Girl of the moment.

Kidding..but tickets on sale this saturday! I *will* be front row with no shame.

Vintage Waldorf

Although Gossip girl has fallen from glory in my eyes (it flounders for plot outside of the Constance Billard bubble), I still have a soft spot for Blair's snooty get-ups.  That hat is priceless! I think I'll put my money to good use purchasing this beret from ShopCuffs.com. I'll pass on the tartan cape though...

Peony

Paeonia Suffruticosa is by far my favorite flower. An old myth says that shy little nymphs live in their petals..how cute! The flower was used during the Victorian times to communicate bashfulness. I wouldn't describe myself as a particularly bashful girl, but I love these ruffled flowers all the same. Aren't they lovely?

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Girl of the Moment

Dree Hemingway (Photo Jak & Jill)

For Aimee(to appease Kara and Olivia)

 Normally I am in stauch opposition to legwarmers worn anytime outside of ballet rehersal, but these legwarmers from FreePeople are cleverly styled.  Every time I want to attempt this look, I'm hindered by images of Jane Fonda and I can't bring myself to walk out of the house with the legwarmers. I think the biggest factor in deciding the appropriateness of a legwarmer has to do with two factors: the scrunch and the knit. Scrunch will be your worst enemy. If you want to go legwarmer this year, avoid the whole slouchy effect. It *will* give you cankles, so who are you kidding. Just say no. The second factor has to do with the quality and thickness of the knit. Stay away from stiff acrylics or thick knits because not only will they add serious bulkiness but acrylic legwarmers make you look like you've just walked out of your tuesday Tae Bo class. These FreePeople legwarmers are probably too thick...but I guess it depends on your legs. Look for a nice pair of delicate wool, alpaca, or cashmere legwarmers.  That's all I have to say about that...Good luck!

Girl of the Moment

Elizabeth Taylor

Boizz

Ever since my friend Kara slipped a Liz Phair song into a mix cd she gave me as a birthday present, I've been listening to Exile in Guyville non-stop. To be more specific I've been listening to track 10 (the title being too obscene to post). It's a typical teenage girl war cry bemoaning the cruelness of boys. No, I don't have a significant other, but if I did this is what I would be getting him for Christmas....wrapped in the Sunday comics and hidden under the tree.

Miss Scarlett!

I haven't been making any updates but I promise I have a good excuse. I've spent the past few days reading and falling in love with Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. Being a southern girl myself, I connected deeply with the book though let it be noted that I neither identify nor sympathize with Scarlett O'Hara. She was a giant ball of bad karma and totally had it all coming. I put together this collage hoping to capture the essence of the first two genteel chapters of the book before the story succumbs to the rigors of war. It was a time of lace gloves(mod cloth has some), french perfume (Miss Dior Chere), Ice tea (I loveee Milo's ice tea from Whole Foods),  ice tea flavored lip gloss by DuWop, fans, and  lockets. Ok, so they didn't have  the lipgloss but they probably would have* liked* to have ice tea flavored lipgloss. Who wouldn't want that? Maybe I'm just becoming nostalgic for the lazy days of summer since all traces of  the season are gone from my city. At any rate, I highly suggest this timeless novel to all of you.

HOLY S*%&!!111!!1!

Sam Edelman Zoe boots at Urban Outfitters. I'm taking donations.

Girl of the Moment

Natasha Poly,  French Vogue

Join the Club

In honor of my wonderful friends who I've been working with to establish my school's first ever Wilderclub. I can't wait to design the club patch for our club flannel!! Once the club is approved by the administration of course...but whatever. This is everything one needs to be a proper wilderwomen (according to me).

Equal and opposite forces

This weekend I'll be spending most of my time putting together outfits for my upcoming debutante events. I've had this BB Dakota skirt for a few months and its one of my favorite things in my closet! Its beautiful sheer black lace over a black cotton lining with the lace poking below the lining's hem. I need a nice top to dress this up for a debutante event. I cruised by Net-a-porter. com and glimpsed this beautiful Zac Posen top. To DIE for, but obviously painfully out of my price range....speaking of, I need a new job. Unemployment blows, but work might blow more.

teen vogue

Lately, Teen Vogue has been really disappointing. It had all been done before and their articles sucked: their so-called recessionista tips involved borrowing your mom's vintage chanel, the editorials were uninspired, and worst of all their issues were shrinking. This month's issue definitely renewed my faith in the glossy. I LOVED the grunge spread though its really nothing new, the pictures were stunning and the styling was a fresh spin on teen vogue's typical grunge look. The articles were excellent and worth reading even though this issue was skinnier than ever. I guess Teen Vogue has been tightening its belt during these hard times...and stopped writing ridiculous articles that assume all of its readers have storage units filled with vintage designer bags.