Gypsy Punk Summer Restyle

So today has been super productive and fulfilling in sort of an existential way, and I'm feeling really content about things.   I just scheduled classes for my first semester for my sophomore year, lots of philosophy.   So much brain candy!  Anddd I finally made some stuff happen when I was being really crafty and inventive.  Really excited.

VVV

Head scarves were my favorite, absolute favorite trend last year, but I've always had SUCH a hard time trying to pull it off.  I have a tiny head and absolutely the only things I could use were bandanas and this one childish tie dye scarf (Ala Limited Too) lying around my room from ten million years ago.   I didn't want to look like I was a 10-year old playing hippy for dress up, nor was I super into just rocking a boring old bandana.  I mean, honestly, there are just so many things I want to avoid while rocking the headscarf.  I don't want it to look like a headband or a hijab or a cowgirl bandana....  It's just not my personal preference...  But today!   I perfected it!   I had an old half of a cut-up Old Navy graphic tee-shirt lying around and I thought, hey, there's hardly any fabric here, maybe I should try to squeeze it around my little head.  And it worked!  This look is absolutely everything I could ask for: edgy yet feminine, artistic, bohemian, and not too pin-up-girl.  I don't really see the appeal of them pin-up look 100%.  It's nice but not my favorite type of retro get-up.

ALSO!

My favorite quirky little make-up trend EVER is the dots under the eyes!  Somehow both sophisticated and fun... and friendly.  It would work for any style and still be cute as hell.  Or hellish.  It would compliment a very punky very well.  Where did it even come from?   It seems very burlesque.  -Or victorian?  Don't mimes wear those?  Except they wear triangles?  Either way, it only increases my admiration for this little artistic touch to eye-makeup.  So simple yet so dramatic!!! *swoons*

1/8/13

So, after last night I realized that lookbook.nu is fucking stupid, because they flat-out deleted my only entry because it didn't show my feet (I cropped them out cause they I was only wearing mlp socks and I didn't want the fashion world to judge me for being a brony).  I have a friend who has only one foot, what if he decided that he was the dapperest mofo  on the planet and posted himself to lookbook?  That would be discrimination.  If they deleted his picture, I mean.  Okay, so I'm kidding.  But- fuck.  It's just such a small thing and they barely even notified me.  But I digress, it was  kind of a cheap half-assed post.  I used 200 orange translucent bubbles to cover up the fact that my photography & lighting was god-awful.  What I'm getting at here, is that I'm going to put more of my energy into this little slice of me-ness than futily throwing myself into the world of blonde girls with peter-pan collars and american apparel brogues.  This is my fashion blog.

(PS.  the quality of pictures on this entry is much better)

First of all, it's a gorgeous day.  Very sunny and bright, so that helped.  I really prided myself on picking out details here.  I've always really liked the multiple-bracelet thing since I was a punky highschooler -even though it had a reputation of only existing only so that cutters can cover their scars, it's still always been radass to me.  And the barrettes are nice, but better for the >year 5 age group when people don't actually have much hair.  I took them out after the pic 'cause they just wack everything up.

I love love these boots.  I got them at Valley Thrift in Cincinnati for only about $5, even if I did end up spending an extra $15 to get them repaired about a week ago by this funny Chinese guy.  And another detail:  The red ring.  You'll see that a lot.  I don't leave home without it.  Let's just say, that ring has been through a lot of experiences with me, and it's gotten very, very dirty.

Oh, the dress is from H&M and as cute as the layering is, it's out of necessity cause there's a snag in my dress right over the nipple.  It's not sexy.  At all. Yeah, that's my outfit.  Sorry about all of the doe-eyes that I've been making.  I guess I think I'm Zooey Deschannel or something.

1/7/13

I'm actually impressed at how this picture came out & I adore the bracelet.  However, the leggings are actually very glittery and shimmery.  I got them at H&M this summer  and was really taken back by them.  They're shocking!  But are moreso in real-life.

The detail of the leggings are obviously better in the second picture and those shoes are so so great!  I realize that the tennis shoes/ wedges combo is not really utilitarian but still, adore!  I wanted them for years and just found them at an after-christmas sale.  So great!