zeke and the fish.
pedro in blazer, joey in flannel, owning the dance floor.
afro, blazer, vest, perfect purple tie: pedro.
06 May 2010
20 April 2010
allison: dilatory
i just wanted to show off my friend's skill at making gorgeous clothing...
allison's blog/links to her etsy store
allison wu. sometimes menswear inspired, i guess, and just generally fabulous. allison was in beijing with me in the fall and i believe she bought some of her fabric there for her most recent pieces. i wore her clothes with several of our other friends in a school fashion show which i'll blog more about later.
in addition to making pretty clothing that is made to be actually worn, allison also has great personal style. knee socks? weird puffy plaid skirts from a haggle market in beijing? oversized sweaters? she does it all perfectly.
i get to walk for allison again in a few weeks, and this line is themed around sideways and upside-down clothes!
here's some of the gang at the march fashion show, photos courtesy of photographer and friend gloria tsan.
allison in the middle!
allison's blog/links to her etsy store
allison wu. sometimes menswear inspired, i guess, and just generally fabulous. allison was in beijing with me in the fall and i believe she bought some of her fabric there for her most recent pieces. i wore her clothes with several of our other friends in a school fashion show which i'll blog more about later.
in addition to making pretty clothing that is made to be actually worn, allison also has great personal style. knee socks? weird puffy plaid skirts from a haggle market in beijing? oversized sweaters? she does it all perfectly.
i get to walk for allison again in a few weeks, and this line is themed around sideways and upside-down clothes!
here's some of the gang at the march fashion show, photos courtesy of photographer and friend gloria tsan.
allison in the middle!
jackson towers
dinner party. wow, these pictures are several months old...oh well.
norma on the phone, navy blue dress and boots.
chef emily rocking an apron and miniskirt in the kitchen
i'm wearing a disturbingly yellow dress from a neighborhood church rummage sale. it has lace cutouts on the back and also came with a shoulderpadded short-sleeved jacket! extreme...too extreme for me to wear as a set until i'm about 60 years old.
marie and lizzie, pondering in glitter and blue and black.
striped glynis and plaid flannel todd.
the general scene
norma on the phone, navy blue dress and boots.
chef emily rocking an apron and miniskirt in the kitchen
i'm wearing a disturbingly yellow dress from a neighborhood church rummage sale. it has lace cutouts on the back and also came with a shoulderpadded short-sleeved jacket! extreme...too extreme for me to wear as a set until i'm about 60 years old.
marie and lizzie, pondering in glitter and blue and black.
striped glynis and plaid flannel todd.
the general scene
princess day
this ancient denim skirt is so flouncy i always feel like a ridiculous princess wearing it. a cowboy princess?
cheap old heels, big h&m shirt, messy bedroom.
cheap old heels, big h&m shirt, messy bedroom.
new apartment
we had a lot of decorating parties during winter term.
the dining room has orange walls, into which we pounded nails to hang things. and curtis has a good omnipresent hat.
hmmm...leaning across the top of the staircase? nice tie.
the dining room has orange walls, into which we pounded nails to hang things. and curtis has a good omnipresent hat.
hmmm...leaning across the top of the staircase? nice tie.
ladies who lunch
we lunched at a perfect french restaurant...bethesda, maryland. blazers, pommes frites, catching up on gossip.
denim jacket
i apologize for the silliness of me and my camera self-timer.
i've gone for the longest time without a denim jacket, and finally i got to the point where i saw one and snapped it up. it's tight around the elbows but worth it.
also, me and my ladyfriends from work kinda made a pact during winter term...we decided not to wear pants. it was all skirts, all the time. since i live in chicago, it was also all two pairs of tights all the time.
superb harold washington shirt from when my mom lived in chicago. and my favorite cowboy boots.
i've gone for the longest time without a denim jacket, and finally i got to the point where i saw one and snapped it up. it's tight around the elbows but worth it.
also, me and my ladyfriends from work kinda made a pact during winter term...we decided not to wear pants. it was all skirts, all the time. since i live in chicago, it was also all two pairs of tights all the time.
superb harold washington shirt from when my mom lived in chicago. and my favorite cowboy boots.
london-town
the last of this winter's tea party pictures...
rachel goes to an arts university in london. she is insanely skilled at making things, and also at finding just the right amount of vintage craziness. bonus: knee socks!
me in my own vintage dress and my favorite belt, with rachel. as usual, i am barefoot...i am just not made for wearing shoes inside houses.
rachel goes to an arts university in london. she is insanely skilled at making things, and also at finding just the right amount of vintage craziness. bonus: knee socks!
me in my own vintage dress and my favorite belt, with rachel. as usual, i am barefoot...i am just not made for wearing shoes inside houses.
hootenanny
some shots from a few months ago, the last time i was in dc. i am still, amazingly enough, friends with basically the same group of people i loved in ninth grade and before.
andrew, intent on his banjo, and in plaid.
a few of my favorite gentlemen. sean looks crisp; teddy looks quizzical.
lovely cory, also in plaid!
i hammed it up in two vintage sweaters (it was cold) and a vintage shirt, with micah.
andrew, intent on his banjo, and in plaid.
a few of my favorite gentlemen. sean looks crisp; teddy looks quizzical.
lovely cory, also in plaid!
i hammed it up in two vintage sweaters (it was cold) and a vintage shirt, with micah.
qianmen
i had my farewell dinner to beijing with my chinese roommate and two high school friends who were also living in the city. we ate in a fairly empty two-story hotpot place just off qianmen that was a) not a chain restaurant, b) not fast food, and c) not overpriced! amazing. i miss eating two-hour meals in large groups.
qianmen was renovated pretty recently. i visited the area when in china in high school and it is now completely different. it's beautiful, but it is basically just a touristy outdoor mall, which i guess is what is was intended to be. this past december, i turned right off qianmen down my beloved and mercifully not-yet-completely-sanitized dazhalan alley and wandered to the west through some unlit hutongs until i emerged in the liulichang antiques area. this is another one of the many places in beijing where i would love to live.
it was really cold:
qianmen was renovated pretty recently. i visited the area when in china in high school and it is now completely different. it's beautiful, but it is basically just a touristy outdoor mall, which i guess is what is was intended to be. this past december, i turned right off qianmen down my beloved and mercifully not-yet-completely-sanitized dazhalan alley and wandered to the west through some unlit hutongs until i emerged in the liulichang antiques area. this is another one of the many places in beijing where i would love to live.
it was really cold:
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