buhbye, tomboy. dress me up!

i swear all i wanna wear all the time is dresses. so cool and comfy and feminine. i think maybe my pop-punk tomboy high school days are over. with a vengeance.

i found this awesome shop called LadyLanguage (not so sure about the name, sounds like a lesbian romance novel or something) via the budget fashionista’s sale section and i’m loving their 75% off sale and their prettypretty vintage-y dresses. you can use the coupon code “BUDGET10″ for an extra 10% off too!

bohemian print dress
bohemian print dress $19.90! (medium out of stock)
gorgeous mixed prints! pleated waistband complete with sash! this is the jeebus of cotton print sundresses. i want 6, please!
blue swing dress
blue jersey swing dress $24
jersey is the fabric of the gods and cobalt is my favorite color of the season. and i’m just gahgah over the cut.

black and white print dressbraided racer back
noir imprint halter dress $24.90
lovely! the halter is more of a racer back made from braided fabric. love it!
dropwaist sundress
floral dropwaist cotton sundress $32.40
stripes and flowers, my favorite combo. i’m not sure if this would look a tad cheap in person? what the heck, i’m a sucker for a dropped waist.


your daily eye candy: natasa vojnovic for pucci

although i would’ve preferred a slightly quirkier (aka, more editorial ) model, i’m pretty sure this photo spread cures cancer…


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…and now, i’m going to go win the lottery.


Who Needs a Big Fat Syringe Full of Confidence?

Everybody knows about airbrushing and photoshopping, yet everyone is still attempting to attain that idealized self. Well, us painfully hipsters refuse to allow the capitalistic machine tell us what to think. We all know what Faith Hill really looks like:

(source)

Now there’s plenty to be jealous of here: her beautiful smile, her lovely skin tone, her sparkling eyes, but you feel like you could wear a bikini around her and still make eye contact with people in the room. She could be someone we know. She looks great, for a human.

Planethiltron.com decided to do the reverse and photoshop celebrities into real people. Here are a few of my favorites:

Pam Anderson

The other twins

Anna Wintour

Kiera Knightly

Angelina Jolie

You may want to bookmark this post for the next time you look into the full-length and say anything but, “I am the hottest bitch I know.”

And here’s to you, capitalism:

Ann Coulter

She must own stock in pewter claws.


hazardous runways (aka: models eating it)

nothing makes me feel better on a rainy day than watching The Perfect Ones eat runway. repeatedly and thoroughly. but seriously though, modelling is HARD. here’s a great video of the entertaining humiliation from my favorite canadian fashion reporter, Jeanne Beker and her show, FT Fashion Television!

well, i shouldn’t say NOTHING makes me feel better than model humiliation. a good DISCOUNT is right up there:

the gorgeous Fabricio over there at Waterloo is offering all of you beautiful hipsters a 10% discount (coupon code: PAINFULLYHIP) AND a buy 3, get one FREE offer on his badass t-shirts and shortshorts! Hallelujah!

i’m loving these Pet Sounds shorts:
pet sounds shorts
HAWT.

now if only it’d stop raining…

also, happy birthday to ambika! everybody take advantage of her new age AND her talent by purchasing her already sensationally-priced pretty things on Etsy for 15% off (today only) with coupon code BIRTHDAY!

ah! i think i see a sucker hole forming in the sky already!

thrift stars of the week! (my pix from wardrobe remix)

the hippest kids (as deemed by me) on wardrobe remix this week. enjoy!

dresscardi
i loove how she makes a forever21 dress look like vintage w/ that cardi and belt. love the print! parfait!

stripes over tee
this reminds me of a dress amanda sent me once. i was never sure about strapless dresses over tees till now! here’s another that works:

50shousewifechic
loove the white sunglasses and the modern ilovelucy feel of the whole ensemble.

shawl
she’s about to fly away into thrift fashion heaven.

lovelyleibemarlene
lovely leibemarlene wears a split-sleeved 60s dress for a wedding. that’s it, i’m flying to chicago just to go thrifting.

colorblockedandsunny
squinting in the sun in colorblocks and yellow flats. its raining here and i kinda wanna kill myself, maybe i need to wear THIS EXACT outfit.

lbd
the perfect LBD for a sunny day.

purplegreen
that cropped jacket makes a regular cotton t-shirt dress look like haute couture. all hail the hippest girl on the internet.

neon t-shirt dress
oh why oh why does a t-shirt dress make me look like a sack of walnuts?? her teeny frame looks sooo comfy and cute!

hawaiian romper
who says rompers aren’t flattering?? she looks like a pin-up. and for only $2!!

romper
the vintage society girl puts together THE PERFECT comfy-chic traveling ensemble.

bubble skirt
i love a good plaid button down. pairing it with a high-waisted denim bubble skirt and metallic flats is genius.

skirtasdress
this is a skirt worn as a dress (and actually looks it), but i love the way she pairs it w/ a striped skirt and striped socks. and the wee boat print! too adorable.

blue skirt
simple, elegant, chic perfection.

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