Platform Shoes and Winter Coat

I shall call it...blellow!

2011-06-18T15:38:00.001-07:00

clothes, camera and coffee

stockholm streetstyle

acne

nice nice nice nice nice

2010-09-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

lookbook.nu

I like how she...

2010-02-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

wears boots that are very prevalent but with an absolutely adorable outfit.

sports her neutrals.

wears an outfit that she says no one she knew liked (i like it btw).

wears colors.

accessorizes.

layers multi-strand necklaces.

wears a necklace with an intricate clasp.

takes an incredibleeee picture!

Olga Oktawia, she's on my computer a lot.

I Heart Synth

2010-01-19T19:52:00.000-08:00

pic: shelley m

Couches in Alley ft. Ben Gibbard - Styrofoam
Roll on ft. Jenny Lewis - Dntel

So, not technically techno but some fantastic electronica nonetheless. Sounds fuzzy or possibly like your speakers are breaking, but I love it.

Remember that Tom Cruise Guy?

2010-01-18T21:31:00.000-08:00

Hysteric - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Doesn't one of the lines of the lyrics of this song totally remind you of Jerry Maguire. Jerry Maguire - kind of sappy and kind of good. Sort of like this song.

Should I?

2010-01-17T14:38:00.001-08:00

I've decided on a variations in theme approach to my hair ever since I figured out that I probably look best with short hair. It makes my head look less big. This approach would be just basically trying out different short hair styles that I like. I want this haircut. The girl's, not Pete's. I like it's kooky-slightly awkward-too overwhelming for short style with both the layers and the bangs look. On the same note, Fall Out Boy, so hard to sing on SingStar. Not that I actually ever listen to them, but just wanted to point out that the melody was kind of complex and the music video is decent, especially since it gave me another short style to put into my archives. It's like all annoying songs are less annoying on SingStar for some reason. "Just Dance" is probably the awesomest song to sing on SingStar though. You get to sing Lady Gaga, Akon, and that other dude's part. Like a karaoke singer's dream. Not that I really liked the guys' parts to begin with, but I warmed up to it. Also, Lady Gaga's dancing and posturing in that video is HAWT.

Pom-poms, lace, and...are those mushroom pants?

2010-01-17T14:37:00.001-08:00

altamira nyc, topshop & cheapskate chic, miu miu & fashion squad & fashioncopious

Just wanted to show you guys (hi 4.58 people out there) my wallpaper.

Free & Some More Insecure Ramblings About Blogging a Fashion Blog & Coco

2010-01-15T19:49:00.001-08:00

Sorry for the crappy low res pics. I've misplaced my charger somewhere.

I've been shopping on Etsy, and if I had known about all the free presents you get from awesome, fantastic sellers, I would have tried it sooner.

And I've been trying to come up with outfits and wear them, but I just haven't taken any pics. One thing I am probably worse at then dressing is taking pictures. Wait. Why am I writing this blog again? Where I am suppose to do both? =P I dunno. I know many people have proclaimed themselves like the worst blogger ever, but I am downright BAD BAD BAD, no? Gazillion months since anything even resembling an update.

I think I've been getting better at this shopping thing, but it is kind of difficult because I am too broke to make mistakes in picking out stuff and too sucky and indecisive to pick out only THE pieces. Is calling clothes pieces so 2005? I dunno. I think I am committed to this whole trying to put more thought into what I wear and blogging about it thing, but did I mention that I do not like what do you call it... ... .oh yeah, change. Unlike our ridiculous weather which likes it a lot. Likes it enough to do it EVERY SINGLE DAY, sometimes, even a few times a day. At least it has decided on moderately cool for now. Can I mention I also hate the bitter cold while I'm doing all this rambling?

And I don't even want to mention my writing. Argh. If only I could be as funny at self-deprecating humor as Coco. Yes. Conan. Funny. Team Conan! Dang, he needs to find a job pronto.

Harry Potter & Where the Wild Things Are

2009-07-20T18:40:00.000-07:00

One of the trailers for Harry Potter. So good! Not to mention they matched it up perfectly to Arcade Fire's "Wake Up." For some reason or another I never read the book which is really surprising since it is only 10 sentences long. This also makes me wonder how they made it into a whole movie. Talk about having some creative freedom for an adaptation. The worst ever surprise spoiler aka my boyfriend told me the end though. Grrr :-(. Oh well, still excited.

Harry Potter was also awesome though they left out parts of the book that I really loved (Neville!). At least they had Luna.

Update:

Beautiful Things

So, I went to see the 12:01 showing of Where the Wild Things Are today, and if I may borrow from Aqualung for a second, the movie was indeed so strange and beautiful. The movie was pure eye candy as it really didn't have much of a plot. I asked my bf who is a fan of the book if the movie was true to the book, and his response was, "Pretty much." I need to go read the book, but I am guessing the lack of plot probably means that it did stay pretty much true to the brief book. The movie did test my attention span ever so slightly, but the beautiful scenes, Karen O.'s beautiful voice, the beautiful boy who played Max, and the strange monsters won me over. The monsters were funny, moody, and ominous all rolled up into one big package. I don't want to tell you too much, so watch the movie to see if they were a match for Max.

Dear Fashion Gods,

2009-06-28T11:46:00.001-07:00

Can you please give me the ability to accessorize like this?

phi s t y l e

Style Sightings

Dans Paris

That way I won't have to conduct any crazy experiments that might hurt people's eyes.

Thanks a million,
P

See Jenny

2009-06-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

Hi, everyone! Yesterday me and my boyfriend went to see Jenny Lewis. I am not great at music reviews, so I'll just say that she and her band were great. 4 out 4 stars, 5 out of 5 stars, two thumbs up, you catch my drift.

There was a tiny bit of drama when Jenny and her boyfriend Johnathan Rice told the crowd to be quiet. She did it in pretty good humor I thought, but Johnathan copped a bit of an attitude. I guess that's the reason some people are lashing out on twitter.

So on to my outfit. I love this shirt I got from free people, but with these shorts I might have ended up looking too Jenny-like. She was actually wearing similar shorts. Oops. Oh well, I still thought it was a decent outfit.

Here's me experimenting with a big sash for a headband. I decided to wear my hair down, but w/o the sash because there was too much ear going on from the side.

fp shirt, fp shorts, charlotte russe boots

Oops, almost forgot. Here's my favorite photos of Jenny that either me or my boyfriend took. None of the photos really turned out that well, but Jenny's beauty transcends our crappy photography.

All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. (AKA oh hi, here's me and my big melon)

2009-06-13T10:55:00.000-07:00

I thought I would wear something besides jeans and a t-shirt to work today, so I could do that elusive outfit post I've been talking about. I would end up never doing it unless I just post something, so here goes nothing. Yikes, did I put myself on the spot. Here's my real simple outfit:

uo dress, anthro heels

I was also thinking that I really didn't have any good places to take pictures at, so I thought my new goal would be to be so exquisitely dress that I could just take pictures anywhere. You know like those crazy editorials with breathtaking clothes that are shot at totally unexpected places like gas station convenience stores, trailer parks, or down some back alley. Lofty goal, no? Well, I'm not really serious about this, but it's just something that came to mind because aren't those editorials so intriguing?

My coworkers were really shocked; which tends to happen when you go ultra casual for a few months, then wear a dress. Sometimes I think to myself, argh, too much attention. Although, they are always really nice and compliment me. Although, maybe somewhere deep down I might want the attention? Which is the reason why I started a blog? Of where I'm suppose to post pictures of myself, many pictures of myself, like pretty consistently? Nah. Well, maybe way, way, way, way, way deep down.

I leave you with a few things about the self-pic posts:

1. Erh, not sure about this whole posing thing.
2. I'm not the best photographer so sorry about weird things happening in my pics like a big bed being in the way or not putting away the laundry.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

2009-05-31T15:42:00.000-07:00

What are these bank holidays that the Europeans keep having, and why can't we Americans have them too?

sara i from lookbook.nu

Birthday

2009-05-29T19:52:00.000-07:00

Today's my birthday, and here's a few small but very cool things I received:

Cherry Dr. Pepper

Three, count 'em, three whole candy bars

Chick-Fil-A #1 Combo
Crème brûlée tartes from La Madeleine

Very light sponge cake with extra fluffy icing with fresh fruit and taro from a chinese bakery
Gift card from La Madeleine and money

Um, yeah I like food. And yes, this has nothing to do with clothes, but oh well. I really want to do the whole what are you wearing today thing, but it's tough. For all those stylin' bloggers that I love, I think they were already dressing cool, looking good wherever they go, and decided to just start a blog. I'm doing it the opposite, and it's like what should I wear that would be worthy of posting. I'm trying not to over think it and be too picky, etc., except that I have the innate ability to over think everything. I really want to get away from the dressing up for a post thing and make it a more habitual thing, but I think one will help the other. I promise I will post some pictures of outfits, really I will, or else I will force myself to watch the worst movie in the world three times in a row, or the second worst movie in the world five times in a row, or visit this site for 30 minutes.

Ms. Lewis

2009-03-27T20:37:00.001-07:00

Come this June, this lovely lady will be playing in my town. I can't tell you how ecstatic I am. To relate this to style, I adore hers, although it is difficult sometimes to tell if she chose the clothes or if it was a stylist. It doesn't matter. She could wear a garbage bag everyday, and I would still love her.

#1's Niece

2009-03-21T21:53:00.000-07:00

Another filler post before I actually post some outfits. I have recently in the past months started watching Star Treks. It started with Voyager and Deep Space Nine, and then I started getting into The Next Generation. I've seen one episode of Enterprise and a few of the original. Currently my favorite to least would probably be Voyager, TNG, original, Deep Space Nine, and Enterprise. Anyway, what does this have to do with fashion?

Well, while I was watching the opening credits of TNG, I notice the name "Jonathan Frakes," and it made me think of Julia Frakes whom I've been seeing appear on a few fashion blogs. I wikipedia'd it, and lo and behold, she is related to him. She's his niece. Sorry if it's nerdy, but I think that's pretty rad. So, here's a cute pic of Riker's niece that I found. I really love the somewhat monotone mix of the necklace + dress. Looking closely, it actually looks like her dress is beige tone and her necklace is gray tone. Nonetheless, it's really adorable.

Since I can't go out in my p.j.'s

2009-03-15T10:21:00.000-07:00

So, to continue my quest for self-improvement in the style area, I was thinking of starting out by keeping it simple. My style right now can pretty much be summed up as jeans and t-shirt, or more correctly, jeans and concert t-shirt, if you can call that a style. I was pretty obsessed with buying concert t-shirts awhile back. I've now banned myself from buying any. Unless of course, I find a really awesome one. Like maybe, if there was one with sequins, studs and glitter all-in-one. AND, it would have to be a Rilo Kiley shirt. Yep, unless that's happen, NO more concert tees. But I digress. Okay, so how can I put more style into my casual look? Below are some of my favorites casual looks. They look so comfy, breezy, easy, relaxed, and simply put together. I love it.

Pics: The Sartorialis t

Pic: Garance Doré

These girls below are rocking another one of my daily staples, sneakers, but they do it with the utmost imaginative and cool way. I can't help but think that there's hope for me yet, even if I do want to stay in my comfy shoes.

Pics: The Sartorialist

Pic: Face Hunter

Pic: Garance Doré

Pic: The Clothes Horse

I know what you're thinking, when is she going to post some pics of herself? I'm working on that. It's just that my boyfriend jacked my camera to take pics of his precious. I'll give you a couple of guesses as to what that is, but anyway, yeah pics of what I come up with to come.

Hope I didn't make you eyes go like this...

2009-03-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the crazy mixing of fonts. I'm still trying to get used to this whole blogging thing.

On another note, I added "Brand New Colony" by the Postal Service to my playlist on the right. If you hadn't already guessed, that's where I got the title of the blog from.

Edit: Okay, I fixed it, along with a whole bunch of other stuff. Geez, this is a lot of work, but it's fun.

Edit again: And if you are wondering what music I'm talking about, I took it out because it went from complete songs to samples, and what is the point of listening to a sample really?

My Favorite Fashion Girls

2009-03-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

I think I'll start out by writing about my favorite fashionistas. One is ubiquitous on fashion blogs, a few are famous, and one you might not know about--yet.

Lovely Louise

I might as well start out with the lovely Louise. With the long red hair, nerd glasses, and her impeccable ability to mix girly with cutting edge, how can you not help but be...well, I guess I might as well use the word most other bloggers who have written about her has used...obsessed?

Photos: The Sartorialist

A downtown kind of baby

Next there is the cute girl with the trendy dress. With her fab mix of designers and non-designer, she tones down the trends just the right degree for me. Maybe this is due to the fact that she works in Corporate America, but anyway, she looks sharp as a tack. Who knew someone associated with taxes could dress like this?

Photos: phi s t y l e

Considered my mind blown, put back together and then blown again, and then put back together and blown again.

Now, for the famous girls. I don't think I have a chance of reaching this level, but my favorites right now are Zooey, Daisy, and Alexa. That's from the most girliest to the least, although they all incorporate cuteness into their wardrobe. Besides being pretty, okay gorgeous, they have style to die for, and yep, that I would like to copy from head to toe.

Photo: Garance Doré

There are tons more, but these are the ones that I've actually thought of something to write about, ha ha. If fashion was a religion (who are we kidding? to some people it is), and I was one of its followers, I would be non-practicing. But hey, I have the inspiration part down. Well, maybe not, but let's just say I think I know what I like. Yeah, we'll start there.