Heat Wave

I don't own a lot of expensive clothes because, well... I just can't afford them. Expensive shoes are bad enough, I can't imagine if I bought designer clothes too! Then I'd have to find a designer cardboard box to live in.

When I was in New York I went to Century 21 for some seriously discounted designer goods. It's pretty amazing there if you're willing to take time to dig for hidden treasures. For us West Coasters, think Lohman's but WAY bigger and with some seriously high end designers.

While digging I found some great Vivienne Westwood Anglomania stuff, including this...

It's like a flowy vest type thing but can be buttoned and belted and worn like this..

I love the bold print. I guess I'd describe it as a sort of baroque tribal print. The original price was outrageous! I think it was like $350 but Century 21's price was $160 and with my 50% discount (we sell to them so we get hooked up)... $80 Not bad, right?? I got a few other pieces from her that I just love. I got some great Marc by Marc stuff too :)
Yay for not paying retail!

I love these clunky chunky shoes by Celine. They've taken quite a beating with me wearing them all Summer, but the leather wore in really nicely :)

The pop of color on the top inspired my to bust out my Heat Wave lipstick by NARS. Pretty appropriate since we are in the middle of a scorching heat wave!!

(shorts- Siwy, tank- Sparkle and Fade, top- Vivienne Westwood, lips- NARS's Heat Wave, shoes- Celine)

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Above, Marc by Marc Jacobs Pavé Bolt Ring

girl got game

I wore this a full NINETEEN DAYS AGO, guys. My current rate of camera defecation (camera dumping... the rate at which my camera is passing... stools... Can stool be plural?) is getting embarrassing. Anyway, I wore this to eat the gamiest (most gamey) lamb I have ever had. It was delicious.

Actually, I started the day wearing this, then bought a pair of Miz Mooz oxfords (brilliant! I put them on and said out loud, "Where have you been all my life?" in-store. I am not kidding), then ate the gamiest lamb I have ever had, then ran into Jojo! Who I think has additional pictures somewhere...

Above, outerwear: mother's. Pin: off some shirt someone gave me. Blue t-shirt which appears white: BFF from Threadless. Green t-shirt: w00t, gift. Shorts: Alloy. Tights: Nordstrom. Brown oxfords: Payless. Black and white oxfords: Miz Mooz.

[ETA: Photo with Jojo!

This is possibly the worst photo spot ever.

Thanks Jojo!

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bitter

Lately:

Been chugging this stuff like it's going out of style. I have no idea what it actually is, but it comes in a little paper-wrapped brick and looks like a block of dry dirt and twigs when you pour it out. It boils like mud. Or a tar pit, or something. And it tastes like hell.

So I think I'm sick.

Please buy me this Deathly Hallows necklace. I think it will make me feel better.

Above, Deathly Hallows Symbol Necklace in Black, $10.95 by ccppolly on etsy

Side note: I watched Brick like two weeks ago and really liked it, but before I post pictures and stuff... did anyone else think Joseph Gordon-Levitt totally looked like Darren Criss (as Harry Potter)?

In other news, I am so excited for Glee this week. And for whenever Darren Criss finally shows up.

Other Worldly Shoes

As mentioned by Luxirare and StyleBubble... These Anastasia Radevich creations blew my mind. The following shoes are from her latest collection called Kenetik. They are true sculptural and technical masterpieces.

As a shoe designer, I really appreciate the love and creation that goes into shoe design. The blood and sweat behind the end result. When I see designs of this caliber I love to guess at what inspired the designer...


The heel is like black ink gliding through water. It's so beautiful and unlike anything I've seen.

Maybe she was inspired by liquidity. Dancing moving pigment. 

Bjork's Vespertine album comes to mind as well. Something about the artwork reminds me of the fluidity of the heel. 

These shoes have LED lighting in them... behind a screen of mesh, they remind me of electric Jellyfish. Or a far away galaxy.

There is something very alien like about jellyfish. Something about these shoes as well.

Whatever her inspiration was, she has inspired me. These are amazing and I'd love to get my hands on a pair.






By the way, Some other LED shoes...

 Rodarte

 Jimmy Choo

Chanel

Betsey Johnson sent light up stripper shoes like these down the runway

Ok, not shoes, but Katy Perry's light up dress at the Met Gala

Save My Sole!

A few months ago a company called Kushyfoot contacted me about sending me samples of their products. Being the shoe whore shoe lover that I am, I told them that I would gladly check them out... well I sure am glad I did!
The product that I thought would be the most useful for me were their Flats to Go. They're super easy to stuff in even the smallest handbags and are a total life saver when you need them. They're a no-brainer and I wish I would have thought of them first!

I had them with me in my bag at all times during Fashion Week in New York in case of a shoe-mergency. 

They look Ok though I definitely wouldn't wear them as shoes on purpose. They're not ugly, just not "real" footwear and though they don't seem durable enough to last forever, at only $9 a pair... who cares! They get the job done. They lasted through Fashion Week and literally saved my feet numerous times. Think heels in the meatpacking district!! All those cobblestones? Forget it!

(image piedolatrie)

Princess Poochie and I both slipped ours on after the Betsey Johnson show on our way to the Stacy Lomman show. It was raining and we both felt like our feet were getting a bit soggy in them but they survived and they saved my precious Spine Heels from the wet streets. 

I think they should add these to women's restrooms at bars. Like, they should have a machine that has tampons, lip gloss, and disposable flats. Genius if I do say so my self. And I do. ;)




The product that sort of caught me off guard though were these Super Low Cut Foot Covers. Um... AMAZING. I am not exaggerating ladies. I will be wearing these with everything this Fall. They are a new ShoeGirl staple.
I almost overlooked them in my package of goodies they sent but when I was packing for New York I grabbed them just in case.
I usually use regular ped socks when I wear boots or any kind of lace up shoe but I have these pink oxfords that are low cut and a regular ped would show. So, I tried these out and I will never look back. They have padding on the ball of the foot and even more importantly, in the back... you know, where you usually get blisters from shoes rubbing if you walk too long? Not any more. And they're thin like tights so they don't make your shoe feel smaller. They're low cut enough that you can wear them with pumps if you want too!! They're total pedicure savers too which is a great bonus. I hate when I get pedis in the Fall and then wear a closed toe shoe that chips off my polish!

I love love love these and think you should check them out. You can find theme here at Kushyfoot.com or on Amazon.

TiK ToK

Last last Friday went like this:

SAM: I'm going to go incognito today.

IMAGINARY AUDIENCE: You mean like trench coat, sunglasses, and thick Russian accent incognito?

SAM: No, like jeans and a nondescript t-shirt.

IMAGINARY AUDIENCE: We are disappoint.

SAM: Oh, look! Choosing an incognito outfit has resulted in me having a full extra ten minutes this morning! I will be a responsible student and go to class early and review the reading I read last night for the lecture today! (grabs keys and is out the door because she is going to hit the city)

SAM'S HOMEWORK: OHANA MEANS FAMILY, AND FAMILY MEANS NOBODY -

(DOOR SLAM.)

(In the historical linguistics classroom.)

SAM: Ahaha! I am so early! I will sit in the back of the classroom to leave the easily accessible seats in the front for any latecomers, and I will read ahead because I have so! Much! Time!

CLOCK: Tick tock.

K: Hey Samantha.

SAM: Hey!

K: You do your homework?

CLOCK: Tick tock.

SAM: Yep! That last problem was a beast.

K: Yeah, it was. What did they say that comma diacritic was anyway?
SAM: I forgot, but I wrote it down. Let me check!

CLOCK: Tick tock.

SAM: HOLY MOTHER OF ADVANCED TONGUE ROOT! I LEFT MY HOMEWORK AT MY APARTMENT!

K: Well you have -

CLOCK: TICK TOCK.

K: - four minutes. Do you live close enough?

SAM: I guess I do.

K: I think you should go get it. He'll just think you came in late.

SAM: Good idea.

CLOCK: LULZ!

(SAM is speed-walking back to her apartment.)

SUN: LULZ! Let me shine on you so you break a sweat!

FRESHMEN: LULZ! Let us congregate in large groups that obstruct the entire sidewalk!

TRAFFIC SIGNALS: LULZ! We're never going to change!

(SAM is a hot mess when she arrives at her apartment, slamming the door open)

SAM'S HOMEWORK: - GETS LEFT BEHIND!

SAM: HOMEWORK!

SAM'S HOMEWORK: SAM!

(A tearful reunion.)

(SAM is speed-walking back to class.)

SUN: LULZ! Let me shine on you so you break a sweat!

FRESHMEN: LULZ! Let us congregate in large groups that obstruct the entire sidewalk!

TRAFFIC SIGNALS: LULZ! We're never going to change!

(SAM arrives for her linguistics class a full twenty minutes late, sweating and causing a ruckus making her way to the back of the classroom where she left her stuff.)

PROFESSOR: Hem hem.

SAM: Professor Umbridge?
PROFESSOR: ...Who?

SAM: Oh, sorry. Yes, sir?

PROFESSOR: Wouldn't you like to turn in your homework?
SAM: OH RIGHT.

(SAM makes her way back to the front of the classroom to turn in her homework, then makes her way back to the back.)

SAM: Well that was embarrassing.

K: Haha.

SAM: Man I bet I'm the last person to show up.

(Ten minutes later, with twenty minutes of lecture left, DANIEL walks in, turns in his homework, sits down, and proceeds to blow his nose.)

CLOCK: Tick tock.

(After class.)

SAM: Dude! Why were you late for class? I left my homework at my apartment!

DANIEL: My alarm didn't go off!

SAM: Okay now I feel less dumb because you were later than I was.

DANIEL: That was really embarrassing. And I literally woke up and came here without showering or anything, so I'm all sweaty and gross.

SAM: Me too. I'm gonna go home and change.

DANIEL: Me too.

SAM: High five.

Which is why the only photographic evidence I have of that day features jewelry, which, while probably sweaty, didn't require changing:

Balenciaga Obsession

I obsessed and obsessed and prayed that they would be in my price range. I decided that even if they weren't, I'd tip off the black market organ people and in exchange for a small finder's fee, I would give up a kidney. 

Alas, they were over $3,000. NOT in my price range. Not even in my price orbit. 

I took my frustrations to paper and came up with this. My version of the shoes I covet. Slightly girlier than Ghesquiere's versions. Pink and a pop of leopard (Betsey would be proud) and voila! I'm redesigning a masterpiece! Take that!! 

I won't actually have them made but I feel better now that I've purged my frustration into a drawing ;)

The originals...

So beautiful it hurts.

the long of it

I've decided that I don't like maxi dresses. Sure, I might feel like a total badass stomping around campus in a shapeless, sexless, unflatteringly long piece of fabric that is kind of sort of completely not what the other girls are wearing and is kind of sort of definitely more "fuck you I want to feel like I'm going to go hike up my skirts and shuck corn and then have a quilting bee" than cute, but the real issue is that I actually found the huge amount of fabric cumbersome, especially because I was lugging my laptop around all day.

But there's a first time for everything.

Above, cardigan: Forever21. Belt: hand-me-down, aunt's. Dress: mother's. Boots: Steven by Steve Madden. Sullen disposition: the realization that one is too short to comfortably wear a maxi dress.