china

so, i'm headed to beijing for a study abroad program this fall...i would love love love to keep updating while i'm there, but blogger is currently blocked there. i'll try to figure something out and may start up a temporary blog via another blog tool, or i may be able to get onto blogger--we'll see! i'll be taking a lot of pictures, though, i hope. please keep following if you're following now!

 this obviously explains why i'm playing mad mad catch-up with photos right now.

back from the wilderness

so, believe it or not, i was a camp counselor this summer...i took kids rock climbing and caving and lived without electricity or air conditioning for two and a half months, and it was incredible. camp style was pretty much along the lines of comfy t-shirts and basketball or khaki shorts, and the number-one in-demand jewelry item was the friendship bracelet--i loved it. i am now finally home. expect the posts to be coming more regularly for a while.

i just wanted to show off my cousin, legacy...she was featured on stylelikeu, a sweet fashion profile blog, while i was away at my job. a love for excellent old clothes runs a bit in my family: it appears that both me and legacy enjoy pilfering our mother's closets.

here's legacy in one of the photos from stylelikeu:

sweatshirt and combats

here is tinny, photographed by lionfro (and here's their supergorgeous, very silly blog), wearing what i believe to be lionfro's green combats and a crazy sweatshirt. the look is comfy and zany. plus, tinny models!

grey diamonds

i'm back to my old photoblog, in addition to this one. check it out: grey diamonds

girls and boys

every january, the gay-straight alliance at my alma mater high school throws a dance. it's a homey, open-to-all, DIY-type thing, so students and a few teachers do all the lighting, decorating, and dj'ing. i helped during setup and attended faithfully every year when i was in high school. this ain't your average school dance--people really go all out fashion-wise, since there is a loose rocky horror/rainbow theme. i remember wearing some pretty wild stuff to the dance, always some combination of patterned or fishnet or colored tights, high heels or converse, costume jewelry, and lots of makeup.

i always miss the dance now because i'm back in chicago by the time it happens. my friends who are still in high school posted photos of the 2009 dance a few weeks ago. here's a sampling of the weird-but-wonderful punky dance style. photos by G. and lionfro.

nicole:


lionfro:


rollo:


g:


lauren:

fashion toast

just found an excellent blog, fashion toast. go love it. sometimes, but only sometimes, pictures of nice high heels make me want to live in a place where there is not a foot and a half of snow on the ground or thick ice frozen in patches on the sidewalk. fashion toast has these pictures aplenty.