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Gotham Hipster
gothamhipster.blogspot.com
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I’m a native New Yorker who loves thrifty finds, cupcakes, and Audrey Hepburn in Charade. I aspire to have a career in fashion journalism.
#17150 in All , #2595 in General Fashion

Teen Angst: Curated

In September I began  making teen angst t-shirts to counter the notion that angst must automatically be associated with black and being emo. As a continuation of my project, my friend Melkorka a...

12 mar 12

I Like Giants

Lets Play , a film by Emily Cohn on Vimeo. Music: "I Like Giants" By Kimya Dawson Remember the good ole days when hanging out with your friends was called a playdate? (I actual...

25 feb 12

D.I.Y. Time: Candy Jewelry

My school’s cafeteria goes all out for "theme" days. For Halloween, the lights are always dimmed and the Monster Mash plays on a boom box. Every Valentine’s Day since I was Elementary School,...

19 feb 12

Did They Really Get Pinned?

Thrift uniform plaid dress, miscellaneous pins The psychology behind collecting is really fascinating to me, especially because it’s a practice that has been enduring since as early as the Egyptians....

12 feb 12

Shoebox Secrets

I wrote my second post for my column for The Huffington Post’s high school site about The Mortified Sessions. You can read the full article here. The Mortified Sessions is a project started by D...

04 feb 12

"Out Of All The Kids In This School, I Think You Are The Biggest Unicorn."

Too kewl 4 the papparazziKeith Haring-y eye shirt by UNIF, thrift polka-dot dress, telephone barrette, Houndstooth backpack from eBay Today Im in a good mood not only because I’ve started t...

22 jan 12

Teen Angst

I smelled all of these shirts I made, and I still dont know what the "Smell of Teen Spirit" is. I think, maybe its a smell found only in the boys locker room. But who knows? At the start...

16 jan 12

The Year of The Dragon

  In the 1980’s, my dad lived in a loft in Chinatown. He and his friends used to call their neighborhood, RitoCa (Right on top of Canal) because not only was their building on Canal Street,...

10 jan 12

Dumb Dumbs

From left to right: Julia Cumming, Rachel Trachtenburg, Olivia Ferrer  A couple of weeks ago, I celebrated Rachel Trachtenburg’s Super Sweet 18th birthday and simultaneously the reveal of h...

06 jan 12

Village People

Winter break is always a wonderful period where I have no sense of time and I can make as many trips to the Discount Mart as I desire (I will save my many Discount Mart escapades for a whole other po...

01 jan 12

Addicted 2 Stickers

Who doesn’t love stickers? Stickers are fun, and colorful, and can be used as means of identification. Not to mention they are really fun to stick on your friends! I’m on winter break now and am stay...

20 dec 11

This Is What Life Looks Like Strung From The Ceiling

 Guggenheim Museum; 1070 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128; 212-423-3500.Whenever I think of the Guggenheim Museum, I can’t help but think of the episode of Ugly Betty, when Mode Magazine is sche...

13 dec 11 1 person likes this

Collage of Dreams

A gnome postcard, artwork by Yoshimoto Nara, a photograph of a claymation mock-up of Matisse’s studio, a card from the Juan Miro exhibit I went to in Barcelona this past summer, an editorial from Ann...

04 dec 11 1 person likes this

Scenes From My Sketchbook

Sometimes I wish I kept a tangible diary so that when I am in college I can remember how personally I took things like when some boy in my grade told me that he shouldn’t have to actually read Pride ...

26 nov 11

So, This Happened....

Click here for the October Etsy SpotlightClick here for the November Etsy SpotlightIf you read this blog, you’d know that not only do I love Refinery29, but I got the chance to intern for them this p...

18 nov 11

Watecolor Feet

I took a walk on the wild side on my day off from school and used my Urban Outfitters gift card on these serious happy feet shoes by Ecote! Perhaps they are a bit impractical as they’re like, 4 inch ...

08 nov 11 1 person likes this

Alien Love

Soko: Alien Love on Nowness.com. I just found “Alien Love” on Nowness, a new song that French singer and actress, Soko (born Stéphanie Sokolinski) released a music video for as a part of the music th...

04 nov 11

Where Have All The Flowers Gone

Books from left to right: Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin by Myra Friedman , Andy Warhol: Portraits of the 70s by Andy Warhol, The Sixties Unplugged: A Kaleidoscopic Histor...

28 oct 11

Backpack Block Party!

It’s always such a weird blip in the universe when you actually meet someone you know from the Internet. People always associate meeting people on the Internet with, like, old fat men pretending to b...

22 oct 11 1 person likes this

Digital Princess

All drawings above by Grace Miceli  Grace Miceli is probably one of the raddest girls on the internet right now. She was born in Chicago, IL and currently studies at Smith College. I hope I...

15 oct 11

X Chromosomes

Paper Magazine, September 2011. "Girlfriends" pho tographed by Diggy Lloyd.Last month I purchased the September Issue of Paper Magazine. I’ve always love Paper because it’s one of the few...

11 oct 11

Starry Night

1.    &nbs p; Starry Night strapless dress, $200 available at Etsy 2.    &nbs p; Starry Night Custom Japanese Nail Art, $32, available at Etsy 3.  &nbs...

01 oct 11

Girls Club

This year, my school announced my grade’s outdoor ed trip would be visiting Governors Island. At first, I found it funny that our outdoor ed trip was still within the boundaries of NYC. Actually goin...

26 sep 11

Samantha Pleet Spring/Summer 2012 Presentation

My love for Brooklyn designer, Samantha Pleet was first ignited when I watched a video of her talking about her wardrobe on StyleLikeU. In the video she cites J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey as a ma...

20 sep 11 1 person likes this

Fashions Night Out 2011 Part 1

Lisa Perry is by far one of my favorite designers.  I really can’t stand the Upper East Side, but her store makes hanging around there bearable. The store itself is totally stark white; everywhe...

17 sep 11

Come As You Are

So, I’m sure you guys are all super duper curious as to what I wore on the first day of school, right? No? WELL TOO BAD! (just kidding, Im channeling my inner Bossypants thanks to Ms. Tina ...

12 sep 11

And You In Your Autumn Sweater

1.    &nbs p; Limited Edition “On” 1962 Roy Lichtenstein Dress, $2000, available at Lisa Perry  If I was required to wear one designer for the rest of my life it would be...

08 sep 11

Summer Leftovers

Gap striped top, Ruby Moriarty handmade bandana skirt, picnic basket purse, Guatemalan bunny necklaceI know were all kind of already in fall mode but here are some leftover scenes from ...

03 sep 11

Flea Market Girl

While I was on my annual vacation to Maine, my family and I found in the local newspaper, word of a Maine blueberry festival. I was so excited for it. I always dreamed of going to a fruit festival, a...

29 aug 11

Smile Like You Mean It

I can’t help but smile at this shirt by Wildfox Couture. The shirt’s graphic is a list of 100 things to be happy about. And while some of the ones on the list are a little suspect (coyotes howling at...

26 aug 11

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