really bad thing (for my ever-expanding closet). but 2 new things worth mentioning is this yellow bag i bought for a street vendor ( the color is what sold me), which will be awesome for the extra crap i carry around with me in the summer months, i.e. sunglasses, umbrella, change of shoes for when i wear hurty heels. Annnnd, my new fave thing of the moment...this totally awesome super amazing bracelet! i was at Fringe Salon having a consultation about hair extensions (that's a story for a different time!!), and sometimes they have local jewelery artist's wares for sale there, and low and behold this beauty, among other lovely pieces made of old spoons and forks and coins and bones and trinkets of all kinds snatched up my attention. i bought this guy with an old key, an old coin, an old gage, and some tiny pearls. be still my heart, i love it so.

au femme

recently, miss sally jane posted about her fascination with really feminine pink's and i must say i'm diving head first into all things ultra-femme lately, pink not excluded. but i've been finding myself gravitating to really feminine color pallettes and styles. i never ever ever go into the Gap, but while Verizon was holding my blackberry hostage for service and i had 15 minutes to kill, i wandered into the store next door. i ended up buying a few pretty, basic tank tops and this silk camisole, which i love.

re-debut

i think it's safe to say the this week has been the official worst week ever. i've worked an ungodly amount of hours in the office and my brain is literally mush as a result. but moreover, i've also officially sucked at posting lately. but i'm not going to apologize this time (cause really, what good does that do anybody?). it has been a good long time though and i've missed it. i'm re-entering posting-ville(?) will a vengeance with one of my fave new items in the big wide world. i was lucky enough to work on a fashion story in the new ish of BUST (hits stands in mid july) and include some of the ultimate aces (some of my faves and yours) at this whole style blogging community and my excitement levels hit all time highs!!! but more on that later when the issue comes out, but long story short...i used this AMAZING yellow dress from Tulle, and tada, they let me keep it!! Scoooooooore! Plus, we all know that everything that miss super awesome amazing effie puts on her tiny body is nothing short of perfection, and simply was aching for a pair of brown oxfords like her beloved pair. After a not-so-successful run at scoring some on ebay (the pair i got was just a size too small and i sold them at the brooklyn flea market last sunday), i elected to order these that i saw at UO. we all share the same hatred for over-priced, mass-produced UO merchandise, but in this case if it's wrong, i don't want to be right because i'm simply in love with these shoes. the handbag is vintage and will go up in the store as soon as i get my act together and make that happen...soon, soon, promise! but in the meantime, i had a hard time letting it sit and collect dust.
p.s. i took my cue from miss sally jane and worked some photoshop magic on this pic, doesn't everything look better vintage?

boot scootin' boogie?

are cowboy boots totally out? not that i care really...i will still wear mine. but i realized you don't see 'em much anymore. and now that i think of it, i bought these 3 years ago! whoa.

will you go out with me? circle yes or no.

should I or shouldn't I? i can't decide. i've been thinking that i want a good pair of really feminine wedges for the summer. i'm a sucker for comfort, so i tend to lean towards flats all the time. but i always think i look stumpy with my short, little legs. mabe i could use a leg illusion? anyway, these are really lovely (thanks charlotte ronson!), but priiiiicey. not sure if i should take the plunge or not. anyone spot any awesome wedges lately that might not break the bank? be sure to let me know if you do.

M.I.A.

this lack of posting happening lately is total lamesauce. know that it pains me to be so absent.

not that it makes up for it in any way, but here's an outfit from like, a week ago..
that skirt that i love ever so much, i thrifted and shortened. the necklace i bought from the lovely Siri of Treehouse Brooklyn. You can find her awesome creations at Renegade this weekend where Effie (!!!!!) and I will be perusing the merchandise in total bliss.
p.s. that armoire you see behind me, i bought for $35 at a junk shop and painted. it's like my new fave thing: )

i am not dead...yet

could it be any hotter? i'm meellllltttttttting....

sunnies: super
dress: f21
shoes: kmart

what! what?

i spy.....me!

find me on pg. 144 in the new issue of NEET Magazine if you dare!

models hangin' out

Sorry guys for my lack of posting. I credit my blogging dryspell to being so crazy busy it's ridic. if i had time to breath, maybe i'd have time to blog! hang in with me though!

In other news, i had the chance to be on set while we (BUST) shot Leah, the lovely gal behind the clothing line, Married to the Mob. She had this awesome lips couch that we used for the set and the photographer snapped this pic of me standing in while he set up lights. Everything in the shot is just too ironic, i had to post it.