Sullen Girl

Fashion Heroes: Incredibly Classy Girls from Face Hunter

The Face Hunter has the coolest job in the world. Wouldn't it be amazing to just travel around with your trusty camera and take pictures of the most eccentric and insane outfits on the streets? I would love to do that here, but New London is so NOT a fashion spot in any way.... I get giddy when I see a girl with riding boots and half-chaps over her jeans or a lady with shorts that would only be allowed on a nude beach because it means something interesting, something worth photographing. I feel happy for weeks when I take a picture of one girl in a cute outfit. I would be in HEAVEN if I lived in a place where people dressed differently.

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There is NOTHING about this outfit that I dislike: a wicker briefcase is such a fresh deviation from the world of canvas "it" bags and vintage Chanels. I adore the ruffled plaid dress with the waist cincher and massively cute periwinkle matching tights in more ways than I can count. Her 40s style t-straps are just the butter on the muffin (see, I've stopped using "the icing on the cake" because cake makes me a little sick and so do cliches; plus buttered muffins are a wonderfully decadent indulgence that everyone ought partake in) of a spectacular outfit.

I'll be honest and say that this girl's face is the reason I'm posting her here. Not that she's not fashionable (just look at that hair!), but her posture and expression drew my eyes immediately. Plus, I love ballet inspired dresses and skirts, lots of silk tulle and beaded golds and silvers.

Aww. Gingham and denim is such an innocent retro combination. I love how youthful her shirt and suspender shorts look compared with the balancing sophistication of the round-toe pumps and hat. She's classy as hell.

(photos from Face Hunter)

Fashion Hero Repeat: Rihanna

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I love love love this girl. She's perfect. I would give my arms for a pair of these brass-knuckle boots. Not my legs, of course, because then I'd be forced to wear the shoes on my arms and that would look so incredibly silly and then the cool kids would point and laugh and I'd never be able to face them again. No, kidding, of course. I wouldn't give up my legs because I wouldn't be able to WALK.

DUH.

Anyone know who makes these boots? Please tell me and I'll give you a million e-gold-stars.

(pictures from Just Jared)

Vicarious Wanderings: The Lesser-Known Stars of San Diego Comicon

My lovely and wonderful bestest penpal friend Sydnee sent me a few pictures depicting her first-hand experience of the Comicon costumery. I wish I could have gone with her, Syd and I would have rocked the shit out of that place with our obnoxious outfits and camera-whoring. Or at least I think we would. Maybe next year....

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Lawlz. I love them Sydnee.

Sunday

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I tried visible garters with checkered thigh-highs and a gothic-lolita dress, some seemingly destined juxtaposition of trashy and pristine. The photos are a little more artistic than detailed, but you get the point. Shape, lines, planes.... I love everything today :)

RIP, Heart Shaped Sunglasses

Say farewell to the glasses, aged 9 months and 4 days. They were a wonderful accessory and a kind, loving light shield, never to be forgotten.

I will never, ever forget you, dear glasses.

MOVING ON....

Here are some cute people wearing cuter glasses than aforementioned deceased pair...

I wouldn't mind owning either of these loving light shields.

Or these: Betsey Johnson, Marc Jacobs...

But I really am sad that Couscous chewed up my heart sunnies. I might have to punt him.

No, no... not for serious. I'll just pull out all of his whiskers.

NO!! I'm not serious about that either! I'll just pet him and love him as it was my own fault that they weren't out of his reach, and he didn't know any better :)

Saturday

Today I went to an art museum for a skoo field trippish sort of thing and wore a very monochromatic boring sort of outfit. I felt a small bit slobbish because I had just worn this shirt on Wednesday, but only for like an hour and a half and then I hung it back up (because I'm gross, or awesome, you choose).

Do you ever notice that people turn into giant wuss-faces when it starts to rain? You know, those women that have to wait in the doorway at a restaurant while their husbands bring the car around so they don't have to get wet, or those people who dash about madly in the drizzle holding backpacks or books over their heads as if it were lava and not small drops of water....

...yeah, those.

So apparently all of my classmates were like that. They started to shriek and run for cover immediately upon exiting the museum and noticing that it was raining. I rather like walking in the rain, personally. I prefer taking off my shoes and jumping around in the outdoor art exhibits in the rain EVEN MORE.

I take my shoes off, of course, because no one wants wet ballet flats. But then you're stuck with a wet skirt for the hour long car ride home.

Fashion Hero: Fleur Delacour

Fleur Delacour was my favorite character in The Goblet of Fire, just because she was pretty and awesome and probably a bitch. She was played in the film adaptation by Clémence Poésy, who did not disappoint.

In my opinion, the BEST part of the outfit is the hat with the jaunty little Dairy Queen-esque curl, sort of a mix between a powder blue Hershey's Kiss and a cartoon ghost tail. But I'm also partial to capes, oxfords, powder blue, girly outfits, multi-layered collars, and pretty dresses.

I've had enough of online-lust-shopping for generic anime cosplay uniforms: someone please make me this outfit, complete with the cute-as-hell little hat and I'll be your friend for life.

On the topic of the beautiful out-of-character Clémence, she dresses pretty damn cutely just walking around. French girls... they've got mad style.

Wednesday

Today I had a job interview at Victoria's Secret. I went shopping for interview clothing and ended up with a pair of "editor's choice" high-waisted wide-leg trousers from Express and to balance it out price-wise, I got my shirt from H&M for only $13.

I wanted new shoes too. New shoes are unimportant in every case but I usually feel that every situation calls for them. Maybe if I actually get the job I'll get some cute new black flats. And by maybe, I mean definitely because it's kinda-sorta a requirement.

Like, oh noes! What a terrible thing to require of a person!

Harper's Bazaar

The new overly-Simpson-ed issue of Harper's Bazaar (featuring a heavily made-up Jessica Simpson on its cover and the animated Simpson family within its pages) is a fairly entertaining read, the way most issues of Bazaar are. I like it because it's a less pretentious Vogue, a less corny Cosmo, and a less ridiculously dull Allure. And let's not even count Glamour and all its wondrous proclamations of DO and DON'T. I read H.B. because of the falsely-clever prose that covers all the bases of what we should wear and what we should keep at any given time: instead of just writing "this be hawt, this be not" it's all "wrap yourself in wintery whites for wonderful ways to warm." Ok, not clever; just alliteration.

Versace-clad Linda Evangelista hanging out with Marge Simpson and Donatella herself

Marge in a feathery Chanel... lawlz at Karl. I wonder if he had to give permission for his likeness. I don't have the magazine handy or I'd check.

Linda, Jean, and Marge go strolling; I loved that whole Gaultier season. The coats and headdresses were fantastic.

Just to keep it interesting, I'm going to give a list of what Harper's Bazaar wants YOU (yes, you) to do in preparation for fall.

1. Opt for shades of hot purple and pink
(yup, I've been doing that since I was 10)

2. Add a touch of fur
(I'll bring kittens everywhere!)

3. Grab a doctor's bag
(and steal all the drugs, you useless cow)

4. Go mad for plaid
(I assure you, daahling, I'm positively tapped and plaid only exacerbates the matter)

5. Try long leather gloves
(just try them, it won't hurt)

6. Choose camel
(cowboy killers are so last century)

7. Let leopard rule
(umm....)

8. Winterize your sandals
(don't know what that means? DO IT ANYWAYS!)

9. Pick cobalt and grape
(what happened to opting for shades of hot purple and pink, or choosing camel?)

And now for the H.B. Famous "Buy, Keep, and Store:"
Buy:
Statement necklaces, sleek sheaths, shoulder straps (bags with 'em, presumably), cloches (*cough*bucket*cough*), oxfords, and oversized fur.

Keep:
Bold bracelets, sweater dresses, chain handles, wide brim (hats), booties, and trapeze coats

Store, chuck, burn, etc:
Chandelier earrings, floaty frocks (teh DUHs, that's for summers), wristlet (clutches), newsboy, over-the-knee boots (the horrors!), military (over my dead body).

and just remember, if you can't dress yourself and your mother won't do it for you, read magazines written by people that can afford to buy every season's designer "must-haves," because they were writing with YOU in mind. Let them dress you. Do not think for yourselves. Throw away the clothing they told you to buy 6 months ago because honey, it just ain't cool anymore.

One more thing:

...this horse looks positively disturbed. Poor tortured beast.

Peacock Feathers: Safe!

You may remember some concerns from a while back that New London's lovely downtown vintage store was moving its sparkle and glam out of the ghetto and into the Mystic Seaport area... I'm happy to inform all that care that Peacock Feathers is staying put - for now.

Katie and I sort of made our may over there by accident last Friday after having been literally frozen with some severe cold shoulder by a normally nice owner of a lovely downtown (*cough*pretentious*cough*) coffee shop/martini bar. Perhaps he was grumpy with us for defacing his "martini bar" sign to make it say "martin bar."  Whatever. I'm off topic, as always.

Just to see if Peacock Feathers was still around over in the middle of the alley or if they'd already packed up, Katie and I walked down down there. Sure enough, they were still there! And still WONDERFUL.  And not moving after all.  This, obviously, called for dancing and photos.

Gorgeous vintage long silver gloves, a basket of suspenders.

Crazy flag suspenders

AWESOME cowboy boots.  Seriously, who would wear them?  I definitely like them but which famous person would wear them? YES, EXACTLY. 

Britney Spears was my guess, too... which sort of ruins them for me.

Katie found a pretty vintage prom dress :)

CUTE secretary-style shirt

Mmm... hatbox.  I want one so bad.

Harlequin love &hearts

Sweet mary-jane heels

For some reason, Katie really wanted this "Phyllis" belt.