Eye-Poppingly Bright Party

SO I HAD A PARTY A COUPLE DAYS AGO AND I WAS RUNNING SHORT ON TIME TO GET MYSELF READY. I HAD FALLEN ASLEEP AFTER WORLD HISTORY FINALS AND BY THE TIME I WOKE UP, I ONLY HAD A HOUR AND A HALF TO GET READY. SO AS NOT TO SPELL BAD, I SHOWERED AND PUT OUT THE OUTFIT I PLANNED OUT, ONLY TO FIND IT OUT AND IT WAS QUITE RIDICULOUS WITH PROPORTIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE ANNA WINTOUR TO MURDER. SO WITH FIVE MINUTES TO SPARE I THREW ON THIS LITTLE GEM:

I WAS DANCING IN:

-WHITE COLLARED SHIRT FROM INDIA

-BLACK JUMPER FROM ZARA

-GREEN STONE NECKLACE STOLEN FROM MY MOTHER

SO THE PARTY SEEMED TO BE A HIT. IT MIGHT BE SOME INDICATION THAT CLOTHES DIDN'T SEEM TO MATTER BY THE END OF THE NIGHT...BUT BEFORE THE CRAZINESS BEGAN, WE ALL SAT DOWN TO WATCH EURO-TRIP AND EAT CHINESE. THOUGH THE MOVIE WAS AND THE FOOD WAS JUST FAIR, SOME OF THE CLOTHES FEATURED WHERE INTERESTING AND SEXY.

UNFORTUNATELY, I COULDN'T FIND ANY PICTURES OF THE MOVIE, BUT HERE ARE SOME OF MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG'S LOOKS. 

IT GOT ME THINKING. WHAT WOULD I WEAR IF I HAD A LIMITLESS BANK ACCOUNT? AND AFTER SEEING THE PHOTOS TAKEN BY PATRICK DEMARCHELIER IN THE ALLURE  AUGUST 2009 SPREAD 'PLUGGED IN' I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I NEED.

IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN ANYTHING I'VE SEEN MS.TRACHTENBERG WEAR (SORRY!). I LOVE THE BRIGHT COLORS AND STREAMLINED SHAPE. FUTURISTIC SHAPES HAVE CAME AND WENT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT I THINK THE NEON RESONATES WITH THE 80s LURKING INSIDE EVERY WOMAN. I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THIS ON THE RUNWAY, I'M SICK OF THE DRAB COLORS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HIP. PATTERNS AND COLOR ALWAYS BRIGHTEN UP MY DAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, MORE COLOR OR STICK TO NEUTRALS?

Sneaking Around

YESTERDAY MY FRIENDS AND I WENT TO DOWNTOWN EVANSTON, WITHOUT PERMISSION (SCARY IF YOU KNEW MY MOM). WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO DOWNTOWN TO CATCH A CONCERT IN WICKER PARK, BUT MY CRAZY MOTHER WENT ALL PHYSCO AND WE COULDN'T GO. SO INSTEAD WE WENT TO JOYEE'S (ACTUALLY REALLY DELICIOUS) AND BUMMED AROUND THE SIDEWALK SALE. THERE'S A LOT MORE PICTURES THAN USUAL, SO I'LL JUST LET THEM SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. 

CAROLINE

CLARE FROM WIND UP SPACE

JULIE, ALSO FROM TEXAS. WHY DOES EVERYONE DOWN SOUTH HAVE GREAT STYLE (OH, NOTE TO SELF, SHOES ARE FROM BUCKLE. MUST FIND THEM...)?

MY BROTHER, KEVIN

CASEY

IF YOU CAN'T TELL, SHE'S WEARING A REALLY GORGEOUS FEDORA

YOU COULD FIND ME SKULKING AROUND IN:

-CLUB MONACO RUGBY CADIGAN

-VINTAGE BLACK DRESS

-PATENT BELT

-PATENT TENNIES FROM JUMP TO THE PEOPLE (BEST SHOP IN SOHO, NEW YORK)

SORRY IF THE PHOTOS ARE TOO BIG, I COULDN'T TAKE THEM FROM MY CAMERA, SO I HAD TO STEAL THEM FROM FACEBOOK

Concrete Jungle

WITH ONLY SEVEN PHOTOS I WAS ON THE HUNT FOR THE FASHION ELITE.  AFTER MEETING SAVANNAH AND LINKING UP WITH HER ON Lookbook, I WANTED TO FIND MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER. BUT I KEPT LETTING PEOPLE PASS BY,THINKING I WOULD FIND SOMEONE BETTER DOWN THE STREET.MAYBE I SHOULD MOVE TO WHEREVER  Altamira IS HIDING (ELIZABETH AMMERMAN IS A STYLE GODDESS)...

KAYA MAKES ALL HER OWN CLOTHES, I WISH I HAD HER TALENT

HAYLEY

THE CUTEST COUPLE EVER, THOUGH THE GUY WAS MUCH MORE EAGER TO POSE THAN HIS GIRLFRIEND...

SOME SKETCHES OF KUNAAL'S THAT I FORCED HIM TO MAKE. HE NOW REFUSES TO MODEL SO I'LL JUST MAKE HIM DRAW

What I wore. I have to say I enjoyed all the attention that a girl in a skirt that swirls gets. As I was walking down the street to class there was a car full of tourists and there was this guy in the back who kept staring at me all the day down the street. And I'm not complaining. 

Not that I don't have my hands full with boys, but it's nice to appreciated for the work you do to look good. I don't dress to impress boys, if I did I would just wear low-cut shirts and booty shorts, but when a guy stares at something that took some effort to make (more on that in a mo.), well thats just nice. 

Jacket-Something from Macy's

Dress-Vintage slip and brown skirt

Necklace-gift

Boots-Somewhere...

I'm sorry, but I'm so tired, I just threw a party and really need to go to bed so I'm not going to go through and re-type everything with CAPS on. But I wanted to post before I forgot. And I have to take photos for the Mad Men casting call and I didn't want to forget this. 

Anyways, what do you guys prefer; dressing sexy and getting noticed for it? Or having the guy see past the clothes?

Magic Pants

OKAY, SO TODAY WAS A REALLY BAD DAY FOR MY POOR CAMERA. ON MY WAY TO SUMMER SCHOOL (MODERN WORLD HISTORY, ICK.) I DROPPED IT. HARD. MY POOR PINK BABY NEVER SAW IT COMING. SHE NOW ONLY HOLDS SEVEN PICTURES AT A TIME. WALKING DOWNTOWN TODAY WAS A REAL BITCH BECAUSE OF IT. I KEPT SEEING THESE FABULOUS OUTFITS WALK DOWN THE STREET, SINCE IT WAS THE CHICAGO SIDEWALK SALE AT DAILY PLAZA AND I COULD ONLY CATCH THESE FEW PHOTOS...

NOT MY BEST PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK, BUT I KEPT HER TALKING THE WHOLE TIME. SORRY SAVANAH! HOPE YOU FOUND THOSE THRIFT SHOPS...

SO I REALIZED ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS, KUNAAL IS A MODEL. HE CAME TO SCHOOL IN A PLAIN-TEE AND CORDS, BUT WHEN HE GRABBED MY HAT SOME KIND OF MAGIC HAPPENED. TELL ME HE SHOULDN'T MODEL FOR URBAN OUTFITTERS:

NOW TO THE MAGIC PANTS. OR LEGGINGS. OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. BUT THEY ARE UNDENIABLE. MY MOTHER STOPPED ME ON THE WAY OUT THE DOOR JUST TO TELL ME HOW WEIRD THEY WERE, BUT SHE CAN STICK IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE. WHEREVER I WENT, THE MAGIC PANTS WERE WORSHIPPED. DOWN THE STREET BY PUNK ROCKERS? CHECK. THEATER PEOPLE? CHECK. OTHER ASPIRING FASHIONISTAS? CHECK. NOT TO MENTION THE RANDOM HOTTIES AT THE TRAIN STATION...

THE MAGIC PANTS COME FROM URBAN OUTFITTERS. I WAS SHOPPING WITH CLARE FROM THE NEW BLOG WIND UP SPACE, AND I SAW THEM AND HAD TO HAVE THEM. I THINK THEIR ORIGINAL MAGIC COMES FROM THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ON SUPER SALE FROM $80 DOLLARS TO $10, AND THEN WHEN I WENT TO THE REGISTER THEY WERE REDUCED TO $5. NOTHING BEATS THE SPARKLE OF A FANTASTIC DEAL. 

I SHOULD ALSO PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THAT WHOLE LAST COMMENT FROM THE LAST POST. BASICALLY IT'S A COMPLICATED LOVE...WEB. YOU SEE, THERE'S BOYFRIEND*, AND BOYFRIEND IS SWEET, INTELLIGENT, AND HAS A BEARD. BUT I JUST DON'T THINK I'M READY FOR A BOYFRIEND RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WERE DATING AND I WAS SO DESPERATE TO  GET BACK TOGETHER WITH HIM...

BUT THERE'S THE NEW BOYS; CURLY*, STYLE*, JAW*, AND PLAYER*. 

CURLY HAS GIRL PROBLEMS, OR JUST A GIRL ALREADY, SO HE DOESN'T NEED ME. THOUGH IT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM LUSTING...STYLE'S BEEN AROUND THE BLOCK AND KNOW'S HOW TO DRESS, WHICH I'M A TOTAL SUCKER FOR. JAW IS KINDA OF SELF EXPLANATORY, HE HAS THE GENES TO CARRY OFF A PAPER BAG, OR WALK AROUND NAKED. 

AND THEN THERE'S PLAYER. WE FLIRT CONSTANTLY AND HAVE KISSED, BUT NOTHING SERIOUS OR TO REALLY WORRY BOYFRIEND. BUT I FEEL SEXY AROUND HIM UNLIKE I AM WITH BOYFRIEND...I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THIS OUTFIT WAS GOOD CHOICE AFTER YESTERDAY, SOMETHING TOUGHER TO SHOW THAT I DON'T NEED A MAN, BECAUSE I DON'T.

WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? SHOULD I GIVE UP ON BOYFRIEND OR STICK WITH IT?

*NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT...CHIEFLY, MYSELF.

New Ideas

SO I'VE BEEN READING ALL THESE NEW BLOGS SINCE I WAS REALLY TAPPED FOR INSPIRATION AND LACKED THE WILL TO WRITE FOR THESE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS (WEEKS?) I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THE COCOA BOOT'S POSTS ABOUT GETTING INSPIRED...

ANYWAY, I WANT TO TAKE THIS BLOG IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION AFTER READING BLOGS LIKE Jane Aldrige's, OR AN INTERVIEW SARTORIALIST, and of course constantly worshipping marla singer. I've finally gotten the chance to see fight club and recommend it to anyone who hasn't (Oh shit. First rule of fight club, don't talk about fight club, don't talk about fight club...)

So here are some photos of what I saw on the street today:

THIS IS ONE OF MY BESTIES, AKILLA. SHE ALWAYS LOOKS FIERCE

THIS GIRL WAS SO NICE, I LEARNED ALL ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO WITH HER LIFE AND WHAT COLLEGE SHE WENT TO. SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO A JOB INTERVIEW, I HOPE EVERYTHING WENT WELL!

ME TODAY. I GUESS I LOOK A BIT DISHEVELED. I WHEN I THOUGHT THIS UP I WANTED SOMETHING A LITTLE SEXIER, (HENCE THE SKINTIGHT LEOTARD AND LOW-CUT BACK) BUT I THINK IT WORKED A LITTLE TOO WELL....

The Future of Fashion

When in Rome...

Welcome to one of the top style-savvy countries in the world. Official Name: Italy. Code Name: The fashion designer's paradise. Overflowing with the creative juices of world-famous fashion gods and goddesses, including Dior, BCBG, Chanel, etc., Italy is a high fashion magnet. It's even shaped in style! (Not every country's lucky enough to be a stiletto-heeled boot, you know) Its mouth-watering, matchless foods, breathtaking sites, fun flea markets, (the star earrings I’m wearing? 4 euros-love them!) and scrumptious Gelato make it even more outstanding! For those of you who are lucky enough to visit this chic country and it's suave cities, don't take it for granted!-take pictures! take notes! sketch! be inspired! In the world of style, this is the place to be.