at it again

An amazing stack of Balenciagas, via the Purse Forum color reference library

After a surge of blogging activity, I've been gone for the past week or so due to anxiously working on something rather important regarding my future. I suppose all the posting beforehand was my way of procrastinating/diverting my mind from becoming too anxious. Too late, I'm already losing sleep over it.

Another thing that's on my mind but maybe too superfluous to some people to lose sleep over is that I have been pouring over pictures of smooshy, broken-in Balenciaga Citys. I used to think the look was a little too "distressed" looking, but seeing the range of textures the leather comes in, the chevre bags circa '05-'06 seem absolutely perfect. The perfect size, the perfect slouch, double handles and a shoulder strap.

That being said, I can't even decide which color, nor do I know how possible it'll be to hunt down these grey shades in chevre. My gut tells me classic black will go with everything, but anthracite and gris poivre are equally appealing and something a little different and a little bit lighter for spring/summer. Also, my number of everyday black leather bags is now up to 2, after a recent splurge...can't wait to share that soon.

(TPF)

Grey, whether dark or medium, would look a lot less severe with red, navy, and camel, don't you think?

Oh, and in case you're interested in checking out some music of the same name as this post, here's Brenmar's At It Again EP. It's more than a year old now, but still just as good. Go get your dance on.

30x30: day 9 - dessert and fighting SAD, not in that order

Imagine the joy I felt when I found this B.T. cookie brownie lurking in my bag after the long flight from JFK to Beijing. Made minutes away from my old house in the Main Line, these are the brownies that I used to buy from the Swarthmore Co-op when I wanted dessert but was too lazy to bake. Not too sweet, dense, and perfect with coffee. 

The weather has been SUCH a drag. This is what weather.com looked like last week and this is still what it looks like this week. Rain rain rain rain rain. My reasons for never moving to Seattle seem to have been foiled by the spring season in Wenzhou. 

What's worse is that not only is it raining everyday, but since I left the fur liner for my Barbour at home, it's still too cold to wear it. In the meantime I'll just continue looking at these photos from A Common Thread.

In reality I've been living in my new favorite t-shirt: a Smashing Pumpkins "The world is a vampire" shirt from their '96 store. It was an early birthday present from my friend Nate and the best thing ever.

I find myself gravitating towards more witchy-goth styles than I ever did when I was in college. I think it's because in college I was surrounded by mostly tomboy-ish styles and thus wanted to wear heels and fitted waist vintage dresses all the time. Now that I'm surrounded by frou-frou girly outfits everyone, all I want is to wear head-to-toe black and leather boots.

Last Friday I found myself in something a little brighter than usual, mostly because I hadn't gotten around to wearing this Zara dress since I bought it.

grandma's handknitted red cardigan // zara camel dress // OTK 5050 boots // gifted scarf

In other retail therapy news I bought a clear snap-on macbook case and a new umbrella to replace the old one that has held up through everything in the past 4 years. My life is exhilarating, I know. 

tabi tabi tabi aka i want to look like a disco faun

Maison Martin Margiela tabi boots. One of the most controversial shoe designs in fashion history, imo. Well, not the traditional Japanese shoes the design is based off of, but the 1K designer version. A few years ago I hated them but in the past year the ugly-chicness of them has grown on me exponentially. Especially when worn by people like the late Daul Kim. 

Rei Shito, a long-time subject of The Sartorialist (who I don't read anymore but it's the only source for these photos), rocks them in all silver. And gold flats. I actually hate ballet flats and have sworn that I'll never wear shoes without at least an almost 1" heel again, but these are so fantastically weird that I'd wear them to death if they were ever gifted to me. 

The particular pair I've fallen in love with is black with a leather covered silver heel. Like disco shoes you'd wear in the woods, pretending to be a faun in search of Mr. Tumnus. Look at the tracks they make in the snow! In my mind I imagine Scully and Mulder coming across these tracks and Mulder saying, "they appear to be animal but the weight distribution is all wrong!" 

All black would be good too. Or these, with a wooden heel. I would wear them all year round. Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call...

Is it just me or would they even look good dressed up with some fur? 

Keeping my eyes peeled on ebay. Now that I've completed all purchases on my list for this year, this may be the dream item that I'll buy before my next birthday. 

OH YEAH. Bjork wears them too.