Dazed or something

typecasted

2012-02-14T09:57:00.001-05:00

Silhouettes of all kinds have been on my mind lately. Thigh-grazing hemlines, giant coats with bare legs, baggy men's trousers, cinched waists. I'm a believer that you don't have to stick to just one style sensibility. It's true that some feel more comfortable with getting dressed in a uniform of sorts-- one that ultimately feels natural or even mindless. But I like the idea of trying out different fits and shapes depending on what mood I'm in.

clockwise:

1.? via old chum

2.Kirsten Owen in 1993 via ny cart style

3.Audrey Marnay shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia, 1997 via dark victory

4.Hans Peter Feldmann via dark victory

pros

2012-02-13T16:31:00.004-05:00

The women of Advanced Style are always the coolest.

my life

2012-02-06T23:21:00.001-05:00

Myf Shepherd wearing a Jonathan Saunders suit and Céline shoes. Shot by Colin Dodgson for Oyster Mag #97.

vanity

2012-02-06T01:47:00.002-05:00

  1. 'Golden gesture' vintage compact, Ebay

2. Schiaparelli x Dali compact, 1935, Met Museum

(One similar sold for $13,000 at a Sotheby's auction in 1997)

f21

2012-01-28T03:21:00.001-05:00

In the last couple of years or so I've made a pact with myself to try and spend less money on 'fast fashion.' Ie: lower quality goods that don't exactly withstand time, but have a favorable price tag. Though I'd rather go the vintage or thrifted route, sometimes the lure of the mega retail chain seems to just reel me in...

Here are some things from Forever 21 that I would purchase (that is if my bank balance wasn't at $15 at the moment).

cable knit v-neck sweater

ruffled hem top

gonna

2012-01-20T21:43:00.003-05:00

 1. Maison Martin Margiela SS 2006 (petrole)

2. Steven Klein, May 2000 (tfs)

3. Peter Lindberg, 1996 (tfs)

Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv

2012-01-20T21:18:00.000-05:00

indoor cat

2012-01-06T05:09:00.001-05:00

This frigid, cold weather makes me want to bum around my apartment all day.

Sweater-vintage?

Socks-Monki

Knickers-Shakuhachi

Blanket-West Elm

knits

2011-12-25T18:10:00.001-05:00

By Jonathan West, Feb 2000

[tfs]

2011-12-18T19:50:00.001-05:00

[deer dana]

Josette Gris by Matisse, 1915

2011-12-18T19:43:00.001-05:00

[moma]

wine tote

2011-12-14T01:26:00.001-05:00

A gift supporting both alcoholism and fashion? Count me in!

$20.99 well spent I think. (Christopher Kane, eat your heart out.)

some things

2011-12-13T14:37:00.003-05:00

Some things on the web I'm inspired by:

Creatures of Comfort pajamas

Silva/Bradshaw Cirkel ring from Project No. 8

Billowy|slim silhouette from Style Sight

Tat Vateishvili. Fav in a while from Stylelikeu

Living space from Old Chum

1900 cigarette case by Kolomon Moser

fans of

2011-12-10T00:21:00.001-05:00

Justin Bieber

Kim Kardashian

Robert Pattinson

Urban Outfitters on Black Friday

go with the flow

2011-12-01T01:07:00.001-05:00

[gif via justin teodoro]

Chipie "bush" hats

2011-11-16T22:24:00.001-05:00

I'll take the gingham one, please?

[The Face May 1992]
scannedbyme

easywear

2011-11-14T01:25:00.002-05:00

1. Dorothea Lange, Untitled, 1951

2. Actress Janet Leigh, 1950

3. Gant tights

[SF Moma, corbis, gant]

blondie

2011-11-06T15:20:00.001-05:00

“Blondie” silk scarf by artist Alexandra Bircken via Ooga Booga.

Model for Creed 1938

2011-10-30T20:59:00.001-04:00

Stumbled upon these bags by Model for Creed in a 1938 issue of Vogue. I found zero info about the brand even after a bunch of Google searches. Anyone have any knowledge to drop?!

thug life

2011-10-26T15:44:00.002-04:00

Lazaro and Jack by Ezra Petronio for Self Service Magazine issue 35.

[self service mag blog]

wares

2011-10-23T18:20:00.001-04:00

Boys camo jacket from army/navy store

CDG Play t-shirt

UO shorts

Vintage shoes from Etsy

nailpower

2011-10-23T17:41:00.001-04:00

H&M Stick-ons / glitter 'ombre'

current etsy wants

2011-10-23T17:12:00.000-04:00

The Circus Book: 1870-1950

2011-10-14T00:00:00.002-04:00

Birthday flowers, 1941

Aerial ballet showgirl, 1949

Circus girl, 1950s

Aerialist Pinito del Oro, 1953

[how to be a retronaut]

anderson show

2011-09-21T23:45:00.001-04:00

Super psyched to go to a taping of the Anderson Show this Friday.

schiap shade

2011-09-20T16:48:00.002-04:00

This photo reminds me how much I still want the Schiap shade of lipstick by NARS. It's also no secret that I'm a huge fangirl of Ms. Schiaparelli herself, so I find the name of the color a great tribute to her signature 'shocking' pink.

[jeana sohn blog, mecca cosmetica]

hit it and quit it

2011-09-19T01:35:00.001-04:00

Polish film mag via eBay

Knitted pineapple purse 'reticule', 1800

Yellow trench/rucksack via Face Hunter

Baked Potato by Roy Lichtenstein, 1962

Knit jumper

Multiple Capri-Batterie by Joseph Beuys, 1985

[dark victory, schuhtutehemd, face hunter, KCI Institute]

mini bags

2011-09-17T00:04:00.001-04:00

Little 10 year olds toting these around? For real? I'm not even slightly embarrassed to admit there is a whole list of things I would like to own from Zara Girls.

A-O-H

2011-09-16T23:18:00.006-04:00

Google tells me that my average post per week is about 1.4. This is a super sad fact and I'm going to try to up my number. Of course I say that now and then a new episode of Real Housewives of Bev Hills is on or I want to eat a second dinner or take a nap...I know where my priorities are. No but really, I am going to spend more time on this thing.

Last week I took a trip out to Bard to visit Amy which was really sick. She has this huge house in the woods she's renting out which smells like a sleepaway camp cabin in the best sense possible and looks like it's straight out of a scene from Twin Peaks. We spent most of the weekend listening to records, overeating, and drinking cheap beers. We're so baller (fat) that we made fried oreos and M&M pancakes in one day.

We also got vegetarian burritos at Bubby's. I was skeptical at first because the thought of a burrito without meat seems horrifying to me. But it actually ended up being so delicious that I forgot to take a photo of it like I had originally planned and thus scarfed it down in two seconds.

She showed me around Rhinebeck, NY, where we went into a bunch of quaint Mom & Pop shops. At a craft store called Wing & Clover I spotted these Russian nesting dolls that are a way better version of an overpriced Margiela variety.

Instead, I ended up buying these clogs at a thrift store. They completely grandma-ify me but I love them dearly.

Be back soon, mum!!!

ashes to ashes

2011-09-08T00:38:00.001-04:00

In other news, the Outlawz admitted to smoking Tupac's ashes. Read the article here.

"Yes, it's definitely true... Had a little memorial for him with his mum and his family. We had hit the beach, threw [in] a lot of shit he liked at the beach. Some weed, some chicken wings, he loved orange soda... Pac loved that kind of shit, so we were giving him our own farewell." -Young Noble

"I came up with that [plan to smoke Tupac's ashes] shit. If you listen to 'Black Jesus', he said, 'Last wishes, niggas smoke my ashes'. That was a request that he had. Now, how serious he was about it? We took it serious." -EDI Mean

shade parade

2011-09-07T22:55:00.001-04:00

My personal view count: 6 and counting.

bottle vases

2011-08-23T19:25:00.001-04:00

Repurposed bottles cast in porcelain.

Here.

2011-08-17T14:58:00.000-04:00

shet

2011-08-07T15:56:00.001-04:00

Just want 2 b as happy as Lindsay. Fall Apartment hunt: outlook not so good.

[olson stuff]

babybabybaby

2011-08-06T17:02:00.000-04:00

When and if ever I am with child, I hope to look half as good as these two.

[mary dear, anywho]

moschino bear

2011-08-04T02:52:00.002-04:00

 Vintage Moschino teddy bear backpack...Someone buy this now?

7/14/11

2011-07-24T16:01:00.001-04:00

Antique show and flea in Brimfield, Mass.  

aïe aïe aïe

2011-07-13T01:27:00.001-04:00

1925 life guard uniform by Gantner of California 

Centre Stage Series #12 by Tania Schleglova

[ye olde fashion, the ardorous]

untied

2011-07-12T15:05:00.000-04:00

Corinne Day editorial from the August 1993 issue of The Face.

[scannedbyme] 

h.p.

2011-07-12T00:33:00.000-04:00

After a very long period of lusting after this book, I think I'm finally ready to make it mine.

purple label

2011-07-12T00:19:00.000-04:00

Nanamica x North Face Purple label

[limited hype]

1948 magritte

2011-06-29T22:24:00.000-04:00

1. Lola de Valence

      2. Le Galet (The Pebble)

3. Les Profondeurs du Plaisir

(The Depths of Pleasure)

[art tattler]

artificially flavored

2011-06-26T01:27:00.000-04:00

John Galliano SS06 lips, acid wash denim, ear candy, Maison Martin Margiela SS07 RTW wedges, 1940s manicure.

[cadaverouss, schuhtutehemd, the doppelganger, corbis]

bump n grind

2011-06-14T01:22:00.000-04:00

pale blinds drawn all day

2011-05-28T02:01:00.000-04:00

[room via ghost next door, Helmut Newton via all things amazing, Robert McGinnis' Women Love Letter]

back in mass

2011-05-25T12:11:00.001-04:00

Amy, Elisa and I made these and watched this last night.

gotta go

2011-05-24T02:25:00.001-04:00

See ya later, New York.

Finals

School

Job

Summer.

[Untitled Film Still #58, 1980 / Untitled Film Still #54, 1980 by Cindy Sherman via MoMA]

sunday funday

2011-05-22T22:49:00.000-04:00

Cause shorts that look like they are PJs deserve to be worn with some boudoir slipper-like comefuckme heels!

Tara Jarmon top

Suno shorts

Alexander Wang shoes

H&M clutch

Vintage Gucci sunglasses

real life fashun

2011-05-22T01:48:00.006-04:00

I had an omg, cutesy (barf) moment during a consignment appointment at work today. Some ladybird in a size 10 didn't want these puppies any more (WHY!?). 

Look familiar?

Oh, hey Carrie Bradshaw circa 2000! I remember when you tried those Manolos on at that patisserie while people were eating. But it was totally fine/acceptable/polite since it was out of the sheer excitement of wearing them in front of that skanky ass ho, Natasha (Big's wifey at the time). Also this is irrelevant but Charlotte ordered a fruit cup, like wTf?

What's more sad, the fact that I find these shoes still 'cool' or the fact that I could reference that episode the minute I saw them?

b/w lil' kim

2011-05-19T04:22:00.001-04:00

[necolebitchie]

playw/me

2011-05-16T22:45:00.001-04:00

Yo readers. I'm really busy with finals and shit this week, so if you want to be -closer- to me, find me on Words with Friends. Because the way I study for my finals is obviously by playing fun, brainteaser iPhone games! My username is Dazedorsomething (shocking right?).

[4th sex and beyond]

jugholders

2011-05-10T02:09:00.000-04:00

[1880s French corset, 1920s brassiere, 1977 Westwood/McLaren Seditionaries label]

[KCI Archive]

t i r e d

2011-05-06T00:12:00.000-04:00

Can I just like graduate already?

[Vogue US September 2006 by Annie Leibovitz] 

1930s predictions

2011-05-03T22:35:00.000-04:00

cover me up

2011-05-03T19:12:00.000-04:00

Cut/Country Life Album Covers.

u there?

2011-04-18T02:20:00.000-04:00

 Robert Doisneau| Wenda on the Beach, Norman Parkinson, Vogue UK | W March 2006, Craig McDean

[monochrom23reich, the doppelganger, spinningbirdkick]

Schiaparelli knits

2011-04-15T17:24:00.000-04:00

Schiaparelli trompe l'oeil sweaters, 1927 (green one is from 1930s)

[musée de la mode et du costume, Paris via fredo at tfs, met museum]

too awake

2011-04-09T02:50:00.006-04:00

Got a 9am train to catch. Maybe I should go to sleep?

[Vogue Paris March 1994 by Juergen Teller, styled by Venetia Scott, tfs]

pussy galore

2011-04-09T02:35:00.000-04:00

Modekungen top

Just Cavalli jeans

Balenciaga shoes

Clare Vivier clutch

Christophe Coppens pin

Medecine Douce pin

good old days

2011-04-09T02:00:00.000-04:00

2001 American Music Awards.

[luello]

seemingly

2011-04-09T01:05:00.001-04:00

Kathleen on the Sofa, Bowery, NYC, Helmut Lang 1996 by Nan Goldin | Greenery | Maison Martin Margiela Tabi Boot | Dali's Lobster Telephone, 1936

[cotton blanc, old chum, the doppelganger, corbis]

i'm a kid, ma

2011-04-05T15:35:00.001-04:00

Tsumori Chisato tote | Butterfinger that I'm about to chomp on | Plastic ring from the Dentist (prize!) | Party store ropey bracelets | Sparkle nail polish, stolen from roomie | Girl silhouette necklace from Cafe Society | Clipper lighters | Alligator that came with a (big) drink from a silly bar | Salt Water Sandals from eBay | 1960s sandals from Etsy that I must return because they are not as comfortable as they are pretty to look at.

This is what the nail polish looks like.

morning message

2011-04-01T21:15:00.002-04:00

I still feel like this is real. 

buy me i'm so pretty

2011-03-19T14:33:00.002-04:00

 Spotted in Chelsea. 

sugar water

2011-03-18T02:01:00.001-04:00

the dark victory | the face oct '93 | etsy

Monday 411

2011-03-14T16:12:00.005-04:00

1.Wearing my hair wavy for the first time since I chopped it off.

2. I really like the new BRIT song. I'm also on a huge Robyn kick too. 

3. I would like to show the world my feet; it's time for sandal weather.

4.  Netflix has My So-Called Life on Watch Instantly AND Rugrats.

5. There is a tumblr called dazedorsomething and it is most definitely not mine.

flushed

2011-03-14T02:13:00.001-04:00

Manon's Ambulance Service, Manon, 2003 [art tattler international] | Primping cat [? tumblr] 

| Jones Beach, Jerry Cook, 1956 [the dark victory]

supdawg...

2011-03-08T03:43:00.002-05:00

Liv Tyler in a Givenchy Men's Fall 2011 tee. I prefer it on her over Kanye and even Riccardo himself...

Agnès Boulard in Balenciaga Pre-Fall 2011. 

[gossip rocks, self service magazine blog]

overseas

2011-03-07T02:33:00.001-05:00

sunnie inspo

2011-03-07T01:10:00.002-05:00

Some Etsy listings I'm currently pining over:

[The Dark Victory, Corbis]

sheen

2011-03-06T01:51:00.002-05:00

   "I have a disease? Bull shit. I cured it with my brain, with my mind. I’m cured. I’m done. The only thing I’m addicted to right now is winning."

-Charlie Sheen 
 [corbis]    

Amy and her things

2011-02-26T19:09:00.002-05:00

Kitty (at the orchard)!

"Tobacco" pipe!

New bag!

A photo of me!

Las Palmas

2011-02-22T20:29:00.000-05:00

Nick Moss

2011-02-20T23:29:00.002-05:00

Spent most of the day at my school library, leafing through old back-issues of my favorite magazines. It's almost hard to believe that I have access to almost any issue of any publication I would ever want to see... The benefits of going to fashion school I guess? Mostly, I started going through 90s issues of The Face. It's going to take a while for me to even make a dent on the first half of the decade. I managed to scan a bunch of photos today and I definitely plan on posting them here. I was so psyched going through each issue, since it's so fahcking difficult to find scans of editorials on The Fashion Spot or online in general. I'll start by sharing this interview with Kate Moss' brother (WHO WAS A MODEL TOO, hai did you know that?) from the 1992 August issue. The photo was shot by Corinne Day. Click to enlarge! 

A tid-bit worthy of note: Interviewer asks: Do you think you're good-looking? Nick answers: Not Really [at this point his friend Zoe starts laughing loudly, and Nick kicks her to keep her quiet]. I don't! I'm not vain at all [Zoe continues laughing].

And here's a photo of Nick and Kate modeling together in the December 1992 issue of Harper's Bazaar, shot by Mario Testino. Click to enlarge this one as well.

[The Face pages scanned by yours truly, HB photo via tfs, scanned by Alien Sex Friend]

Boy Spring Look Book

2011-02-07T17:30:00.002-05:00

Kirsten Dunst modeled for Boy by Band of Outsiders' Spring Look Book.

Shot at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in Pasadena, CA on Feburary 1st. 

(Well, whadya know, I was in the same place, visiting the same gardens, two days earlier...)

See the rest of the photos here. 

Barbara Kruger

2011-02-05T03:38:00.001-05:00

Some of my favorite Barbara Kruger works:  

 Untitled / Seeing through you / 2004 

Sex Lure / 1979

We Won't Play Nature to your Culture / 1983

[art history archive]

slutever

2011-01-27T18:49:00.002-05:00

Recently discovered this blog, slutever, written by this girl, Karley Sciortino. I never claimed this was entirely a fashion blog, so I don't feel too weird about promoting a website that is mainly about sexxx. I personally enjoyed the posts about her internet slaves that used to pay her rent/buy her books. 

semester deux

2011-01-27T16:30:00.003-05:00

H8 Packing. 

I'm bummed winter break is over.
Time to get back to "learning" things and being a "student."
I need to find a job, a spring internship, and my dignity asap. 

[dunnowhereifoundthephotoshootme]

west coast

2011-01-21T16:44:00.002-05:00

Greetings from the Parker Meridien. 

>>

Now back in LA chilling with this fool.

Swedish Hasbeens x H&M

2011-01-21T16:04:00.001-05:00

In stores 4.20.

Priced between $59.95 and $69.95.

More styles can be seen here.  

GOIN GOIN BACK BACK to cali cali

2011-01-14T01:42:00.003-05:00

Flying out to California tomorrow. If anyone has any recommendations of places I should go to/see/eat at in LA or Palm Springs, please let me know! I'll be missing the Rose Bowl flea market, and won't be staying at my beloved Ace, (which is kind of a bummer), but some promising things are in the works for the week.

[all photos : i'm saving this for real this time]  

couch potato 2011

2010-12-31T01:40:00.002-05:00

Marni knitwear dress

Oscar de la Renta tulle strapless dress

1970s vintage shoes

Olympia le Tan clutch

Vionnet bracelet

Vivienne Westwood, Olivia Collings, Lapis Lazuli rings

Party Store sunnies

take ivy

2010-12-28T01:59:00.002-05:00

 Been wanting this forever, and now it is finally MINE. THANKS, BABY GURL. All two of my readers should check out her blog, BRUISERSANDLOSERS!!!! Scans of all the glorious photos can be found here.

ckane

2010-12-27T18:18:00.002-05:00

Since I'm home for winter break, I've started working again to bring in the extra dough. I work at a vintage / consignment store, where gems can be found if lots of time is available to sift through racks and search... My bff/ladyfriend/girlfran, Amy, came to visit the other day. Here she is in her soon-to-be-bought crew neck sweater. Surrounded by Christopher Kane's FW10 collection, since we both felt the sweater gave off those vibes.

[style.com]

xmas

2010-12-25T20:38:00.002-05:00

 Happy Christmas, y'all! Though I don't celebrate, I had a lovely day nonetheless. Went to go see Somewhere with the fam, and happily stuffed my face with Chinese food.

[screencaps]  

should be

2010-12-22T04:32:00.002-05:00

UK Vogue July 1965, Helmut Newton  

[tfs]

zara coat

2010-12-16T03:47:00.001-05:00

Bought this Zara coat last fall and I still love it to pieces...

winged

2010-12-15T05:56:00.000-05:00

Joni Mitchell, 1976, shot by Joel Bernstein / Comme des Garcons' wrapped collection, 1983, shot by Hans Feurer

[slow motion crawl, feminist review #38 via jstor]

fr3ak @ the museum of natural history

2010-12-15T05:17:00.000-05:00

This was my dinosaur pose?
[bruisers and losers photo cred]

eye ring

2010-12-13T21:26:00.000-05:00

This ring from etsy is so rad; cheap-y and kitschy in all the right ways.

It also doesn't hurt that it is the exact ring Duncan gives Hallie in My Date with the President's Daughter (I fondly remember watching it on repeat as a young kiddie).

[etsy, movie screenshots]

chanel pre-fall11

2010-12-08T12:58:00.001-05:00

How sick are those corduroy pants?

[knight cat]

makr

2010-12-08T00:08:00.000-05:00

Standard Canvas Fold Weekender | Round Backpack

iPad Attache | Vertical Pocket Wallet | Button Stud Belt | Key chain with Snap Hook

Here.

audience biddies

2010-12-05T02:55:00.001-05:00

On Wednesday, Steph and I went to the Martha Stewart Show and it was AWESOME. Yes, awesome. They sat us in front, because we are obviously two really hot babes. Sampled her peanut brittle, witnessed her awkward interactions with the crew between takes, and walked away with some free shit. Win, win, win.

flwr pwr

2010-12-05T01:59:00.000-05:00

Angelina Jolie / Jean Paul Gaultier

[kool things, ? ]

conan < jeggings

2010-12-04T02:57:00.000-05:00

12/2

2010-12-02T22:48:00.010-05:00

Happy birthday, B. Spears.

PARTY IN THE USA

2010-12-01T23:45:00.000-05:00

New sweater from Cafe Society (my favorite vintage store of all time).

sox

2010-12-01T17:12:00.000-05:00

Giles Deacon x Happy Socks

[happysocks]

newest AA ad

2010-12-01T13:31:00.000-05:00

Dov likes a full bush!

[copyranter/vice]

morse code cat

2010-11-28T16:08:00.000-05:00

Saw this at the MFA today. Leaving Boston to go back to NYC in an hour.

Little Miss Hone (1824), by Samuel F.B. Morse

[MFA]