flannel: now with less irony

yes. the day in the early 90s that Vogue was doing grunge spreads of basic flannel shirts, baggy dresses and combat boots for 300 kabillion times the price of what we were all buying in thrift stores was a dark (yet vaguely satisfying) day in the lives of rebellious, teenaged thrift whores everywhere. this one with Kristen McMenamy was my favorite:

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but how can you stay mad at cozy flannel shirts feminized with chic belts, layering, girly accessories and shapely trousers for nipply fall weather? i love unexpected dressy or metallic details too.

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photos from Wardrobe Remix, PickyPickPics and The Sartorialist

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Thrift Stars!: Eve’s Pics from Wardrobe Remix 9/17/07

Wow. So many beautiful works of art in wardrobe remix. The uploads have gotten out of hand and Amber and I can’t keep up! I scoured 10 pages of pics and still didn’t even get further than Thursday. So here is the all-but-all-inclusive list of favorites (click on each pic for its page):

Braces are back! I used to rock them in high school with my way-too-over-sized sailor pants and black and white striped sailor shirt but I looove them with the skinny jeans.

That dress has its own compass. It will lead you through the enchanted forest, past the oracle and down Alice’s rabbit hole. There the Cheshire cat will tell you you’re the prettiest thing with your long golden Rapunzel braids.

Tiny tiny waist! Goddamn, I wish I hadn’t thrown out all my pencil skirts from when I was a PULP fanatic in high school.

Piksi is a wardrobe remix rookie, but she presents as a veteran. She had only four outfits uploaded, and I nearly posted all of them.

Bosnian beauty in Keith Haring leggings. I must have those boots!

I am a sucker for sailor stripes!

Here’s Piksi again, envy is the color of your brogues.

How friggin adorable is cigarettesandspeed??? That dress reminds me of Amber’s bohemian flapper dress but with 7th grade private school english teacher accessories. Genius!

St. Peter, please pinch me! That structured cropped blazer and color combo (with white belt!!!) hit me like a mack truck on dexedrine (in a good way).

Here is our Bosnian beauty again. At first I didn’t like the 80s belt (I had one like that as a kid and in my autistic, unfashionable way did not like the way only half if it would fit in my belt-loops) but now it’s very neo-plastic with this red galaxy dress.

She’s done it, perfectly entwined Mia Farrow and Sandy Denny in a warm loving embrace.

Bosnian beauty (aka: nemrešpobjećodnedjel je), I am Eve, your biggest fan.

Chubby Face. This outfit reminds me of the childlike awe I felt when I found my crayola crayons melted in the sun. Thank you.

I am crying for the simple perfection of this outfit. She could simultaneously kneel in that flowerbed to pull weeds and fly off with pixie dust contrails behind her and I would not be surprised.

Here are some other favorites that will not allow their lovely selves to be hotlinked:

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for only our most loyal readers

hi there! you still love us despite the inactivity of late. thank you for all your well-wishing on my move! therefore you deserve to be indulged a little for your loyalty…

sweet Michelle over at Lady Language is happy to oblige. she’s offering the most loyal and Painfully Hip kids an exclusive twenty freaking five percent discount for this week only (starting tomorrow, Sept. 17th and ending on Monday Sept 24th), including sale items! Just enter HIP25 at checkout.

for instance…
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white cocktail dress: $16 with discount!
button-sleeve mini dress: $15.23 with discount!
teal crescent spy bag: $33 with discount!
nip waist jacket: $18 with discount!

but wait, there’s more!
it slices, it dices, it’s sterling silver and it’s FREE! it’s a gorgeous designer bracelet from Chicago artist, Julie Schmidt! it retails for $78, but Lady Language is giving it away this week!

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every gal can use a nice bracelet. anyone interested in winning can sign up for their newsletter (or contact Michelle directly at michelle@ladylanguage.com). the winner will be announced here and on Lady Language on Monday Sept. 24th at noon.
good luck!

see? i told you to keep checking back! also, watch for Eve’s thrift stars of the week post coming out tomorrow.
many loves and misses,
Amber

bear with us…

amber here…
i’m going to need to take a bit of a break from blogging for at least a week or two, i’m making a terrifyingly major change and moving back to California.
i will be back blogging as soon as i get my head on straight. in the meantime, my twin sis Eve will be posting as often as her busy life allows, so please keep checking back with us. don’t worry, when i return there will be some awesome collaborative efforts goin down.

thanks for your support and understanding.
we heart you bigtime.


if you get bored (because we know your life totally revolves around us), please do check out The Most Painfully Hip Sites of the Week!


the most Painfully Hip Site of the Week

…is Ringo, Have a Banana!

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a wardrobe remixer and thrift star of the week regular, Ringo (do you mind if i call you that, hun? the alternative would be Banana, or worse yet RiHAB, and we know you’re no Amy Winehouse…) can do no wrong. she has been featured multiple times in Neet Magazine, has such a cute, matter-of-fact writing style and her blog design is always inspiring and changes for the seasons. she recently up and moved to New York and so lately her posting has slowed, but now she’s back and writing about her Bryant Park tent stalking hi-jinx!

“After long hot hours in the city sun, our spirits were a bit worn out. To be so close to fashion week and not actually be able to go in! But then! A mysterious stranger sporting nerd glasses and an afro drew us aside and, out of the goodness of his golden heart, showed us a side entrance where we could just waltz right on in. He disappeared into the subway before we could ask his name, but he did give me an especially enthusiastic thumbs up as a parting gift.”

she sure is making a go of it over there in the big apple, but the best part is her outfits, which are lovely, and quirky in the most covetable way…
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so, Ringo, Have a Banana, because of your fearlessness, i dub thee painfully hip, Kirsten Dunst style, because we all secretly adored that outfit she wore with the chartreuse tights and lavendar scarf

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