Good artists copy, the great ones steal...

This was my inspiration. I copied it pretty much the best I could and then added the earrings.

So, maybe I wasn't looking quite as pirate-like as that girl. I kinda feel like a cheat because I would have never thought to wear this combination on my own, but I guess that is why I look to fashion and street style blogs and websites... for inspiration...and hey, maybe I already own similar pieces in that look. I feel like I'm stealing other people's looks all the time, but hey, is anything truly original and completely not created from or of something else? nah. If it looks good, wear it.

 

I read somewhere that if you write the word sex into things, it brings more views to your page. sex sex sex sexxx. alright, probs more views from pseudo porn sites but whatevs, let's give it a try : )

oh wow house parties

I just have to tell you my adventure last night. So I impulsively went to a 90s themed house party featuring mostly Drexel law students last night. Never one to turn down a theme party I picked a perfect 90s get up and am slapping myself for not taking pics of it! I shall describe: slightly longer jean shorts with striped pink crop top with suspenders and of course my ugly black boots. Also goldish big hoops and my recently train wrecked new haircut... perfect. I had these girls coming up to me asking if I was ordered off ebay and that I looked and danced like the white version of someone who's name I do not recognize. These girls were screaming "omg! I love her!" aaaaallll night. which was honestly a  little weird and annoying except that one of the girls was beautiful and kept giving me fuck me eyes whenever I looked over... I know, tough life huh? Too bad she was super femme and had long hair :/ I'm just not that big on long hair unless there's an undercut involved. That's the end of my story. I hope everyone else is attending awesome theme parties and going all out! And now I'm going to research if it is possible to order a costumed person off ebay...

I'll take you to the candy shop... no lollipops

 Have you ever put on an outfit that looked SMASHING, and then realized you should really look a little bit slumpier. It was a casual occasion, but yeah, I didn't mean to look so good. Well, kinda. There was a strong potential for other queerios to be there and I hadn't dressed for success in a REALLY long time, and that is just fun for me... even if it doesn't work.

I also may or may not have intentionally left the roller derby ad in the shot. The umbrella just kinda snuck in.

 LOOK AT MY GOD DAMN AWESOME LEGS! They are a product of refusing to use public transport and walk everywhere no matter how ridiculously far (under 10mi total) it is.

 So... everything is thrifted.

 I wasn't sure how well these items would go together since they are both statement pieces and too much of a good thing is... overwhelming to the eye (this pretty much only applies towards clothing- I love over the top). However, the stripes with the plain uno- colored shorts works well. I think.
80s on top, 70s on bottom, close enough!

I made my jewelry. I made myself b.e. a. uuuuuu tiful cameo earrings and pendant from shrinky dink plastic. *supersmilezzzz

per usual

 Just some basics. Sometimes it is just waaaay too beyond belief hot outside to even thing about wearing more cloth on your body than what is in a pair of shorts and a tank top. If this was California I would say a pair of shorts and a bikini top, but alas the east coast holds it inhabitants to higher standards of heat tolerance.

 Below is the view from my friend's apartment in University City where these pictures were taken. Isn't Philly pretty? I think I can see my house from here... not.

Philly love!

girly grunge

This is kinda grunge right? It is more dark than my usual fare, so I will call it grunge. Plus look at the dumpsters in the background, if that isn't grunge I don't know what is!

Hat: thrift; shirt: free; skirt: so old I don't remember; suspenders: thrift; shoes: thrift. Um, yeah, I like thrifting.

So, this day, actually, this picture was a few seconds before the worst torential downpour I've experienced in Philly. Guys, that one with hail, right?! I got stuck walking my gorgeous ass from Rittenhouse to the Italian Market in the middle of this awful stormfest and took shelter in a nearby CVS. I tried to chat up some drenched sporty chicks, but they were having none of it :/  c'est la vie

what to do in the summer?

 So, if you haven't figured out by now, I like to do things on my own, my own way. I messed up the length of these Goodwill mom-pants-to-shorts and decided to make up for it by dip bleach dyeing them. Granted, this is one of my more funkier outfits. Only wear it when I'm feeling especially confident and brave b/c wow does it get strange looks on the street!

I'm not such a fan of actually dressing in the summer. There have been points in my life where I wore nothing but a swim suit of some variety all day during the summer, and I'm not from California. Cut-off shorts and a bra. that is my summer uniform. of course things like internships and jobs get in the way of that. gotta look respectable I s'pose.

Plaid. ver ver lez

 Normally I detest..loath...abhor plaid. BUT. when it is free and I have a plaid themed (lumberjack) event coming up, it is hard to turn down. So, I picked up that very nice tommy hilfigure shirt out of the free box (i'm not explaining) and wore it. I guess this is one femme's idea of lez plaid. HOW DO YOU WEAR SHIT THAT IS UGLY?! It's something I just don't do!

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 My hair was supa curly that day!

I thought I left the creepy guys in Italia....

Just a pencil skirt and v-neck top and I get so many stares and "You're looking really good today" in the streets. And by stares I mean, glares... from old women. Jesus christo, I didn't know a pencil skirt, albeit a little hiked up because I have a long stride and that tends to make skirts ride up, would have this affect on street life. If all it takes to get creepy reactions on the street is to wear a pencil skirt, then I have no hope for humanity.

OOooops, another re-wear

 I was going to try to make this style tank out of a thrifted menswear shirt, but I caved and just bought this one from H&M. I feel like a sell out. Nah, I'll use this one as a pattern for the other one!

I like this pic. It looks so random, right? I totally didn't stand with my hand on the camera for like, ten seconds to get this weird angle... no. Look at my hair, though. Would you believe me if I said I wake up looking like that?

Ombre and D to the P

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I know color dying ombre is so overplayed by now (bleach is the new thing now fyi), but I couldn't help sharing my attempt. I think it went all right. It definitely would have gone better had I been using a container with a flat edge instead of a bucket with a curved edge, hence the cone/mountain/roller coaster shape on the front of my chest there. trial and error, trial and error. This shirt I bought as fundraiser from my college's feminist newspaper "The College News" and if you are a wonderful person you might go check out their site! D2P peeps.

 slightly embarrassing, I know you'll judge. but hey, this blog is embarrassing enough! the back is worth reading! I AM A FEMINIST.

Out of my room! Finally!

 They finally let me out! I'm free! JK. My wonderful friend and I went to see the Van Gogh exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art one Saturday and what a perfect opportunity to shine! I decided to go as my hipster best and wore something that looks an awful lot like what I normally wear. oh well, it looks good.

 Oh yeah, see all those people checkin' me out? Maybe they were just looking at my gorgeous photographer ;)

Back in my room. Had to show the look sans jacket and backpack. Come to find out my mom really hates my belt... and boots... and style in general. I tried to explain the concept of androgyny to her, but she just kept calling me "a butch". Well, that aint a bad look either. Maybe with time I'll win her over!

A little out there

 I've noticed detachable collars are all the rage this spring, but worn with girly dresses. Never one to conform, I wore it with my grungey shredded shirt! I think I am either going to stud this collar or glitter it! I just cut it off a men's shirt. Easy.

 My hair was SUPER curly that day too. Love when that happens.

Heehee, love this one. I look like a coked up wanna be synth dj or sumthing

I didn't like this outfit, so I'll just post pics of my hair

... or the side of my face. So, when I last got my hair cut I told the girl I probs wouldn't be getting it cut for another 3 months. Yos, the last time I got my hair cut was when I started this blog. While not quite 3 months ago, it's still a damn long time for someone with short hair. Ergo, why I have been wearing a bandana around. But not just any bandana! Of course I had to go and make my own!

So, the last time I was at JoAnn's I had the forsight to buy a plain white bandana knowing full well that an opportunity to tie-dye was coming up. I just did up some simple stripes (vertical or horizontal, it's a square!) in black, red, yellow, red, black pattern with a lot of overlap, and wha-la! I know it's not for everybody and I kinda wear it as my junky bandana headband to keep my overgrown locks out of my face, but I still think it's awesome.

Androgynous hipster guy

Well, this outfit was inspired by my insatiable urge to wear my royal blue blazer with my navy blue pants and a white shirt. A combo I have regrettably already worn and will probably wear again. I hate re-wearing outfits. I absolutely LOVE re-wearing clothes, but not outfits.

As I watched a friend scroll through my entire blog in 2 minutes without reading my descriptions, I realized most people visiting my blog are probably not reading the stuff I type around the pictures.(i love my friend and am flattered that after those 2 min. she turned to ask if that was all. I only started this 2 monthes ago give me a break!) It is a shame no one reads my comments because I am clearly a clever, witty comic genius. They are missing out and I will spend the rest of this post talking nonsense cuz, hey! no one reads it anyway! Oohpa!

Pinapple penguins slept in the pond before sunrise. Titles escaped the gold embossing to become antique. I love thinking of random words, but putting them in sentences together to make sense is harder. Panties. Such an awkward word. Probs cuz only my grandmother and UO and every critic of the navajo panties uses the word. Seriously, did no one else feel awkward reading about that minor scandal just b/c of "panties"? I think American Apparel calls them panties too. They would. FUCKING UNDERWEAR OR UNDIES, HOW HARD IS THAT? Doesn't that pic look like I'm pooping a glowing red thing? I took other pics to correct it, but alas, my swagger was strongest in this one. and I just spent a paragraph talking about panties, so why not? OH YOLO.

Oh hot dang girl, bite that lip. sexxxay! The shirt is my club's motto! Aren't we the cutest?!

Snazzay

So sassy! Look at that pout!

Well, this is another thrifted top. It's a nice outfit, but for some reason I'm not getting the feeling that I liked it very much. I think I was having a bad day. I love this top very very much though. It's not super flattering, but it feels so cool to wear, it almost stands up by itself it's so stiff. that's...what...she said? no.

Super cool vintage earrings I got in Florence! Wooo! (they're clip-ons, and some people think that is weird and un-cool, but those people are wrong:)

Vaudeville chic

Please ignore the half eaten chocolate covered marshmallow egg in my hand, this was the best pic. That distant blank stare was too much to resist...jk.

Well, I recently got the shirt at what is marketed as a thrift store, but is actually, weirdly enough some stomping ground of super hip store clerks and some average joes hoping to find sorta trendy stuff at cheaper than in-store prices. Anybody been to Buffalo Exchange? kinda pricey for my taste, but some good things can be found there. I hate naming any thing by name, but even if you don't go to buy anything there, just go to see what the staff is wearing. I am also wearing my gold Miu Miu look-a-like sparkle shoes which I've featured on here before, but didn't show them with an outfit.

Okay, so let's talk about the shirt ensemble: The cream one I got at Buffalo Exchange, where it was before that, I do not know. But! The day I got it, I was shopping with my friend that dreads shopping as a favor and a way to get off campus and swore up and down I wasn't going to buy anything. Well, what if I didn't find everything that I had put in the back of my head to look for! 1. A cream chiffon blouse 2. round sunglasses 3. spandex bustier crop top thing- I found them all! I wore the third thing under the first and it was beautiful and I didn't feel like a super slut wearing only my bra under a very see-thru shirt! Yay! win! no more super slut until summer when I just don't wear anything!

Another outfit inspired by a friend

So, again I was awake at 4 am with some friends and lacking in inspiration for my next day's outfit. So, I asked my "I don't care what people think yet obsessively pick out just the perfectly derelict pieces to wear in everyday of my life" friend (love her!)to tell me what to wear. She's such a perv, she told me to wear an outfit that I wore to a sex pos party that is not going to be seen in public and def not in a classroom... ever. Well, I just threw on a shirt to that outfit and wore it pretty much as was.

Oh haaaiii

I don't know how to wear a maxi skirt!

I think I got it right? Sorry I haven't posted in a while, just got done with what felt like hell week of college. But now I have time to post my glorious outfits that I've been wearing in the mean time!

So, I usually don't wear maxi skirts because I have for some reason always thought they looked bad on me... even though I never tried them on or ever wore them. So, when my mom sent me this skirt in the mail, I thought "Challenge accepted!" and went about creating an outfit to wear with it.

BUNNY BELT! I found this gem in the local thrift store that I usually find absolutely nothing in. Actually found it 2 years ago before I started thrifting for real. I've always been this cool ;) I have such a hard time wearing it with stuff though. The color of the belt matches nothing and the bunnies are so eye catching I should really wear them with plainer stuff. The top I've worn before, I cut and sewed it up myself! The colors matched perfectly, all navy!

RaWR

I later scratched the "NIKE" symbol off the shirt, so hopefully it will look less like someone's old work out shirt... which it is... shhhhh.