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Offbeat style and musings on the slippery convergences of art, fashion, subculture, and shopping. Funny only because I'm dead serious.

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Soft Shell

vintage coat // 60s vintage dress // h+m bag // dolce vita brill mary jane These pictures don't really capture how incredibly saturated the sunshine is right now. I apologize if all I talk about...

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On My Mind: Writing

pencil ring by me&zena // images from my desktop, the tom gauld tumblr and paris review tumblrAnyway I'm writing a li'l book. Hopefully I'll finish it by the end of the year.

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I was so preoccupied with the flow of the pictures from Golden Gate fields that I didn't include a shot of the skirt I was so happy about. Luckily Diane took a very nice 35mm photograph. Reminds me...

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A Day at the Races

On Saturday, Erin invited me out to Golden Gate Fields for Derby Day, a satellite celebration of the hallowed horse race of the same name that takes place every year in Kentucky. Once there, we met...

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Jump Ship

sleeveless satin bomber/top thingy from BTMVintage // thrifted skirt // vintage pin // vintage shoes from WeAreTribe Just when you think you've got your whole situation figured out—your go-to's,...

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Feed Me

If you, like me, were devastated by the news of GoogleReader's imminent demise, than might I advise you to look into Feedly? I've been a staunch GR patriot for six or seven years, so even after...

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Tiny Island

sweater and bag - vintage, thrifted // moon skirt - jeremy scott // wooden heels - dr. scholl's 'kitten'The weather has been so beautiful lately. It's enough to make you crap your pants and scream...

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On My Mind: Black & Yellow

I don't have any real system for organizing my inspirations. Either I get an idea into my head and seek out images in a sustained pocket of fury or I'll notice a theme start to emerge from my...

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Concrete Jungle

vintage silk top // ralph lauren cardigan from nordstrom yeeeeears ago // pixie market skirt // asos shoes + shadesThe weather is so unpredictable from one day to the next right now, I feel like no...

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I Calls 'Em Like I Sees 'Em

The new Saint Laurent Paris ads are sort of begging parody, and VFILES has already done a pretty good job, but I just...wanted to go there.

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Crop 'Til You Drop

Crop-tops aren't going anywhere anytime soon, and thank God, because more than any other garment, the Abbreviated Shirt is one in which the give or take of a single inch can mean the difference...

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Homeroom

vintage fuzzy sweater // skirt from pixiemarket fresh coatscustom his n' hers meshback hats—mine is on the left, bien sur.predilection for printed blouses, bordering on unhealthy. This is pretty...

Mar 26, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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Schoolgirl Realness

via FT websiteI sincerely dig the Catholic schoolgirl silhouette. Neat skirts and button-up shirts are the closest I get to a daily uniform, and I love the way a pinafore dress can tone down a...

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P.E.E.R Pressure

t-shirt c/o Blood is the New Black // coat - old UO // pants - vintage via VACATIONSF // boots - topshopI thought it would be nice to show you my relaxed side.... I love being slightly overdressed...

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?Fashion? and ?Film?

This has got to be the best thing I've encountered in at least six weeks. Vena Cava's video for their Viva Vena! diffusion line is a parody of the kind of video lookbooks that many young female...

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Go Team Four Eyes!

Just when I was starting to get down on my increasing dependence on glasses, I spotted this completely insane, wonderfully quirky editorial—centered all around spectacles—in this month's Paper....

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Ghost Town

(DAT BUTT DOE) cardigan - thrifted // Guess skirt, silk blouse, wool boucle coat - vintage // ponyhair flats - UO The mister and I took advantage of the unusually sparse San Francisco streets on...

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Check One Two

(SHRUGGING OFF MY JACKET / THE HATERS). blouse, suede skirt, fur coat, and bag - vintage // shoes - asos I'm pretty terrible at layering for the unpredictable bay area weather. In Los Angeles I...

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Chillin'-tines

shag sweater, leather skirt, Ferragamo flats - vintage // coat - old UO // purse - eBayValentines day isn't very sacred around these parts, but I brought out my new little lips purse in perfunctory...

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Worlds Collide

As you might know, despite my best efforts to wring some income out of this blog, writing about art is my trade, and I usually try to keep the two separate, because the Art World doesn't exactly...

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The Time is Now

purse - h&m // everything else - vintage (natch). In between covering the Los Angeles Art Book Fair for ArtForum and conducting preliminaries for my thesis (it's on the concept of "middlebrow")...

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For Show is For Sale

Okay, you guys twisted my arm. I thought good and hard about how to go about putting things up for sale here and there. Etsy didn't seem worth the investment, but I don't want to gum up the works...

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Perfect Little Dress

Valentino pre-fall 2013 // via Sometimes a dress just... gets you. How cool and pretty and sweet and strange are these numbers from Valentino? They incorporate just about every aspect of my...

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It Just So Happens

vintage top and skirt - thrifted // vintage coat - Mercy Now // shoes - ASOS These were taken near out house in Oakland, but I'm actually in Los Angeles at the moment on assignment for the LA Art...

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You Can Juggle It All

Happy Monday! Is this it? Is this the week you're finally going to get your shit together? vintage children's sweater from Etsy // Opening Ceremony skirt // shoes from eBay Me neither. Not really....

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Bars n' Stripes

I've been having a bit of pant trouble. The rest of the world seems to go about their day in pants like it's nothing at all, but the act of covering up my prized coltish gams is throwing me off. No...

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Inspiration: Toilet Paper

I've been sick ever since coming home from Los Angeles. And I'm sorry to report that my blue-hair experiment failed. Conclusively. I wanted to do a dark, almost navy blue, but my hair just turned...

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Pale Monster

shoes, jumper - vintage via Etsy // blouse and coat - vintage, thriftedFour weeks in SoCal have flown by! The mister and I are spending the day packing up, figuring out what we can cram back into...

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Field Trip: Getty Villa

vintage cardigan, purse, and sweater // barely visible pixie market skirtBig ups to my mother for trying to corral her family together for some cultural enlightenment, but she was unfortunately...

Jan 6, 2013 Like

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Soft Shell

On My Mind: Writing

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A Day at the Races

Jump Ship

Feed Me

Tiny Island

On My Mind: Black & Yellow

Concrete Jungle

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Crop 'Til You Drop

Homeroom

Schoolgirl Realness

P.E.E.R Pressure

?Fashion? and ?Film?

Go Team Four Eyes!

Ghost Town

Check One Two

Chillin'-tines

Worlds Collide

The Time is Now

For Show is For Sale

Perfect Little Dress

It Just So Happens

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