if you read this blog........

then just know that i am your biggest fan and THANKU.

this blog all started out as a venting forum for me. i was enrolled in graduate school at a university in the middle of CT where it just seemed everyone lacked some kind of individuality and/or style. i blame myself for coming to this hell hole in the first place, but in order for me to deal with the lack of visual stimulation and personality (without dropping out of graduate school and skipping town) i decided to start a blog about fashion faux pas. it has since expanded and become a tool for me to just have fun and let people know whats good in my world.

what do you want more of? leave me comments por favor. i would greatly love your feedback.

for now here is some DARGER for your sweet eyes

I've been preoccupied

with fleeting emotions and planning for the future...I've been restless, my dears, restless.
what am I to do???

but view the beautiful Lou?....

ugggggh

ny or la, ny or la, ny or la.............how will I decide?????

sometimes im in the dark....

reminded

yvan. facehunter. we all know it. ive been grazing over his lookbook these days and loving it. i think on a particularly down day it can really bring true inspiration for the style hungry. the man surrounds himself with beauty in all shapes and forms.
please look if you havent before and if you have LOOK AGAIN.

im dying

over these spine booties....so fabulous.
ive been slacking slacking on this for quite some time and my apologies to the lil darlings who are still checking up on ifonlyitwereso. you are great, all five of you :)

ive been avoiding the internet at all costs.

since my laptop was viciously stolen from my apartment my only connection to the cyber world has been at work ( and i try to keep it minimal). just watched this movie again for the second time and it still is one of my most recent inspirations for style.
i couldnt find any pictures via google.com, but i did find a brief writeup about the film on wikipedia.

please explore by clicking this link, you wont be disappointed.

its been far too long my friends

hi....
summer has been many things for me so far
some words to describe it:
-stressful
-sweaty
-messy
-filled and filled and filled with wardrobe
-reevaluating
-sunny
-broke

i wanted to leave you with this video of my favorite person with the sweetest voice and accent
enjoy and we'll talk soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnWuTuA96jY

kimono

while exploring echo park, CA a few months back i stopped into a small vintage shop which consisted of some really amazing vintage and reconstructed vintage items; levis already cut off jean shorts of all sizes and washes and boots from eras of all kinds. while making my way to the back of the store i spotted a neatly organized rack of completely authentic kimonos of all lengths, prints and styles. i quickly filled my arms with a bunch and made my way to the fitting room. much to my dismay,none of them really fit quite right and some, upon careful examination were slightly stained. since that unsuccessful discovery ive been on a search for a short kimono with just the right print. i love the shape of them and the hanging arms that drape like wings.
i guess ill just have to keep scouring.

take me out tonite

Where there's music and there's people
And they're young and alive
Driving in your car
I never never want to go home
Because I haven't got one
Anymore

shiiine on you crazzy diamond

spring is here and things are looking fresh and newborn. ive been going thru the inevitable spring cleaning and trying to dump some of my piles of belongings. any one who knows me knows how much 'stuff' ive acquired over the years. ive realized that no matter how many times i go thru my wardrobe i cant seem to let certain things go. im a person who likes to have choices, i dont want just one pair of shoes, or one coat, or one pair of jeans. i need to mix it up and for lack of a better sentence "go shopping in my own closet for once"

Charlotte Gainsbourg "Songs That We Sing"

heeey

these pictures were on my computer at work, sorry for the repeats...but they are still music to my eyes. summer summer summer, you cant come soon enough. im ready to frolick in the summer night with just my shoes on and a thin sheet of fabric to keep me warm...






whitethighhighs

summer breeze by seals and crofts
See the curtains hangin' in the window, in the evenin' on a Friday night.
A little light a-shinin' through the window, lets me know everything is alright.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

See the paper layin' in the sidewalk, a little music from the house next door.
So I walked on up to the doorstep, through the screen and across the floor.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

Sweet days of summer, the jasmine's in bloom. July is dressed up and playing her tune.
And I come home from a hard day's work, and you're waiting there, not a care in the world.
See the smile a-waitin' in the kitchen, food cookin' and the plates for two.
See the arms that reach out to hold me, in the evening when the day is through.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.
Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.

im on love not in it

this is luxurious LUX LUXluuuxxxxxxury
please click here to see WHAT I MEAN

also.....coachella on my miiiind

juxtapose

i wanted to do a blog about alexa chung, but then i came across some photos for the line she did for madewell and i was temporarily distracted. i love the line, it just reminds me so much of my own thought process in regards to fashion. i like juxtaposition; a sleek and tight leather mini skirt with an oversized tuxedo shirt,oversized blazers with skimpy shorts. i like the prints in the collection and the color combinations, mustard yellow is my favorite. i think she understands the art of matching vintage looking items with more high end fashion items and in the end it all ends up looking elegant.

WE ALL WANT THIS

this man, this man

was reminded about him the other day and i must say i could have uploaded a plethora of amazing and sensual photos of him, but i wanted to make this short and sweet. i love his cool mystique and his way with the velvet.....the man had swagger

oh S.B. wish you were here

creepers......

like the shoes, dont like the people...

to all of my faithful readers.....

you are out there in the virtual world, thankyou for reading....
I HOPE YOU CATCH ALL OF YOUR DREAMS.

trip to bk

trying to make it thru the winter.....california in march......im going to be the palest girl there.......oh well.............................

shortshort

this is nice....................................................

CLICK ME

chances are....

so,
ive been wanting to do a post about indigenous people for awhile now. im still reeling about how truly disconnected our society has become from that way of life. i blame technology. i came across this picture while researching japan sometime ago. the Ainu are an indigenous ethnic group of Japan. some of them are still living today, but it is unsure how many are really left. Ainu culture dates from around 1200 CE. The Ainu were a society of hunter-gatherers, who lived mainly off fish and plants, and the people followed a religion based around phenomena of nature. all of these values and ways of life are almost distinct to us as a people now in a way....people take nature for granted more than anything, in my opinion.
the Ainu people wore such beautiful textiles as part of their garments. Traditional Ainu culture was quite different from Japanese culture. Never shaving after a certain age, the men had full beards and moustaches. Men and women alike cut their hair level with the shoulders at the sides of the head, trimmed semicircularly behind. The women tattooed their mouths, and sometimes the forearms. The mouth tattoos were started at a young age with a small spot on the upper lip, gradually increasing with size. The soot deposited on a pot hung over a fire of birch bark was used for color. Their traditional dress was a robe spun from the inner bark of the elm tree, called attusi or attush. Various styles of clothing were made, and consisted generally of a simple short robe with straight sleeves, which was folded around the body, and tied with a band about the waist. The sleeves ended at the wrist or forearm and the length generally was to the calves. Women also wore an undergarment of Japanese cloth.
i just love the prints and their ceremonious dress and dramatic makeup and layering..the head pieces, all of it...i thought everyone should take a look.....

i love this......

please watch this gloriousness

waits

who the hell invented the fadora anyway??? if you can find out the answer and leave it on my blog then.....you'll be my new favorite person.

well, well, its been waay too overdue that i do a blog on mister tom waits. ive always admired his personal sense of style....it is always so crisp, but yet disheveled all at once. i think this harmonious combination just makes his style stand out. ive often wondered what it would be like to be in a room with tom waits, as ive always been a person who admires pure individuality. tom waits is individuality.....from his voice, to his stories, to his hats, to his way with impromptu, to his aesthetic, to his blunt intellect. all are things i truly admire about the man.....also i think,,,,just maybe he may like to follow me around for a day, he may find some very interesting subject matter for a song ;)
shine on mister waits