tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20751766301533114312024-03-12T21:21:52.593-05:00Intellectuals Read Vogue, TooA bonfire of the vanities.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-3825811131050195192009-08-05T18:16:00.002-05:002009-08-05T18:50:29.544-05:00Four KicksI bring before you a serious issue.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.republic.co.uk/content/ebiz/republic/invt/61569/61569_lg1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 600px;" src="http://www.republic.co.uk/content/ebiz/republic/invt/61569/61569_lg1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />What is with the romantic rift between the fashion world and the bootcut jean? It's not as if they don't exist any more, when you walk back in to school next week, I would bet that roughly half the female population would be dressed in them (the other half, of course, in skinnies). But if you've also picked up a fashion magazine in the past few years, you might think they've become extinct, because they're not at all acknowledged in editorials or even advertisements? There is often a fairly wide rift between what's going on in fashion and what the average girl wears, but why does fashion have to snub the bootcut jean so roundly? <br /><br />I guarantee you that if [insert wildly popular blogger here] were to post a much-lauded outfit polished off with your standard, Target-bought pair of bootcut or "flares", the same outfit would be dismissed as pedestrian rather than praised. Up until about a year ago, the only "fashion" choice for pants was the ubiquitous skinny jean---<br /><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=506743"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=506743" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />It's not as if I have a problem with skinny jeans. I think they look fantastic....on other people. But for me personally, I think they make my petite frame look even shorter, my curves look like one too many sandwiches. And aside from that, they tend to be slightly binding and uncomfortable. And I see many a girl who's body type would be so much better served by something with a non-tapered leg persist in wearing them because they're de rigeur.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.myfashioncents.com/uploaded_images/levi-boyfriend-cut-jeans-781087.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.myfashioncents.com/uploaded_images/levi-boyfriend-cut-jeans-781087.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Then, sometime around last year (depending on who you ask of course), came the advent of the boyfriend jean. While it is infinitely more flattering than the skinny jean, it also requires its own form of work. Because of the loose, hip-slung fit of the boyfriend, you can't pair it with just anything. The wrong blouse and you'll look rectangular, and all but the tallest of girls look slovenly in boyfriend jeans without pairing them with heels. While I own a pair of boyfriend jeans, and love them for their slacked comfort, I feel somewhat awkward wearing them as I rarely wear anything with a heel.<br /><br />So what is a bootcut wearing girl to do but place herself at odds with her beloved fashion (or permanently resign herself to skirts)? You'll notice that on the occasion I post my own outfits, I usually stick to dresses, and there is a reason for that. While I hope boyfriends, in their forgiving masculinity I'm such a sucker for, stick around for a while, I would like to declare a fashion moritorium on the skinny. They've had their time in the sun, it's time fashion and bootcut pants kiss and make up.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-27292765104372901852009-07-26T11:51:00.002-05:002009-07-26T12:36:11.831-05:00La Vie En RoseIt always amuses me to no end to see an American girls' intepretation of "French style". I suppose they've watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401711/">"Paris, Je t'aime"</a> one too many times, but in any case, it's usually wrong. I know I am not necessarily in a comfortable place to judge, being that I've never been to France, however, the fact that most of my highschool friends were French allowed me to glean some essential knowledge I hope to share with you. <br /><br />And so I give you, <strong>How Not to Dress French</strong><br /><br />Some of these should be fairly obvious, but you should avoid:<br /><a href="http://www.splendicity.com/files/2009/02/20090221-burberry-rosebank-cotton-trench-coat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 690px;" src="http://www.splendicity.com/files/2009/02/20090221-burberry-rosebank-cotton-trench-coat.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The beige trench. I have yet to see a european woman in this, worn wrong, it can make you look like "Columbo" the detective (google it). And honestly, I think it's boring as hell. There is nothing particularly "un-French" about a trench however, but if you wear one, make sure you have it tailored so that's it's not frumpy or awkward, and opt for one in black with a unique cut, fabric or texture.<br /><a href="http://www.funkylala.com/images/mja_belted_trench.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 464px; height: 750px;" src="http://www.funkylala.com/images/mja_belted_trench.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The Breton Sweater:<a href="http://www.elleuk.com/var/elleuk/storage/images/fashion/trends/spring-summer-2009/6-of-the-best-breton-tops/burberry/3148193-1-eng-GB/Burberry_mode_large_qualite_uk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 365px;" src="http://www.elleuk.com/var/elleuk/storage/images/fashion/trends/spring-summer-2009/6-of-the-best-breton-tops/burberry/3148193-1-eng-GB/Burberry_mode_large_qualite_uk.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Established by French sailors to keep them warm on the high seas during the late 19th century, it gradually trickled down into common French society and in women's clothing, and of course, the American girls had to have it. If you do wear it, wear it in an "American fashion", with gray stripes as opposed to navy, and paired with cut-offs or a leather mini and sneakers. <br /><br />The Jauntily Tied Scarf:<br /><a href="http://bluebirdsaresonatural.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/pashmina-scarf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://bluebirdsaresonatural.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/pashmina-scarf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />In this unfortunate advent of the cotton "summer" scarf used to jazz up an outfit, I think we've forgotten that scarves serve an actual purpose, that being to keep our necks warm. In short, I really think you should only be wearing this when it's actually cold outside.<br /><br />The Beret: <a href="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/beret/beret02_350x350.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px; height: 350px;" src="http://img.dailymail.co.uk/img/galleries/beret/beret02_350x350.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Berets are seeing quite a heydey, and I for one could not be more pleased, as I own half a dozen. Nothing adds an air of "I actually put thought into this" in under five seconds to a lazy outfit like a hat, and the easiest one to wear is a beret. I say, simply avoid looking like a francophile by wearing a wool tam variety (like the one above) loped over your brow, opting for the back of the head instead. And avoid the tired hipster look by not pairing it with a plaid shirt and skinnies.<br /><br /><strong>Something to remember</strong><br />You are not French. You are American. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. There's nothing wrong with emulating international style, but keep in mind your region of origin. If you live in the dusty southwest, a trenchcoat is not going to be practical for your every day life. In the rainsoaked pacific? Stilettos are not your jive. And so on and so forth. Keep your own quirks and body type in mind, instead of wistfully wishing you lived in the street of Montmartre or had the body of some willowy girl in Malmo. Denying who you are and where you live will never look fashionable.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-16450187564600449262009-07-11T13:59:00.002-05:002009-07-11T14:04:07.466-05:00Step Right UpChictopia.com and Topshop are pairing up for a fashion contest---in a nutshell, they're looking for fashionable girls to register with Chictopia and upload photos of themselves in their best outfit with, or riding, their bike as a promotion of a healthy and green lifestyle! I won't be entering myself (cripples and bicycles do not mix, sadly), but I know many of you are avid riders and very well dressed. Click <a href="http://www.chictopia.com/topshop_bikeclub_contest">here</a> for details on the restrictions and prizes. The deadline is the 17th, so get cracking!Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-36262832958465993222009-07-07T22:31:00.003-05:002009-07-07T22:46:48.370-05:00I can't get no satisfactionCurrent temperature in my hometown: 64 degrees<br />Current temperature where I live: the sixth ring of Hell.<br /><br />Stuff like this McQ jacket mocks me from afar. Not simply because it's almost nine hundred dollars and I would have to sell blood plasma to afford it, but because nothing, short of the reversal of global warming, could allow me to wear it before Christmas.<a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/4722/zoom/jacket%20fz%20NEW.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/4722/zoom/jacket%20fz%20NEW.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />What with all the "back to school" shopping coming into play, I have visions of stuff like this, dancing in my head (not unlike sugarplums). <br /><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16320228_04_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16320228_04_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />but will instead spend the next three months wearing this:<a href="http://www.forever21.com/images/large/62392408-05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.forever21.com/images/large/62392408-05.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />*le sigh*Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-22099576133292310572009-06-18T21:23:00.003-05:002009-06-18T23:36:26.137-05:00Current Fixations<a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16382269_04_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16382269_04_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16441867_01_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16441867_01_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/Shopbop/pcs/media/images/products/notif/notif2002112674/notif2002112674_prod_zoom_detail_v1_m56577569831589071._SX201_.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 201px; height: 396px;" src="http://g-images.amazon.com/images/G/01/Shopbop/pcs/media/images/products/notif/notif2002112674/notif2002112674_prod_zoom_detail_v1_m56577569831589071._SX201_.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I have been obsessed with the idea of dark wash boyfriend jeans worn with leather suspenders and a risque top (such as a crop top, or a really skimpy vintage camisole). As soon as I gain some means of income (whenever that happens) my first paycheck is going towards some version of these....Okay, it's probably going towards a new camshaft for my engine, but play along, it makes me feel better.<br /><br /><a href="http://fatkidfriday.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/grilled-cheese3.jpg?w=292&h=300"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 299px;" src="http://fatkidfriday.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/grilled-cheese3.jpg?w=292&h=300" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I have also been eating an obscene amount of grilled cheese sandwiches. Pumpernickel and swiss is my favourite. My desire to eat grilled cheese runs in direct contradiction with my desire to wear a crop top.<br /><br /><a href="http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/48278/48278_in_dl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 690px;" src="http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/48278/48278_in_dl.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />These shoes haunt my dreams. I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about them. And that is where they will stay, because: A. They cost over a fucking grand. B. I would immediately fall, break something, and have to sell said shoes to pay for my hospital bills. <br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7kcErNWtw1o&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7kcErNWtw1o&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />I may appear to be another mild-mannered hipster, and for the most part this is an accurate description (I read Simone de Beauvoir while listening to Blitzen Trapper, for Christ's sake), but I am in fact a closet metalhead. If you haven't heard Atlanta-natives (and all around badasses) Mastodon, you should. So epic.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-66531142994834393132009-05-31T17:07:00.002-05:002009-05-31T17:12:04.453-05:00Kickin ItBetween the whirlwind that is my social life, finals (I got all A's this semester! Celebratory pilgrimage to Atlanta anyone?) and fruitlessly searching for employment for my broke ass, I COMPLETELY FORGOT to mention an article written about zhee blog for lemondrop.com. Oops to the power of ten. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.lemondrop.com/2009/05/01/closet-fever-hanna-of-mind-over-style-blog/">click and be enlightened</a><br /><br />A tremendous thanks to Julie, who was very patient with my flaky, non-email-answering self.<br /><br />Real postage forthcoming.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-53120411470503973642009-05-18T16:52:00.002-05:002009-05-18T17:37:41.543-05:00The SparkSeeking out gainful employment (and failing miserably) has been cutting into my free time lately. But I thought I would "reward" you darling readers for your patience with a post that took, y'know--effort.<br /><br />The other day I was listening to Bob Dylan and thinking about how Bob loves him a song named after a chick (of course, that can be said about many a male musician, but I digress). And I was listening to "Rita May" specifically and begun to ponder, "How would a girl that Bob Dylan sings about, dress?"<br /><br /><strong>Visions of Johanna</strong><br /><br />One of my personal favourites, it actually refers to one named Louise more than Johanna, but semantics. Louise, God bless her soul, is our protagonist's sloppy seconds: "Louise, she's all right, she's just near<br />She's delicate and seems like the mirror<br />But she just makes it all too concise and too clear<br />That Johanna's not here"<br /><br />and Johanna is his great Madonna. Granted, it is the habit of men to either overidealize women or make them out as crazy bitches, but let's not get into that. Putting Johanna realistically, I imagine her as one of those willowy, fragile looking sorts with a slight frame who wears billowy chiffon kinds of things: <br /><br /><a href="http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/41654/41654_in_dl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 690px;" src="http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/41654/41654_in_dl.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/3351/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/3351/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/4185/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/4185/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16049835_66_d?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16049835_66_d?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Louise, for her part, is sturdier, more "normal". Cotton, practical, but with a twist, something subtle that a man could never appreciate.<br /><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16086704_92_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16086704_92_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/4068/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/4068/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/3765/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/3765/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15806748_01_d?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15806748_01_d?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15068075_50_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15068075_50_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I'm thinking of making this a "series" and (eventually) covering all of Bob's named lady loves. What say you?Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-2737958111272811802009-05-07T12:12:00.002-05:002009-05-07T12:55:52.834-05:00I tried to do handstands for you....Currently, in the dirty south, we are being blown apart by tornadoes and flooded by buckets of rain. But before this point, we were beginning to go to that hot, uncomfortable place where the deep south lives for a solid five to seven months out of the year. Anyone who has ever lived south of Kentucky and east of Albuquerque knows what I am referring to here. Every time you walk outside your door, it feels as if you are being smothered by a hot, wet, wool blanket. You sweat, or "glisten" as my mother prefers, but it brings no relief, as the air around you is wetter than you are and it can't evaporate. So instead, you are rendered a sticky, delusional human, wandering around the park, mumbling about how you would sell your immortal soul for a bus ticket to California. Oh, that's just me?<br /><br />Anyhow, this weather tends to render people (i.e. me) very lazy in their wardrobe, by June I'm usually in ripped jeans and a tank top pretty much every single day. This year, I seek refuge in fashion, specifically, the frilly dress. It is tailor made for sweaty Southern laziness: it's one peice of clothing, so you don't have to bother with pesky layers, and it has plenty of much needed ventilation. <br /><br />Urban Outfitters is always a (slightly overpriced) mecca for this sort of thing:<br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16073736_00_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16073736_00_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />$68<br /><br />I'm hourglass and look very poor in all this empire waisted nonsense, so this trend towards old style tea dresses is my friend.<a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16473084_40_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16473084_40_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />$58<br /><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15743016_00_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15743016_00_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />$88<br /><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16508798_20_b?$magnify$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 380px; height: 571px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/16508798_20_b?$magnify$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />$48<br /><br />At delia's there are less options, but respectable ones: <a href="http://shopimages-pe.delias.com/156228_orn_g.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 504px; height: 714px;" src="http://shopimages-pe.delias.com/156228_orn_g.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />$44.50<br /><br /><a href="http://shopimages-pe.delias.com/156251_blm_g.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 504px; height: 714px;" src="http://shopimages-pe.delias.com/156251_blm_g.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />$39.50<br /><br />For cheapness, look no further than Forever21...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.forever21.com/images/large/60843247-02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.forever21.com/images/large/60843247-02.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />$24.80<br /><br />That being said, if you are, as I am, dead flat broke, I cannot reccomend strongly enough that you simply go thrifting. Not to boost your indie cred, but simply because when most of us were in kindergarten, frilly, floral dresses were all the rage. And if you're clever, and don't shop in a purposefully "hip" place, you can still score a good, unsweaty dress (such as the one above) for less than a Bigmac combo meal.<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3489030565_768ce91ef5_o.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 323px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/3489030565_768ce91ef5_o.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-60018948015014360642009-04-13T17:54:00.005-05:002009-04-13T18:19:50.533-05:00Dark Side of the MoonWow. I honestly didn't mean for this hiatus to happen. Enough has gone down in the past month to put in a (slightly scandalous) short story. Ah, college life. I promise once finals are over you will have my undivided attention. This is probably a lie, but it makes me feel better, go with it...<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePH_zmhqYI/AAAAAAAAASw/QLqs-mQ07xA/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePH_zmhqYI/AAAAAAAAASw/QLqs-mQ07xA/s400/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324319083479542146" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePIInJf3qI/AAAAAAAAAS4/pGCVEbrpj0E/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePIInJf3qI/AAAAAAAAAS4/pGCVEbrpj0E/s400/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324319234755387042" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePISy8UGpI/AAAAAAAAATA/unNbOJNP2IQ/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePISy8UGpI/AAAAAAAAATA/unNbOJNP2IQ/s400/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324319409720007314" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePIfl6JzbI/AAAAAAAAATI/qE0niCGpTGU/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SePIfl6JzbI/AAAAAAAAATI/qE0niCGpTGU/s400/007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324319629559582130" /></a><br /><br /><br />This was weeks ago. Sorry kids.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-15746546037370445552009-03-16T12:48:00.002-05:002009-03-16T13:26:52.410-05:00Lightning RoundIt is spring break, and I am ill, so I thought I would take this chance to wrangle the long-elusive Q&A...<br /><br /><strong>How old are you?</strong><br />My eighteenth birthday just passed recently, I have mixed feelings about it...<br /><br /><strong>How can you be as young as you are and be a sophmore in college?</strong><br />I started as a full-time university student when I was sixteen. I took a double workload during highschool, finishing in two years instead of four.<br /><br /><strong>Do you still live with your parents?</strong><br />I moved out over the Christmas holidays (to my campus). Best decision I've made in a while.<br /><br /><strong>What are you studying?</strong><br />Currently, I am a double major in English and Foreign Language, and hope to minor in Studio Art, though I've yet to officially declare.<br /><br /><strong>Do you have any siblings?</strong><br />Yes. A sister, 34 and brother, 40. I am the baby by quite a wide margin.<br /><br /><br /><strong>What about pets.</strong><br />Two lovely cats, Doorstep and Mini (yes, those are their names). The next one shall be christened Allen Ginsberg...<br /><br /><strong>Not to be too personal or anything, but what religion are you?</strong><br />I'm Jewish, but I was raised Christian (non-denominational Protestant). My father likes to consider us "Messianic", but for all intensive purposes, we're practicing Christians who retain some Jewish traditions and most holidays. I consider myself religious and spiritual, but also socially and politically progressive.<br /><br /><strong>What got you into blogging?</strong><br />In some context or another I've been blogging since I was twelve, mostly online personal journals and a few short stories. I decided to start a fashion blog after I saw blogs like Fashion Robot and Style Rookie, just because I wanted to see if I could do it, and to have more motivation to put thought into my outfits.<br /><br /><strong>What is your favourite thing in your wardrobe?</strong><br />A leather jacket I bought for twelve dollars in TJ Maxx<br /><br /><strong>What gets you interested in fashion, and since when?</strong><br />I've always had a sense of "dress up" about me during different phases of life. When I was twelve, instead of a purse, I carried a Klamath "medicine bag". When I was ten, I was infatuated by impressionist paintings of ballerinas, so for a year I pranced about in leotards, chiffon, and a velvet ribbon around my neck. I suppose my first trigger was when I was fourteen, I was on a road trip through southern California and in need of amusement, so I bought a copy of Vogue. But I didn't really get into dressing less casually until I started college. I was homeschooled and private schoole, so I was thrilled to be able to wear "real" clothes every day.<br /><br /><strong>If you could be a dress, what dress would you be?</strong>\<br />Any dress designed by Olivier Theyskens. I'm not really one of those girls that swoons over poufy ballgowns, but his designs are so intellectual, they're genuinely poetic.<br /><br /><strong>Who is your favourite designer?</strong><br />You might as well ask me to pick a favourite CHILD. No, seriously. Marc Jacobs was my first love, but I like Paulo-Melim Andersson, Yojhi Yamamoto, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, Miuccia Prada, Ann Demeulemeester and Ricardo Tisci.<br /><br />Thank you for all of your questions! (and patience)Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-70516000646995076972009-03-03T19:06:00.004-06:002009-03-03T19:14:52.771-06:00Pencilled In<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/Sa3V8kzrrtI/AAAAAAAAASo/uCSfM-0wZNM/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/Sa3V8kzrrtI/AAAAAAAAASo/uCSfM-0wZNM/s400/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309134772388998866" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/Sa3VVvpXNOI/AAAAAAAAASg/sYbw9Cx6vl8/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 155px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/Sa3VVvpXNOI/AAAAAAAAASg/sYbw9Cx6vl8/s400/008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309134105283605730" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/Sa3VB99ZXWI/AAAAAAAAASY/8joTF6jAjcg/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/Sa3VB99ZXWI/AAAAAAAAASY/8joTF6jAjcg/s400/006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309133765528345954" /></a><br /><br />Midterms, combined with personal issues that make me despise the very concept of "pretty", means it's been jeans and schlepwear the past couple of weeks. This outfit is actually from the deceptive, ludicrous marketing tool that is Valentine's Day.<br /><br />God...I just reread that. Do I really sound like that? I need to get a grip.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-80661981554877346072009-02-26T21:07:00.004-06:002009-02-27T21:09:26.247-06:00Talk Turkeymmkay, I know I am way overdue in discussing all this, but OMFG.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/RUNWAY/00150m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/RUNWAY/00150m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/RUNWAY/00140m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/RUNWAY/00140m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/RUNWAY/00240m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/RUNWAY/00240m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Probably my favourite collection in NYC was Proenza Schouler. So damn cool! I would wear ANY of this. Oh, if only!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/DETAILS/00050m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/PSCHOULER/DETAILS/00050m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I must have these shoes before I die. No disussion.<br /><br />Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony<br />I want him almost as much as I want the shoes. Almost.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/EFETH/RUNWAY/31m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/EFETH/RUNWAY/31m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Erin Fetherston. I'm obsessed with these animal masks.<br /><br />Marc by Marc Jacobs<br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/MARC/RUNWAY/00160m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/MARC/RUNWAY/00160m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/MARC/RUNWAY/00380m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/MARC/RUNWAY/00380m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/MARC/RUNWAY/00540m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/MARC/RUNWAY/00540m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Frilly, comfy chic. I connected with this a lot more than his Max-Headroom redux.<br /><br />The hands down winner is of course, Rodarte. I dont need to say a thing.<br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/RODARTE/RUNWAY/00350m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/RODARTE/RUNWAY/00350m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/RODARTE/RUNWAY/00310m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/RODARTE/RUNWAY/00310m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/RODARTE/RUNWAY/00220m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://www.style.com/slideshows/fashionshows/F2009RTW/RODARTE/RUNWAY/00220m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-18206434577196285832009-02-21T11:07:00.003-06:002009-02-21T11:16:13.156-06:00The Youth of the NationI've always been rather insistant on the idea that I'm simply never going to have children. But the idea that I would get to dress up a little girl like this has me reconsidering.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/1299TweenWeb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 751px;" src="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/1299TweenWeb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />And me at nine, would have been stuffing candy hearts in this kid's locker like every day.<a href="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/2169ZhatWeb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 751px;" src="http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/2169ZhatWeb.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-12802469474210631742009-02-11T09:30:00.004-06:002009-02-11T09:40:00.223-06:00Lazy Hipster<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SZLxRF3Yg-I/AAAAAAAAASQ/irsRFPhBWSM/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SZLxRF3Yg-I/AAAAAAAAASQ/irsRFPhBWSM/s400/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301564987303035874" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SZLv0rvmpJI/AAAAAAAAASA/mgqY4JvRy4c/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SZLv0rvmpJI/AAAAAAAAASA/mgqY4JvRy4c/s400/009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301563399743120530" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Midterms (because my professors are sadists and like to have TWO midterms). I don't need to explain. I swear for the billionth time I will do Q&A and I have a couple EPIC posts and a vlog in the pipe. Patience, grasshopperHannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-20031435764555618382009-02-02T15:12:00.004-06:002009-02-02T15:32:53.497-06:00Feel the Noise<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SYdmdDmilRI/AAAAAAAAAR4/jYGcLGcWfyU/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SYdmdDmilRI/AAAAAAAAAR4/jYGcLGcWfyU/s400/006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298316135993873682" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SYdmTckYa2I/AAAAAAAAARw/MIohuKmR6dc/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SYdmTckYa2I/AAAAAAAAARw/MIohuKmR6dc/s400/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298315970897013602" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SYdmKjD0bLI/AAAAAAAAARo/I7Q84JKHorY/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SYdmKjD0bLI/AAAAAAAAARo/I7Q84JKHorY/s400/002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298315818020662450" /></a><br /><br />My mama made me a cowl scarf! I simply flipped for <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5219973">Yokoo's</a> designs, but in all respect for her, I do not have $120 for a scarf. I do not have $20 for a scarf. A cappuccino from Starbucks is my big treat these days. (thank you, economic downturn and ruinous, red tooth and claw American job market!) The yarn set me back about six dollars, and the labour was free because it was a labor of loooove. Aww. As Alabama has been getting in fact, colder, I've been living in it.<br /><br />I know I need to do my Q&A and answer a TON of emails, which I promise to do once my professors lay off this insufferable "homework" that they insist upon....I'm not even voting age yet...Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-39816927731590478922009-01-27T19:12:00.002-06:002009-01-27T19:24:30.519-06:00I Totally Want to be a Dude Now...<a href="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/AMCMEN/RUNWAY/00390m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/AMCMEN/RUNWAY/00390m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/AMCMEN/RUNWAY/00150m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/AMCMEN/RUNWAY/00150m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/GPMEN/RUNWAY/00020m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/GPMEN/RUNWAY/00020m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/CDMEN/RUNWAY/00090m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 480px;" src="http://men.style.com/slideshows/mens/fashionshows/F2009MEN/CDMEN/RUNWAY/00090m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />...We have the same hairHannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-19135188936783375842009-01-18T20:30:00.007-06:002009-01-18T22:56:58.190-06:00TundraI know I haven't exactly been keeping up with the whole "post more" resolution and I totally owe you kids a Q&A, but um....college is fun. I'm just now discovering this.<br /><br />It's been freezing pretty much everywhere here in the U.S. lately, AL included. Yesterday, we were colder than Moscow, which is not something you can deal with very easily if you've lived here for more than three years and have acclimated to our annoyingly mild winters. I think this means a lot of us have been reverting back to our "uniforms" whatever that be (with the notable exception of Tavi, but I think we all know she's only 20% human, 80% fashion deity). For me, it's thick black tights, a v neck sweater, flat boots and a quilted anorak. Thus, nothing post worthy. But even someone like myself, who normally would be quite content if the temp never rose above 55, has turned, with aching longing, to thoughts of spring. Bubble tea and floral dresses. Picnics with boys, never wanting to go to class and general mirth.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SXQH-5cVgtI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/Bu4hPRKDac8/s1600-h/ffbf9d3a9a387e29c8832bf4dcc03bb1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SXQH-5cVgtI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/Bu4hPRKDac8/s200/ffbf9d3a9a387e29c8832bf4dcc03bb1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292864239220130514" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/images/style/market/stsl01_feature0810.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 690px; height: 498px;" src="http://www.teenvogue.com/images/style/market/stsl01_feature0810.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SXP0sTTFugI/AAAAAAAAAQs/X8oJ7TkytHs/s1600-h/marie-antoinette-pink-hair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 178px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SXP0sTTFugI/AAAAAAAAAQs/X8oJ7TkytHs/s200/marie-antoinette-pink-hair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292843029022226946" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SXP1a-4lG9I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/c43IeqNO0CY/s1600-h/stsl03_thenewromantics.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SXP1a-4lG9I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/c43IeqNO0CY/s320/stsl03_thenewromantics.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292843830996179922" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/springtime/set?.mid=embed&id=5944863"><img width="400" alt="springtime" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFkZ0WFowX0xsM1JHeEhNVVplTkhNNHcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="springtime" height="400" border="0" /></a><br/><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/springtime/set?.mid=embed&id=5944863">springtime</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.mid=embed&id=206543">hr2021</a></small>Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-49484006302761157192009-01-07T15:20:00.007-06:002009-01-07T16:41:06.385-06:00Learn to love the sceneryThese past couple of weeks have been ker-azy. Classes have started again and....<br /><br /><a href="http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo234/hcunsqur/005-1.jpg?t=1231367042"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://i379.photobucket.com/albums/oo234/hcunsqur/005-1.jpg?t=1231367042" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I've moved! After a year and half of slugging it out on a daily hour and twenty minute commute, I finally broke down and got a dorm room. This means the outdoor outfit posts that we've all come to love will be limited. It's not that bad to be the campus "lunatic girl who takes self-timed pictures of herself voguing on benches and by sycamore trees" in theory, however in practice it could become problematic. But I'm sure I can get semi-creative with my, erm, cozy, surroundings. <br /><br />I hope you all had a grand new year. My resolutions are to drink more water, blog more often and avoid impulse purchases like the plague. What are some of yours?Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-25444092466761052862008-12-29T19:45:00.007-06:002008-12-29T21:39:54.353-06:00RIP Charlotte CharlesI am filled with woe. My favourite show currently on television, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925266/">Pushing Daisies</a>, has been cancelled! It was a brief, delightful trip, and I think a show destined, (much like "Arrested Development" and "My So-Called Life") to go down with fans as abrupt ending you never really get over.<br /><a href="http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/817/817684/pushing-daisies-20070904033212789-000.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 345px;" src="http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/817/817684/pushing-daisies-20070904033212789-000.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Starring Lee Pace and Anna Freil as star crossed lovers, the story centers around Ned, a piemaker who touches things and brings them back to life. The catch being that he must touch them again within sixty seconds, or something within the vicinity will die as well, and once he does touch them, they're dead, for good. When he finds that his long-lost childhood crush, Lonely Tourist, Charlotte Charles, whose father Ned had inadvertently killed in their youth, is now a young beekeeper who has met her untimely end at the hands of a plastic smiley face bag and a shiny-shoed murderer, he simply cannot bear to bring himself to touch her again. This means that he gets to be reunited with his soulmate, at the price of well, never touching her again (though they do find some creative and strangely, not at all kinky, solutions to this). Together with private investigator Emerson Cod and scorned waitress Olive Snook, they solve mysteries and murders, such as that of a woman driving an eco-friendly car powered by dandelions, all while making pastries.<br /><br />It is a hilarious, heartwarming program with the kind of fantastical imagery you might expect from Tim Burton's more optimistically-minded cousin, shot through with turn of the century charm and a spectacular play of contrast colours (someone went to art school), calling to mind both the poetic dynamism of European renaissance art, and the charm of American folk and modern, such as the subjects of Edward Hopper and subtlety of Jasper Johns. It's quirky, without trying too hard, unlike many other "indie" ventures in television. It's sweet, without wallowing in preciosity, philosophical, without rolling around in existentialism all the live long day (*coughHousecough*). In short, in a television landscape dominated by crime dramas and vapid guilty pleasures, it was and is brilliant.<br /><br /><a href="http://editorial.sidereel.com/Images/Posts/pushing_daisies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 512px;" src="http://editorial.sidereel.com/Images/Posts/pushing_daisies.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Style wise, they're all fascinating and calculated characters. But my favourite remains Charlotte "Chuck" Charles.<br /><br /><a href="http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/files/2008/05/31_05_pushing_daisies_6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 500px;" src="http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/files/2008/05/31_05_pushing_daisies_6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Usually seen in her signature red and a variety of hokey wigs and babushka scarves to hide her identity, her style is retro without being overbearing. It's a mix of 50's tea dresses, 60's babydolls and 70's boots and minis combos, with some modern twists like high waisted tulip skirts thrown in, her wardrobe allows you to never put a "realistic" timeline or date on the show, adding to the fantastical appeal. <br /><a href="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/13839/41_2007/110536_3699_pre.preview.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 367px;" src="http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/13839/41_2007/110536_3699_pre.preview.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.watchingpushingdaisies.com/wp-content/uploads/Chuck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 466px;" src="http://www.watchingpushingdaisies.com/wp-content/uploads/Chuck.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.watchingpushingdaisies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/Chuck_Outifts/chuck7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 381px;" src="http://www.watchingpushingdaisies.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/Chuck_Outifts/chuck7.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Postscript- Dear readers, I am in need of more probing from you! If I am to do a Q&A that's remotely satisfying or revelatory, I really do need a wider berth of questions from all of you, so go ahead, lay them on me. If you would prefer to keep it private/anonymous, feel free to email me. My address is in the sidebar. Thanks!Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-44306995950160120782008-12-18T18:54:00.010-06:002008-12-18T19:26:02.449-06:00the legend of sleepy hollowThe entire city has been immersed in fog and mist for days now, and I would be an absolutely negligent blogger if I didn't seize upon this advantageous atmosphere...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUr3UDHnFwI/AAAAAAAAAQc/Fa-70_XYMI4/s1600-h/DSCN0296.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUr3UDHnFwI/AAAAAAAAAQc/Fa-70_XYMI4/s400/DSCN0296.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281305436852000514" /></a><br /><br /><br />I am new to the world of wearing a tablecloth as a skirt, so it's not nearly so artfully done as Tavi's or Belle's. I do need to take care with it, as it was my maternal grandmother's handmade tablecloth from the 20's. We don't use it, but if anything were to happen to it, my mother would cry and cry and cry. Then disown me.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUrxrxagYZI/AAAAAAAAAPk/61ma8OI80p4/s1600-h/DSCN0291.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUrxrxagYZI/AAAAAAAAAPk/61ma8OI80p4/s400/DSCN0291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281299247346508178" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUr3-jdWYjI/AAAAAAAAAQk/xJidFLyIkTw/s1600-h/DSCN0295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUr3-jdWYjI/AAAAAAAAAQk/xJidFLyIkTw/s400/DSCN0295.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281306167087620658" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUr23GivspI/AAAAAAAAAQU/qz9HqgC28Ok/s1600-h/DSCN0293.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SUr23GivspI/AAAAAAAAAQU/qz9HqgC28Ok/s400/DSCN0293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281304939554910866" /></a><br /><br /><br />The blouse is Forever21, which we just recently got locally. Sadly I will be returning it as my bust is, well, busting out all over. Sigh.<br /><br />I know a lot of bloggers have been doing this, but I figured it would be a good time to do a Q&A, tis the season and all. So, if you please, either by comment or email, ask me a question, any question you want (within reason) and I'll answer it in a post. Also, I'm taking a kind of informal poll: would you prefer it answered through a normal post, or through a vlog?Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-54351330567819077602008-12-11T11:13:00.005-06:002008-12-12T16:36:39.167-06:00I'm sticking with you, cause I'm made out of glue...After an argument with a friend about the nature and definition of being "thin" in society, and how that definition has evolved, I have begun to give a lot of thought to the nature of the waist. <br /><br />Some form of stays (boning or structuring of an undergarment made to modify the shape of the torso) or waist cincher, has ostensibly existed since 1000 B.C., but the rudimentary form of stays we associate with the corset came into fashion around the 15th century. <a href="http://laracorsets.com/images/Corset_History_Images/Histor1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 432px; height: 734px;" src="http://laracorsets.com/images/Corset_History_Images/Histor1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />These laced all the way to the hip, and along with thick petticoats and the fashionable square neckline, was meant to emphasize the bust, an elongated torso and a "handspan" waist. Take Queen Elizabeth I in her teen years for example:<a href="http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery_images/0708/0000/0078/el_bieta_i_lat_13_mid.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 476px; height: 640px;" src="http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery_images/0708/0000/0078/el_bieta_i_lat_13_mid.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The corset grew more constricting as the skirt grew wider, until we come to the late 18th century, a time in which panniers grew so wide, hair so tall and waists so narrow, that clothing truly became a pageant of the ridiculous<a href="http://johnfenzel.typepad.com/john_fenzels_blog/images/2007/07/26/marie_antoinette.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 494px; height: 570px;" src="http://johnfenzel.typepad.com/john_fenzels_blog/images/2007/07/26/marie_antoinette.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Cases of misformed organs and cracked ribs run rampant among women looking to shave off that extra half inch with rigid metal and whalbone busks. To those of you who think that the eating disorder is a modern incarnation of a modern fixation, think again.<br /><br />Clearly a backlash was coming. After the French Revolution and during the early Romantic period, fashion experienced what is known as the Regency period. A time that favoured dresses of simple silk and chiffon in pale colours with puffed or narrow leg-of-mutton sleeves and empire waists. Corsets were less restrictive, with less boning and looser lacing. This is where we usually get our visual references for Jane Austen herioines. <a href="http://vintagetextile.com/images/Early/2320a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 343px; height: 550px;" src="http://vintagetextile.com/images/Early/2320a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />During the 20th century, the cycles of rejecting and embracing the waist by equal turns came even faster. During the twenties, lanky, slender figures with flat, broad waists and small breast became all the rage, to best acessorize the new acreage of skin being shown off in backless gowns and short skirts. <a href="http://www.oakgrove.k12.mo.us/Teacher%20ready/Allison/My%20Web%20Sites/flappers.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 574px; height: 490px;" src="http://www.oakgrove.k12.mo.us/Teacher%20ready/Allison/My%20Web%20Sites/flappers.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />While the 40's reverted back to the nipped in waist and full skirt...<a href="http://www.sewingpalette.com/images/dresses/s3513.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 437px;" src="http://www.sewingpalette.com/images/dresses/s3513.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The 60's were all about "the sack" the "tent", the trapeze and shift dresses<br /><a href="http://www.thevintagepeddler.com/i/Patterns/pattern142.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 340px; height: 422px;" src="http://www.thevintagepeddler.com/i/Patterns/pattern142.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />The 90's was all about a small waist emphasized by a crop top, high waists, or a combination thereof.<a href="http://storage.people.com/jpgs/19931025/19931025-750-128.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 750px; height: 987px;" src="http://storage.people.com/jpgs/19931025/19931025-750-128.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />By the time we moved into the present decade, things were really moving at hyperspeed. First there was the lowslung belt, made to emphasize low-rise jeans and jutting hipbones:<a href="http://www.tallandall.com/images/products/33/3185.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.tallandall.com/images/products/33/3185.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Then the belt got wider and were worn in bright patent colours at the waist (the local girls still love this one)<a href="http://assets.tobi.com/files/product_color/main/27689/DSC_0199.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 576px; height: 864px;" src="http://assets.tobi.com/files/product_color/main/27689/DSC_0199.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />More recently was this nasty business of the resurge of sixties proportions. As you can imagine, it was hell for anyone of an hourglass or pear-shaped bodytype or simply a very petite stature. I don't think I bought any blouses or dresses for over a year, just because I didn't feel like wearing a belt with everything I own to avoid looking like a sad sack or a five year old.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ePRyHkol5sk/RsnD2AuuU2I/AAAAAAAAA2k/XfzJwxuuBbM/s320/trapeze+dress.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ePRyHkol5sk/RsnD2AuuU2I/AAAAAAAAA2k/XfzJwxuuBbM/s320/trapeze+dress.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Now we're coming out of "bodycon". The resurgence of an 80's trend, largely responsible for the revival of Herve Leger's bandage dresses, it was hailed as "the anti-trapeze", and as a celebration of healthier figure and womanly curves. The problem with this concept is that stretchy, spandex materials are not very flattering on "curves" not unless they have been methodically pilates-toned or Godgiven. <a href="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/02/18/herve-leger-dresses_5965.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 550px; height: 602px;" src="http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2008/02/18/herve-leger-dresses_5965.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />I suppose my complaint of the treatment of the waist in recent fashion is that it leaves no other flexibility for a body that's not naturally slender to exist in a flattering and fashion forward member. We constantly find ourselves buying things we're not comfortable in and constantly trying to work our bodies around them, rather than the other way around.Unlike fashions of the past, which emphasized simply using fashion to tweak your own physique into the favoured proportion, the only options left to be best served by trapezes, drop waists and body cons is simply to be tall, and barring that, to be as thin as possible. Even now, we are not safe, as the 90's crop top is finding favour with edgier souls than myself. In a lot of ways it's even more unforgiving than essentially wrapping your torso in spandex, there is no place for stomachs to hide. Better start doing those crunches, now, rather than later...Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com118tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-43801176829171295652008-12-04T10:35:00.006-06:002008-12-04T11:10:56.955-06:00Cold Snapped.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/STgMOna3pmI/AAAAAAAAAPM/HMzhGD_n73c/s1600-h/DSCN0268.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/STgMOna3pmI/AAAAAAAAAPM/HMzhGD_n73c/s400/DSCN0268.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275980408703919714" /></a><br /><br />Outfit I wore yesterday. Not that avant garde, but I think I should get major credit for the fact that it's finals week and I'm not in sweats. I bought this dress from urban outfitters, but the cheapskates didn't include a slip and I'm having quite a time trying to find one, so until then I'm wearing it as a pseudo skirt. I got it basically for free (with some store credit I forgot I had), I feel bad for the poor suckers who paid the full seventy dollars for it. But I'm excited to have some florals in my wardrobe for the first time since 6th grade.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/STgNV5SzcuI/AAAAAAAAAPU/neNuZYkxi80/s1600-h/DSCN0269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/STgNV5SzcuI/AAAAAAAAAPU/neNuZYkxi80/s400/DSCN0269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275981633272640226" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/STgO5pHexOI/AAAAAAAAAPc/Jpx2DiauQ_M/s1600-h/DSCN0263.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/STgO5pHexOI/AAAAAAAAAPc/Jpx2DiauQ_M/s400/DSCN0263.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275983346917098722" /></a><br /><br />I got these shoes from the fine people at <a href="www.solestruck.com">Solestruck</a>. I know I'm only the billionth blogger to talk them up, but really, these shoes are gorgeous and walkable, and the sale assistants are absurdly sweet. And okay, I admit these didn't make it more than ten minutes at school during this soggy, foggy weather (which my dad refers to as "Oregon, without the benefit of being in Oregon"), but I don't weeble wobble in them like most heels. Palsy stamp of approval!Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-53685970612260493042008-11-27T21:11:00.005-06:002008-11-28T00:01:09.822-06:00Change the ChannelI am alive!<br /><br />Seriously, sorry for being so neglectful lately. But until the end of next week (the dreaded finals) I don't have time for blogging. Or friends. Or sleeping. I swear on all that is holy that I will get around to returning some of your lovely emails/comments. My apologies, things will be back in working order soon, but right now my GPA comes first, yo. In the mean time, I've been thinking a lot about channeling a certain character from a film or book in my clothes, and I thought I'd share.<br /><br /><strong>Cassie from Skins</strong><a href="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04/skinsC4_450x340.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 340px;" src="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/04/skinsC4_450x340.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Skins is finally here in the US (on the BBC) and I am full-blown addicted. Gossip Girl is sooooo passe. Like every other fashion enthusiast, I fell hard for the character Cassie, a madcap, trippy-hippy anorexic who never gets enough screen time. She's all about insane in the membrane when it comes to clothes. Flashy. clashing. Anything goes. I want to be the brunette version of her, minus the eating disorder. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cassie/set?.mid=embed&id=4875648"><img width="400" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFnJwZUp4dzI5M1JHOHBtb1RZOURWeGcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="cassie" height="400" border="0" /></a><br/><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cassie/set?.mid=embed&id=4875648">cassie</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.mid=embed&id=206543">hr2021</a></small><br /><br /><strong>Rose</strong><a href="http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/movies/the_ballad_of_jack_and_rose/bjr3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/movies/the_ballad_of_jack_and_rose/bjr3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/rose/set?.mid=embed&id=4875876"><img width="400" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFnJxUzl1aEM5M1JHeUtkdW05RFFXZWcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="rose" height="400" border="0" /></a><br/><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/rose/set?.mid=embed&id=4875876">rose</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.mid=embed&id=206543">hr2021</a></small><br />From "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" Camilla Belle plays a girl who spent an entire life on a commune in on an island off the east coast with her dashingly Scottish father, Daniel Day Lewis. Set in the 80's, Rose's anachronistic style of clothes inherited from her mother looks fresh amongst her step family's big hair, nylon tracksuits, and greasy metal rocker style. Rose's style is earthy, laid back, and most of all, she looks really comfortable. <br /><br />Part two (along with the bajillion other things I've promised you) coming soon. Can you tell this post was the result of lazyness mixed with absolute exhaustion?...ooops. Shhh! Don't tell! I hope you all had a very happy Thanksgiving.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-77318659383989560302008-11-08T09:47:00.006-06:002008-11-08T22:49:18.243-06:00How To Dress European (Part Two)I have a vlog coming as soon as I can get the internet to cooperate with me. Swear.<br />In the meantime, the title of this is self-explanitory. Once again, purely sarcastic and tongue in cheek. Please, a fashion blog is not a proper forum for sociocultural debate.<br /><br />Someone commented on the last post that they "deadly want" to see my riff on German style. Lucky for you, I have spent half my life surrounded by Germans! Taciturn, cliched Germans who were usually my teachers and with whom I never got along particularly well. So keep in mind, my biases are fully-formed.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.net-a-porter.com/images/products/36752/36752_in_dl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 460px; height: 690px;" src="http://www.net-a-porter.com/images/products/36752/36752_in_dl.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />A German woman simply cannot bother herself with all these extraneous layers and peices, so a dress is a must.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2923/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2923/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Being German is all about being modern,and there is no room in a German wardrobe for any "vintage" references. Let's leave the past where it belongs, shall we?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2575/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2575/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Form follows function.<br /><br /><a href="http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/34036/34036_in_l.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 345px;" src="http://cache.net-a-porter.com/images/products/34036/34036_in_l.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />A German woman loves sparkly baubles, but practices restraint. "Bling" is not leitkultur, kids.<br /><br />It is one of the greatest injustices of life that I was not born Scandinavian. Any of you have who have ever followed a street style blog know what I'm talking about. It seems like they're all tall and ribbon-slim, with soigne style and a creamy complexion to boot. My first time in Stockholm you will probably find me weeping in my hotel room shrieking, "I can't go outside! They're all too...beautiful."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2926/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2926/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />They all have Acne....Acne Jeans clothing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/3197/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/3197/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />On any other person, tights as pants would be at best, a fashion faux pas, and at worst, incredibly unflattering. But the rules don't apply to you. This one has delightfully edgy leather panels.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2764/zoom/default.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 450px; height: 564px;" src="http://www.lagarconne.com/data/item/2764/zoom/default.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Neutral colours as always.<br /><br /><a href="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15202310_01_b?$prodmain$"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 444px;" src="http://images.urbanoutfitters.com/is/image/UrbanOutfitters/15202310_01_b?$prodmain$" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />And edgy shoes that no one else could walk in.Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com140tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2075176630153311431.post-34071132068108550232008-10-29T10:53:00.006-05:002008-10-29T11:01:26.214-05:00cold hands, warm heartThere is quite a cold snap going on here, and I find myself unprepared. Seriously, I have like, two sweaters that aren't ugly and fit. This is complicated by the fact that I am currently broke.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiHp1aglFI/AAAAAAAAAOc/l5YnVz0971I/s1600-h/DSCN0140.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiHp1aglFI/AAAAAAAAAOc/l5YnVz0971I/s400/DSCN0140.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262605317365077074" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiH7pMaOfI/AAAAAAAAAOk/gXAYlK6psek/s1600-h/DSCN0145.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiH7pMaOfI/AAAAAAAAAOk/gXAYlK6psek/s400/DSCN0145.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262605623322360306" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiIZ78NEQI/AAAAAAAAAO0/XfTkB2Zoy0s/s1600-h/DSCN0152.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiIZ78NEQI/AAAAAAAAAO0/XfTkB2Zoy0s/s400/DSCN0152.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262606143750738178" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiIZflci9I/AAAAAAAAAOs/7Y6J0x3JQ50/s1600-h/DSCN0146.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ONpNQL8AfwU/SQiIZflci9I/AAAAAAAAAOs/7Y6J0x3JQ50/s400/DSCN0146.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262606136139090898" /></a><br /><br /><em>Jacket: TJ Maxx Shoes: Target Skirt: Wet Seal Hat: Thrifted Shirt: Walmart (boys section)</em>Hannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13821785131063665832noreply@blogger.com10