Made You A Mix

I haven't been very into blogging lately, be back sometime soon.

Is My Prom Vintage Yet?

Today I overheard two teachers talking about their students' upcoming milestone: prom. The thought now makes me cringe, but in my youth (which ended about two months ago) it was a point of pride...

Feelings+

It's a bit insane but I started another blog, just a space on tumblr for something less fashion focused. I've been making the most absurd wishes on my eyelashes. I am starting to want to...

Dabbles in the Art of Shrining

Still life with found, collected, bought, borrowed, and stolen objects. A simple ritual stirs up magical feelings, helpful in times of disorientation.

Style File: La Noire De..

Diouana (Mbissine Thérèse Diop) moves from Senegal to France to work as a nanny for a rich French couple, but is quickly disillusioned by her situation. Beautifully shot, this 1966 film by...

Fresh flowers, pale rainbows and crazy SF sunsets?

Shoot.

SOooooooooo

I moved cross country and now I'm in Oakland wearing a kimono robe and eating all of my favorite things from a dreamy neighborhood grocery (onigiri, watermelon radishes, kombucha). I am filled with...

Made Ya A Mix

Leonora Carrington

Another lady surrealist, Leonora Carrington, was a major influence on Alejandro Jodorowski which is how I ended up scrolling through her work. Jodorowsky wrote in The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro...

Black Corduroy Heart

"You are about to enter a magical month that will bring a planetary lineup so rare and beneficial to you that you won't see this type of sparkling support again for decades. Six heavenly bodies...

Irregular Triangle

vintage levi's jacket, vintage tee, vintage triangle skirt, h&m flatforms I keep running off mysteriously without much warning but here's a (big, fat, somewhat misleading) clue

Scene Change

Mercury is in retrograde, there was a cool movie about the womens movement on TV last night, I read a cool article about Norwegian prison philosophy, and I'm going off on a neat trip next week. And...

A Short Foray into the Art History of Armpit Hair

Inspired by a trip to the Barnes in Philadelphia (where at least 4 of these works can be seen IRL) Odalisque with Arms Raised, Matisse Before the Bath, Renoir Nude Reclining by the Sea, Gustave...

Street Style: Abigail

What is your favorite rock or crystal? In the dusty tourist haven of Temecula, CA I found this Desert Rose Selenite while wandering the stalls of a farmers market. It was $5, bought from a...

Budapest

An excerpt from my travel journal: "I never want to eat moussaka again. The train to Budapest wasn't confusing at all. We arrived around 7am, our car was full of 18 year old Brits and it felt like...

Zine: Inger Zicana

Growth Surveillance by Inger Zivana from Norway. Also check her website, flickr, tumblr.

Street Style: Sam

What is currently your favorite book? Have found a bunch of the books I've read recently disappointing, but am reading NW by Zadie Smith and it hasn't let me down yet. What New Orleans dish are you...

Style File: Anaïs Nin

I may as well start out saying I love Anaïs Nin. There are a lot of critics (read: haters) out there who trash talk her for narcissism or fabrication, but those aspects are some of the best parts...

Valentines

The best valentine is a goth valentine. Vintage Ralph Lauren dress, vintage 1960s tiered dress, vintage faux fur cape Models: Abigail and Sam of Elite Feminist ModelsStylist and Photography: Yours...

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrred Coat

Thrifting jackpot this weekend. New red coat sent from the generous Village Thrift Heavens, I guess my lamb sacrifices have been working. In other news, I realized I've been using not enough...

Vilnius, Lithuania

1. 2. 3. Vilnius, Lithuania is full of surprises. I was totally charmed. It's not touristy, the mayor intentionally ran over a car parked in the bicycle lane with a tank, I may have eaten pigs ear...

Riga, Latvia

1. 2. 3. Riga, Latvia has a lot of history 1. Stalin's Birthday Cake 2. Black market 3. Former KGB headwuarters, when the Soviets left the Latvian police occupied the building for a while, but left...

Toyen

Toyen was one of the few female surrealists who hung around Paris in the 30s and 40s, as well as helped found the Czech Surrealist Group in Prague. She was a Czech artist who rejected a traditional...

Well I Guess That Was Winter

Close your eyes and imagine my future dream life: I will cover my ceiling with glow in the dark solar system stickers, hang dream catchers from every possible corner and sit back in my clear...

Vintage Shop Sale

vintage clothing sale womens shoes dresses sweaters discount cheap 50s 60s 70s pants

Velour & Velvet

This sunny photoshoot was inspired by torturing my friends in 20 degree weather. 1950s black velvet dress, Dior belt, vintage green velour dress, Monki tights, H & M flatforms, all else is...

Encounters At The End of the World

Werner Herzog is a boss. If you want to be blown away by Antarctica, wonky scientists, the electro music seals make, suicidal penguins, and the subtle but impending doom of human destruction, it's...

Universal Winks

Oh no, I'm bored by blogging again and I don't know what day it is. My hang overs are getting worse but everything else is getting better. The universe has been winking at me all along and I'm just...

Made You A Mix Volume 3

Moon Gloom

Street Style: Brittany

What is your favorite fact about Abe Lincoln? Lincoln had considerable lady troubles before he settled down with Mary Todd. As a young lawyer, he stood around awkwardly at bars and taverns with his...