pure formalities

a few old shots from the last chicago party of the spring i was at...

empty apartment.


i miss this city more than a little bit.



dapper and goofy at the same time?

youth youth youth

here's my lovely lady g's prom scene from a few months ago...very rock and roll. photos courtesy of georgia.

look at that attitude.


cat fun? + classy shoes.


gotta love those dc azaleas. what a color palette!

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:

professorial

one of my favorite things about university is dressing like i'm an old-school academic type: blazers, scarves, and dorky shoes are the way to go.

i'm wearing my mom's blazer and shoes, a shirt a friend left behind when she graduated, miss sixty jeans, a ripoff burberry scarf, and a seconhand cardigan.


red & orange. fabulous blazer lining and forever 21 junk ring.

outs and abouts

here are just a few random shots that i love from the past few months of friends and they way they dress.

i think she made this dress herself.


dancing is grand.


sneaker androgyny.


sweet sweet patterns.

recessionista 5

finally, the last recessionista shots!

not sure how i'd feel personally about wearing these things myself, but they sure look interesting.

the wide-legged pants i love. i went through a phase of loving baggy pants in about 8th grade, then decided then i hated them, and have now returned to a respect for trousers that aren't skinny.


the orange leggings here are a bit baggy. unusual. note the common theme of flag scarves.

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!

recessionista 4

more recessionista show shots.

this line was inspired by sixties girl groups: classy, sexy, super-coordinated.

cowboy flannel

here i am, wearing my favorite cowboy boots and one of my favorite dresses with a secondhand cardigan over it. the dress is made from reworked flannel shirts and was a steal on sale at urban outfitters...they had about 10 different other colors of the dress there and i wish i had picked up a bunch of them!

recessionista 3

here are a few more looks from recessionista.

i would put this on myself in an instant:


this next one got a huge positive reaction out of me and my friends. it is purple velvet and is just so rich-looking.