If It Ain't Baroque, Don't Fix It

I feel a little silly whenever I write about something from the runway, because I feel really out of my element. Yes, I know a great number of terms for clothing (cowl-neck sweater, anyone?) and basically everything about the Beatles, but I know very little about what goes on at runway shows. So, bear (bare?) with me.

What does that phrase even mean?

Anyhow, look at this!

Um, Roberto Cavalli, did we just become best friends? Yep!

The F/W 2010 collection is filled with all the things that I've been dreaming about lately (other than zombies):

fur

brocade

leopard print

and a general Baroque/rockstar feel

It's a little Prince and a little Russian snow princess, and I totally love it!

And yes, let's drool over this look one more time:

I see what you're doing, Cavalli, and I LOVE it!

I have like six different searches with the term "brocade" and "fur" on Ebay right now. Hopefully I'll find something wonderful soon so I can get my fix. Until then, I will continue to mourn over this jacket from Bardot in Blue that I really wanted and didn't buy:

Source: Bardot in Blue

WHYYYYY?

Also, a little update on my BDG jeans situation: I wore my jeans during Thanksgiving dinner and never needed to unbutton them. They are really that stretchy! Way to go, best friend/pants!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's time for my second favorite holiday, Thanksgiving! This year, it's just the five of us: my parents, my sister, me, and our dog Gibby. I have lots of things to be thankful for.

My wonderful family.

My fun friends.

My eternally entertaining boyfriend.

My health and happiness.

The Beatles.

And all my clothes!!!!

Now I'm just gonna kick back, drink some Great Lakes Christmas Ale, watch Freaks and Geeks, and pretend I don't have a shit ton of homework due on Monday.

One Pant to Rule Them All

Jeans are just the worst. Maybe I would have never gotten into fashion if I could just pull off the jeans and t-shirt combination that everyone seems to be so into. But alas, I look terrible in plain t-shirts, and I can NEVER find pants that fit me. I try on jeans all the time, and it's always crap. It's because I have a lot of specific needs:

1. no low rise, mid rise preferred

2. short inseam (28" or 29")

3. no stiff fabrics

4. no whiskering, tears, holes, embellishments, or other weird shit

5. skinny

See, I don't think that's a lot to ask for, but apparently it is! Luckily, while at a sale at Urban Outfitters the other day, I tried on some jeans and found a perfect match!

Fabulous, right? I know they make the model's butt look huge, but trust me, it just makes my butt look normal-sized. They were so perfect, I had no qualms about forking over $54. In fact, I was happy to pay them! And they're so soft! It's like wearing pajamas. It has been soooo much easier to dress myself since I made this investment. However, I am trying to lose weight, so these may not fit me for long. But now I know EXACTLY where to go when I change sizes. Isn't it sad that the perfect pair of jeans was just down the street all along?

New Blog

I'm starting a new blog! It's focusing on my love of costumes and fashion in film. Whenever I watch movies, I get really excited about costume design. In fact, my second most dreamy career is being a costume designer! Anyhow, so far, it's called Girls on Film. Do you like that name? I'm not sure about it. Z told me to call it "Screencap in your ass," but that's not really what I'm going for. Check it:

GIRLS ON FILM

Pic is unrelated.

Holy Shit

Oh my God you guys. Guess what.

MY FILES WERE NOT ALL LOST!

I got my computer back yesterday. After paying a rather high price, I took my little laptop home and started to look through my recovered files (okay, I stopped at Taco Bell first, whatever). And there were all my files! All my old pictures, the stories I wrote when I was 10, all my papers from college, the drunk videos of my friends, all were there! Huzzah!

To commemorate this special occasion, I'd like to share some of my favorite pictures that I thought were lost forever. Let's all appreciate them together.

Lake Erie

Yeah, one time I met Ron Jeremy. And he put his arm around me. NBD.

I love this picture! I'm pretty sure that I took it the night of me and Eric's first kiss. It's this stuff that I would have been the most upset about losing!

Brian Wilson costume: always easy, always classic

Looking forward to this particular hell again.

I'm pretty small...sometimes I worry that the tininess of my hands will freak people out.

Saw Gordon Gee at a party...he's sort of a local celebrity where I come from.

This is typical Eric. Look how oblivious his room mate was...

After our faces went back to normal...following the poison ivy disaster. I would have posted pictures from that but I don't think that Eric would want his nasty, swollen face all over the internet. Trust me, he was irrecognizeable.

"Smizing"

WOW. Thank God, right? I wonder what all of this means...

Sorry this post was so picture heavy. I mean, I'm sure you don't care, but it was definitely fun to go back and look at my life in pictures for the last three years. Really makes me wish that I had a camera now because I've missed almost a whole quarter of excitement and adventures...

I Need to Buy Stuff

This is the large post I've been promising for some time now. Maybe I should have broken it into pieces, but oh well. I'm all caught up on Bloglovin (for once in my  life!) so I wanted to throw something out into the blogosphere. Plus, this thing has become and obsession/the bane of my existence and I need to stop working on it.

Anyhow...

For the past three years, money has been pretty hard for me to come by. I mean, that's normal. I've been in college for the past three years, after all. Unfortunately, all of my high school crap is REALLY starting to wear out. I finally had to break down and throw out my two pairs of boots from Charlotte Russe because cardboard and crap was falling out of the back of them. Let me tell you, that made me feel classy. Anyhow, I'm on a quest to replace a lot of things, and also add more frivolous things to my collection. Here's some of my picks.

First of all, my shoe situation is kind of whack. As with most of my wardrobe, I feel like I have a lot of weird stuff, but my staples are either non-existent, or have been beat into submission.

BOOTS

HEELS: I never wear them, but I really want to start. Unfortunately, even though I work in an office, it's pretty casual. I guess that's not really unfortunate because I can wear jeans and tennis shoes if I feel like it. But I think I could pull off kitten heels at the office, and I love the blue velvet shoes for holiday parties!

FLATS

My friend Z and I are constantly lamenting our lack of shirts. We go to Forever 21, plan on buying shirts and pants, and end up with three dresses each. I'm afraid that's just not going to cut it. I need more casual shirts for school, dressy shirts for work, and slutty shirts for going out.

WORK

SCHOOL













HO TIME: I could also wear these shirts under a really cute black H&M blazer I just bought for work time.

In addition, can you have to many sweaters when you're living in Ohio? I think not. I have tons of cardigans, including three black cardigans. So I think I'm set there. I'd really like more sweaters that I can wear alone and not have to bother finding a cami to wear under it. Actually, camis are another big problem area for me...

My least favorite category for clothing is things that go on my bottom. However, I really need to force myself to buy some new jeans. I would really like some mid-rise or high-waist jeans, because I'm really sick of my ass falling out of my pants. And we must remember that in the winter, exposed butt means cold butt! It's just really difficult for me to find jeans because I'm pretty short (29" inseam).

I have gone as far as I can go with short coats. I need longer coats! Short coats look stupid with dresses and they leave your butt out in the cold! I'd really like some longer, early 60's-inspired tweed coats. Also, I'm into fur these days (but who isn't?).

With my new coat, I think I'll also need to winter accessories. I spend a lot of time outside in the winter hiking to class every day, so I need to keep warm!

I'm currently on a quest to lose weight, and once I've lost a bit more, I think I'll be open to body con dresses. They look hot for going out, and I want to look good for my boyfriend. Especially since his birthday is coming up and we're FINALLY going to be able to go to bars together! Thus, I need more "bar wear."

Note: I went to a bar a few days ago and remembered that everyone at my school dresses like crap, and I probably shouldn't draw unnecessary attention to myself by wearing a sequin dress. But just look at it! Isn't it adorable?

I want more leopard things! My inner sex kitty wants to be draped in leopard print 24/7.

I also want more red things! Specifically, this red thing. Is this not to die for?

I'm obviously going to need things to wear under all of these clothes. And if I'm going to look so cute during the day, shouldn't I just go ahead and look cute at night as well?

Plus, you know, whatever else...

If you actually got to the end of that post, then I must give you my TERRIBLE NEWS! My hard drive on my MacBook crashed yesterday! On Wednesday night I fell asleep watching The Swan Princess, and when I woke up the next morning, my computer was horribly mangled! It would only show a folder with a question mark when I turned it on. Luckily, I live close to an Apple store. So I popped over there, and they couldn't even fix it! They sent me to another place, the ICU of the Apple store I guess, and they are going to install a new hard drive because mine is totally fucked. And the worst part is, I may lose all my files because I'm a horrible idiot who doesn't make any back-ups! I devastated. All my pictures, especially the ones with my boyfriend! Our entire relationship was documented on that hard drive, and now it's all gone. I'm really sad. Plus, there's tons of papers on there. Any paper I've written in college, basically. I was also (sometimes) working on a novel, which has been lost. They are going to run some kind of file recovery, but it may take up to 3 months and there's not guarantee how much I'll get back. UGH. People: BACK UP YOUR SHIT!