News, news, news….
So it turns out that I’ve had my head so far up my ass this month that I completely spaced on the fact that Painfully Hip had its one year anniversary along with its 400,000th visitor this month! Yay us! I can’t thank you all enough for visiting us and checking out our sponsors and just being generally positive and amazing all the time.
We’ll be in Chicago in a few weeks and are sort of planning a big, but not too big, last minute (head up my ass) Naked Lady Party / Clothing Swap for kids in that area. I can’t make any promises at this point, due to the limited time frame, but right now we’re trying to think of viable (and reasonable) venues for approximately 40-70 in that area so if anyone knows of one, comment s’il vous plait!
To my fellow bloggers… I am running a special on blog mastheads! Now through March 25th, I’m offering the ridiculously low price of $40 for a custom-designed header. You get to specify size, imagery and request unlimited drafts until you’re 100% stoked. Contact me at Painfully Hip Design if you’re interested.
In other news, I’m getting a puppy today! I had to leave my beautiful german shepherd, Malouk with her dad in Vancouver so there’s been a bit of a fuzzy hole in my heart ever since. So I’m off to the SPCA to save a life. Right after I go to the dreaded dentist. Wish me luck!
Thanks again for this awesome year!
Hey kids!
Here are your super-amazing wardrobe remix thrift stars this week.
This shoe/tights combo could be worn with a really bad bridesmaid dress and still be screaming chic.
So serene. I want her to make me tea and offer me an afghan.
That wee jacket is exactly what i’ve been questing for, I just didn’t know it till now.
Also? Although those jeans come close, I don’t think there’s anything in the world more beautiful than 60′s Mick Jagger. Just saying.
Take one look at this lovely lass (and her amazing haircut) and you know you just want to buy out all the awesomeness at her Etsy vintage shop.
You just can’t go wrong with a bit of creative layering and some wicked vintage accessories.
Borderline frumpy choirgirl jumper, black tights and white pumps? Am I so jaded by fashion that I think this is completely awesomely hot in every way?
Even YOU could pull off cowboy boots and a track jacket with that piercing sneer. The uberhip haircut doesn’t hurt either.
Nevermind the Wonder Woman belt and the Jackie-O-licious shades, I want that car!
I can’t tell wear her tattoos end and her outfit begins. Love!
This is way too much gloriousness to keep track of (Feathers! Shoes! Luggage! COUCH!!).
I love the charm of the necktie and sweatervest, but the best accessory is the sleepy husband.
The silhouette is dreamy, but that newspaper clutch?? I want to take it to a posh art opening and just stand around like a nonchalant grampa all night.
“j” reminded me that i was going to alter some 70′s bell-bottom cords ($2.50) into cigarette pants to wear with my delish electric blue thrifted pumps ($4). so i did. and they’re my new favorite pants.
before:
after:
I’m actually leaving to go camping in Joshua Tree National Park in about an hour, but i just had to throw on these pumps real quick for the sake of monochromity? monochromocrity? monochromicity? The shirt is a relic from my childhood that
my dad designed for the tiny farming town we grew up in (it’s a painting of a cow and a sheep facing off, an illustration of healthy small town competition between Gardnerville and Minden, NV). The belt was thrifted for $1 and the flight bag was 25 cents (!) at a garage sale. So that makes the grand total for this outfit less than $8.
Have a great weekend folky ones. I’ll be back on monday night. enjoy the oscars (go p.t. anderson)!!
EDIT:
Wow, thanks for all the great feedback you guys! “Talented?” “Amazing job?” You’re just lucky you can’t see the inside of these. One word: Janky. I warned you there would be futzing! Seriously, I would do a tutorial but it would probably do you more harm than good. I literally just put them on inside out, pinned where I wanted to sew (my first mistake- i have pinpricks up and down my ankles now), and then just sewed them up in as straight a line as I could manage. That’s the beauty of altering cheap thrift finds, if you completely wreck it, what are your losses? …A bit of thread (more than I’d like to admit in my case) and a $2 pair of pants that you were never going wear anyway. So my advice is to just try to have fun with it and learn along the way. And remember not to punish your sewing machine for your sad lack of skills, it was only trying to help after all.
Our closest readers surely remember this DIY Knitting Guy from a previous post:
My friend, Lil Higg shared this link and pattern with me:
And although knitting is so frustrating for me that it makes using those giant needles to gouge out my eyes seem like a preferable experience, how HOT is it to see a guy with nimble fingers and excellent taste?
Fabulous. Maybe TOO fabulous (if you know what I mean).
