Costume June 2010, digital scans courtesy of Fashion Bits and Bobs
Summer blooms
Costume June 2010, digital scans courtesy of Fashion Bits and Bobs
An ode to sparrows, naked ladies, and cats

Photos courtesy of Jack & Jil, Vogue Nippon, Elle, The Cherry Blossom Girl, Wire Image; Illustration courtesy of Janelle Burger
*Edit* Thanks to Katie T., a d.i.y for swallow-print shoes!
Thanks to Alicyn, Miu Miu-inspired nail art!
Pro Nails
Above is a photo of all the "grown up" ones I own. I realize I have a lot of dark colors: dark purple and THREE different dark blues (one inspired by this Spring 2008 Chanel one, of course). With Spring, I needed to lighten up the colors. O.P.I.'S "Peas and Qs" stands in for this Chanel one, different types of coral pinks are always on trend for spring, and some pastel purples from American Apparel. I haven't tried the AA ones yet, but the bottles are pretty enough for now.
It seems like I may have started another addiction...
Alek Wek Werkin' it (I'M SORRY)
Lady Grey
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Picnic party!
Like I said in this post, my friends over at Acrobatics Everyday hosted a free picnic/concert/rummage sale in Mason Park in Irvine this past Saturday. I got to catch up with lots of friends, eat awesome picnic food, and just lounge in the perfect 75 degree weather. Seriously, nothing beats that!
I made this pasta dish again, only with more veggies and cheese:


Also, a cucumber and cream cheese sandwich, with sliced tomatoes on the side.

Cecily made a quinoa salad while Anam brought libations (Orangina and old-timey root bear), pita chips+hummus, fruit, and FREEDOM CRUMPETS (crumpets with a nutella+strawberry jam+peanut butter spread. See, the peanut butter makes it AMERICAN.).


Samra and Paul

These next couple of photos courtesy of my bbgurl Erin.
Shoveling food.


One of the bands that played by the fake lake-side. So summery, no?

KT is summer rummagin' (and rocking a Twenty-Seven Names inspired outfit!), Zhub is grubbin, and Emily is unintentionally photobombing.

The scene:

And an outfit post for your time (courtesy of Anam). Sorry for looking like a hot mess! This was taken post picnic/85 c and delicious Chinese pastries/driving back from Irvine.

Jean jacket: Rodarte x Target | Floral dress: Asos | T-strap wedges: Target | Bag: Forever 21
a few things:
I've added a few options at the right side to make it easier to follow this blog and be alerted the moment I update (OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IMPORTANT). First, subscribe via e-mail and be alerted whenever a new post is published! Secondly, there are two links to subscribe through an external site: Bloglovin' and a general link that will let you subscribe with your preferred site reader. Although, I assume that if you're reading this you're already savvy enough and know about this...so I guess this is for people you want to share this little site with. Tell them there are easy ways to read this. And at their leisure! Maybe?
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In addition, I've also made it easier to navigate fashion week entries on my blog. I now have a link up above that says "Fashion Week Collections." There, in bullet-form, are links to every designer and his/her collection.
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I've recently become a ~contributing writer~ for a new fashion/beauty magazine + blog called The Style|Setter. A few things I have written so far are here, here, and here. I may or may not be pimpin' this every so often so if you're not interested, just scroll to the next entry!
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If you are a fan of cute babies, cute baby animals, hot boyzzzzz, and inspiring fashion photos, then head on over (and follow!) my tumblr. It's basically everything else I like but don't post here.
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My link list is ever-growing because my friends are awesome and have awesome blogs. Check them out!
5. A fat baby and a puppy for your time:
On a Good Day
May's theme over at Mixed Tapes for Mixed Tastes is "Short Attention Span." This means that no song can go over 2 minutes. I was thinking of just putting a bunch of noisey/ambient tracks and make a soundscape but then I thought, "That's way too pretentious" and also a lot of effort. So I made an actual mix that is pleasant on the earbuds. I just listened to it and it does go by really fast but still enjoyable? Hopefully you find it enjoyable. Enough for a nice bike ride! I won't write lengthy descriptions for each song because that's too intense so here is the track list and album cover:
1. A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Magna for Annie, Josh & Robin
2. Crocodiles: Screaming Chrome
3. The Death Set: Blah!
4. Peter Bjorn and John: Writer's Block
5. Final Fantasy: ->
6. Morrissey: Angel, Angel, Down We Go Together
7. Inara George: Night Happens
8. Karen O: Igloo
9. PJ Harvey: No Child Of Mine
10. Patrick Wolf: The Shadowsea
11. Anni Rossi: Ecology
12. Belle and Sebastian: Simple Things
13. P:ano: Working
14. Talulah Gosh: Beatnik Boy
15. France Gall: Oh! Quelle Famille (avec Petits Chanteurs De I'lle-De-France)
16. Brigitte Bardot: L'appareil à sous
17. Natalie Portman's Shaved Head: Sophisticated Side Ponytail
18. Mika Miko: I Got A Lot (New New New)
19. Cold Cave: Hello Rats
20. Battles: Snare Hanger
21. Micachu: Sweetheart
22. Foot Ox: New Boyfriend
23. Phoenix: Congratulations
24. St. Vincent: We Put A Pearl In The Ground
25. God Help the Girl: A United Theory
26. Mirah: Recommendation
27. The Dodos: Eyelids
28. Joanna Newsom: On a Good Day
Summer personified
Saturday Funday

FAST FACTS (courtesy of Sam/Acrobatics Everyday):
2. if you want to sell stuff, email acrobaticseveryday@gmail.com, or just show up. bring a blanket or towel to designate your space.
3. here is a map of what is going on: http://acrobaticseveryday.com/images/mason_map.jpg
4. this will start at noon sharp
5. 8 artists will be playing music throughout the day, without any power from outlets. they rule, check them out on the event page.
6. come with positive attitude, chill hard, listen to tunes, buy some cool shit (or don't)
7. there will be a FREE PILE which will exactly that: a pile of stuff that is free for the taking. this is where you will want to bring that box of magazines you have sitting around in your room that you don't know what to do with but can't throw away but can't really sell or do anything with. or anything. put it here, let someone who feels like they can use it take it.
8. bring foods to eat if you want to. there are charcoal bbqs in the park. acrobatics will be grillin up some food for cheap but you are free to bring anything. if you bring booze, don't make it obvious because we will get kicked out pretty fast (this is irvine).
Chanel Resort 2011
Oh, to have friends in high places...I wish I was famous enough to get an invite from Uncle Karl and fly to Saint-Tropez to see Chanel's Resort 2011 collection for myself. Seeing paparazzi photos of Diane Kruger romping around, guests lounging under umbrellas during the show, models coming onto the "catwalk" on jet ski and motorcycle, and of course the great weather of Saint-Tropez...so divine. Instead of my regular collection collage, I thought I'd also add some of the background photos because they all seem to be having so much fun!
Happy mama's day! [Food edition]
Finished dishes: Chicken in white wine stew with asparagus