Rustle these leaves. Ruffle these feathers.

Wow. Fall fashion is grinding my gears as of late. I haven't/probably won't buy the Sept. issue of Vogue. I flipped through it at the grocery store the other day and was unimpressed.

Today I went to Nordstrom Rack with cute boy tryna to find shoes. That was disappointing. Not even cute-but-out-of-my-price-range shoes. Pathetic. I came home and started some online shopping.

Things I'm specifically looking for:

a great, comfortable and durable pair of boots for fall. Versatile. Maybe gray. For sure over the calf, and quite interested in over the knee. Relatively minimal.



I really like these Dolce Vita "Bronson" boots. Michael was "meh" on them, but he was going to get elastic cuffed jeans, so who's he to talk?? (:

Tomorrow I am going to a Mariners game with my dad. It's "gluten free" night! Cray-cray. Apparently there will be vendors in a certain section of the stadium offering gluten free hot dogs/beer/whatever. That's kind of cool.

I ran out of Ambien so I'm slummin' it with Bendadryl.

Rodarte for Target?

no no no!



image via joonbug

Drooollll ... Rodarte

I subscribe to a lot of those "invite only" / "exclusive membership" type stores that sell designer clothing at discounted prices. My favorite is gilt.com. It's the best quality, I think and is pretty classy for a discount store. Granted, it's discounted designerwear so think: Original price $2760 vs. the Gilt price of a mere $798. Practically Gilt-free! Ugh. Anyway, I can't afford any of this, but they are having a Rodarte sale right now. Which is uhhhmaazing. I love Rodarte. A lot is sold out, but here are some of my faves:


treated linen contrast linen panel jacket


leather zipper detail biker bomber jacket


tulle lace overlay blouse

If you've got a spare couple thou lying around, go ahead and click on over to gilt.com (: The Rodarte sale ends tomorrow at 9pm PST

Greed. The perfume that doesn't exist.

I saw this today and thought it was so great. Do you remember the trailer to the fake Caligula remake? That was Francesco Vezzoli. He's 38 years old, Italian--obviously, and his project, GREED, A New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli was shown at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome earlier this year. I can't believe I didn't hear about this sooner.


Marcel Duchamp's Belle Haleine eau de voilette
In an artinfo.com interview he was asked: How concerned were you with the example of Duchamp as you conceived of Greed?

It was very important. His perfume bottle is such a genius piece. And then it ends up in the hands of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge — you can’t imagine a more appropriate metaphor for the past century, you know, Eau de Voilette by Duchamp ends up in the hands of the two most sophisticated, gay, creative brains in France since the War; it’s such a great story. The Duchamp perfume for me is unlike some of his objects — I know that this is dangerous to say, and people will think Vezzoli is taking some weird drugs — but compared to the urinal or other famous pieces, this has a kind of dandyish touch, a play with the vocabulary of fashion with Man Ray shooting him dressed like Rrose Selavy. I love that. There’s no real intellectual agenda. Just to say how much I loved that part of his work.

Francesco Vezzoli's Greed, 2009
Crystal, paper and ribbon, 15 11/16 x 10 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (40 x 27 x 13 cm)
Francesco, how did the idea for Greed come about?

I’ve done a trailer for a movie that didn’t exist, an election campaign for candidates who were completely fictitious, and a premiere for a play that was never going to run. A project about the launch of a perfume that didn’t exist seemed like a natural next step.

I presume you started this project before the current economic crisis.

Yes, otherwise nobody would have green-lighted it.

One of many posters Vezzoli designed for Greed.
The Greed Commercial

Click here for a much better quality version of the video.

Of course I was super excited also to find out that Vezzoli is friends with Lady Gaga:

The New Yorker had an article about Lady Gaga and Vezzoli and Frank Gehry which I found quite entertaining:

a large silver leather headdress brooded like an alien hen: Gehry had designed it, at Vezzoli’s behest, and Prada had fabricated it, for the avant-garde, hat-friendly pop star Lady Gaga to wear during a performance with dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet ... Gehry said that he had done the initial drawing on his iPhone, which an assistant then produced: a violet scribble with a black-and-blue iris at the center. “Since I’ve never designed a hat before, I was afraid she wouldn’t be able to walk,” he said. “I did have an idea that involved people with sticks holding it up, walking behind her. I didn’t know how far I could go with this thing."

Yeah, and Damien Hirst customized that pink butterfly piano she's playing in the performance. (?!?!)

Oh, and if you haven't seen it yet, here is the Caligula remake trailer with tons of moviestar cameos and Gore Vidal himself! And btw, it's definitely NSFW.

lookbook.nu

I just started to really get into lookbook.nu recently.

Today, Michael and I did a few quick photoshoots for it, and here are some examples of the results. We were trying to go for ultra hipster bordering on douchebagginess hipsterness. I think we succeeded.







You can "hype" my looks by logging in via twitter or facebook or whatever, or just sign up as a member. The site is invitation only to join, but if you want an invite to lookbook.nu, just let me know. (:

Tonight I'm taking a much needed break from my Bejeweled Blitz marathon playing (I got 338,400!) to post some of my favorite videos as of lately:

VICTOR BORGE. Amazing, amazing comedian/pianist. I used to watch a VHS of some of his performances when I was a little kid and I just remember lying on the floor of the living room laughing my head off at this stuff. The first video is some of his piano jokes and the second one is him improvising a song that he'd never played before, but had heard once. He's so good! And his facial expressions are so great.





Also have been watching a lot of fashion shows and I love love Gareth Pugh. His S/S10 show was pretty amazing for me because one of my very favorite colors is gray and his palette for the season is pretty much all gray, I think.



And Run Lola Run:



To update y'all on what I've been doing, I'm planning on setting up my two etsy sites, http://sarahahaha.etsy.com/ and http://polygnome.etsy.com/ on a hot date and then naming their lovechild hallandhautes.com. The official site is not up yet, but for a sneak peek, check out http://hallandhautes.bigcartel.com/

It will be an awesome mix of all the things I sell, plus more. It's a new site with two times the rainbows, 67% more childrens' laughter and a 21% reduction of chirping birds. It's going to be amazing so bookmark http://hallandhautes.com/ and prepare to be blown away (:

Pubic hair goes Public (NSFW)

I was talking to a friend the other day about pubic hair. I think it was in reference to our various experiences with nude models for life drawing classes. Anyway, I'm really curious to know what other people do with theirs. I think mostly women are the ones who shave and and wax and all that, but in this modern age, guys too are manscaping. I created a poll and I'd love it if you guys would participate.

Also, I found some great links to different pubic hair styles:

-my-pubic-hair.blogspot.com/

-http://www.pubicstyles.com/ - Answers some of the world's toughest questions about pubic hair such as "So why do my pubes look like they need ironing?"

-and a ridiculous article Cosmo did titled "What His Down-There Grooming Says"

Video of a pubic hair fashion show by Stefane Monzon. I highly recommend watching it. It will open up your eyes to the options you have available as to expressing yourself with your pubic hair.



***Would you like to win a handmade clutch, magic wallet or vintage earrings? Enter my giveaway! Click here!

and the winner is ....

So... the vlog thing didn't work out this time. Hopefully I can post a fun blog soon though to make up for it. However , using randomizer.org I determined the winner of the hello kitty giveaway is Mesha! Check out her awesome blog.

Congratulations to Mesha! DM me your mailing address on twitter or something so I can get your goodies sent to you!

I have lots of things to talk about since I haven't blogged in awhile. First of all I am planning a review/guide site with Michael. We'll be reviewing restaurants, stores, other points of interest and let me just say our website is going to be GOOD.

I did a review of six kinds of vanilla yogurt and will be posting that up soon with pictures, of course.

And I found some amazing boots at this crazy little mall in Tacoma called B&I. If you're not familiar, don't worry, it will be one of the establishments Michael and I review and we'll tell you all about it. Not sure what I'll wear 'em with but check out the pictures:





The lighting was dark, but they're a really pretty white manmade leather with antiqued gold/brass hardware. Amazing details. PEEP TOE. buckles. Straps. Zipper embellishments, cool stitching detail, inner zipper for easy on/off and a wonderful mix of textures including patent leather, regular leather and gold metallic. Maybe I'll do an outfit post once I figure out what I can wear with them.

polyvore!

One of my fave color combinations!

gray and yellow by polygnome featuring Christian Louboutin shoes

If I was a dude, I'd dress like such a douchebag.

Monochromatic by polygnome featuring All Saints

Polyvore is so much fun! It's like playing dress up without having body images issues because you're not actually trying things on. But you get to make outfits and shop by color or brand or category of items. So it's not quite as fun as real shopping, but it's pretty cool as far as internet window shopping goes.

So in an effort to try to climb out of this sinkhole they call "major depressive disorder" and I call "life" I started taking my anti-depressants again (last night). So I didn't fall asleep until about 9 this morning and then slept til 3:45 this afternoon. But I'm also going to start having a goal for every day. A tiny, completely reasonably accomplishable goal. Today's goal is to do laundry. So I'm going to go start that.

Or maybe put it off for a bit longer ... Ha!

Anna Sui for Target & Gossip Girl

Target has collaborated with many designers. Alexander McQueen, Isaac Mizrahi, Philippe Starck, and Thakoon are some designers I can think of off the top of my head. I just read that Anna Sui is collaborating with Target with a line of clothes set to debut September 13.

I've got to say I like Target. I recently bought a set of Sonia Kashuk coral-handled makeup brushes there and I love them! I am not a big fan of Anna Sui, but apparently, her line for Target was inspired from GOSSIP GIRL--which I'm totes a fan of! Was the result any good? Eh ... in my opinion, it's not particularly amazing. "Blair's" outfits are my favorites, which is true for the show as well. The Cut mentions "Serena's clothes aren't nearly slutty enough!" Too true.





Also vaguely related, I was checking out hautelook.com today and the model for the BCBG sale looks eerily like Blair and Serena's lovechild.





Who's your favorite Gossip Girl character?

I got bored and it's 80 degrees ...

... so it makes sense that I played dress up in my fall/winter clothes right?

It started out by me trying on some of my vintage things to decide whether I should keep them or part with them via etsy. Then it morphed into a "I think I'll put on a wool coat and rhinestone covered sunglasses and do a photoshoot in the spare bedroom.

A little peek into my wardrobe; I'm wearing some of my favorite clothes, which I'm a little frustrated I can't wear because it's summer. And hot. And uncomfortable. Can't wait for fall!

Me embarrassing myself with silly pictures:


My Lady Gaga outfit. When in Japan I discovered the art of putting rhinestones on everything! These stunnershades were the result. Six sheets of rhinestones for cell phones! Thrifted white shirt. Belt I got from one of my friend's moms. Shiny black leggings from Express. Shoes: Dolce Vita.






You can't really tell from this photo, but this wool coat is amazing! It's reversible (the other side is light gray with black plaid stripes) and super warm and belted so it pretty much feels like you're wearing a cozy bathrobe.


I've never actually worn this outfit before! It's a good mix of things though, I think. The shirt I got on sale at Macy's (vaguely embarrassing to admit?), the scarf is thrifted, the jeans are Z Co. and have 2% spandex so they are super comfortable and they were pretty cheap (under $50) and they're GRAY--one of my fave colors. Okay and I'm also wearing a J. Crew tuxedo vest which I bought when I used to work there. We called it the slutty vest but it was really only slutty in comparison to the rest of their pieces which were super matronly [also only slutty when you wear it with no shirt underneath]. And my fave part of the outfit: white patent leather Casadei boots. I bought these I think three years ago off Bluefly. They were $300 fucking dollars and I had no business buying them, but I don't regret it! They're super comfortable for having stiletto heels and I think they're hot.




I bought this dress at BCBG in February when they were having a 70% off sale. I was going to wear it to Valentine's day dinner with the guy I was dating at the time, but I ended up wearing a different outfit instead because our dinner reservations were for 4:30pm. Okay, I'm a little disappointed I didn't get to wear it. Click here to read my blog from Valentine's Day.


Well that's all for now. If I were to post outfit pictures of what I wear on a day to day basis you would see me wearing possibly no pants/maybe boxers, wife beaters and hoodies if it's colder. I don't know why I love fashion so much but hate getting dressed!

*PS* If you haven't done so yet, enter my blog giveaway to win a free clutch! Here's how.

Josh Beech

I rarely get obsessions with male models, but I kinda like this guy Josh Beech. He has lots of tattoos and I like his hair. But he seems to pronounce "th" like "fr." I think he said he's twenty-free years old. Errr... [click here to watch an interview w/him done by some guy with an even worse accent than josh's]

But anyway, I like his image. It's sort of this I'm-tough-but-still-willing-to-havee-a-kinda-gay-job-like-be-a-model-and-wear-a-mauve-blazer-with-my-gauged-ears-and-frolic-around-with-my-male-model-friends-trendy-and-young thing. Oh and he's in a band. It's called Snish. So far I'm not really digging it.

Oh and he had a Vogue Hommes cover:



More pictures

So yeah. There's a kinda foxy looking guy. I'm all for creative pursuits, but since his band, Snish, is kinda terrible, I kinda hope he just takes this opportunity to conveniently transition over into fashion.

*Well I guess he's now in another band called Hildamay. I like it only slightly more than the other Snish band, but they're at least a much more ATTRACTIVE band.

SS10 Givenchy backstage

uhh YES!





The second picture is cut off because of my blog layout--and it's cutting out my favorite piece! So either click the link below or click on the photo to see the whole picture. The sakura-ish criss-cross dress is 2die4.

Photos from models.com Fashion Week Backstage.
http://models.com/fashionweek/view_album.php?set_albumName=SS10Givenchy&page=1

FW09

I'm aware it's July but I'm already anxious for it to be fall. When I was little I think the highlight of my summers was back to school shopping. My parents never had a lot of money so I usually had a pretty tight budget, but the planning was even fun for me. My mom would make me do an inventory of all the clothes I had to determine what new clothes I'd need. I think I enjoyed shopping for school supplies (i.e. pencils, paper, binders, eraser, etc. even more than clothes actually). I'm smarter than that now. But shopping in general is one of my most favorite activities ever.

Well this fall I have no school to go back to, and no money to spend anyway, but just looking at new clothes kinda gives me a metaphorical boner. Also, I was thinking about the fact that I have a decent amount of clothes and since I stopped growing a long time ago my clothes from last fall still fit me. So what would I need? I thought about what I have already as far as boots go: two pairs of black leather knee high boots (one pair of laceups, one pair zip-up-the-backs) one pair of mid calf black patent boots, a pair of mid calf white patent leather boots, a pair of purple suede ankle boots and a pair of brown faux suede knee high boots. Oh and a pair of light gray leather cowboy boots. Soo ... I think the obvious answer is gray suede thigh high boots. Right?

Anyway, here are some things I've seen while online window shopping that made me cream my jeans [most pictures are clickable]:


Okay, this is embarrassing. And it doesn't even really make me cream my jeans--it's actually kinda frumpy. But I'm sorry, I reeeally like. It's a jacket inspired by the jacket Bella wears in Twilight. But it looks like such a perfect fall jacket! No wonder she wore it in Forks, it's perfect for drizzly Washington weather.


All right, a Thriller jacket. So cute! And I don't have a leather jacket right now, so it would fill a definite wardrobe NEED.


These Max Studio Xena open toed open heeled stiletto booties are hot! I love them.


This racoon fur stole looks so cuzzly! It makes me a little sad because raccoons are really cute, but since it's vintage, no new raccoons would be dying for me. Shopnastygal.com is one of my favorite online clothing stores. There are always tons of cute things there, both new and vintage.


Strappy booties in my favorite shade of suede!


Ugh. These heinous dominatrix bling Mary Janes are doing it for me. They also kind disgust me. That's how you really know whether or not something's good!


I know this shirt is stupid and I don't even wear crew neck shirts, but I love Gossip Girl! What can I say? And although in my heart I think I would like Serena better, I would like to be Blair more.


A fun umbrella (comes in 5 other colors)!

All right. Time to do stuff. I may be making clothes for an online store tentatively planned to debut for fall. We'll see!

what i've been up to ...

I haven't been posting as often lately. Apologies to anyone who has noticed my absence.

I'm going to do a giveaway within the next week or so. The item(s) will be something handmade by me, like a clutch or jewelry maybe? Any ideas of kinds of things you'd want? Comment and tell me!

I have been craving shopping reeeally bad lately but I've been trying to avoid spending money. I decided to try sewing some new clothes to ease my feelings of withdrawal. Here are some creations I came up with:


This is a romper I made and a little vest/shrug/bolero thing with pleats.

Below is a flowy maxi dress I made of jersey with some cool sheer appliques I cut out.







A skirt I made and me being a dork doing an action pose!


This is a purse I sewed out of a windbreaker. This is what I did with the hood and one of my friends bought it awhile ago! Awesome!

And here's a picture of my dog because I think he's cute and he always looks so guilty when I pull the camera out.


Soooo ... let me know in the comments if you have any specific things you like that you'd be interested in seeing me do a giveaway for. And let me know what you think of my sewing lately. And how has everyone been? I need to catch up on my google reader.

100th Post!!!

So I keep hitting these milestones and I feel like I should be posting something more exciting, but you're just going to have to deal with the fact that I am boring.

My parents went down to Oregon to visit my grandparents. I haven't had the house to myself in a long time! I'm kind of excited about it, but I don't know what to do with myself. My plan was to do some sewing and watch crappy free OnDemand movies. I think I'll clean up my room a bit, do some laundry, and do some etsy stuff.

I decorated these shoes and put them on etsy today. They're kind of ridiculous and I like it.





http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25761685

Happy Saturday!