- At the Maproom in Chicago drinking exotic beers. Hopping a plane to California in a few. #
- Home again home again. Poop. Maybe i’ll check into a hotel to pretend i’m still on a fabulous vacay. #
- I have writers block. I feel like i need a high velocity frying pan upside the head. #
- Prop Hate. #prop8 #rejectprop8 #
- Help a sistah out and give my photos a bump on the Crossroads Photography Contest? Love you! http://snipr.com/phdconcrossroads #
- My talented bro-in-law, very pregnant sister and Sacramento’s Best Hugger are playing a show at Fox and Goose tonight! Meet me there, 8ish! #
- Just got back from the latest PHDC photoshoot! A white hot Stevie Nicks boho glam extravaganza with an “excessorized” statuesque redhead. #
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So I had my birthday on Saturday. But you know what else happened? I had honed in on this shifty 60s summer number (a murderous vintage confection of crisp-as-a-freshly-starched-mens-shirt cotton, scalloped eyelet lace, bijou buttons, and thoughtfully placed darts) the day before my birthday whilst shopping at a high end vintage boutique (US#1) in Wicker Park with Rory, but had practically swallowed my own tongue gulping back a tear as I slowly backed away from its glorious perfection and $60 price tag. Instead I resorted to sneaky fitting room cellphone shots and the half-assed plan of a pathetic, blurry blog post about The One That Got Away.
MARY fucking QUANT. She’s like the Andy Warhol of 60s fashion. She practically invented the 60s.  Eat your heart out, Alexander McQueen for Target. Around midnight after a birthday nightcap, I was again considering blowing my internet bill money on something that I had convinced myself would be inexplicably magnetic to all forms of processed tomatoes. As I turned the corner to our gracious hosts’ guest room, there it was… lying there like a freshly printed $100 bill on the sidewalk, The Dress.   mary quant for pennys When I returned from Chicago and got together with my twin sister Eve for our belated birthday dinner and she unceremoniously handed me these pristine vintage mary jane ankle booties in the most amazing goldy green color of peachfuzz suede, I nearly shed a tear. So, kids? Just promise me you’ll never stop hoping. Best birthday ever. Again, apologies for the photo quality, I should have some form of functional camera sometime next week. Oh and make sure you check out the Crossroads Trading Company Fashion Photography Contest! Vote for my PHDC Summer at the Ranch photos and I will continue loving you forever. I should really rename this feature the most Painfully Hip Site of Every 6-8 months because with its not very often that a fashion blog inspires me quite as much as freaking Annabu of Just Bu It. J’adore her unexpected color combos, clunky shoes and sporty details. So good. We are headed back home from Chicago (aka 100% pure love) tomorrow where I’m going to attempt to coordinate three Painfully Hip Design Collective photoshoots in the 3.5 weeks we have left before we leave on our epic thrifting roadtrip. Woohoo!
Diana and I were giddy with anticipation when we heard that Christian Siriano of Project Runway fame would be showing his Fall Collection at a chic cocktail party just in time for our very first blogger convergence. We arrived at the loft space via freight elevator and feasted our eyes on the gold, turquoise, and brown concoctions floating around the room on racks and statuesque models. It took us a great many pink drinks to get up the balls to talk to the pint-sized talent, who revealed that his sky-high footwear would be available at Payless soon! Can you say GLEE??
Christian complimented my little jacket-y thingy (one of those things I’ve had sitting in the back of my closet for ages and now can’t get enough of, see previous) and we were so excited to meet the stunning and endlessly sweet Karen of wheredidugetthat (who has a much more in-depth post here) and the lovely and hilarious Tamar of MTV’s Buzzworthy who apparently REALLY loves ponies. We also got to meet the gorgeous Justin Tranter, jewelry designer and lead singer of Semi-Precious Weapons. Thanks so much to Christian and Lindsay Brown for the invite, we had a FABULOUS time. |
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