11.5.2006 + the apartment, in progress

i looked like an elf on sunday. just being crazy and mixing up what's left in my closet after the big post-cross-country purge of '06. also, making kissy faces at my black cat, girl.

-rust colored hand-knit alpaca cowl: knit by me -chartreuse linen shift dress with giant chrysanthemum print: marimekko -green 70s square-neck vintage tee: thrifted in florida. -black leggings worn like tights: newport news (from when leggings were hard to find several years back) -black ankle boots, folded down: thrifted last week @ thrift town, SF. -red-orange plastic bangle: thrift town, SF. -green plastic bangle: beacon's closet, williamsburg, brooklyn. -red-orange enamel earrings: thrifted in florida. -green lucite cocktail ring: alexis bittar

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the apartment is starting to come together:

will likely replace these ikea chairs with the eames plywood lounge chairs i've mentioned before around these parts, most likely in walnut. when we can afford them, of course. no huge hurry. for now, i'm happy with the IKEA lounge chairs we have...

the table is a new acquisition. it's a mid-century piece, which was hand-tiled by an artist, perhaps a potter?

new jonathan adler pillows! made in custom colors i chose. i heart them. i am also considering making my own needlepoint pillows, to join these on the couch, in shades of red, orange, and green, of course.

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still need a rug (perhaps a tan or off-white flokati, as mentioned), a small side table, and a nice lamp for said side table in the living room. i'm really loving this lamp from crate and barrel:

or, as i kind of like the idea of adding a little white into the decor, in small doses... this cute giraffe lamp from jonathan adler is mighty cute: http://www.jonathanadler.com/shop/product.php?cat=385&productid=16768

or any from him, really...he's amazing!

11.4.2006

orange!it's a beautiful, sunny day here in san francisco off to pick up some pillows we had made for our pad at jonathan adler. and maybe drink a couple pints. :)

-turquoise polyester chiffon blouse that i actually wore in the first ever W_R shot: thrifted in florida. -red-orange 70s tunic sweater with bright fuchsia buttons: thrifted in florida -denim mini-skirt with birds on it: ivana helsinki -orange leggings worn like tights: american apparel -brown vintage joan and david couture boots: thrifted @ goodwill on e. 23rd street, manhattan. -orange oversized wooden bead necklace: UO ages and ages ago. -red-orange enamel earrings: thrifted in florida

11.3.2006

remix'n it. new (or really, new to ME!) plus way old.

-beige vintage 80s calvin klein shirtdress: thrifted yesterday at thrift town, SF. it's very roomy and comfortable.-black 60s beads: goodwill, SF. -black leather vintage corset belt: thrifted in jacksonville, florida. -super skinny jeans: miss sixty (yes i wear these far too much) -black ankle boots, folded down: thrfted yesterday at thrift town, SF. (see here for them unfolded and close-up: www.flickr.com/photos/pintuck/288058574/) -gold vintage earrings: thrift town, SF.

*** thoughts (such as they are):

i find that i can actually do the roomy/oversized thing, but it has to be calculated and careful, with due attention paid to my big old chest... which means that i *must* employ ways of defining my waist, or i look like a giant rectangle from the bust down. it's almost as if i think: "i really am under there and of reasonable size everywhere else! i swear!" there are so many things i must eschew, then, to fit my personal needs, and subsequently, most trends must be damned. this outfit was rather comfortable, i must say, and that's the way i like it. i love it when jeans are so skinny they become leggings, which is the case with these jeans. i wear them as such under dresses like that constantly, and have done so for years (my W_R set proves this, haha!). it's kind of sick, an probably sad to some, but i'd rather wear the same thing over and over if it's good and suits me...

as i've said about a million times before, i could spend lots of money on the latest trends, but i really don't often do so. i suppose i get more satisfaction out of going to thrift stores and uncovering the same look or looks, often from the era they were first spawned, for pennies.

it's such a waste, in my mind, to spend lots of money on throwaway clothes from places like H&M and such...while it looks great, and certainly is affordable, i just ABHOR the idea of something falling apart after such a short time. and i literally shudder at the cheapness of the fabrications they use. it may *look* like the latest thing at first glance, but that's all it is, because it often feels and looks cheap upon close examination. it can't and won't last. in my mind's eye, it's like taking one's money, and throwing it in the trash. maybe not right away...but eventually. if i am going to spend money, it better be worth it and it better last more than one season or several.

and really, that's not even getting into the fact that the cheapness of the clothes from many mass market retailers and manufacturers speaks to the cheapness of their labor, and the ethical ramifications of that relationship...

and anyway: fashion silhouettes are cyclical. oversized/exaggerated? try the 80s, the 60s, the 50s (balenciaga, hello!!??). shoot, any recent era or decade was typically so varied within itself (especially the 70s, 80s and 90s), that one can find something that will work and be relevant today, if you look hard enough...