Please Don't Fight These Hands That Are Holding You

WANTED ITEM OF THE WEEK:

jil sander platforms

no outfit sorries :(( mis cameras is being utterly jacked up if that makes sense.

but before i forget, I LOVE YOU ALL, readers!!

i need to have another giveaway :D (are you pscyhed?)

maybe that will be some wonderful compensation for my awful blogging lately.

thanks for staying true!

ANYHOO--

*** best thing that's probably ever happened to me ... shoewise ***

(ok, forget the time i found those oxfords in my garage after looking for a pair for so long..)

1.) THOSE CREAMY BEAUTIES!! i love the style, i love the shape. it's just what i was looking for basically!

my garage/mom's closet/any closet in my house are quite the black holes, but they're fashionable black holes!

i've found so many items all over my house.. even tools to help me DIY.. if i listed all of them.. you probably wouldn't even bother reading it ahah!

i found them while i was looking for a certain pair of shoes.

the buckle is the best part! i love how it's square shaped but round on the inside, great touch.

2.) i just built (ok.. it's like IKEA status.. if you know what i mean.. you don't really "build" it.. you put it together with the pre-drilled holes and all) BUT i was massively surprised at how patient i was to carry on with it >__<

it's a great storage box, but i thought.. "what in the world would i put in it?"

--i had temporarily stored my totoros and hello kitties and domokuns in that underbed storage. not the best idea.

BING. just like the search engine: i could put my immense collection of magazines (i already had a shelf full of them.. needed a place for the extra WWD'S and huge Riviera's.)

so i categorized and that ^ is what i call "Collage Central." You get the name. i'm a fan of making collages.

*hint hint part of future giveaway i did not say anything*

3.) LOOK AT THAT ADORABLE CHESHIRE CAT. it's the most adorabley-cutesy-fluffy-cuddly version of the cheshire cat i've ever seen. i want a plushie of it. please?

btw--Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland was utterly AMAZING. breathtaking and sooo magical.

4.) I've been lusting for wedges/platforms lately. seriously. these jil sander's would probably end the lust.

buy me a pair. please?

lastly : CAHSEE this week. hooorayyyyy.

xx

Anything and Everything

(images from altamiranyc)

love the monotonous color scheme displayed by these models off duty. adds good contrast to their (mostly) pale, but BEAUTIFUL, complexions, gorgeously.

+++it rained TONS today.

i mean CATS AND DOGS.

HIPPOS AND RHINOS.

GIRAFFES AND ZEBRAS.

whatever you like :]

but it was delightfully (only when you're bundled up) cold and i hope it stays like this for a while.

rain never comes in southern california!

so when it comes, everyone gets SUPERBLY excited. you have no idea.

last thing:

collage i did for a design craft class.

used pieces from (LA fashion and Riviera magazine)

xx

i'll drown in your tear storming sea

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merry eve of christmas eve!

i know it is MUCH too cold to be wearing this outfit outside, thus you can guess that it was dress-up time.

i'm wearing a floral SKIRT that i wore as a strapless dress from my MOM, white lace tights from my MOM, jazz shoes from my MOM, and belt from my MOM.

geez, i might as well live in her closet lol. she has the greatest things. even better: since she returned from taiwan, i've gotten some cute things that she left at her house in taiwan. blouses and dresses :D yay

the collage is part of my everyday/week challenge.

i make a page of inspiration in my sketchbook as often as i can, and hopefully by the time i'm done, there will be 140 pages of great pictures and personal thoughts.

this is the first page in my (OH BOY I NEED A NAME!!!!) book.

the theme is black and white with hints of metal and hardware.

pictures from: coach catalogue, harper's bazaar, riviera, and some japanese magazine.

+++i need names for this book, guys!

help me...!

xx

(collage images from various UO catalogues, Harper's Bazaar's, Time Fashion Magazines, Lucky Magazines)

fashion sketches=not done for a long time . the latest one (picture one,two) is a sleek and very plain idea. the dress focuses on pleats and material. the material could either be heavy wool or thick muslin. the seams give shape to the dress, and the sleeves are just layered over each other. there are two tiers to the dress.

this little mousie, by my sister, was drawn today while i was sketching. she kept on saying to me 'look at my rat'! i was like.. hahah so cute, so i posted it.

this is a collage i made for english class (had to describe our personalities.)

yep. i make them ALOT.

keep on reading!

xx

channeling egypt

(collage images from various UO catalogues, Harper's Bazaars, and Teen Vogues) (images in frames from google images)

so. i went to michael's and i got these FANTABULOUS jewelry pieces that i bought individually and pieced together :D they were all relatively cheap, and very unique. i thought they looked egyptian.

[1,2,3] the necklace looks egyptian.

i love the pendant ($4) because of the unique feel, and the holes on the bottom of it that allow for the extreme DIY-ers like me. the cute matching daggers ($3, see? VERY affordable!), i thought, would totally bring the whole piece together, so i bought them , good buy. i love gold, this is subtle and toned down by the black. you californians, they also have this pendant/daggers in a turquoise stone color.

[4] the sketchbook if for design craft class.

so, how many collages have i done? haha. let's see.. lifetime.. probably about 5-6. but on my account they are all very "PURE ME" (so this collage says). i love how there's more people and models in this collage (yay coco rocha twice!) the pure me is out of newspaper, i love my resources.

[5] bought this frame at the 99 cent store.

YEAH. so who thought the 99 cent store sucked? i love this frame so much (which they also have in a white frame with black inset) . and the next day i googled up these things-"coco rocha black and white", "modern dancer", "hussein chalayan dress" , and "greg kadel" for those unbeknownst of these terms (yes i was once that person), greg kadel is an AMAZING photographer who captures the best moments. hussein chalayan just kicks everyone's un-futuristic ass in this industry.

so. keep it going and keep it freshhhh.

xx

school=yuck. new style=yes.

(magazine collage pictures from various: Harper's Bazaar, Teen Vogue, LA, UO catalogues)

so, school starts tomorrow. i already have a week's outfits planned :DD yayyyy. they are surprises.. so i will post them as the days pass and i wear them. [1,2,3] these are my collages.

the first one i made today. i really have TOO many magazines, so i just cut some pictures out and placed them like so. i really love the first one because of the popping colors. the second one is very rocker. and the last one has COCO ROCHA on it :)

[4,5,6] this is my first day of school outfit.

i'm wearing a black tank top from g-stage, a tankdress from old navy, a metal bead necklace from a christian store, my DIY braid necklace, maybe sheer tights, and converse+a cute vintage bag from my mom from Bally, and amazzzing shoes from dollhouse. i love them :D

so. monotonous. whatever.

i'm crazed about fashion this year, even more so than my last year. hopefully i will REALLy develop a style that is unique to me. i don't want to be like the juicy-abercrombie-ugg girls,

i WILL have my own style this year.

xx

my aesthetic

(images from riviera magazine, harper's bazaar, elle magazine, WWD, various coach catalogues, urban outfitters catalogues) i'm back from catalina and doing the last things i can before summer ends! i just made a collage for the front of my sketchbook today, and also finished my entry for Teen Vogue's Rock The Tee contest for Fashion's Night Out 2009. [1]this is my collage I LOVE IT. i suddenly thought of gluing words that matched the pictures, so i typed them out, changed the font, and stuck them on :D i also "laminated" it by putting rows of tape over it so the pictures wouldn't stick up. like it? [2]this is a close up of my collage i love the images i found, A LOT [3]this is my entry for the contest okay, so i probably won't win. but i love my design, and i would so wear it. !!!the 2 winners get VIP tix to Fashion's Night Out in NYC!!! aand i would SOO love it. but, chances are slim. and i didn't buy the shirt so.. yeah. i'll get more artsy next summer. school's coming BOOH. o, and sorry.. the pictures may be cut off i will have to do some HTML/CSS to get the pictures fitted. my layout doesn't allow that :( anyways, xx