tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37514822347414096072024-03-13T22:09:50.486-04:00Fashion PirateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675899550661441065noreply@blogger.comBlogger542125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751482234741409607.post-79700973563633037622014-10-02T13:00:00.000-04:002014-10-02T13:00:03.820-04:00BUST Magazine October 2014: It MeA little while back <a href="http://www.bust.com/" target="_blank">BUST </a>asked me about my favorite things, and now the issue in which I discuss those things is out for you to buy. I've been a fan of BUST since I would flip through the copies of the mag in the Women's Center on campus. It was one of the few places at school I felt safe and unbothered, and I'd spend hours flipping through the zine archives and old BUST and BITCH issues. It feels very circle of life to now get text messages and Snapchats of my friends back at school with their own copies, sitting in the same seats I once sat in, with the magazine that I used to revere so much.<br />
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For the interview as well as my recommendations and advice, you'll have to buy the October issue, but here is an out-take from the shoot to tide you over. I'm wearing Siriano, Prada, and Margiela. Not sure where you could buy the suit outside of Christian's stores so I'm providing you with some alternate options -- a femme runway piece and a cheaper (but equally cute) alternative.<br />
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Anyway! I'm back to work -- working on a bunch of really fun but challenging projects I can't wait to show you. I think you'll really love them. Talk to you soon!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675899550661441065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751482234741409607.post-481919607104549142014-09-19T14:25:00.002-04:002014-09-19T14:25:54.502-04:00priorities in the park<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastyearsdream/15288895485" title="Arabelle_Park_2 by fashion pirate, on Flickr"><img alt="Arabelle_Park_2" height="1200" src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3878/15288895485_b6bede415b_h.jpg" width="763" /></a><br />
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A lazy Sunday in Central Park for me involves podcasts, naps, and extensive life planning (I'm a Capricorn, ok?). Transition weather means wool shorts and oversized blazers.....aka, tomboi looks, my favorite kind.Since I'm a sucker for oversharing I'll clue you in on my Fall/Winter 2k14 plans and give some tips on how to be an overachieve like myself. Hahaha! Let's go. But first: outfit details, because this is supposed to be a personal style blog.<br />
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I'm wearing: Tayler's Vintage Blazer,<a href="http://www.choies.com/product/white-letter-print-t-shirt-with-asymetric-hem_p28755?cid=2058leticia" target="_blank"> Choies Tshirt</a>, <a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=458889351&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank">Grey Wool Shorts</a>,<a href="http://bit.ly/1qRJPUZ" target="_blank"> Margiela Tabis</a>, Thrifted Backpack. Similar or exact options are listed below.<br />
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I get a lot of questions about the following: getting a lot of things done at once without being overwhelmed, the anxiety of writing, and going after what you want. Here are some bullet point reality checks on these subjects:<br />
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<li><b>On doing a lot without getting overwhelmed. </b>Listen, who says I don't get overwhelmed?! And anyway, I don't feel like I do all that much. Compared to other freelancers I know, I feel like I'm the laziest butt alive. I'm still not quite treating full time writing as a <i>full time job</i>. Maybe because I'm writing about fun things that I would do anyway, but probably also because I'm not working on a 9-5 schedule. More like, 12-10, with a lot of breaks in between. When I am trying to get a lot of things done at once, I stick to lists and block time schedules and turn off distractions, using <a href="http://www.maketecheasier.com/10-google-chrome-extensions-to-stay-focus-and-efficent/" target="_blank">social media blocking sites</a>. However, I also tend to use Tumblr like a research notebook sometimes, so the lines get blurry..... I am essentially constantly working and researching if I'm on the internet, I simply use <a href="https://www.evernote.com/referral/Registration.action?uid=80424548&sig=9facd78d89bd2ef8fa995bc120cede1d" target="_blank">Evernote </a>to organize my thoughts so when I have to sit down and write, everything is categorized. That Evernote link is an affiliate one btw. If you have any questions about how to use it I'm happy to go into detail about how I use mine!</li>
<li><b>The anxiety of writing.</b> I answered this on Tumblr already but basically I usually don't find writing fun and can't relate to people who find it fun all the time. Or most of the time, even. Some easier pieces are fun but they take awhile to write and the process of actually getting it done isn't fun even if the ideas behind them are. It's not fun. Research is fun. Producing original content after researching is rarely fun. </li>
<li><b>Going after what you want.</b> I basically see it like I have no other option. Fashion and beauty writing -- it's what I know and I'm good at. I knew this from the beginning -- or rather, I knew I wanted this since I was like 15? And so I have been on this path for a long time. It's not an overnight journey. I took a lot of detours for college because I thought my grades would mean something in the real world for a long time. They really don't. No one cares about your grades. I go after what I want because there isn't another option for me -- I'd suck at retail and I have no interest in anything else and this is what I'm good at so why even try to be safe about it? I'm hungry and I'm not asking for permission. People will make space for what I have to say because I'm going to make what I have to say so invaluable it would be stupid for them to do otherwise. And if they don't make it for me, I'll do it myself. That's basically it. No apologies. #Takewhatisyours, essentially. I see life like a ticking clock. It's just how I do. </li>
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Take, for example, these shoes and shorts. I've had these shorts for genuinely as long as I can remember -- my mother bought them for me and I never liked them until this summer. You have to be patient sometimes and you will surprise yourself. And these shoes, I always wanted them and so I started saving for them as soon as I decided I loved them. I never thought I would save enough money for them until I did. It's not impossible. I'd do it again. I actually will -- I want a red patent pair, too. Clothing analogies are the best analogies.<br />
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Okay -- does that sufficiently stoke you or terrify you? Either way, hope it helped. Have a rad one.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675899550661441065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751482234741409607.post-90131127395377854592014-09-15T10:00:00.000-04:002014-09-15T10:00:04.012-04:00Most Important Ugly: A RetrospectiveIn October, it'll be a year since I started on Most Important Ugly with my partner-in-crime Tayler. So much has happened since then, the opening and the exhibition seem so far away now. I'm incredibly grateful to all of the people who ended up going to see the show -- our first ever -- who bought the zine, who shared it with their friends and family, and also the the press who covered it. I just wrapped up the last entry for the Autostraddle series dedicated to MIU, where I detailed the process behind all of the shots we released. I thought it would be useful to have a space to link to all those posts and offer some final details about the products I used.<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/most-important-ugly-mars-and-melissa-and-the-baby-beginnings-242322/" target="_blank">Most Important Ugly: I Believe Makeup is Magic </a> (Mars & Melissa)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/most-important-ugly-becca-and-bekah-and-angels-and-masks-243547/" target="_blank">Most Important Ugly: Becca, Bekah, Angels and Masks </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/most-important-ugly-brandon-tyler-and-gendered-makeup-244423/" target="_blank">Most Important Ugly: Brandon, Tyler, and Gendered Makeup</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/most-important-ugly-massiel-coco-and-meta-human-experiments-249312/" target="_blank">Most Important Ugly: Massiel, Coco, and Meta-Human Experiments </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/most-important-ugly-my-chemical-romance-and-other-majestic-monsters-251318/" target="_blank">Most Important Ugly: My Chemical Romance and Other Majestic Monsters</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/most-important-ugly-the-final-monsters-253708/" target="_blank">Most Important Ugly: The Final Monsters</a> </li>
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<b>Mars</b>: I used an <a href="http://inglotcosmetics.com/" target="_blank">INGLOT </a>Freedom Palette on eyes and used<a href="http://bit.ly/1BybMo6" target="_blank"> </a><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=42553&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank">MAC Lipglass (Clear) </a>for the gooey eye look. Mars has electro-goth eyeshadow but it's flooded by the light so you can't quite tell, you just see a yellow haze. INGLOT and <a href="http://www.sugarpillshop.com/" target="_blank">Sugarpill </a>have the best higher pigmented shadows out there I think. My INGLOT palette is basically a dupe of two <u>Sugarpill </u>palettes combined, and I did it on total accident. I don't suggest one over the other, I think they're both great. He's wearing a <a href="http://kaoir.com/jamaica.php" target="_blank">KAOIR lipstick</a>. This brand is pretty hard to find so I would suggest a<a href="http://bit.ly/1lfdKVN" target="_blank"> NYX lipstick </a>as an alternative. It's also cheaper. His nipple glitter (lol) is <a href="http://www.nakedcosmetics.net/" target="_blank">Naked Cosmetics</a>.<br />
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This is <i>not</i> the actual photo in the series, <a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/most-important-ugly-becca-and-bekah-and-angels-and-masks-243547/" target="_blank">you can see the photo and the process on Autostraddle</a>. I just like this photo more at the moment because it's very robotic. </div>
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<b>Rebekah: </b>We pinned her hair to hell, and she's wearing a dress from Eri's graduate collection. Eri's another monster in the series. I used<a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=29023224&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank"> Make Up For Ever Flash Palette,</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/1yVSMvI" target="_blank">Make Up For Ever Eyeshadows</a> blended and layered together in a gradient with<a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=390089561&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank"> OCC Cream Colors </a>as a base. I originally had orange and red gradient but I thought that was #problematic geisha so I blended colors to change it to <a href="http://bit.ly/1oO0Uy0" target="_blank">purple</a>. Color theory is important in the context of race and art, and I wanted to do right. </div>
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<b>Hari: </b><a href="http://bit.ly/1qmR3L6" target="_blank">Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick</a> (truly fantastic), <a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=443110685&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank">Stila Gold Foil Eyeshadow</a>, <a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=449137176&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank">NARS Blush in Gaiety</a>, <a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=29023224&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank">Make Up For Ever Flash Palette</a>.</div>
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<b>Indigo:</b> Indigo's own foundation (read her routine on ROOKIE, <a href="http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/03/how-to-highlight-and-contour-your-whole-face/" target="_blank">here</a>). She uses <a href="http://bit.ly/1lfk3s8" target="_blank">Revlon ColorStay Foundation</a> in Cappucino. <a href="http://bit.ly/1qmS6dY" target="_blank">L.A Girl Pro Conceal</a> in Warm Honey, <a href="http://bit.ly/1yW4Ay1" target="_blank">M.A.C Eye Shadow in Embark</a>.<a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=450001509&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank"> MAC Mineralize Skinfinish</a> Natural Powder in Dark. <a href="http://bit.ly/1n6lZ1o" target="_blank">Illamasqua Gold</a> highlight we applied with a <a href="http://bit.ly/1Bywi7Z" target="_blank">fan </a>brush, <a href="http://bit.ly/1vdoBj6" target="_blank">NARS Illuminator</a>, I believe I then used a<a href="http://bit.ly/1tl2HJv" target="_blank"> La Metier de Beaute lipgloss</a>. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675899550661441065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751482234741409607.post-83546133674101377872014-09-12T14:40:00.000-04:002014-09-12T14:40:06.850-04:00fashion week, collectedNot one to mince words as you well know so I'll keep it short and say this was one of the most uninspiring seasons for NYFW in several years. It ended well though! And I did still have some great times because the people I surround myself with are inspiring. I found ECKHAUS LATTA to be phenomenal -- I stayed for both presentations -- and it was great to see so meet so many wonderful people, both new friends and old (internet) ones. I made the executive decision this season to not bring my camera to shows because I just wanted to concentrate on the clothes for once. And <i>here</i> are the clothes I decided to wear for a few days of shows.<br />
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Photo from W Magazine. I'm wearing head to toe G-STAR RAW, their latest collection. Black and white and red and denim = my uniform at the moment. I could write an epic about all of it, but mostly I can condense it to the fact such simple ideas and schemes can leave a lot of room for subversive moments...which is the best part. I wear white button downs like 4 days out of 5 now. Here's a roundup of everything mentioned here, or at least alternatives:</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675899550661441065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751482234741409607.post-38195466359776764762014-09-03T10:00:00.000-04:002014-09-03T10:00:01.054-04:00A Cyborg in Their Final Form<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675899550661441065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751482234741409607.post-77928469361379266192014-08-31T10:00:00.000-04:002014-08-31T10:00:02.243-04:00Drake, LACMA, SXSW & Me: Join!While I was in L.A in July (late June? Jesus, time flies) shooting some projects, I happened to make friends with the amazing team at LACMA and they took Tayler & I on a tour of the place through their eyes. We spent a few hours eating healthy pizza -- L.A is absurd -- crying internally over our favorite impressionists, and posing with the art for truly epic Snapchat opportunities. We topped of the visit with a trip to the James Turrell Retrospective and got to take selfies in it, too.<br />
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I loved visiting LACMA especially when guided by such a chill team who recognized that my generation -- our generation -- view art as interaction opportunities for exploration and identification. Art is lived, y'all. And the technologies we use to view it -- and share it -- change the meaning and intent of an artist's creation. ("Suddenly the Koons is me....") I love how LACMA uses Snapchat and Twitter to connect with visitors and I wish more museums and art spaces would take lessons from them. We talk about art all the time... but when it talks back, things get really interesting. </div>
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I do believe that this panel would be super dope -- <a href="http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/41805" target="_blank">please join me</a> (and Drake, evidently) in supporting LACMA and their journey to revamp the art+tech marriage and vote for their Interactive Panel for SXSW15! Voting closes September 5th. Thanks babes. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16675899550661441065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3751482234741409607.post-73526663864576278462014-08-28T10:00:00.000-04:002014-08-28T12:09:06.608-04:00Your Back to School Backpack<br />
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College is an experience..... a good one at times, a bad one... ultimately I'm so thankful I went, especially to a public school institution, and that I studied what I <i>wanted</i> and not what my parents wanted me to study. I had a really rocky freshman year and a very strange senior year.....and as my friends still settle into their post-grad lives and some of them, back into academia, I find myself contemplating if I miss it or if I plan to go back. I don't think so, to either of those things. I wanted to graduate two years early! But I'm glad I had enough time and resources to learn what I did learn, and I'm excited for all of you who are still in school or just jumping in. School was so fun, and you should be excited about it, too. So with that in mind, I've put together a little back to school guide of my favorite materials, articles, and videos as well as a back to school supplies list so you're both practical <i>and</i> super babely in your educational endeavors. There are zines, self-help books, calming videos, and my favorite #takewhatisyours supplies after the jump. </div>
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<li><b><a href="http://rstyle.me/ad/s4ttjfye" target="_blank">Poppin Journal</a>s</b> have honestly kept me more productive and prolific than other journals I’ve tried. They have columns perfect for my handwriting size (I like college lined…and only college lined). I carry mine around with me everywhere, and keep documents in the back accordion folder as well. </li>
<li>Now, for studying: I highly suggest writing all your notes (if you write them on your computer) directly into the cloud, via <a href="http://drive.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Drive</a>. This way you'll never lose your work. You can also use <a href="https://evernote.com/" target="_blank">Evernote </a>or Dropbox. If you sign up for Dropbox via your school you can usually get additional free storage, FYI. </li>
<li>If you ever get stressed out, you can always read through my<a href="http://www.fashionpirate.net/2013/12/survival-zine.html" target="_blank"> #SURVIVAL zine</a>, or any of the <a href="http://issuu.com/ggbzine" target="_blank">other </a>zines available <a href="http://girlsgetbusyzine.tumblr.com/tagged/zines" target="_blank">online</a>. There's also the <a href="http://arabellesicardi.com/tagged/survival" target="_blank">survival tag full of a bunch of different motivational stuff and resources. </a></li>
<li>I'm serious about this: find out who your financial aid adviser is immediately, and regularly meet with your assigned Dean at the beginning of every semester. You want to know what you need to do to graduate, and possibly what methods and scholarships you can apply for to get more money out of your school because every little bit counts. Also look into Career Services -- they can help revamp your resume(s) and link you to possible job opportunities long before you graduate. </li>
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<li><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/action/loadRetailerProductPage?id=452761646&pid=uid2281-25557909-51" target="_blank">The Decision Book: 50 Models of Strategic Thinking</a> - One of the basic questions I get asked is how or should you do things. I do not have the answer. There are no guidelines to life that I am aware of. Read this book and figure it out yourself! It's a great book. </li>
<li><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-things-fall-apart-pema-chodron/1102583011?ean=9781570623448" target="_blank">When Things Fall Apart</a> - My coven mom mailed me this book when I was having a hard time. I haven't read it through yet but the fact she sent it to me makes me feel a lot better. Every time I read it, I feel a lot more collected and at peace with my life. </li>
<li>A book from my wishlist! When I'm bummed, it's either go out (expensive), buy lingerie (expensive, but <a href="http://rstyle.me/ad/gf6hjfye" target="_blank">always worth it</a>), or buy a book for a cent on Amazon. <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3OFXIQYHSL8N7" target="_blank">Here </a>are the ones I really want. </li>
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Here are some articles you can consider a crash course on college adulting, some by me, some by my friends.<br />
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<li><a href="http://pbli.sh/gIR6" target="_blank">How to Pay for College for </a><i><a href="http://pbli.sh/gIR6" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a> - </i>I talk about financial letters, options for getting more financial support, and more. <i> </i></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/advice/2014-07/financial-websites-apps" target="_blank">Budgeting 101 for </a><i><a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/advice/2014-07/financial-websites-apps" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a> - </i>I'm actually obsessed with budgeting and finances so I wrote about some of the best apps to help you with all that. </li>
<li><a href="http://arabellesicardi.com/post/93749797271/adulting-your-money-101" target="_blank">Adulting 101</a> - Here's a crash course on what you need to be thinking about as a college student -- or just someone with money of your own to deal with!</li>
<li><a href="http://pinkieblues.tumblr.com/post/85822023482/free-textbooks-master-post" target="_blank">Free Textbooks Masterpost</a> - There are a bunch of these roundups on Tumblr, here's one that might be very useful! </li>
<li><a href="http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/08/community-college-primer/" target="_blank">Community College: A Primer for <i>ROOKIE</i></a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/08/doing-college-right/" target="_blank">Doing College Right for <i>ROOKIE</i></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.rookiemag.com/2012/09/college-rejection/" target="_blank">How to Get Rejected from College for <i>ROOKIE</i></a></li>
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And finally, here are some bags and shoes for your actual day to day life. I believe in <i>comfortable</i> shoes -- I walk at least two miles every day, I don't want to be doing it in uncomfortable shoes just because they look good, and I don't like switching out pairs at work! And I need big bags because I'm always carrying crap around. Here are my fave options.<br />
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Okay -- I think that's about it! I hope this helps you feel a little bit more prepared for your semester back. Feel free to drop a comment with questions about college down below and I'll get back to them with my input as soon as I can! I wish you so much luck (and infinite "textbooks not required for this class" moments). xoxoxoxoxo.
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It's always interesting to hear people's reactions to my outfit choices -- not entirely pleasant, mostly annoying, but always interesting.<br />
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But what compels me to post these photos is knowing that how I look in photos varies so vastly to how I see myself in my minds eye. I always imagine myself thinner, taller, more graceful than I actually am, because I was taught by society to aim to be all these things. And I always make things that are very luxurious and expensive look like Hot Topic garb. I actually love this about me -- I have this power to make everything declasse. One time for Glamour Magazine I shot a Chanel jacket in my kitchen and all the buttons fell off as I put it on. Luxury <i>hates me, </i>and minimalism done the usual all white errthang in simple cuts etc....makes me feel short and frumpy, like I'm not good enough for Helmut Lang looks. So I have to make my own versions of it, which I like, and find challenging. This outfit, on a thinner, taller body, would probably look twice as good to people. I'm only showing you one picture we took in this, but many of the others, I look like a real estate agent or game show host. If I had a more appropriate body for fashion I'd look like the quintessential minimalist. #goals, and all that. I am still very much a straight sized person, I'm just short. But I do think the representation of minimalism in fashion -- it's so thin and boring and tall and white. But minimalism can be colorful and fat and disabled and all these valuable other realms of experience too. Right? I'm thinking about the <a href="http://www.thestylecon.com/2014/03/03/normcore-bullsht/" target="_blank">Normcore is Bullsh*t</a> piece I commissioned and edited for The Style Con. How we need more critical dismantling of the aesthetics we valorize. I am looking forward to seeing -- and producing -- more critical fashion writing this fashion week.<br />
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Earlier in the summer, W Magazine gave me the mission of wandering Brooklyn with last NYFW's show haunts as my inspiration: anyone who was paying attention might remember the outrage that ensued at being called to the outer borough for the Alexander Wang and Opening Ceremony Shows.....the tweets, the instagrams, the snark! Never mind that many of the editors and showgoers now <i>live</i> in this neighborhood..... hahaha.<br />
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Go pick up the September Issue on newsstands now! Cover girl is Rihanna, who I am,<a href="http://www.thestylecon.com/2014/06/05/rihanna-slut-shaming-emotional-toll-clothes/" target="_blank"> of course, a fan of</a>.<br />
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This isn't the last of me and W Mag pairing up, but you'll have to check back soon to see what we're up to next. See ya.<br />
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New season's about to be here, figured a change in scenery on this here blog should come along with it. Susan Miller did say this month is all about transformations....I think. I'm actually too punk-ass to reread my horoscope for the month since I've been so anxious lately aha ha, ha. Anyway, I've actually been wearing this outfit repeatedly throughout the week since it's so effortless and perfect for the weather. I love this skirt so much! I got several questions about where I got it from on I<a href="http://instagram.com/arabellesicardi" target="_blank">nstagram </a>so I thought I'd grab a quick outfit post for y'all so you can see it properly.<br />
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Isn't this cropped shot so weird? I look so stilted, like a doll. I was just walking mid-shot, but it feels very artificial and anxious, like I'm in a Hitchcock movie. I'm into it and the sloppy details you can see shine through regarding the skirt. I love this skirt, mostly because it's just a joke -- referencing all those girls who wrap their sweaters around their hips as they go along with their day. I have a history of wearing <i>actual</i> sweaters as skirts -- you may come across old blog photos on this exact event if you go far back enough (I'm thinking 2008-2009 era? Before I dyed my hair, even!). It just seems a progression in my inside joke with myself, really. It's a snap-off skirt so I feel like a stripper just yanking it off at the end of the day. Undressing with a flourish, it's the only way to go. If dressing and undressing are intimate, even erotic acts at times, they can also just be very funny. I like when it happens to be both.<br />
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I actually just got this Comme des Garcons skirt yesterday-- for less than $100, too, happily enough. Like I said in my old<a href="http://www.fashionpirate.net/2013/09/how-to-budget-for-your-wardrobe-destiny.html" target="_blank"> budget/dream wardrobe series</a>, it seriously pays to have friends in retail who are looking out for you. This still has the tags on it! I love good, random fortune. I'm wearing it with an <a href="http://bit.ly/1kYQwAI" target="_blank">Express </a>jacket, which is plain and boring and lovely. I like to wear things that are either far too much or very plain. When you wear those two agendas together it makes for a good time. I wear my <a href="http://bit.ly/1qXJlcA" target="_blank">Margiela Tabi's</a> every other day and they've broken in perfectly. </div>
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Oh yeah, I'm a redhead now. Surprise? It has most certainly changed my beauty routine, I don't wear blue lipstick anymore (for now...) because I look a thousand percent like a clown (and not a Cindy Sherman one) with it on, but I am appreciating <a href="http://bit.ly/1sjFLOs" target="_blank">Lady Danger by MAC</a> a whole lot. I've been testing out different skin finishes, also, trying to get my #robot look down. Still working on it. I'll keep you posted.</div>
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Long time no talk, bubs. By now most of my work is on my tumblr -- I'm undecided how to deal with this lil blob of space. Anyway, Bib + Tuck had me over to film an episode of their super cute Cash Money Clothes segment, here's mine.</div>
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Here are all the photos from the opening that <a href="http://facebook.com/thethinktheater" target="_blank">Tink </a>took for us. They're also on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/toolersmoot/media_set?set=a.861528293864769.1073741828.100000228180174&type=1" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. If you took any at the show please tag it with #mostimportantugly on twitter/tumblr/instagram so we can check it out! We would love to see them.<br />
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Tayler & I with our headlining muse Indigo, who came in her full lady vengeance makeup (I love <a href="http://indikos.tumblr.com/post/83871709140" target="_blank">this </a>picture she took of herself).<br />
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It is nigh impossible to get all my favorite people in the same room together but this picture is proof it is possible!!!<br />
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Shot before the store got way crowded (but in a good way).<br />
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The Rookie crew came out also, and Shinji, and so many other people who are bright stars in my universe. I love you all very much.<br />
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<a href="http://www.papermag.com/2014/04/the_best_worst_and_weirdest_of_15.php" target="_blank">Thanks to Paper Magazine for the shoutout</a> on the show also -- ugliest art opening of the week, indeed.<br />
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<strong>April 25, 2014 July 25, 2014 American Two Shot<br />135 Grand street, NYC Opening Reception: April 25th, 6:00-9:00pm</strong></div>
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Hello friends and friendly strangers –</div>
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If you know me at all, you know I live and breathe both makeup and memories – the stories that lipstick can tell you and the people who wear them help me wake up in the morning. Call it shallow or call it survival. I’d consider it more the latter and it’s the heart of Most Important Ugly.</div>
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What exactly should you expect? In essence, it’s a series of 13 portraits that negotiate the sitter’s stories of alienation and presentation, memories and disremembering. In order to sit for their photo to be taken, I asked each muse<br />
a series of questions about shame, safety, power, family and beauty. This series of questions is called “Therapy Sessions in Sephora,” a reference to the place where I came up with the questions and the place where the ideas for this project began to unfold.</div>
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This project discusses anxiety and queer marginalization, revealing the monsters that are hidden inside of us when we are taught what we are is not enough, or is too much, or that it shouldn’t exist at all. It is a presentation of the resistance of marginalized people and how makeup can bring out the best in you: it’s just that the best is not always what is expected, or the most beautiful, or the most kind. Most Important Ugly tells the story of Monster Culture and the everyday heroes that it breeds. The heroes are my friends in the queer community, my readers, our friends. Nonbinary beauties, trans friends, queer and questioning people we know and love all came together to sit for this project and it is their stories that we have the honor to share in these photographs. Gertrude Stein once wrote: “Give me new face new faces new faces I have seen the old ones.” This is our response to this idea of a beauty culture where we do not belong.</div>
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There are 13 portraits in the installation. There will also be a Limited Edition zine (Edition of 13 copies) detailing our process and monster culture, and it will include the original questions asked of each sitter. That way, you can learn what your Most Important Ugly is, too.</div>
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<a name='more'></a><b>Do you have to be 21+ to attend? Do you have to RSVP to the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/469650739830250/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming" target="_blank"> facebook event</a>?</b><br />
Nope and nah.<br />
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<strong>How do I get there from where I am?</strong><br />
Hopstop and google maps are great for figuring that stuff out!<br />
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<b>I can't make it but I want to see everything!</b><br />
Bummer but no worries, it'll be up for about 2 months.<br />
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<b>I can't make it but I'd love to buy a zine. Will you be selling them online?</b><br />
Nope. Sorry.<br />
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<b>Do the portraits include you and Tayler?</b><br />
Nope. This project was not about us as monsters or uglies or what have you. We're pretty self actualized in that methodology. We wanted to promote our friends and muses.<br />
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<strong>Arabelle Sicardi </strong>is a fashion and beauty writer & artist with the popular feminist fashion blog, Fashion Pirate. She is on staff at Rookie Magazine, the online teen magazine founded by Tavi Gevinson, and has also contributed to Teen Vogue, Refinery29, Autostraddle, and Lucky. She was most recently profiled in the New York Times for her work in creating communities of SelfEmpowerment and in PAPER Magazine online as a personal style blogger the magazine is obsessed with.<br />
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<strong>Tayler Smith </strong>is a photographer with a focus on fine art portraiture, currently attending her second year at The School of Visual Arts. She was named one of the Frist Museum’s “Young Tennessee Artists” of 2012 and has since contributed to Inconnu Magazine, Motive Magazine and Autostraddle. This is her first public exhibition.</div>
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<em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Indigo Nelson, 2014</em><br />
<em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Melissa Fan, 2013</em><br />
<em style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Tyler Ford, 2013</em></div>
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Tayler and I finally wrapped up the final photos for our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/469650739830250/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming" target="_blank">Most Important Ugly photo project</a> and hopped right into shooting my babe <a href="http://manufactured1987.com/" target="_blank">Jilly </a>(photos of her on Tayler's blog) and also these cute bags I've gotten recently. This will be the last time we have studio space together until after the summer which is really weird! We've been shooting almost every weekend for six or seven months now and almost always around this very strict theme using this very specific process. So finally working on stuff outside rules we've set for ourselves was a strange experience. Tayler jumped right into it and built this amazing set and I was almost at a loss as to what to do with Jilly's makeup, since I'm so used to interrogating people and building a history based on their stories. To not have that story and not reference any specific look like I sometimes do (<a href="http://arabellesicardi.com/post/67127454406/makeupping-night-with-da-pal-galliano-and-biba" target="_blank">recreating McGrath for Galliano, 5ever</a>) - it was really exciting but also really intimidating.</div>
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I think into things <i>all of the time</i>, half probably because I'm eternally trying to justify my interests as having value and the other half because I want to explore that value endlessly. But really, even though I love makeup and love how it connects people, sometimes you just want simple looks that look good. I didn't build on any references, I just went with colors I thought would look nice. Jilly has perfect skin and she looks good in everything so it was really easy and fun. Almost too much fun: I had to give my permission to keep it really simple. The day before (or after? time is weird) I did the exact opposite and I had to give my permission to go <i>all out </i>and I spent a very long time doing detail work and violent physical labor with glitter.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Hat</b>: DIY <b>Glasses</b>: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/Sunglasses-/45246/i.html?Brand=Givenchy" target="_blank">Givenchy </a><b>Dress</b>: <a href="http://www.choies.com/product/character-pattern-shift-dress-in-pink_p21706?cid=2058" target="_blank">Choie</a>s*<b>Strawberry Bag</b>: Tayler's <b>Egg Bag:</b> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/181864988/glitter-fried-egg-clutch-handbag?ref=shop_home_feat_1" target="_blank">Luna from the Moon</a>* <b>Shoes:</b> <a href="http://bit.ly/1n8NYl1" target="_blank">ASOS</a>. <b>Eyeshadow:<a href="http://bit.ly/1igMDVR" target="_blank"> </a></b><a href="http://bit.ly/1igMDVR" target="_blank">Urban Decay Electric Palette</a>* <b>Lipstick</b>: YSL Le Orange* <b>Tayler's Bag</b>: <a href="http://jumpfrompaper.us/" target="_blank">Jump from Paper</a>*</td></tr>
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Anyway. So I copped <a href="http://www.choies.com/product/character-pattern-shift-dress-in-pink_p21706?cid=2058" target="_blank">this Prada knockoff</a>. Sorry Prada. I worship the ground you work on and I talk about knockoffs quite consistently! There was just no way in hell I could ever afford the real thing, Prada doesn't really do Archive sales in the style of CDG so there was no point in even waiting a million years. I settled and bought the knockoff instead -- laughing at the minor differences all the while (<a href="http://arabellesicardi.com/post/71612561140" target="_blank">documented in my Prada tag on tumblr, to my own amusement and no one else's, because I have a sad sense of humor</a>). I <i>did</i> buy Authentic <a href="http://arabellesicardi.com/post/75657302692/im-gonna-make-these-my-every-day-glasses-as-soon" target="_blank">Prada sunglasses</a> though so like, she still is getting my money in some capacity? To assuage the guilt I feel. I was going to buy the bra that goes on top of it, but even the non-embellished version costs about $1200 and I would rather make it myself with vintage brooches and you know, pay rent and student loans and stuff. I'm sure Miuccia doesn't mind too much.</div>
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I don't even know why I am apologizing to the internet when we are all pretty complicit in knockoff corporate culture. I think it's probably because I think about class and knockoffs all the time and haven't purchased anything in months besides authentic designer and now I feel weird class shame like I've reverted. This is the kind of shame that is set up in us and I'm not sure it's entirely a bad or good thing. It's just a thing. I'm thinking a lot about feelings <i>about</i> feelings lately and how you don't really <i>need</i> them. No feeling is final, right? And you don't need to have feelings <i>about</i> feelings. Once you realize this you become free in a lot of ways. Freedom doesn't make you a better person though, and I think we're supposed to want to be better people. Better over freedom? You can aspire for both, of course. But I'm not sure you can get them at once all the time, particularly in the context of consumerism. There is always guilt to fall somewhere, usually it's on the consumer. Especially the poor consumer. Bootstraps mentality and all that jazz -- if you work harder you'll get what you deserve, what you work for, <i>rise</i>. Of course, that's not what really happens. Luck and privilege change the game and you don't so much 'get' a job as are given one. This is where the real conversation begins. But we're still told otherwise, and told if you don't buy the Original you're the bad one when you certainly weren't the person who made the fake to begin with. You're less than. You try to work off the guilt when it shouldn't be yours to deal with in the first place. Do you know what I mean? Feel free to disagree.</div>
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I've been working on a photo series with Tayler for about six months now and it's finally done. Please join us for the opening of our photo exhibition at American Two Shot! There will be drinks and hot babes and general excellence. All ages (obvi the bar will not be, sorry young ones). Please come. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/469650739830250/" target="_blank">Here's</a> the facebook event for more info. </div>
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Hung out with my angel <a href="http://moonbrains.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Ari </a>for the first time outside of the internet this Spring Break. I had a really beautiful Spring break full of cute people. I got this vintage suit thrifting the day before with <a href="https://twitter.com/shelbyfero" target="_blank">Shelby </a>actually. </div>
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I dictate my own aesthetics and brainwaves by building my own mythology surrounding the things I love and care about. For the past few years or at least, for the past year, it's all about Monsters, and Lady Vengeance Looks specifically. But since the New Year I've been preoccupied by cyborgs and robots and the feminisms associated with them. I actually really dislike much of the academia Donna Haraway has put out there -- it's totally unapproachable and unlivable, removed from real people -- but so much of what she says about cyborgs and innocence and humanity rings true to me, too. So I spend a lot of time just thinking about it, and I'm obsessed with sci-fi and robots because of it. So when the robo babes came down the runway a few nights ago courtesy of Becca and her CHROMAT crew, I was completely floored. I've been going to fashion week for I think, thirteen seasons now? But this is the first show I yelled at, with so much joy and delight. It felt really <i>fun</i>.</div>
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I'm also super glad that I've made a conscious decision to only go to shows where I know I will see my friends -- peep my girl Gillian in the background of this picture, and William too (congrats on your new gig, dude) -- as well as to shows where I connect to the designers. While it's an absolute honor to get invited to shows every season, if I know I wouldn't ever wear a designer even if I could afford it (which I can't, ever, I mean, retail price????? hahahahaha) -- it's also a fantasy I'm disinterested in participating in. CHROMAT stuff is not inexpensive, but it's also a small brand and pretty much hand made by a bunch of rad (and mostly queer) women. With Chromat I know who works on the pieces, I know how long they take because I ask, I am allowed into the process. This is my favorite thing about small brands: they let you in. You are unquestionably the center of their universe. This isn't something you can say about larger brands who have to fill a quota for their investors in terms of new releases every season, regardless of how inspired they feel. </div>
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This piece was such a showstopper -- I reached out to touch it on instinct when it jangled past me but I kept my hands to myself because I'm not an asshole. But really: XENA Warrior Princess Looks, right? I bet Beyonce already reserved several in her size. </div>
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There were so many YESSSS moments in this show -- I'm glad I brought Tayler along to properly document it. Look at this friggin outfit. I haven't documented my season faithfully to the internet and I'm not mad about it, because I want to pay attention to the clothes and the experience more than proving I am somewhere. But I think if I didn't get photos from this show for myself I'd have been bummed out. Just: picture these light up robot goddesses, marching in the complete darkness to a bunch of beautiful people, cheering them on. It was really beautiful and exciting to be part of. </div>
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Over the summer, <a href="http://stylelikeu.com/webisodes/second-skin/arabelle-sicardi-dynasty-ogun/" target="_blank">StylelikeU </a>convinced me to partake in their relaunched Second Skin project. My friend Meagan had been in one of the first episodes the previous fashion week season and she was so stressed out about it, I was really tentative at first. But I'm also less anxious than Meagan (I SAY THIS WITH A LOT OF LOVE) so I figured it was worth a shot. The internet has a very limited perception of my style most days, so I figured whatever thrown at me couldn't get me too twisted.</div>
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Hi peaches. Long time no see I suppose, at least on this little internet space. I have been writing elsewhere -- <a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/beauty/2014-01/up-and-coming-cult-classic-beauty-products/?slide=1" target="_blank">Teen Vogue</a>, <a href="http://rookiemag.com/2014/01/space-punk-diy/" target="_blank">Rookie</a>, and <a href="http://www.thestylecon.com/author/arabellesicardi/" target="_blank">The Style Con</a> (twice a week right now). I also did <a href="http://fashinpirate.tumblr.com/post/72369263520/an-interview-with-arabelle-style-is-ritual-singular" target="_blank">some </a><a href="http://shopping.yahoo.com/blogs/fashionate/beauty-fashion-blogger-spotlight-powder-doom-014440015.html" target="_blank">interviews</a>, I've been keeping busy. We're back to working on our monstering photo series, Tayler and I, after about a month off. "Off" is an inaccurate word to describe what I've been up to though. I've never been so busy in my life! I've been at Teen Vogue freelancing M-F and then working on other projects on Saturdays. Today and tomorrow are the only days I've been home, but I've been working today too. The only downtime I've had was when <a href="http://nottaylersmith.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Tayler </a>came over to hang this weekend and she took these pictures. This is my dining room, I've photographed in here quite often over the years. It's really dusty and gross right now, but I think that's fitting, everything in it is old. Pirate ship looks.</div>
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So -- since last post: I bought myself a grail item of mine,<a href="http://bit.ly/1duigV3" target="_blank"> Margiela Tabis</a>. I'm considering them my 21st birthday present (yes, that happened last week!). It was also the blog's 7th year anniversary, which is absurd to me. I've wanted these shoes for probably at least half of the blog's lifetime. When I look back on my past posts, in between cringing, I can recognize myself in my inspiration even though how I interpreted things was a lot different then. Quite honestly, my inspiration boards are the same they've always been. I have just reformulated my process, trimmed the fat. <a href="http://www.thestylecon.com/2013/12/30/arabelle-sicardi-glamorous-hoarding/" target="_blank">I wrote about giving away a lot of my clothes for TSC actually</a>. </div>
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Three years ago buying these shoes would have been completely ridiculous and unfeasible to me. But a lot has changed since then. The other week, I was walking through the office on one of my last days at the magazine, staring at my feet in these shoes, in a Seditionaries tshirt (a gift from Hazel from a Rookie swap) and navy CDG skirt (bought for myself last summer), and I had this out of body experience. I was living -- am living -- the dream I first articulated on this very blog years ago. Sophomore in high school dreams being lived out as a Senior in University. I've already purchased so many of the things I've dreamed about, through my writing and other work. I'm in the process of doing so many other things right now I can't even talk about, and I'm so excited, because even a year ago I wouldn't have had the capacity to think myself capable. But now I'm the girl with the tabis I used to hyperventilate with jealousy over. A lot of it -- so much, actually -- has been because of the kindness of my friends and mentors who have believed in me and gave me a chance (and even their clothes, as you might have noticed from this post). I'm a lucky girl. </div>
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Thanks for helping me with everything, peaches. I'm happy you're here with me too. I think I'll do you proud this year.</div>
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I decided at 2AM this my morning to stay up and make a zine of survival mechanisms and just me talking about my favorite things, like CDG, Lady Vengeance, Beyonce, etc. I have not slept yet I am going to go do that soon probably. </div>
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It is 16 pages long and in color and downloadable from my Google Drive, so you can download it and print it out for yourself and forward it to your friends also. The images are colored weird on Google Drive viewer, but if you download the zine, it will be fine. In any case, it is for you. It is for free. Please comment if you read it, so I know you've seen it! I hope you enjoy it and I wish you so much love for 2014. </div>
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This Comme des Garcons skirt is from the <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2005RTW-CMMEGRNS" target="_blank">2005 collections</a>, I think. It's one of the pieces I bought that day I mentioned in my last post. Normally I would never wear white -- I own about like, 4 white things that aren't t-shirts -- but I figured it was both too good to pass up and a good challenge. It falls at an awkward length and it is utterly shapeless to the body on me... and I love it for those exact reasons. I don't know how it can be so difficult to wear yet also so romantic and soft, it's why it drew me in. </div>
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The tuxedo jacket I'm wearing with it is my dad's from his prom. He gave me black and white tails a few years ago, the black tailcoat was too beaten up and huge on me but I couldn't bear to let go of the white jacket. I usually only wear it in my underwear and watch Tilda Swinton movies in it. But this jacket was the most natural thing I could think of to go with this skirt... no shirt. I don't own enough of the right shade of cream and I can't bear to break the color scheme up to distract from the skirt. This is my version of the power suit. Now if only I was like eight inches taller and liked wearing heels. Then everyone would be in trouble. #iconicexecutivelooks </div>
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For a more SFW look, my friend Emily noted it'd look good with a knit so I pulled out this one I stole from my mom. I think she knit it herself. </div>
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When I wear this skirt I feel like Eva in this scene. The Dreamers forever. </div>
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In any case, I wore the knit+skirt combo to buy onion dip and hang out with my cat.</div>
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Just wanted to share a pretty thing I like. I was apprehensive posting some of these because boobs but then I laughed because total autonomy and ownership of my own images and direction and also who cares. I'm trying to grow a little bit at a time. </div>
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Hope you're all having a nice holiday weekend -- I know it can be hella triggering and terrible (usually I totally dread it), I hope it isn't the case for you and you are surrounded by people (and food) you care about. This morning I spent the day gloriously in bed, brainstorming pitches and watching Zoolander. It's a bit frightening how it never gets old. Thinking up pitches on fashion criticism while watching Zoolander is just.. really surreal and funny. Because honestly it's not that different from real life. Which makes it even funnier. </div>
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Anyway --- these weren't taken by Tayler, she's gone home for the break. They're actually in my new studio! But it's still under construction, so it's close cropped. I am embarrassingly rusty at taking my own photos now, but I think these came out kind of cool. Blurry and void of details, yes, but let's all pretend it's #art. Optimism! </div>
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Ok, I felt absurd with all those blurry photos, so here is ONE where you can actually see me. Bah. </div>
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But to the clothes.... my <a href="http://www.stylemint.com/?aid=2$spons$p2798$c4995$10148" target="_blank">new parka</a> makes me feel very Blade Runner especially with my new haircut. And I am finally wearing my vintage leather pants I thrifted a month or two ago -- during Rookie weekend, so I guess it's been two months? Time flies. It feels so long ago. I was on a mission that day for some CDG because I heard someone had sold a bunch of theirs to a consignment store, and I ended up going on a really dramatic mission throughout the neighborhood looking for a mysterious CDG collection and also leather pants. I lucked out and found these in the first store I went to, for I think $12! I ended up finding way more than I bargained for and ended up having a panic attack in the dressing room with a frozen bank account because I couldn't leave without buying more than I probably should have. OH WELL. I DON'T REGRET IT AT ALL. </div>
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I'd rather resell things I don't wear than walk away wondering what if, anyway. There is so little that I actually really want in my closet nowadays anyway so when I find multiples of things that inspire me I can't just turn away! I don't wan't to wonder what could have been. That applies to more than just clothes. </div>
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Hope you're having a delicious day darlin. See you soon.</div>
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