My friend, who has been to Coachella five times (sooo….jealous….) was saying that there has been a shift in the audience, with (apparently) lots more neon-ness. London nu rave is finally making its way over here, I guess. Call it the Aggy effect. It’s too bad. A couple years ago I had a period of neon obsession, complete with highlighter yellow sneakers, but I’m not so into it anymore.
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Alber Elbaz makes jeans? Considering I pretty much worship him and his huge bowties, I’m pretty excited. Too bad it doesn’t come out until next year, and the price point will be on par with the ready-to-wear. My wallet is not going to be happy with me.
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Stuck in my head: Go Places by The New Pornographers
After my first and only lengthy discussion about fashion with a few of my friends, one of my friends told me yesterday that she bought a grey top of some collared variety (she wasn’t sure what kind of collar it was, but was sure I would know if I saw it). We had talked about how much I love grey, and the top she bought was probably the only grey article of clothing she owns. It seems that my inexplicable obsession with grey is infectious. Over the course of the year, my roommate has started wearing more and more grey. I would say I’m a trendsetter, but that’s just way too pretentious, so instead I’ll just be happy that I’m not a complete rambling fool. It’s funny how things happen like that. You talk about what you’re excited about, what you’re thinking about, and you don’t know if anyone is going to listen, but you might just end up affecting someone. And besides, grey isn’t a trend, it’s a way of life!
I tried this Phillip Lim dress on in Neiman’s a couple months ago. I LOVE it. Fringe can be so hard to wear, but after trying on this dress, I’ve really been into it. I’m toying with the idea of sewing fringe onto a t-shirt. If only I had a sewing machine in my dorm room. I could make myself a navy blue shirt with black fringe. Mmm. Dark colors. I don’t care if the weather’s getting warm. It makes me want to wear brighter colors, but my real love is still black and navy blues and greys. Ugh I love that dress. If only I had a reason to get it.
I so so so wish I was in New York right now, for one reason. Alexander Wang’s designer collection for Uniqlo is out!!! Alexander Wang is one of my favorite designers. And he’s from the Bay Area! That makes him even more awesome. He even went to a high school whose tennis team I played when I was in high school. I’ve already written about his fall collection, but I can’t say enough good things about his work. I wanted that grey tiger intarsia sweater from the spring collection soooo much. His collections’ color palettes usually consist of grey, black, and white, which I love. Yay dark colors! In any case, I am seriously lusting after his new collection for Uniqlo, and I really don’t know what to do about it. WHY DON’T THEY HAVE UNIQLO IN SAN FRANCISCO?!
Today is my friend’s birthday (two of my friends, in fact), which, when it’s a girl, almost always calls for me to pull out my gems and put together some jewelry for them. I’m so busy I almost never have time to make jewelry for anything other than birthdays. I love making jewelry for my friends because: 1. I love giving presents, and 2. I like being able to custom make something. Designing a piece of jewelry for a friend lets me really think about a friend’s style in a lot of detail. I love the fact that people can have such distinct senses of style, even if they’re not “into” fashion as much as, say, me (which is…all my friends except one). It’s interesting to sit at my desk with unorganized little bags of gems and rolls of chain and pliers everywhere, thinking about what kinds of colors, silhouettes, and styles of clothing my friends prefer. I pride myself on being able to really be able to get a sense of what other people like to wear, and then designing them a piece of jewelry that they like because it fits with their style personality. The other day I was having one of the best conversations I’ve ever had about fashion, and one of my friends asked me to describe different people’s styles. I realized that I couldn’t even really put into words how my friends dress, because it’s more of an inexplicable thing where you can just tell what they like. It’s kind of funny because everyone has a very specific way of dressing, whether or not they really know it, but the way I think about my clothes and the way I dress seems so schizophrenic and sometime totally random (at least to me). Some days I’ll wear a headband Indian-style and my friend will call me a hippie, other days I’ll wear a blazer and tailored pieces, etc. etc. I’m greedy, I want to wear every look, try everything, and I dress totally on a whim. So, while I can easily pinpoint everyone else’s style and describe it at least a little, I don’t really know how I would explain the way I dress. Sorry for rambling, I just think it’s interesting.
Do you have some days where not much really goes wrong, but you still feel like your life sucks and you just want to smash things and snap at everyone? Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve been having a lot of days like that recently. I’m not going to go into on and on about what is making me want to shoot lasers out of my eyes and crawl into a little hole at the same time, but I noticed something. Sometimes, when I feel bad, I want to wear lots of layers and dark colors and huge scarves and hide. Last night though, I was in a crappy mood but decided to solve this I would put on makeup. At 9 at night. When I was just planning to stay in and do homework all night. And I’ve had this urge to wear lots of f*** you clothes (to steal from Kristopher Dukes) and revel in the fact that, no, I do not wear sweatpants to class and I wear what I want, when I want. I sometimes express my emotions in a weird way: through my clothes. Too bad nobody can read them. Yeah, this probably makes no sense.
