inspiration from...

I got inspired today by the 

death of Corey Haim and made this t-shirt.  well i transformed one i already had/loved/teared.

"Death by Stereo"

The finished product.

i'm off...(to chat roulette)

xoxox

-S

alaskan summer! alaskan summer?

i haz window way opened!  

it is over 50ºF this sunday and i am off.  i'm just miffed i didn't wake up earlier to go jogging.  i was out of bed at 1pm officially being that i worked til 1.30 am and watched an episode of Roseanne while eating Ben & Jerry's Colbert ice cream putting my bedtime at around 3am.  

i'm not layering much today but i'm all about the aa skirt i constantly wear in summer - today.  that's right legs you're coming out. today.  

fairisle kind of day. winter grumble, grumble.

i was bored today as soon as i got to work (quel surprise) so i drew my sweater in paintbrush. in a way also a homage to the days when paintbrush was the only way being pre-photoshop.

i also have a photo of my cozy outfit today: paint splatted squin jeans a t-shirt as thin as tissue under my fairisle sweater. it's one of the few things i still have since highschool. and being that i moved 8 million times and lost/discarded/donated mad clothes in that time it's a feat to still have something i owned in the days when kurt cobain was still alive.

way to be awesome, fairisle sweater i bought in a thriftstore in levittown, pa, way to be. awesome.

xoxo
-S

RIP McQueen

Lee Alexander McQueen died.  I heard of his suicide today.   His mother passed some days before.

From a man who creates clothes the way he did and even film that explored the depth of darkness - for beauty or worse, this is not an incongruence; although it is a tragedy nonetheless when someone takes their own life - celebrity or not.  the fashion world will miss you.  you leave a massive void to fill.  thank you Universe for giving us McQueen.

alexander mcqueen after the spring 10 show in Paris.

Fall 2009

another look from fall 2009.

a look from spring 10.  reminiscent of sea creatures

of the deep sea.  blue is the last color able to reflect

at depths of 2000 feet beyond the sun's light...interesting.

more of spring 10.  scuba-ness.

all pics from style.com

xoxo -S

inspiration.

just a few things...

Out/In:  

2009/2010

Gossip Girl/Glee

Twilight/Avatar

art rap/bedroom pop

neon/plaid

emo hair/blue hair

face piercing/dreading

80s/90s

excess/process

double bag/no bag

SEWING.

someone said there are acres of diamonds right in your backyard.  i don't feel like looking up who this is but it's some guy from the 20th century.  anyway long story short i found amazing fabric for $2 a yard by my house and i can't wait to make dresses out of it and some clothes i have which didn't make the cut at Beacon's Closet.  instead of spending money on clothes these days, i've invested in a mini sewing maching for simple tasks like pillows, dresses and whatever else the thing is strong enough to make :)

some irredescent stretch fabric, floral print on pink 

and sparkly tough fabric.

  

INSPIRATION. ...currently getting inspiration from! drumroll...

RODARTE! the tribal looking marks - so rough yet girly.  and two of my fave people front row of the show; yeah good taste, do it.  detail of the skirt at Rodarte show.  raw edges, yum...and means less sewing of hems for me! yeaaah!

DONNA KARAN: always looks sophisticated 

without being inconvenient.  loving the big chain.  

RICK OWENS: loooove this metallic 

tissue dress.  i have to touch it.

future wedding dress?? um, maybe.

shoes are awesome cos they go with

everything in my closet. :)

also Yves Klein-ed my room.  The walls are blue.  a beautiful royal blue.  it actually darkens the room.  at night it looks like i'm looking into a void.  *weird*

XOXO -S

runway photos: style.com

8th house.

momento mori has its place...on my fingers...








totally impractical on a daily basis yet creative and ideal for those times when you host a party at your loft and need to not be upstaged by the trapeze artist hanging from your pipes....









taxidermy done right. i ♥ this brooch.
these are all found here though she is based in Australia.

Also in love with the double layers vest and fringe necklace with patterned leggings from Elohim. the palettes are simple - mostly black or white. some of this can be found at Pixie Market.

Annnnd...I gave away a band jacket like three years ago cos i didn't want it to sit in my closet even though i KNEW the look would catch on.

I heart the Silence + Noise band jacket at Urban Outfitters better though...

The one i gave away had a million colors in it - i'd rather not have that P-Funk look...

xoxo -S

{first three images: julie deville

last image: uban outfitters.}