94 DEGREES OUTSIDE

(Bustier - vintage / Skirt - Yigal Azrouel / Bag - Zana Bayne Leather)

Too hot for clothes.



sweat storm.

LOVE

I am so lucky to have a jetsetting mom who is able to stop in New York in between Edinburgh and Chicago to have birthday brunch and a girl talk.

REALITY

Short blogbreak due to birthday shenanigans (I am 22 today!). Excessive consumption of the liquid in my right hand & some much needed pampering in the form of the seaweed face mask above. Back to the grind tomorrow, I promise!

A CHANGE OF SEASON

(Jacket - Helmut Lang / Top - Rick Owens / Shorts - H&M / Boots - Veronique Branquinho / Harness - Zana Bayne Leather)

So the outfit about if slightly fictitious - the heat has come back and I can't quite don leather yet, but there was one day last week when it was cold and my jacket and I had a sweet reunion...I am hoping for a sudden autumn so we can be together once again.

In the meantime, I've been dreaming of knits - wide knits, sheer, oversized, heavy & delicate alike. It was pure serendipity that I stumbled upon my dream pullover today while investigating a shop for the first time. Cameron told me about Change of Season yesterday while discussing Rick Owens shoes (hurry - they have a few pairs of the wedges for a ridiculously good price!). The concept of the store is to stock past season merchandise of very select labels such as Givenchy, Rick, Margiela & Vivienne Westwood to name a few, at 50-70% off of retail value. And as I am a sucker for a good deal, I didn't waste a moment checking it out.

After thumbing through the racks and playing with the Rick Shoes, one of the owners Clinton procured a minty white sheer tunic by Rick Owens that had a curved diagonal line of open knit. He chimed in, "this is 40 percent off!" And the rest became history.

Skull ring - Meadowlark / Spike ring - Leviticus / Long talon ring - Zana Bayne X Meadowlark

SMOKE YOU OUT

Its not quite my birthday yet (August 30, the big two-two), but that doesn't mean its too early to start buying myself birthday gifts! While compulsively browsing online shops for deals I tripped over THE SS10 Rick Owens DRKSHDW smoke shirt, for a heftily discounted price. I didn't contemplate long. I knew it was waiting for me. And now that it has landed in my hands, I can say it is not just a t-shirt, but a beautiful diaphanous square of wonder fit for the upcoming (and much anticipated) changing of seasons in New York. Euphoria!

My brain.

Ladies & gentlemen, it floowwwwwwwws!

Once it gets a little bit cooler out, I'm going to break out my new jacket by Harputs Own, the "3-hole-blazer" that has an asymmetric panel with an armhole, good for hours of entertainment. Worn with American Apparel shorts (I swear I NEVER wear stockings as pants), Chloe shoes, and various bracelets & bangles.

CONTINUOUS LOOKBOOK: KRISTIN GALLEGOS

4-Strap Belt

Kristin & I have been trying to coordinate a shooting for the past month, but as she is a makeup artist extraordinaire and I have my own fussy schedule, we kept missing each other. That is, until the past weekend. I've always admired her personal style and didn't want to post any further photos from my continuous lookbook until I shot her!

Basic Harness - Raw

Epaulet Harness

Pentagram Harness

BY NOW I SHOULD KNOW BETTER...

...than to begin meticulous labor-intensive unimportant self-centered projects when I have so much else to do!!! But I can not deny the call of the wild, so here I go again. This project is pretty heavily influenced by a pair of studded Preen trousers that I encountered online, and the idea was further solidified by seeing the detail shot of a pair of Givenchy leggings from FW10. I've had a bag fully of the tiniest pyramid studs, but haven't had anything to stick them into. I decided on spray painting them black because A) I love torturing myself with tedious prep work and B) enjoy the subtlety of their texture against black leather. I'm hoping to be done in the next day or two!

The inspirations

The original color of the studs. Don't you keep your hardware in wine glasses too?

My solution for spray painting the studs. Yes, they are individually pushed into a piece of cardboard. Probably the most annoying part of the process yet completely unavoidable.

One leg done, one left to go.

A NEW FRIEND

(Dress - Helmut Lang / Leather Leggings - Audrey Cantwell / Boots - Alice & Olivia for Payless)

Yesterday I allowed myself the luxury of a day off from my day off (no job, no leather). Pure .indulgence, AKA shopping!!! Mind you, I was not running around with my arms filled with bags overflowing with impulse buys due to the dangerous nature of retail therapy. I remained picky and ended up with one new thing, as well as 2 things that had been in repair for the past couple of months (I completely neglected them). As I wrote in an earlier post, my favorite sorts of places to shop these days are designer consignment stores. My success was found at Tokio 7, where I rescued this knit Helmut Lang dress for less than $100. Mission accomplished, spirits lifted & collection of black dresses increased!

This is a very special key. Found in a castle & gifted to me by my favorite person in Berlin.

MARGIELA MASTURBATORY MATERIAL

Just when I thought I was working real hard, I revisited this look from the most recent Maison Martin Margiela artisanal collection and realized that I could work much, much harder.

YOU ARE ALWAYS ON MY MIND...

A possible mood-board of my brain? Featuring Rick Owens furniture, Rodarte, Alexander McQueen, Mark Fast, Givenchy, Wendy O Williams, Jean-Pierre Braganza, Francois Robert, and Sandra Backlund.