† Read All About It

I hear it's #ThrowbackThursday? Here's my unintentional throwback. I bought these pants about... six or seven years ago, yikes, in my sophomore or junior year of high school. A girl in my math class (who wore Victoria's Secrets velour tracksuits so she could look like she didn't care about what she wore while still totally caring about what she wore) had on pants just like these one day, and they looked so good on her that I had to go buy the same pants. I'm still wearing them however many years later, so no regrets. And I guess they've slid back into style as "oxblood." Sweet.

Maybe there was something to the Victoria's Secret sweatpants after all!

• black tee, H&M
• corduroy jeans, Anchor Blue (these pants are so old this store doesn't even exist anymore)
• padlock bracelet, AllSaints
• d-ring belt, Hot Topic (as old as the pants, if not older)
• jeffrey campbell clear heel litas, Karmaloop

† Weekend Sale Roundup

Here are some of my favorite things I snagged during the sale madness that happened in the last few days. Can't wait for these to start showing up in boxes at my door. Go ahead and judge me, neighbors. Be jealous of my Black Milk x Jeffrey Campbell comic MOON BOOTS, AWWW YEAAAH.

Apparently the theme here is spikes. ... And some more spikes. What did you guys snag?

Best of Black Friday Sale Roundup

Here are some events I've scoped out if you're looking for the best outlet to put your, shall we say, resources into:

• 50% off a ton of new (and older) arrivals on ModCloth. This one is worth your time.
• An extra 20% off outlet and other marked down items at ASOS. Use code BLACKFRIDAYBONUS.
• In store tomorrow, 50% all sale items at UrbanOutfitters. Some stores open at midnight.
• Nasty Gal has 25% off ALL shoes, including sale. I just got spiked litas for $70.
• EVERYTHING is on sale at Dolls Kill.
• Express is offering 50% off the entire store.
• You can get 40% off a bunch of items at Forever 21.
• 15% off  + free shipping on all orders from Karmaloop with code 50SHADES.
• JCREW is offering 25% off with COLOR25.
• Haven't scoped it out much, but it looks like Romwe is having a Black Friday sale.
• All t-shirts have been marked down to $10 at Hot Topic.
• Some Black Friday goodness up in Lulu's.
• Topshop is offering an extra 20% off sale.
• BOGO at PLNDR with code PLNDRTURKEY.  You can use this link to join.

And on the flipside, sales that you can probably skip are going on at Shopbop, Revolve, and GoJane. Not much exciting there. I hear Anthropologie has 25% off something, but that's not really my scene so can't vouch for that.

What have I missed? Let me know!

† Back to Black

It would've been way too easy to title this "Christian Death Metal." Also, I wear a lot of leopard for someone who doesn't really like leopard.

• the crush jacket in black, Civil
• the death christian tee, UNIF
• skirt, gifted
• lita in black washed & clear heel, Jeffrey Campbell
• margiela for h&m invisible belt, worn as choker, H&M

Two blogs that are definitely worth your time:

Gin, my partner in crime in all things, featured our lady Emmy Wildwood on her music blog. Head over there and download some of Ms Wildwood's tunes -- then bookmark her blog, she posts quality jams. (My interview with Emmy is here if you missed it.)

Also on the music sphere, my other biffie, Raz, has been putting up some great tunes over at Regen Roxx. Her last post is a gorgeous love letter to Kagrra, a band that ruined my life in the best ways for about a year. Check it out.

† It's Not Just a Bad Dream

Doin' a grey-haired kinda thing lately.

† Everything Is Embarrassing

 

 

Can we talk about the Justin and Selena breakup? One, I'm a little crushed, can't lie; and two, Saint Selena did nothing wrong. She's too saintly. What do you guys think? Tell me your feelings. This is a safe space.

 Anyway, it goes without saying that Karmaloop and their sister site PLNDR are my favorite places to shop lately. I started out an ASOS girl but KLoop has crazy deals going all the time that I can totally score with. I maaaay have bought a pair of Jeffrey Campbells, at less than $100. Right? Right?

I've snagged three stylestalker dresses from PLNDR this year for around $30 each which I'm still boggling over considering the sticker price for most stylestalker is easily $150.

You can hit up PLNDR with my invite link here. No invite necessary for Karmaloop, go forth and shop. (PS, this is not sponsored or anything, I am legit that excited about the Karmaloop family.)


Most of what I'm wearing here are KLoop snags:

• the flag destroyed slouchy tee, Chaser (17.95, 64% off!)
•  zip low jean in super washed white, Cheap Monday

† October

 That's my Halloween serious face. Ninjas or zombies? Candy corn or jolly ranchers? Lestat or Armand? Countess Bathory or Vlad the Impaler? (Bathory. All the way.) Those are the weighty questions I deal with throughout October.

A few weeks late here, but I celebrate Halloween as a year-round holiday and you should too.We were allowed to dress up for work, so this was my middle-ground attempt for costume realness meets tenuous work professionalism.

Minus the shoes, this was all stuff I picked up for < $5 at various places. The belt is my dad's. He was going to get rid of it once it started falling apart, but if you ask me, that's when it hits its prime.

I was KO'd by the sick and then traveling, but we should be back to regular updates soon. :)


I leave you with a Halloween party candid! ♥

Interview † Emmy Wildwood

This time around, I did an interview with classy rocker girl Emmy Wildwood. When she's not fronting her own band, VELTA, she kills it in an all-girls Guns 'n Roses cover band featuring equally classy rocker girls Charlene Kaye, Mia Von Glitz, and Erin Marsz. (I'm starting to think we should start a genre here -- classy rocker girl jams. I'd buy that compilation.)

I was also tempted to call this post Emmy Changes Macie's Life Forever by Recommending Cover Girl Outlast but that was a little too lengthy.

First up, you definitely have a signature style and I love it. It feels like something an old Hollywood star would style to spend an evening at the old-school Viper Room. Is this a look that you sought out, or did it find you?

"Awesome Macie! I love this description. I like the idea of looking cinematic. There is so much drama in it! And obviously I play rock n roll so that is going to come across in my vibe too. I haven't intentionally sought out a look. It's just sort migrated to this based on my lifestyle and working around so much music, art and fashion. 

I loved Marilyn Monroe as kid and collected all kinds of her memorabilia. I loved her movies and of course her red lip! I've been wearing red lipstick since I was 14 years old. I would buy tubes of the Wet N Wild brand for 99 cents at the drug store. This is was same brand my great grandmother wore. She also played music by ear and loved sequins. I think I inherited her desire for music and glamour. 

But there has to be functionality to that when you are playing and rocking out on stage. I just started wearing converse sneakers with my dresses so I wouldn't fall over in front of everyone. It's a look that people ask me about all the time and I tell them it's just easier this way. But I get creative and match my sneakers to my dresses for fun. Coincidentally, my band VELTA, became a face of Converse Fall 2012 campaign."

You have so many projects and collaborations going on -- what keeps you inspired and motivated? Do you ever feel burnt out, and what helps you get back on track?

"I do have a lot projects but I wouldn't have it any other way. As a musician you feel like you are doing something really wrong when you are not playing regularly. It's super unnerving to not be working. So when I feel burnt out, which happens from time to time for sure, I just remember that that feeling equals incredibly hard work and it just means I'm doing what I want to be doing. I am so lucky to do this."

What are you listening to right now?

"I love Fiona Apple's new record. I just saw her at Terminal 5 and she blew my mind. A total genius."

I hear you just opened up a boutique, Tiger Blanket. What was that process like and what's your vision for it?

"Here's our short description...

Tiger Blanket Records & Vintage Boutique is a Brooklyn-based record label putting out limited edition 7 inch vinyls for unsigned bands. The first single release is "Let's Get Married" by VELTA coming in November! You can buy these records as well as amazing vintage leather motorcycle jackets, collectible concert t-shirts and beautiful dresses at our location in Williamsburg.

But from a personal standpoint..

Friends of mine walked in the store and immediately said it looks like my closet. It's true! This store is filled with vintage concert t-shirts, some of which used to be in my personal collection. There's an entire rack dedicated to sequins blouses and we carry skinny jeans in all the colors of the rainbow. It's all something I would wear to play a show. And I have always bought vintage things for stage because they cheaper and still more fabulous than anything you can find at a mall.

I'd like to think its a very well-curated collection similar to what you described earlier as old Hollywood glamour meets the Viper Room. We have have a giant bowl of red lipstick at the cash wrap."

Guns N Hoses, all-girl Guns N Roses cover band. The awesome speaks for itself. How did you get involved in that, and exactly how much fun is it to wear a lot of fishnet on stage and rock out to Welcome to the Jungle?

"Guns N Hoses was such a huge surprise! Musically speaking its not something I ever thought I would do but when Charlene Kaye, Erin Marsz and Mia Von Glitz came to me with proposal to join I was so excited. These girls are all hugely talented and a blast to play with. We are all front women for our own projects so there is stage presence just boiling over into crowd.

We are all super into fashion and for a few hours we all get together before shows just to help each other get dressed. Its ridiculous the things we come up with. Its also so fun because its stuff I would never wear to my own shows. At our sold-out show at The Viper last weekend, I wore sequin underwear and a python top that cut clear down to my navel. I definitely wear the least clothes on stage with this band. It's all sort of an out-of-body experience. "

What can we look out for in the future?

"VELTA has our next single "Let's Get Married" coming out in November. This is a super rocking track with a Phil Spector vibe about it. Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio is featured in this tune as well as Erin Marsz from Erin Mary & The West Island and Deva Mahal. It's a banger."

And the most important question for last -- how can I achieve the same mastery you have over red lipstick application?
"Girl, you can master this look for 7.99 at the Cover Girl station in your local Duane Reade. It's Outlast Lip and it NEVER comes off. That's why I wear it on stage. Other brands rub all over the mic and then right back on to my face. One time I forgot the brand and bought another kind for a show, and when I got off stage I had red lipstick on my cheeks, chin and forehead. Cover Girl Outlast is the jam!"

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