I'm Obssessing

Dear Creatures,

In many ways is thine beauty...

..... your retro reflections, your flawless perceptions, & your dreamy inceptions..

Oh how I want to spend all of my monies on thee..

but alas...WC wants my money too..

I love love love dear creatures. I stumbled upon them years ago, and haven't stopped lovin'

Since I'm going for vintage-kei, I feel like these looks can easy translate into my 'drobe.

I CANT DECIDED WHAT TO BLOW $$ ON FOR MY BIRTHDAY...!!DX

I mean, I really want some stuff from Japan, but I hate waiting for them to bust out with the fall stuff..HURRY UP JAPAN! GOSH!

I really need some cute shoes, I really like the one the dear creatures model is wearing, i also like these blue oxfords from wanted...(and i NEED some clogs..)

Anyways, I will be posting illustrated cords soon since my camera is "le dead" and i dont feel like toting around a huge arse SLR...hopefully i cant get the camera stuff sorta out...

Plus with school starting and organizing my LIFE things have been too crazy, but not too crazy to be cute. I have been writing out my coordinates to help my recent crazy life and not fall into a world of band tees and skinny jees...

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To continue on my obsession list...ANYBODY PLAYED SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD YET...ZOMG!!!!

ITS LIKE RIVER CITY RANSOM + AAAAWEEEESOME AWESOMESS...

I saw the movie when it came out and LOVED IT, and bought the game right away and im still LOVING IT..if you loved shaun of the dead or hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, you'll LOVE THIS MOVIE..GO SEE IT NOW ( and if you were worried, micheal cera actually BREAKS character in this movie..i know...its a miracle)

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On another current obsession, I love reading Gemma Corrells Daily Diaries, they are so cute and insightful. I found out about this artist through Flickr, and these comics have seriously gotten me through so long train rides and lectures....

I "borrowed" this image from Gemma, want more, go there (thanks gemma!)

they kind of remind me of the always lovely and cute Sasa whose having a pretty delicious giveaway, enter before its too late!!!

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Well I suppose that's it for now! I'll leave you with one of my last obsession, music from the bird and the bee:

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

Dream Coordinates

These past couple of days I was highly inspired by Sasa’s last coordinate post incorporating drawings instead of photography. In fact some of my favorite street style comes from what I wore today flickr drawings (featured in the March eleanorzine) and Nancy Zhang from lookbook.nu

I decided to hope on that bandwagon since I am very much an artist (it is what I am going to school for hahah) and draw some cute little me’s wearing cute little things :D

(I would like to say for the sake of my reputation that I am not drawing to my best ability I’m just drawing cute things for fun heehee)

SO HERE WE GO:

First set, Dream Coordinates. Not only do I draw what I do wear but I draw what I dream to wear. (I also draw an inventory list to see what I still need and what I have…as Sasa regarded as not buying something to confuse my wardrobe but to keep in track of key items I need to keep with trends and personal taste, I actually keep an inventory in my purse when I go out to add or subtract key items.)

But instead of boring you with inventory sheets, I’ll show you some dream coordinates….

I recently purchased an MIIA shirt and pouch from Tori (in transit) which I am totally stoked about. I never owned any official Japanese “brand” items so this will be my first :D So immediately I came up with two coordinates to represent the same shirt to help convince myself that I was doing the right thing and to think of the unlimited amount of wear I would get out of it.

First look, rokku gal.

Shirt: MIIA
Pants: Distressed (need to find, hear’d Macy’s and JcPenny will have some from $25-100 in their fall collections)
Bag: Mini Chanel (I do have a mini Chanel hand bag that I love)
Shoes: My new studded heels
Accessories: Studded Bracelets, braid headband, sleeker mode hair, candy apple :D

I guess I should also state that I’m thinking fall (always) it’s my favorite season and I always buy for fall because I feel like you get the most wear of out fall clothing. Plus my theory is (which is just a theory) your favorite season is usually the one you were born in. Me and my mom both love fall, my birthday is in Septemeber and hers in in August. She enjoys a more Indian Summer why I like a more crisp fall. Panda was born in June so he loves the dead humid heat, and my brother is a feburary baby so he loves mounds of snow. September is my favorite month, not only because of birthday but because its back to school (yep I’m a nerd) back to rountine (and a dork) the holiday season is approaching, and all the fall fashion is out with giant September issues. But I digress. Here’s my next MIIA look, thinking fall as well:

Shirt: MIIA
Mini skirt: still need, any suggestions
Leggings: I was thinking maybe grey or black
Boots: I have Steve Madden combat boots, but I really want a pair of docs
Backpack: WC, me loves the pink one, I think I’m going to get it for my birthday :D
Hat: IS ANYONE ELSE DYING OVER THE GILFY HAT ON MISTU’S PRE FALL POST. OMG ITS SO THICK AND CHUNKY LIKE A BIG BLUE HUG.

What do you think? Are you not ready for fall. I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy summer, I just love layering and biking around town without dying of heat stroke…XD

The next two coordinates I think are fine for early fall/late summer..

Shirt:Kiston LA
Hat: Urban O
Dress: Still need, I really want a tank dress, REAL BAD, I heard walmart had them. But Panda and I have a silent protest against them. I only really shop there IF I ABSOLUTELY MUST. (documentaries make you protest stuff) Anyone know where I can find a good one?
Hair: faux bob, I’m channeling Maya Mori here XD

Dress: One-spo (saw this in vivi and immediately feel in LOVE, but how can I buy it??!!) I do adore anything lena fujii puts on but I don’t really consider Vivi to be gal, but after I saw the August issue of Scawaii it gave me second thoughts on vintage inspired gal looks, but I’ll discuss more later.
Shoes: Clogs, need to find some!
Kerchief: perhaps the one I just won from Miruku! Vivienne Westwood XD

These last two coordinates are items that I already have I just need to rock them (or I have rocked them)

Tie Dye Dress: Logan (my mom’s brand)
Denim Vest: Thrifted, think it might be Gap tho..
Gold Boots: Charlotte Russe
Accessories: Owl necklace, wholesale market. Military Pins: WC (I really want some of those too, and Mitsu really sold them to me with her twin coordinate with Tori)

I think the accessories will really make the dress pop, and again, loving those WC pins!

Shirt: H&M
Basket Bag: Vintage
Shoes: New ones from the last post
CanCan: UO
Belt: Mother’s
Locket: HS graduation gift

This coordinate is my take on a nautical/mori/gal look. I actually wore this one on Saturday but I will talk about my weekend in the next post. I don’t want to overload this one!

So what do you guys think? Do you like the drawing coordinates or do you prefer pictures, or do you like both? I think Drawing helps me understand what a coordinate might be missing and helps me accessorize it better. It also helps me stay focus on what I need to get versus buying for the sake of spending money. I’m actually really excited about the baseball tee, from MIIA its bon on my list forever. I have one from UO but it’s getting a little old…I’ll show it to ya, later.

Till then