Monday, April 28, 2008

monday, monday............


so... went to boston on saturday for an anti war conference. it made me feel rejuvenated, made me feel anger at the same time. this war has gone on for FIVE years now, FIVE, that's a serious thing. doesnt it make anyone crazy that the gas prices are rapidly reaching four dollars a gallon!!!!!!!! jesus. it makes me crazy, for every gallon of gas i could be purchasing a record from the flea market.
being at the conference made me think about my long long time icons. a product of two hippies, my parents had an extensive record collection when i was growing up; ranging from peter tosh to peter, paul and mary. my dad grew marijuana in the vegetable garden and since we lived in the middle of nowhere in NH no one cared. my mom was out protesting the vietnam war in washington and was skeptical about bringing children into a world that was NOT peaceful. i grew up on vegetables and carob chips. babysitters hated coming to our house because my mom had none of the token teenage junk food that teenagers live off of. i would listen to my dad belt out tunes on his harmonica and look for hours at various record covers. i had fashion icons then too and most of them are still the same now.....i figured that since i can be inspired by a movement,, that you can too.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

do's and dont's

so, philly needs to wait until monika polska and i put our photos together, but for now feast yur eyes......

DO'S..........................
love love love the tuxedo shirt belted.
HIGH WAISTED SHORTS
layered flowy fabrics....paired with a leather jacket.
cut off faded denim dress with lil woven shoes!

DONT'S
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WHITE studded belt..baseball hats with bended brims..
oh, no no....the hair alone is just bad. please choose clothing to wear that flatters your body type.
i'm feeling nauseous, velour onesies, denim cutoff skirts, over sized plastic beads. ....it's all bad.
One word, Abercrombie

Friday, April 18, 2008

what spring is to me


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Mr. Mark Jacobs








so it seems spring has arrived (although this is N. England afterall and i dont completely trust that it is REALLY here yet)...but, if it is, spring only means 1 good thing, and 1 bad thing.

good=too hot for UGG boots.
bad= now i gots to look at stinky old navy flip flops everywhere i walk.
oy vei........
anyway, i am excited about spring, there are many other good things about it besides the ugg boots gettin' put in the closet. the fash choices are so good. flowy layered fabrics, and mixing patterns. dont be afraid, if you got a paisley shirt to match it with that real cute vintage plaid scarf. also, for the boys, tweed blazers are nice for spring..preferrably in stripes (i love striped blazers). they must be fitted though, dont have the shoulder pads hangin'
also. STAY AWAY from the baby doll dresses, these have outdated themselves now. once it is something that old navy cant get enough of, it means it has gone far out of style. plus, it's overkill. i was gettin' my hair did the other day and one of the hair dressers (who had two toned hair, you know what i'm throwin' at here, when it's blonde on the top and brown on the bottom) YIKES, well, she was wearing a strappy royal blue cotton baby doll with black leggings and black kitten heals. i was sitting there while my hair dye was settin' and thinking. i can only imagine how many compliments she got today from clueless people on that outfit....i know. i'm evil to the core, but it keeps me alive.

tomorrow, monika polska, hutch and i venture to philly for a rally for the great Mumia Abu Jamal. Mumia is a renowned journalist from Philadelphia who has been in prison since 1981 and on death row since 1983 for allegedly shooting Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. He is known as the “Voice of the Voiceless” for his award- winning reporting on police brutality and other social and racial epidemics that plague communities of color in Philadelphia and throughout the world. Mumia has received international support over the years in his efforts to overturn his unjust conviction. we will be covering some fashion seen on the streets in philly when we are there, so stay tuned for that. until then....be well.....be lovely and always remember that fashion is a movement too.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

I need a fix cuz i'm goin down....
















well...i figured i'd blog on music AND fashion since they are both my true loves. if you are anyone who knows anything of worth, then you know of a model named Irina Lazareanu. she is an amazingly stylish lady, her personal style is impeccable..not only that, but she is in a band with the offspring of two of my lifetime idols. sean lennon and irina just played a show in honor of the great karl lagerfield. they are not only in a band together, but they are also lovers...aaaah.


the couple's music collaboration is set to continue, with sean producing her new folk album Some Place Along The Way in Los Angeles. "It's going to be kind of folksy, a bit Sixties - that was the best time for fashion and music," says catwalk star Irina, who used to play drums with pete doherty's band Babyshambles. she is currently working on a bob dylan tune titled, "girl from the north country" with doherty and lennon. some more cool shit on irina is that she was chosen by kate moss to promote kate moss's new fashion line for High Street chain TopShop. to sum it all up, if you date sean lennon + you are modeling for kate moss, you gotta be pretty damn cool.


Monday, April 14, 2008

NATIVE AMerican

Wampum beads








chris and i ventured out to Ledyard saturday to visit the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, very close to scary Foxwoods. YUCK. i had to visit the museum as an assignment for my Multicultural Counseling Class. It turns out that i was actually pleasantly surprised as to how enjoyable the museum was. A change of pace as far as the normal weekend activities that i have been partaking in lately;;; thriftshopping, flea marketing, and working on homework. the museum was informative and visually stimulating. chris and i were intrigued by the narrative on wampum beads, which were beads that the Pequot people made out of different varieties of shells. the Pequot later discovered that the dutch really valued their wampum beads and beaver pelts and began trading them for various industrialized gifts. there was a display of the Pequot village that you could walk through as well. i was in awe of the Pequot's simple fashion sense and was greatly inspired as well. on our way out we stopped by the gift shop and were pleasantly greeted by a vast array of moccasins of all colors and styles, all 75% off. DREAMY.






Sunday, April 6, 2008

where the fuck have i been?



there is this band called Bat for Lashes. it is headed by a girl named Natasha Khan, who in my opinion is a complete and utter fashion icon. Natasha Khan was born to an English mother, and a Pakinstani father. Her early childhood was spent traveling the world following her father who trained the Pakistani squash team, summers in Pakistan, and the rest of the time in Hertfordshire. She received her degree in visual arts and went on to be a nursery school teacher. now, for me who's mama has been a nursery school teacher since i was 3, this is a wonderful thing. The debut of her first album, "The Wizard" came out last September and why i am just discovering it now is a major disconnect (it must be because i have had my head in the damn books for months now). that is going to change. Anyway, Bat For Lashes are working on their second album currently, which i am assuming will be a real good listen since Thom Yorke is supposedly a huge fan........you can also check em out on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/batforlashes

CHEK IT


http://www.stellavine.com/news.htm

i got to thinking...

love love love

there really is no place where everyone looks good ALL THE TIME. it would be nice if there were a place like that in existence, but there isn't even in the mecca of true fash, THE BIG APPLE, there are still a few ribbed mock turtle neck sweaters and kackis around. i need to venture out to Copenhagen. i have been wanting to for awhile now. the fashion there is off the wall inspirational. my best friend hh got me the NYLON street book awhile back and it basically covers people's fashion from japan to brooklyn.
but, the Copenhags get me everytime i look through the book. i close it with true fashion inspiration tumbling around in my head. and of course the book dedicates itself to none other than Pete Doherty. OHH YEEAH.
some stuffs for your pretty eyes........................


STELLA McCARTNEY