Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label purple. Show all posts

Thursday, April 25, 2013

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.

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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.

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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*

Monday, April 8, 2013

Purple Pants


I finally decided to utilize my button/pin collection for one of the first times this year, and I haven't been so confident with an outfit I put together in a few!




















What's awesome about this outfit, is that aside from the little accessories it's hella simple- I don't really have the most simple style because I like to express myself, or rather, over-express myself.  But I think in this particular case I could be myself without over-stating it.

I think in this modern culture people put a lot of emphasis on expressing their interests, and I don't think it's all that bad.  Pins are a kind of way to do that.  Here's to my supa kawaii panda & pony pins and my Ramones pins <3 






















^^My phone camera's pretty cool.  Isn't this really good detail on my purple shorts?  I bought them at Madewell this past winter, I think.  They're real quality.