{outfit} {adventuring} these rituals of mine

unknown designer top. true religion jeans. franco sarto loafers. lush sweater. houghtonhill necklace. tulle headband. click image for larger version.

glasses + giant flower headband might not have been the best sartorial choice, in retrospect. but in my defense, i was feeling quite lazy and had already removed my contacts.... in any case, this was worn to the local schoolyard/park area in our neighborhood last evening, where i and (most) of the rest of my family + dog played frisbee and toodled around. and in two small tidbits of the journey...

h. showed off her new nose bling...

and deadly mushrooms were underfoot. thanks a lot, rain.

{random} omg wut

tano bag.

my new baby. ♥ probably the softest leather possible, can carry my sketchbook and didn't destroy my (already quite limited) budget. basically, the miracle bag. thus, it gets its own post. i may have to give it its own name, as well. suggestions?

{blabber} insecurities

essentially my current state of mind.

{outfit} earplugs count as an accessory, too

unknown designer tee. alternative apparel tank. true religion jeans. coclico wedges. unknown designer scarf. houghtonhill necklace.

unknown designer tee. true religion jeans. fever sweater. hobo belt. brass plum sunglasses. banana republic necklace.

outfits from both friday and sunday, because i was too lazy to both get a picture on saturday and to upload these on time.... sunday, we went to the air show, hence the earplugs. those blue angels get damn loud

{illustration} derp derp

staircase wit illustration. click for larger.

what happens when i am left alone on a saturday night with a computer and online image-editing: nothing good.

{editorials} you crawled out of the sea

this editorial may well be one of the most striking i've seen. the concept of it is one that could have allowed endless elaboration, but the execution is simple - and the basic idea seems to shine through all the more for it. seriously, i don't think i've ever seen an editorial that struck me as immediately and viscerally as this one. i think i actually gasped when i saw the first couple of photographs. it looks like something out of science-fiction. it's like, this is what fashion is all about, at its core - evoking an idea through a wearable visual medium. (otherwise known as clothing, you dork.)

the makeup, the styling, the simplicity of the setting - it all works. they could have gussied it up with undersea architecture, a freaking fish tail, but the way they did do it allows for so much more room for interpretation on the reader's part. it leaves a bit of mystery. it creates an atmosphere suited to the topic. it just works.

and honestly, i probably DO have a bit of a bias towards this style of ed., because although i do love pretty pretty clothing, i was one of those kids raised on lord of the rings and star trek. so beautiful, simple, unearthly editorials that conjure up images of mer-people under the sea are going to be something i'm into, obvs. regardless, this is just... ungh. so incredible.

OKAY THERE WE GO I'M STOPPING WITH THE INCESSANT PRAISE NOW

(all photographs from fakingfashion.)

{outfit} you just go ahead and burn the flag

awkward posing ahoy!

j. crew tee. true religion jeans. coclico heels. gifted scarf. djamesdesigns necklace.

took pictures outside today, despite the ever-looming clouds - the light is so much better out there. thus, you get to see me posing (awkwardly) on a fish plank. you don't want to know what that is, really. regardless, i enjoy topping a kind of monochromatic outfit with something really bright and obnoxious. it's cool, because the greys, blacks, and browns are all perfectly in tune with the gloomy weather and then it's suddenly countered by the bright reds and golds of the head-area stuff. it's a nice dichotomy, to my eye.

i'll do detail pictures of the necklace sometime later - my jewelry collection really needs a post all to itself to do it justice. it may be small, but it is POWERFUL.