Away From Here

This was the outfit I wore last week but forgot to post. Since today was... um, sucky to say the least I showed up at school in sweats (gasp!) and no makeup. No makeup! asddklsjfldksjjdslfsd! God forbid! But the funny thing is I don't think I've gone out in public 100% makeup free for like 2.5 years, so... yeah. It was kind of like not wearing underwear or something. Like something was kind of off. But it was liberating too because I could rub my eyes all I wanted! Haha.... Well the really weird thing was I had like 1 minute where I could have put makeup on but I decided not to because... I don't know. I wanted to see if I could go to school like that. Yeah I'm a weirdo.


Thrifted Sonia Rykiel blazer. H&M shirt. Zara pants. Wet Seal necklaces. Converse sneakers.

The weird thing was no one commented on my lack of makeup and the fact that I was not dressed normally, for me at least (for many at my school, sweats=normal). I'm sure they noticed and just didn't want to say anything.

Forehead Lacerations

So when I got home from school today, my mom was like "Oh yeah, I wrote a really nasty email to the Urban Outfitters people. I was looking through the catalogue and there were a bunch of pictures of really young, like 14-looking, naked girls. I told them if they keep doing pictures like that a lot of people are going to start looking at their catalogues for child porn. And they emailed me back with some crap about 'the photographer's artistic vision' and 'our customers like it'." Uh-oh. Well I salvaged the catalogue from the trash and took a look. I actually liked a lot of the interesting and rather bizarre photography, but though I'm no prude (ahahaha), when I saw the pictures I was kind of like wtf. For the benefit of those who don't get the catalogue, there was this girl wearing a skirt and sunglasses barely covering herself with her hand, a totally nude girl removing her stockings, another girl covered only with a crumpled up t-shirt, and a girl in the classic lying-on-my-stomach-in-nothing-but-jeans pose. And then the clear American Apparel ripoffs: girls in extremely see-through tops and the classic butt-in-face pose, plus a girl wearing lace leggings paired only with lingerie, several girls wearing outfits with a bra instead of a shirt and the requisite scantily-clad-girl-taking-shower pose. Edit: See here, here, and here for some examples. So, alright, what's the big deal?

Well, not only are the models very young-looking (young, innocent, and naked...) but also... this is a catalogue. Sure, Abercrombie, American Apparel, etc. have been using naked people to sell clothes for quite some time, but what struck me about the UO catalogue was that it was done to look so arty. It's just weird. You're a catalogue, not Vogue Paris. I just find it extremely unnecessary to use "artful" nudity in catalogue. Thoughts?

And now, for the outfit:




Wet Seal blazer, headband, belt, and necklace. Target dress. DIY shredded jeans. Converse sneakers.

Yesterday I dressed kind of flapper-ish, today was kind of hippie-ish! And the blazer because "most members of the counter culture were white middle- or upper-class college kids." Ahh it's fun to learn about the stuff in school. I heart 20th Century History! But the headband only lasted through first block because it was giving me a horrible headache and when I took it off there was this big red imprint all across my forehead! Jeez....

Do You Take Inspiration From The Fashions of Flappers?

I haven't posted anything for a while because I thought I didn't have any outfits and life was too crazy to do anything else (seriously, my Saturday consisted of 11 hours at a track meet [2 mile and 4x800 relay!] and then coming home to a dinner party. Blahh). But, turns out, I did have another set of outfit pics to post. D'oh! Um, I guess they'll have to wait, because I feel like doing today's....

Because my dumbutt camera never quite shows the lipstick bright enough in larger photos...
Well actually it's rather brighter than these even... And my purple eyeliner which you can't quite see....

Then, after I had finished taking the pictures, I decided to add a nice long necklace and this headband:
H&M fringe dress. Thrifted cardigan of love. American Apparel silver lamé leggings. Forever 21 bracelet and headband. Doc Martens boots.

The last minute outfit additions (well actually, I forgot to completely get dressed before I took my outfit photos) kind of exemplify my state of mind lately... extremely scattered. My cat is wicked dumb and keeps trying to drink from the pan catching the water from the mysterious leaking radiator! Bad Stryper! And now he's being all annoying and giving me cute innocent looks. But anyway....

The title refers to what a somewhat interesting teacher asked me when he saw that I was taking out a book about women of the 1920s as research for my essay on how women's roles changed in the 20th century (whew long sentence). I looked down at my outfit and was sorely tempted to say "Well duhhhh!"

Is Your Dad A Dealer Cuz You're Dope To Me

I have a cold. It's really annoying. I am NOT going to spend this whole post complaining. Does this outfit look at all familiar? Waking up late is not conducive to dressing creatively.


Wet Seal jacket. H&M vest. Target v-neck. DIY ripped jeans. Forever 21 necklace. Minnetonka boots.

I also wore my awesome studded rings, but the copper in them oxidized (says my chem teacher) and turned my finger green. But I forgot to put them on for this photo.

Oh yes, and concerned readers: hair cut=getting my bangs trimmed. And who knows how long it will be until I actually get ahold of my hairdresser....

P.S. Haha these photos are cool but hilarious. And I totally have jeans just like the ones in the pic where the girl forgot to put on her shirt.... Too bad I can't even vaguely afford Urban Outfitters at this point.

Who Wants A Blizzard?

Why's there a two-hour delay when there's supposed to be a freaking ice storm in the afternoon? Why??


Thrifted cardigan. Old Navy dress. Forever 21 blouse and socks. Garment District costume shoes.

I just want this week to be over! Because then I can get a haircut.

12:47

Dear blog, I am not being good to you! Since having a stupid cold=going to bed early and waking up late, I do have an excuse! Plus I need to work off that vacation laziness. But, in totally non-fashion related news, on Sunday I went to a huge track meet, in which due to my friend's sickness I ended up running the two-mile instead of my signature (haha) one-mile. And, surprise surprise, it wasn't nearly as bad as you would think; I ended up coming in third in my heat of about 30 people and was 17 seconds off the state qualifying time, so I ended getting switched to the two-mile permanently! Wow, things change quickly. It was hilarious to see my absent friend's name on the big scoreboard-type thing instead of mine though, because my name is totally Danielle.



Mad leg disproportioness!

My lovely new booties.
Target dress. Forever 21 lace gloves, studded rings, and pearl bracelet. Wet Seal charm bracelet and necklaces. Vintage hunting belt. Minnetonka moccasin boots.

Today I wore this with my black faux fur H&M jacket over it as well since it was rather cold (picture me at the bus stop at 7 AM, when the temperature's below freezing, in nude fishnets, which my friend fashion commentator Erika astutely called "the most pointless tights ever").

Oh yes, and I forgot:
Ahaha sledding at night on a sticky, non-steep hill=the best. Now I really need to be getting to bed.

P.S. It's totally my quarter birthday! Time to get my freakin' learner's permit.

Elite Hunting

Though I've been back for almost two days, I've kind of been walking around in a daze, trying to savor the last moments of truly free time I'll have for who knows how long. If that means not doing half the homework assigned over vacation, then so be it. Homework over vacation is stupid anyway.

I tried pinning my bangs up. It looked hella weird.... and since my hair is evil they stayed in place for all of thirty minutes. Oh well. But I'm wearing my amazing new fringe dress, as well as my new boots, the only clothes-related Christmas present I received (I asked for a gift card, but nooo... which I think I already mentioned but oh well).





H&M dress. Forever 21 cuff and ring. Minnetonka moccasin boots.

Oh yes, and how to time your posts: go to "Post Options" at the bottom of the tan box thingy, above the "Publish Post" button, and just change the date and time to whenever you want it to post!