† Wild Horuses

 

 

Oh my gosh, I just made a (TERRIBLE) pun from the Eye of Horus. Is that the worst thing I've ever done? It is, right? Forgive me for the indignity, ancient beings of Egypt.

Super quick outfit snaps from when I was in California over the weekend. Definitely the best picture of my so-called signature clear heeled JC's to date. I love those shoes to death, let it be known. I wore them all day as I traipsed around the Villa Getty museum and had no foot pain regret. If you're in the LA area and haven't been to the Villa Getty, definitely go check it out. If I hadn't done so much other cool stuff, it could easily be the highlight of my trip. Free admission, $15 to park your car.

Most importantly is this Freak of Nature midi skirt! Can I get an "AWWW, YEAAAH!"???

• airborne unicorn opaque purple lipstick, Lime Crime

• midi skirt in isis queen print, Freak of Nature ~ on sale!!!

• clear heel lita (only in size 10, off brand but cute), Jeffrey Campbell ~ as always use "amenfashionxx" at checkout for Karmaloop to get my 20% rep code discount.

• leather trim black top, Zara

† Skin and Bones

 

Ever feel like you're peddling a stationary bike, putting a lot of energy into going nowhere? I've felt that way for months and I think it's finally starting to catch up to me.  For someone who's very fond of flowcharts and binary systems, it's hard to look out to the future and see unending opportunities to succeed or fail without being able to concretely grasp which will end where.

I'm not pessimistic so much as well-imbued with decades of pragmatism, both my own and inherited. Dreams start to feel untenable when laid out against the statistics of reality -- and aren't they flipsides of the same dichotomous coin, anyway? 

I think part of growing up as a girl is feeling like you need to have permission to do something or be something, and then learning how to break through that.

Gaga says strong females don't need permission and she seems to be doing all right for herself (minus the Terry Richardson haircut) so maybe that's worth listening to a little closer. 

wearing: zara & jeffrey campbell.

† Geography Club

 

  

"We just choose a club that's so boring, nobody in their right mind would ever in a million years join it. We could call it Geography Club!"

Have any of you read Geography Club by Brent Hartinger? It's a quick, lovely read, and I hear they're turning it into a movie that'll come out in 2013. I remember reading it in high school, just sitting back against the scotch-taped rows of books wondering if I'd ever have my own geography club. These leggings timewarp me right back there.

Or, if you're less fond of nostalgia than me, wear them to geography class and have a built-in support system for every geography test ever.

• oversized t-shirt with faux leather piping, Zara
• globe leggings, GoJane
• sandals, Target
• army surplus bag