Life In San Francisco.

 

My Outfit : Budweiser shirt - Target, Shoes - Converse, Flannel - Urban Outfitters, Everything else - vintage

Carmen's Outfit : Coat - Foreign Exchange, Sweater - Handmade, Pants - Urban Outfitters, Shoes - Doc Marten's

Back in January, Carmen and I took a trip to San Francisco for the day, just for the fun of it. It's only about an hour and a half from Sacramento, which is nice and convenient and makes for good day trips. We wandered around Haight Street, peeped into some vintage stores, drove to Chinatown and ate some spicy chicken with curry sauce, went to Union Square and ate ice cream while moseying around Forever 21 and Urban Outfitters.

And of course we listened to a lot of Darwin Deez, which reminds me that we'll be going back to this beautiful city on the 7th to see him preform at Bottom of the Hill.

I need to learn this dance before I see him.

xx

Tunnel Vision.

I'm positive that I've mentioned Tunnel Vision on this blog before, but lately they've been coming out with more and more amazing product that I can't keep my eyes off of. Their Spring 2013 collection features a variety of beautiful vintage pieces, but also some new badass items from the house brand Bad Vibes.. and you think it stops there? Well you can also order pieces from popular brands Kill City, Cult, Lip Service and Miracle Eye.

A dream come true.

In one website.

Here are some pieces on my wishlist:

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And not to mention their amazing lookbook for this season. Seriously perfect.

Every piece of this makes me hate northern California more and more. Need to move to L.A. asap.

xx

Thrift Haul + D.I.Y.

Hey look a video.

I don't usually do these things, but I didn't feel like snapping a bunch of pictures and writing about them. You can tell I don't usually do these things because when I'm focusing, my mouth hangs wide open like a dummy. Oh well.

xx

11:49 Apology Sesh.

I've been absent from this blog and it sucks. It really does. Being a full time student, and a full time member of management is tough. When I finally have time to myself, I don't want to take the time to blog, unfortunately. But here is one of my many, tiring, unsatisfying apologies for not doing so, and a few pictures of myself to serve as some sort of justification?

I cut my bangs. That's about all that's different.

I want to start making some serious changes in my life though. And not just the typical, "Stop eating fast food", "Start blogging more" types of changes. I want to start cooking. I want to stop buying my food from Safeway, but instead, find it in the dumpsters after hours. I want to stop giving large portions of my hard earned money to corporate America. I want to support local, small businesses more. I want to redo my back patio and turn it into the best reading area and lounge for summer time. I want to help fund a cause. I want to give back to my community. I want to do more with my life than sit on the couch and watch horribly self-indulging chick flicks after work. I want to go on the Slut Walk through Downtown Sacramento. I want to be healthy. I want to be organized. I want to feel good about the things I do, and not wake up and feel like "It's just another day".

I know this doesn't happen over night, and of course there are simple things I want to include/remove in my daily routine, but you get the gist of it.

I'm just ready to start making an effort, and feel like it too.

On a lighter note, here's a picture of me, my cat Girlfriend, and my boyfriend Andrew.

Cutie pies to the max.

xx

Psuedo Kilt.

Turtleneck - Express, Shirt - Urban Outfitters, Sweater - Thrift Town, Boots - Ross, Gloves - Urban Outfitters

I feel like I could be in Hey Arnold! while wearing this outfit. Like, I could be his sister or cousin or something. You know how he wears that flannel that's like a kilt? This is a sweater that I bundled around myself and made into a dress/skirt thing. But with all the layers I definitely am channeling Arnold. I also felt like Tia from Uncle Buck (all 90s rich girl mod) which is why I chose to take these photos in the Fabulous 40s.

Sacramento has this area right outside of Midtown, called the Fabulous 40s because houses on the streets 40-45 or something, are HUGE gorgeous houses, like the beautiful pink one behind me. The streets have giant trees that drape over, and when the sun shines through in the early evening, it is the prettiest sight.

Gonna try to update my blog more. Especially with winter coming up, I need to show off all da layers.

xx

Bone Shoe Is Ready.

Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you: Bone Shoe.

I'm currently in my second term of fashion design and merchandising at IADT Sacramento, and my first project in Fashion Sketching was to design a fantasy shoe. The first thing that came to my mind was bones. I had originally intended to make the shoe a solid platform heel with a Jeffrey Campbell Saturn shoe-esque back (as you can see in the bottom left sketch of the last photo), but after pulling up some photos for inspiration (such as the UNIF Hellbound and Gene Simmons' platforms) I found the perfect shape in something we all have: The pelvic bone.

If you turn that image 90 degrees left, you'll see the basic shape of my shoe. From there, I incorporated a matte black insert to cover the top of the foot, along with a matching matte black heel and bottom of the shoe. I also added a miniature rib cage that wraps around the heel of the shoe.

I would absolutely love for this to be real, so keep an eye out for the day that it is.

Bone Shoe is ready!

Not Cryin' On Sundays.

I tried to take a little more of an artistic route with these photos. I knew I wanted to capture the soft light that drifts into my room early each morning, and mid-afternoon. I also knew I wanted to portray an outside point of view, looking in on myself. These are the results.

Dress: Hand-me-down from Carmen, Jacket: Thrifted, Shoes: Santee Alley, Shoe laces: Dollar Tree.

Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm about to be twenty years old. I've been thinking a lot about my accomplishments as a teenager and young adult, and I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself. Within the last year alone, I've made incredible changes to my life, that have only benefited my well-being. I learned to leave relationships that were mentally and physically damaging, I moved out of Fresno and out on my own, I became a manager at a Goodwill Boutique store, I started my own online clothing store, I went back to school to get my AA in Fashion Design and Merchandising, and best of all, I've had more self-confidence than I've ever had in my entire life. If this last year alone was so great, I can't wait to see how my future turns out.

Alright, enough of that. This was my outfit today. It's finally started to cool down in California, and when I leave for school in the morning I'm able to wear a jacket and live comfortably. So it's pretty awesome. I've also been wearing heels as often as I can, because I can. And that's all I have to say about that.

Anyway, have a great day everyone. Next time you hear from me, I'll be twenty. BAI.

xx