Champs Elysee

I decided to dress like a hip lumberjack today, because looking comfortably decent is the only way I'm going to make it through exams at this rate. Blech! The buffalo plaid shirt is thrifted, worn with American Apparel riding pants and suede ankle boots. It would be nice if the boots didn't look like black garbage bags encircling my feet in this picture, because they're really quite sleek and Margiela-esque in real life. By Margiela-esque, I mean they look like these:

Gossip Gossip

You learn something new about yourself almost every day. Apparently I am a huge hip hop fan, because I cannot stop listening to Kanye West's new album. After a lifetime loyalty to punk/indie rock, this is kind of weird yet totally refreshing. Monster is my ultimate jam song of the moment, it's so catchy I can't even! I even found this great article called "Is Nicki Minaj a Feminist Icon?" that deconstructs her verse in Monster line by line. Definitely recommended reading.

Out of this Place

Many thanks for the help of my lovely blog interns/roommates for taking my outfit pictures and keeping the dream alive! First world problems here, without a functional tripod... Anyways, I never thought I would ever find myself dressing like some sort of Canadian Ralph Lauren sportswear enthusiast, but here I am mixing cable knits with plaid. I'm wearing a lobster pin and a Canadian flag pin too!

Oh, and if my transformation into an incense-burning, evile eye-wearing hippie wasn't totally complete yet... I bought wooden earrings. Yes, those wooden earrings. And I kind of love them too?

Cougar Bar

Good news, I finally got my hands on the plaid sheer chiffon shirt from American Apparel! After waiting for what seems like an eternity (real time: two weeks), it got shipped to the store and I couldn't be more pleased. Everyone at work calls it the 'cougar' shirt, because apparently it is the uniform of older women preying on young men in bars? Today is shaping up to be excellent, mostly because I spent the morning milling over the August issue of Vogue with a cup peppermint tea and bar of chocolate. Also, my hair looks half-decent for the first time, um, ever?

LOOK MA, NO MAKE-UP!

Three Times

Excuse me for getting all down on your summer jams, but is anyone else ready to pack up the shorts and tank tops and just transition into the full-length pants and sweaters already? Perhaps I'm just impatient because I have my inspiration for Autumn all planned out? The look is going to be "nerd goth" and I'm already starting to rock it. Wheee, I can't wait to be sullen and read books all season long!