*Rawr*

Tell me something better then a soft vintage sweatshirt with a leopard screen print.

.Sweatshirt:Beacons Closet.CasioWatch:Amazon.com.Bracelet:Thrifted.Jeans:PaperDenimCloth:Thrifted.

Probably nothing.

Have I mention how OVER the cold I am? Well it’s snowing and class was canceled…and here I thought the last couple of warm days we’ve had meant Spring was ready to make its arrival.

Yes my watch is a Casio and my jeans have rips in the knees.

Wow Really!???

I’ve wanted these Marc Jacobs Mouse Flats for 3 years…

They retail for about $230.00 which is something I MIGHT spend on a pair of BOOTS…if I’m feeling I DESERVE them, and would still be able to pay my rent.

Ebay proved Fruitless.

I brought some clothes to Buffalo Exchange a few weeks ago to sell with no intention of getting anything when I saw these babies on the shelf…brand new…in MY SIZE….with a price tag of $22.00…and I had more than enough STORE CREDIT. It was one of those moments when I wished I had had someone with me to share my excitement.
I’m so excited to wear these with my boy fit jeans and everything else this spring <3

Canadian Madonna

This was going to be a post about how sad I was about missing most of the fashion week activities…but I still have a couple days to catch a show with my roommate and I’ve been living vicariously through my Intro to Fashion Industry classmates. In the meantime I celebrated my little sisters 15th birthday with her and began the transition into a happy new living situation (Welcome Adam and Liz Lemon the cat!)

I spent the better part of last week sick with a cold and the rest of the week just plain cold. Friday I managed to botch a perfectly good outfit by slipping on ice and not only ripping a hole in my jeans but scraping my knee and bleeding all over them…then  going to class. I must admit I have been putting a little extra thought into my outfits since starting at FIT – although I have noticed that most of the guys at school are dressed better then the girls. It still feels good to put in the effort for myself.

Here are some pictures from a performance I did at the Delancy with Terminal City a couple of weeks ago. Adam said I look like a Canadian Madonna -  I can’t say that’s a bad thing though.

Here is a video of one of the covers I do during the show “Real Love” by Mary J Blige.

Quickie

This is a quick post before I head to my first Intro to Fashion Marketing class…I’m a little nervous because it seems like it might be a little intense…or maybe it’s just more organized than my other class. We will see.

It’s still cold here in NYC – this outfit was from one of the only days I was able to to venture out without my coat – but I still have on a Northface Fleece and a bubble vest in addition to my hoodie…and 2 pairs of tights…so who am I kidding it was still cold.

I still love graphic tees and I still love tights/shorts together.

I can’t wait til it gets warm so I can be creative with my outfits AND feel motivated to take my coat off once outside so someone can take my picture…or I can just get better at using the self timer on my Nikon.

Finally! Stripes!

I won’t lie. I LOVE the Rachel Zoe project on Bravo. She’s like an alien who lives on another reality but shes too funny not to watch- I also think she is a great stylist and I feel I learn a little bit about the fashion industry from each episode. I also love her former assistant Taylor Jacobson – of course she is whiny – but she reminds me a lot of myself in the fact that I am whiny- anyway I love Taylors style.

More specifically this striped shirt she wore for most of the “talking head” clips in Season 2:

I love the way she pairs it with a boyfriend blazer and heavy bracelets – I personally can’t wait to pair mine with my faux leather jacket and American Apparel hoodie. Until then..here is how I styled it last week:

.Striped Shirt:H&M.Cardigan:Topshop(BeaconsCloset).Jeans:MNG.Boots:ChineseLaundry.Bracelet:Frvr21.

Adam took this picture of me and I LOVE IT. He doesn’t stop until he gets just the right shot.

I found this sweater at Beacons Closet and had to have it – It’s the perfect “grandpa” sweater. It’s wool, goes down to my knees and has skinny sleeves so I never feel like I am swimming in it. In fact I am so attached to it that I had a dream it belonged to someone else and I was trying to find a way not to give it back to them.

Ze Leggings Are Back!

.Shirt:H&M.Leggings:Forever21.Legwarmers:Chatties.Boots:Steve Madden.Bracelet:Forever21(Everything bought New! *Gasp!*.

I had a moment where I was over long t-shirts and legging – thankfully that moment has past.

Enter Leggings with Leg warmers and boots. And Peacocks with Sequins…I’m loving peacocks right now…

I Lost that braclet and I hope it turns up soon :/

Check out that side braid ala Lauren Conrad…I’ve since trimmed my bangs.

Thrifted Memories

More often then not when thrifting, attending  clothing swaps I come across an item of clothing that I have owned in the past. Case in point: this past Saturday while digging through bins in Queens I came across so many items of clothing I had previously owned I had to ask myself when the last time I donated clothes to Housing works was. Then I realized that when the clothes are from major retailers such as The GAP  its to be expected that you would see some of these items over and over again.

Recently though, I had a real blast from the past when thrifting in Williamsburg for warm vintage sweaters. I came across this:

This might just look like some ugly old black sweater with crocheted flowers – but it is actually a sweater that I wore almost everyday at the age of 8 or 9 years old. I was so happy to see this sweater (which is probably still in a bag in my parents apartment somewhere) that I almost bought it. I opted instead to take a cell phone picture and to tell the first sales person that walked by that I had this sweater when I was little.

This is a big city that changes often to find something in a different borough then I even grew up in gave me just the right amount of happy nostalgia.

Halloween On Christmas

.Shirt:Vintage Rolling Stones(Thrifted).Jeans:Levis(Swapped).Boots:Blowfish(Bought New).Cardigan:Kate Moss for TopShop(Thrifted).

#1:  This is what I wore on Christmas Day when Adam and I went to see Sherlock Holmes and eat Delicious Chinese Food.

#2: These are my little sisters cat ears that I wore for the “photoshoot” only

#3: You better believe it was freezing and I had on my American Apparel hoodie and puffy jacket on over this.

#4: Over the Knee Socks are amazing (These gray ones are from Sock Dreams – who I love ’cause they have free shipping and take Paypal…and no they didn’t pay me or send me free socks to say that on here…although I wish they would…)

Over It.

I am over the cold weather. Over it. January and February are hard months in NYC – they are cold, gray, and by 4:30pm its dark outside. Lame. I am jealous of all the bloggers out there in warm beautiful California I am longing for Spring.

To hold myself over for the next 2 months I decided to make my Spring Wishlist as of Jan ‘10. (I know myself well enough to know that this list will change 5 times over by the time the temperatures actually start to go up.)

New Year, New Scarf

I don’t often justify spending more than $5.00 on a scarf – but on a recent trip to American Apparel to replace my ever versitile “nylon braided belt” I came across the Circle Scarf in purple tie-dye.

I pretty much love tie dye right and now and I’ve been going crazy over purple all season so after seeing the scarf twice in the stores and once in my dreams (I am half kidding) I knew it had to be mine.
The experiment? Wear the scarf  in all the different ways it claims I can wear it and document by photo.

Too bad its been .5 degrees in the city and I’ve been too cold to take any proper outfit shots!

*Le sigh*

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