in space we're here a million miles away

The outfit that I wore to Chicago Zine Fest yesterday (!!!!!!!) was inspired by a weird amalgamation of all the things that have been running through my head in the past few days.

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson

I haven't seen this movie yet but I'm excitedly anticipating going to the theatre next weekend because it seems like a masterpiece. I've seen enough tumblr screencaps (rolls eyes) and read enough reviews to get that some of the commonly used colors are purple and pink. And also there's the insane attention to detail that Wes Anderson is known for.

wow doesn't that just look like a really intricate wedding cake that you would want to simultaneously smash your face into and admire for hours. 

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Amazingly this attention to detail travels beyond the movie screen onto AN ENTIRE WEBSITE EDUCATING YOU ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE COMPLETELY FICTIONAL REPUBLIC OF ZUBROWSKA THAT IS MADE LIKE AN ACTUAL INTERACTIVE COLLEGE COURSE you guys:

I strongly suggest you all check it out here, the sound effects and interactiveness are all incredibly fun in a Gone Home-esque way. 

2. A really amazing bookstore I just discovered in my neighborhood which I will probably go back to every day for the rest of ever because it's just such a natural, ethereal, beautiful space and also BOOKS!

(please excuse the phone camera quality)

3. Ashish RTW Fall 2014

 

This collection and it's LED light up sneakers, glittering tulle, hyper-embellished blouses, frizzy hair, track pants and bras, glitterrrr, double distressed denim, pink frills, legwarmers and sportswear is basically everything tacky I've ever loved/hated to an extreme (and it's beautifully reminiscent of the 90s- a period I'm very fond of despite the fact that I spent all of it not being alive.)

4. The Moon Song by Karen O

The song is incredibly simple but does a really nice job of doing what music is supposed to do- which is transport you somewhere beautiful. 

5. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.

I'm obsessed with space science and astrophysics and our insanely beautiful universe (if there's any science nerds out there reading this please send me an email so we can discuss the fact that Mars could have been supporting life three billion years ago and the black hole paradox and other kewl stuff.)- so obviously I'm very much in love with Cosmos.

a. It's hosted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, who is now officially the babeliest person on the planet.

b. I know this sounds like something incredibly fake that you would put on a scolarship application but learning new things is literally the best feeling in the world for me and every minute I spend watching Cosmos is a minute of me learning something I didn't know a minute ago which is pretty beautiful. 

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Basically sparkly things, etherealness, and stardust.

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Zine fest was so much fun I can't even describe it. The zines were amazing, the people were so cool (there were a bunch of Rookies there), the vibes were incredible, the workshops were mindblowing and overall it was just FUN. 

I'm not joking, you guys look at my stash!

Anywho, what did you guys do over the weekend?

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kanyinsola

dress- gift

sparkly top- thrifted

socks- childhood

sandals- childhood

both necklaces -  DIY

we don't like becky anymore

hello everyone, i hope you're not too mad at me for promising more scheduled posting then forgetting, then saying i would post regularly, then going back on hiatus. But I'm back now (for realzies this time.)

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tartan

brown

red-wine

gingham

pinafores

60s inspired

velvet

Even though the Kee Boutique A/W collection is nowhere close to the aesthetic my mind is  going through right now (I’m beginning to realize that’s it’s increasingly inconvenient/dumb to confine myself to a specific aesthetic for a week or a month instead of just embracing the fluidity of human being-ness), there’s something about it that caught my attention a few days ago. (ugghh that entire sentence sounded really gross and pretentious but writing anything at all is difficult for me right now so I’ll just let it be.)

The fact that the girls are almost always shot standing side by side is one of the aspects of this collection that gives off this really elusive twitches vibe (twitches as in twin witches) (ya get it) (it’s a portmanteau)(hahaha)(grammar humour).

I think this “twitchiness” is a large part of the collection’s appeal because the last photo (the only one that captures a model by herself) does a great job of highlighting the red coat  (one of the best pieces in the collection) against red tartan but it’s singularity makes it stand out so much that’s almost in your face; and I kind of just realized that THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF PHOTOGRAPHING THE GIRL WITH THE JACKET ALONE

 

(actual self portrait of me when I realized this.)

Another cool thing about this collection is this idyllic, peaceful image//concept of teenage girls (more on them/us in a later post) who are really mystifying in a way that no one can really figure out (see Virgin Suicides or Picnic At Hanging Rock girls) and they just have an air of mystery surrounding them that could be kind of scary (see Grady twins from the Shining)* I’m not really sure if the decision to have them wearing Converse sneakers is supposed to affect this by making them seem more “normal”.

//eta: "Amelia Mad" in the comments section said that the collection looks like something Cher would wear if she was in The Craft which is one of the truest things I've ever heard//

Remember when I said I couldn't quite figure out why the collection was so resonant with me - well, I just remembered that a few months ago- I thought of wearing a Cher Horowitz/Wednesday Addams outfit but it was like -15  degrees outside. I decided I would try to remember how to use a phone camera to take outfit photos for this post.

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It also reminds me a bit of the Scary Movie photoset by Petra Collins for Rookie. It's basically homicidal boy-crazy teenage girls on the hunt. <3 <3 <3 (you guys those hearts aren't even ironic I just love these photos THAT much!)

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collared shirt (thrifted) gingham blouse (thrifted) velvet dress (yard sale) tights (H&M)

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kanyinsola 

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*Is it weird or poserish that I used the Grady twins as an example when you consider the fact that I’ve never seen or read The Shining (I’m too scared). **

** Is it weird or poserish that I would ask/care about that?