Yippee!

What's this? Oh could it be? My first ever feature in a print magazine?!

Why yes it is. When Worn Fashion Journal contacted me this summer asking me to participate in a 'Fashion Scavenger Hunt', duh, I said yes. They wanted me to put together an outfit that incorporated a red pattern, something yellow, a hand-me-down from a relative, fruits and the shoes I wore last Saturday. Want to play some 'eye-spy' with the outfit pic?

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Do you ever feel creatively stifled when you can’t wear EXACTLY what you want? Usually I love a challenge, like taking something ugly and incorporating it into an interesting outfit but when you have to dress a certain way almost every single day I almost want to give up! Last summer, I worked an office job and I had to dress ‘business casual’. Sometimes I managed to come up with cool outfits, but most of the time it was subtle variations on button-down shirts and black pants. The problem is, it didn’t feel like ‘me’. Now that I have to dress myself entirely in one brand for work, it’s even more difficult to inject bits of my personality into daily outfits. I bought this scarf in hopes that weird tie-dye will jazz up my outfits a bit more, and inspire me back into the blogworld.

Speaking of blogworld, last Friday I attended the Worn Fashion Journal Issue 10 launch party! It was a ridiculously excellent time just jivin’ on the dance floor to all the 60s music, as well as meeting so many familiar faces (Hi Anna, Hannah, Kevin and Stephanie!!) I wish there was a good picture of my outfit but I look like a crazed swamp creature in every single one.

Horror, Design

The sequin sweater of epic proportions made another appearance in today's outfit. I think it is my second favourite sweater (not even silver sequins can replace my love for Fawkes the phoenix sweater). This week has been altogether awesome. Last night I went to a drag show at the bar and watched my male friend prance around in five inch heels to the Spice Girls. Today I went thrifting an accidentally stole a pair of pants from Value Village. The cashier only charged me for the sweater that I bought, and I decided not to say anything because, uh, who doesn't want free pants?

I also got a copy of the new issue of Worn Fashion Journal in the mail! I've said it once, I've said it again and I'll say it once more: Worn Fashion Journal is the probably smartest fashion publication on the market today, and I'm proud to say it hails from Canada.

I loved the paragraph descriptions of personal style, the article on vintage fashion collectors and how they actually care enough to put their interns in the magazine.



Shout out to my girl Anna!

Things to do on a rainy day...

1. Drink tea in a bowl, read Vogue and talk politics with yourself.

2. Display the plaster "bust cast" you made for the entire world to see.

3. Show off your sexy new lace bra from American Apparel in the classiest way possible.

4. Give off creepy vibes due to sheer excitement, while clutching your amazing new gift pack of 5 issues of Worn Fashion Journal.

5. Stop procrastinating via blog, and go write your friggin' essay.

I knew a lady who came from Duluth, bitten by a dog with a rabid tooth...

Just experimenting with ways to wear this blouse. Usually the strings get tied up into a neat little bow, but I felt like letting them hang loose for a different, perhaps a more 'unfinished' look.


Things I learned today (or "Daily Discoveries" if alliteration floats your boat:
-I think I have coprolalia (this is only half a joke)
-I have the coolest best friend in the world (of course I knew that before, but I learn it over and over again each time we hang out)
-I want to read "Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered" by E. F. Schumacher
-The word "Immure" means "to enclose within walls" (thanks Dictionary.com's 'word of the day')
-The capital of Mauritania is Nouakchott (actually, I learned this yesterday)
-Worn Journal is kind of awesome