Fashion Boundaries

"Fashion fades, style is eternal." - Yves Saint Laurent All the sorts of people were there today to view the Yves Saint Laurent exhibit at the SAM.  YSL has always had a dichotomous image in my head of being either very elegant and proper or very daring and pushing the envelope.  Like with any sort of art though, anybody can appreciate the creativity and craftsmanship and history...

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Cardio

I never thought I'd say this, but sometimes regular shopping is much more exhausting than thrifting. The difficult part about retail is that you have to wade through everything - each piece which catches the eye, and could theoretically be a good buy to some degree - and discern what you actually like and what you're actually being tricked into liking.  It's harder to pinpoint what pieces are...

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Article: 'Getting Over My Fear of Dressing "Asian"'

Article by Connie Wang And here’s something that’s worth bringing up: Cultural appropriation has made it so a blonde, white woman who doesn't know her chopsticks from her hair accessories will always look “cute” in a cheongsam, and an Asian woman will look like she’s dressed in a costume. That was definitely how things were in the ‘90s, and is often the case today. But, to my surprise, I’ve also...

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Mix it up

Taken at Handmade, La Conner in La Conner, WA, an adorable little beauty product and gift shop.  You can see in the second photo their kitchen-like workshop where they concoct all their products.  My paparazzi skills are a little rusty, sorry for the blurriness... ...

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Supermodel

Possibly one of Brooke Shields' earliest modeling gigs? ...

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Class Act

So awesome - at Wise Buys thrift store in Bellingham, they were selling recycled jewelry handmade by local high school students.  Each piece had tag of the student's name on it; how great a teaching opportunity, to give them that sense of pride in creating a product!  Some of these look very JCrew inspired and most people would never guess they were made from pieces of old broken jewelry....

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Upcycled DIY culottes

The culottes trend has slowly grown on me; they're not quite gauchos (*shudder*) but wider throughout and generally more structured and voluminous... therefore somehow more flattering than the bell flare of gauchos.  Maybe I'll shudder at culottes in 10 years too, but so it is with trends.  Since this one is fairly difficult to pull off and style, I didn't want to spend too much money. I...

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Sora

These pieces were made out of hand-felted muskox wool done in a Japanese method.  They look like pieces of cloud and sky all in one. Taken at Indigo Dreams in Bow-Edison, W...

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Armor

"Fashion is the armor we wear, it’s a very powerful communication device. So there must be creativity to create clothing to create inspired clothing and creativity in communicating the story behind the clothing as well. Without creativity clothing is just a commodity, something functional to cover our bodies." - Maxine Bédat, co-founder and CEO of Zady  My military jacket used to be my...

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THINX panties review - go padless! (+ $10 off to try yourself)

For me, pads aren't the most comfortable thing, and tampons are even worse.  I considered getting a menstrual cup in the past (to reduce waste!) but it just seemed like a different version of a tampon.  So when I heard of THINX, the panties that absorb without leaking, bulking, or staining, I was excited. I chose the boyshort style, which is designed for medium days. THINX...

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Curiouser

Dress - Armani Exchange Being Alice in Wonderland (at the High Museum in Atlanta...

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The Mirror

Dress - Armani Exchange Piece by Anish Kapo...

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Iris Van Herpen study

On my recent trip back to Atlanta, Jenni and I decided to check out the High Museum and there happened to be a new fashion collection - Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion - on display.  Our second that was also totally unplanned (after the Dior exhibit in Seoul)! Van Herpen is known for her futuristic creations made out of non-traditional materials such as fiberglass and 3D printing!...

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Frame of focus

This guy was so stylish and nice and even showed us how to pose/take pictures with the art to make it an accent and us the focus.  Seemed like the type of guy who would have his own blog - should have asked! ...

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Mixed Media

I liked this guy's combination of genres - African Kufi hat, hiking boots, cropped tapered cargos - and the pop of magenta. Seen at the High Museum in Atlan...

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Casual Culottes

I really missed the thought-out streetstyle that I'd always see on Emory campus.  This is a casual, Mori-girl take on the culotte - a trend I've been wanting to try for awhile.  Will they still be in style for awhile (but does that matte...

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Insomnia Coffee Company

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Cannon Beach

Two-tone anorak - JCP (thrifted) Jeggings - Kenneth Cole (thrifted) Leather backpack - Aurelia (thrifted) Hiking boots - L.L. Bean (thrifted) Beanie - Gap Scarf - Anthropologie ...

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