Tumblr Tuesday: Earthpins and Painted Peacocks

The sheer fabulousness of these Balmain booties is giving me fashion hallucinations; How neat would it be if hills were created by giant clothing pins?; I’d like to hole up in a luxurious hotel room and sleep for a few days, pleaseandthankyou; I’m not one to wear my heart on my sleeve, but wearing it around my neck is a different story; I’m working on determining my “look” for fall, and this combination of quirky...

Brunch Basics

I love a leisurely weekend brunch as much as the next wino, but the whole occasion becomes slightly less leisurely when someone* is rushing you to get ready because they hate waiting in line at IHOP with the rest of the hangover crowd. When I need to look somewhat presentable in 15 minutes or less, I like to stick to the basics: cotton tank dress, femme high-tops, a denim jacket, and a big ol’ hairbun....

  Remember that blue leather skirt? Vintage skirt and bag; Gap shirt; Steven heels; DIY scarf necklace I can never resist wearing my new stuff right away–even when it’s not really new. Speaking of vintage, I’ll be part of NVISION‘s fashion show at the Symphonic Stylings fundraising event at The Electric Warehouse this Saturday! Do not even get me started on some of the beautiful vintage dresses I tried on during my fitting–you don’t want...

A Fine (Jewelry) Phase

You know how sometimes you go through phases with fashion? I’ve had t-shirt phases, leather phases, lingerie phases, and a pretty serious ongoing vintage phase. While I’ve gone through a few costume jewelry phases, I’ve managed to steer clear of fine jewelry–mostly because I know my bank account would seriously suffer. However, after another visit to Krombholz Fine Jewelry to decorate their featured jewelry case, I think my time has come. Not sure why I...

Flea Shopping

Remember when I was looking for a colored leather pencil skirt and wound up wearing this dress instead? Well…I was browsing at The City Flea yesterday when I came across this Smurf-blue leather pencil skirt at the On the Prowl Vintage booth. I think it’s pretty clear what happened next. Also seen at the flea: Did you go? What did you see/buy?