Eyes, Lips, Attitude

Seriously, Joan Crawford's (right) got too much attitude for the forties. 

Sorry Madonna, nice try.

It's definitely the "smear" lipstick. 

And here I am, gothing up Crawford's lipstick.

Surprise! Eyes!

Wearing:

American Apparel: Interlock Turtleneck Tent Dress

Romwe knock-off of les queues de sardines tights,

http://www.les-queues-de-sardines.com/AutWin10.html

Luchiny platforms

Tawapa's black swallowtail earrings 4g

Going Out

Everyone's Favorite Bodysuit

Digital Pinhole

 Except for the first picture and the animated yellow leaves, these were 

taken with a digital pinhole camera. I basically took a sheet of black

construction paper, and rubberbanded it around my Nikon D70 body only (no lens). 

Then, I poked a hole in the construction paper with a safety pin. There you go...

Digital pinhole camera. Most of the pictures turned out very desaturated, but there

were a few that were brilliantly colorful, others I saturated via photoshop. Also took

a majority of these in RAW mode, which helped with the editing.   

Wearing: 

Pullover with ethnic pattern: Mags & Pye

Army pants: Forever 21

Hiking boots: Frye

Wool sweater: Salvation Army

Black Wood Leggings / Platforms

Wearing:

Leggings: Black Milk Wood Leggings

Wood Earrings: Tewel wood Maxa design 4g from Bodyartforms.com

Platforms: Luchiny, bought in 2000 from Belmont & Clark area in Chicago 

Tunic: bought at Century 21... some Italian off-brand, can't tell from the label

Hair clip: street vendor @ Union Square

Fashion Night Out 2011: Soho, NYC

 (live models @ guess)

 (no one survived)

 (crowd waiting for the kardasians... or opening of the Dash store.. who knows)

 (ceiling thing at the Frye store)

 (I don't think this is Bansky)

 (The Marc Jacobs accessory truck)

(lights from the World Trade Center site)

Wood Fabric

I can't really explain it, but I'm very into wood fabric these days. It started with
these Black Milk wood leggings, which, as of this writing, are still on their way:

Maple..pretty neat. I'd like to get some wood fabric (walnut!) and try to make something out of it... but 

what? Celine has a wood look for Winter 2011, as I discovered in an advertising spread in the 

GIGANTIC Vogue September 2011 issue:

(Celine's winter 2011 collection) Cool ad campaign btw.

But what to make? I am thinking something structured looking, much like Celine's, though I feel this

 could potentially be a too-literal interpretation of the fabric. Maybe not, as in the case above: the t-shirt 

and pants look pretty awesome, especially with the different "grain" directions. My sister jokingly said a 

kaftan, which would probably overdo it with head-to-toe wood fabric. 

I'll update this post when I get my leggings, and if I see more wood sightings!

Heaven Beside You

My mom bought me this flannel shirt in 1994.

Wore it throughout junior high and high school.

Flannel: Levi's 

DIY cutoffs

Old Navy flip flops

Dollar store tank

Hat from Florida gift shop

t-shirts and corsets

American Apparel Unisex Oversized Ringer See Thru T-Shirt; Lip Service Burning Fur You corset, Urban Outfitters pleated skirt; Urban Outfitters hat; DIY Choker, 10 years old.

Trying to rethink corsets so they don't look so damn ren-fair, hence AA t-shirt. Awesome T-shirt, by the way. Thin, kind-of-sheer, really soft. This look definitely wouldn't work with a standard oversized t-shirt. Those pleated skirts are in style right now... like the whole 'professional' or perhaps 'school-girl' look to them. Spiked collars look really dated and costumey, but I thought it went well with the spikes on the corset, which I got on sale! Hurrah