*going to the east side...
literally...there is not one single piece of clothing i do not love on this woman.  i am now going to scour the internet looking for a way to put this outfit together in a more economically sound way (being as she's walking around the upper east side, my guess is the combined price of her outfit is somewhere around $1000).
the sartorialist

*weird things with legs...
i haven't worn pants in about 3 months.  seriously.  i've worn leggings every day  (this is mostly because i'm afraid that i will no longer fit into my jeans).  knee highs would be awesome...if it wasn't a fuckin winter wonderland over here in the northeast.  maybe in april, fashion toast.  so yea, i'm loving the layers and the buckle things...and of course the shoes.

*STEP 1

STEP 2

STEP 3

i'm in love...

even if i had the artistic confidence to attempt those nail designs, i doubt it would turn out anywhere near as fantastic as the image shows.  also, good luck finding the mcqueen ring.  i tried to purchase a mcqueen skull a few days after he died...dumbest idea i've ever had.  have fun paying oodles of money on ebay.  ps, i wonder how much money the nails would cost if i splurged to get it done professionally?  i wonder if anyone would even be able to do it?

*countdown...
50 DAYS UNTIL COACHELLA.

*mars 2010...

instead of writing my political analysis paper (would the legalization of marijuana in the u.s.a. lead to broader patterns of drug use?...so damn boring), i decided to read the mars issue of french vogue.  (top) this military spread was unbelievably rad.  sidenote: i officially need a bullet studded belt...and i think i may stick my hands in dirt and tape up my fingers for class tomorrow.  (bottom) if i HAD hair...i would be braiding it in a similar fashion to the chick on the left.  the idea of cray cray braids makes me think of bahama vacations circa 2000, when i let the natives cornrow my head for an exuberant amount of money...i wish i had those painful little braids right now.

*screw the hair bow...
we want TELEPHONE bows now!  dear god gaga...she's gone and done it again.  i cannot WAIT to see this video. while it may be hard to top the mqueen attire from bad romance, if the telephone hair is a preview for how ridiculous the outfits are going to be, i wouldn't put it past this woman to find a way to one up herself.

*"i hate to see them work so hard. let's go around back where we can't seem them!..."

saw this old commercial the other weekend at the 'rain beatles cover band' performance (surprisingly good by the way). best part: i was sitting next to my little cousins (8 & 10 years old) when this was shown. hope they didn't subconsciously make the decision to go home and light up!

i personally think the funniest aspect of this video is the way they treat their wives. hooray 1950's! so glad i never had to mow the lawn (with a dinosaur) while my husband sat on his ass and smoked winstons with his lame little friends...although i do think animal skin on men is sexy (i kid, i kid).

*generally awesome...

j'adore the music. it's such a badass video...oh yea and the prada clothing is amazing, too.

*too soon?...
(top) my friend as edward scissorhands this past halloween.  and yes, she has a jello shot in her hands/scissors.  badassmotherfucker, je sais.  (bottom) my accidentally lame (but potentially awesome given the vintage dress) halloween costume.  my point in posting these pics: is it ridiculous that i'm already thinking about halloween costumes for october 2010?  don't lie...you've thought about it, too.  
last year with limited funds and limited excitement (halloween in paris is not so cray cray), i decided to be a flapper.  it was easy...wear my grandmother's flapper dress and stick a feather in my hair!  of course, no one informed me that a recent 'gossip girl' episode had gone with a flapper/20's theme, which many viewers picked up on.  These viewers were 'subconsciously' my ass swayed to the idea of a flapper costume for halloween.  therefore, everyone assumed i was copying a television show.  fuck.
next year i REFUSE to do a copy cat costume.  i will attempt to be as creative as my scissor-handed friend...although she will be difficult to top.

*pathetic...
this is laughingly known as my desk.  clearly i don't get much work done here, yet it's a very good representation of how i live my life: alcohol, cereal everywhere, large amounts of tea, hot peppers...clearly more important than studying...CLEARLY!

*self restraint...
unfortunately, i have $80 to live off of for the next 28 days due to my unexplainable need to cut and color my hair at frédéric fekkai (you like spending money on purses/good food/shoes?  that's fine with me, but i prefer spending money on hair.  DEAL WITH IT).  
this means i can't buy very much of anything besides food and alcohol.  not cool...especially when you run into a really good pair of shoes.  but i refrained from buying them.  however, i did try them on, and i did have a five minute conversation with myself trying to justify buying the shoes instead of eating lunch this upcoming week.  regretfully my stomach won the debate, and i left with only a picture to remember them by.

*hipster hounds...
if the snooki website didn't leave you in tears of laughter, this most certainly will.  i love the fact that i have friends who sit in class and find these websites. what kind of life would i be living without such entertainment (besides a grossly more productive one)?

*got the blues...
ok so i really really really wish i could do this (as seen on Garance Dore's blog).  my hands are quivering as i'm typing, because i'm THAT in love with this color.  if it weren't for the fact that my parents would officially disown me, i'd absolutely go for it (hey now, they pay for my education, and i DO love them so...).  i already got kicked out of my house for bleaching my hair, and they were made speechless by my temporary pink streak.  i'm pretty sure if i went straight blue...i would NOT be getting a positive response.  while i'm on the topic of parental disapproval due to my 'radical' (their words not mine) decisions...
is it bad that i can't control my laughter when i think about a circumstance where my dad would find out about my second tattoo...?  aside from the fact that i would probably get a nice, swift kick in the butt (aka bank account cutoff), it's unbelievably comical to imagine his response.

*hooray for a fucked up sense of humor...
i actually hand this shit in:
"Under the corrupt military rule of President Pervez Musharraf, Afghanistan clearly needed some help in finding a more reasonable path, and while we attempted to relieve this growing concern, the United State’s approach was far from useful.  'President Bush’s embrace of Musharraf and the military, rather than of the Pakistani people and the development of state institutions and a democratic process, had created immense hatred for the U.S. Army and America, hatred that penetrates all classes of society' (Rashid, XL).  Basically, if this was Halloween, we just gave candy to the 16 year old low-lifes who totally ran in front of the actual trick-or-treaters.  Now we have all these angry little ghosts and princesses who are going to grow up bitter, and when they pass by our house, they’re going to say, 'That’s the house that gave all of their candy to the stupid juvenile delinquent kids from Camden.  Who lives in that house again?  The Americanas?  Let’s toilet paper their front yard.'  Great."

*because i'm having a day full of words instead of fashion...
i'm wondering if you've ever seen the movie 'akeelah and the bee'.  if not...please watch, and then review the above picture as your jaw drops to the floor in utter unbelieving excitement.  megs2821...you are indeed a golden god.

*a star studded event...

ok. nothing has ever come CLOSE to the amazing lineup for the 2001 NFL super bowl half time show. with the exception of janet showing her boobie, no half time performance has ever been so amusing on so many levels. n'sync boy dancing, steven tyler looking good (aka not the cranky old man he has become), britney spears with hair and a killer bod, nelly...in general.

*she's taking over the world...
just browse through the web site.  you will thank me later.

*[not so] g.i. jane...
gaga sporting a toned down version of what i've recently been having a slight obsession with: heeled combat boots...aka docs with heels (which, unfortunately, i cannot afford at the moment).  i've been trying to imagine myself in heeled docs, and have come to the conclusion that i could either look really rockin, or completely and utterly cray cray...i'm okay with either outcome, really.

*countdown...
60 DAYS UNTIL COACHELLA.

*deyn down...

this would definitely be me: fall, laugh, get up, fall again, laugh even harder, take the damn shoes off, continue laughing, continue walking...shoeless. ps, girlfriend needs to dye her hair blonde again. i don't appreciate brunette representation when the brunette bites it on the runway...twice.

*corruption...
because my friend needed to be distracted from her education by means of short dresses, high ponytails, fun makeup, and silly photos.

*"it's a bird!  it's a plane!  it's..."
triple buckle hunter boots?  saw these in my foreign policy class the other day, and i was really confused.  firstly, why was a [sexy] hipster wearing rocking hunter boots, and secondly, why have i never seen a pair of hunters with three side buckles?  both of my questions were answered when i discovered that the boots were exclusively designed for free people...and the web site says they're currently unavailable.  we'll see about that. 

*mission impossible...
i'm usually pretty good at finding what i'm looking for, and when i saw these shorts i pretty much knew i had to buy them.  unfortunately, these zipper-tastic beauts are actually seriously impossible to pin down...no thanks to 4th and bleeker, who tends to post fabulous pictures and clothes, but doesn't much believe in sharing...i guess the mystery is what makes me want them more.

*"for more information on the crack spider's bitch..."

i saw this video for the first time about four years ago. i have yet to discover who and for what reason anyone would think to film something so absolutely brilliant, but i'd very much like to congratulate him/her/it?

*long live mcqueen...
(left) photoshoot via skype from when i lived in paris.  we called this photo session "the tranny diaries". (right) mcqueen fall runway 2009.

*officially the worst day ever...
alexander mcqueen committed suicide today.  i literally don't even know what else to say.  absolutely speechless.  rest in peace.

*"we've got a team in our warehouse comprised of a bunch of misfits who are still punk rock kids at heart."...

sounds good to me.  that's pretty much why i shop on your website, lip service.  continue making ridiculous punk-goth, naughty, makes-me-want-to-wear-my-black-lipstick-every-day clothing...and i will continue to love you ever so much.

*deception...

'oh hi!  i'm a belt.  i'm here to fuck up every skirts day because i'm cooler on premise given the fact that...well, i'm a belt with fringe and gold star studs...and therefore i basically own you.'
ps, got this from fashiontoast duh.

*nickelodeon flashback...
i hope clarissa really wore the 'explain it all clarissa dress' on the show.  it's been a while since i've watched, but i can definitely see melissa joan hart rocking this outfit in her bedroom...maybe on a date with sam.  not quite sure how well this dress would hold up on a ladder, though.  leave it to nasty gal to sell this little piece of vintage heaven.

*new life goal...
so i used to want to graduate from university and get a descent job, but i've decided that this is a goal which is no longer applicable to my life. i am officially driven by a new motive: learn to crip walk. until i achieve this recently found ambition of mine, i will not consider my growth as a human being to be acceptable.

*delayed...
i know this is old news, but i like to refresh my mind every now and again.  found it on tavi's blog, and i laugh every time i see this post.  don't get it?  hint: think kanye west, taylor swift, award show disasters, and the grammys.

*fashion indie making me smile on a daily basis...

every time i see fashion indie's mission statement, i feel the need to jump up and down excitedly and/or scream, "WOOHOO!".  yes, i'm aware that i'm a freak.  i embrace this personality quirk with every ounce of my being, thank you very much.

*blizzard #2...
what do you do when there's 24 inches of snow on the ground and it's not stopping anytime soon? play fetch!

*countdown...
70 DAYS UNTIL COACHELLA.

*raise your hand if you know what a hoagie is...
no?  clearly you're not from philadelphia.  how about one of these:
blimpie, bomber, cosmo, grinder, italian sandwich, poor boy, rocket, spuckie, torpedo, tunnel, wedge, zeppelin.
wtf?  i've never heard of 2/3 of these.

*because my friend did it before cokate...
(left) in prague october, 2009.  (right) kate moss coked out somewhere recently.  my friend totally beat kate to the leopard...cheetah?...let's just go with fur.

*when pigs fly...
next to flying pigs, this could be the most shocking image i've ever seen.  apparently posh has serious foot issues and needs surgery.  wow...subconsciously effecting my decision to wear stilettos on a regular basis.

*yes, this is part of my paper.  yes, i'm handing it in...

"As a citizen of the United States, I generally feel safe at night.  I’ve never had to worry about a plane dropping bombs on my house, or a large battalion of enemy soldiers reeking havoc in my town- in fact, the very thought of this is almost comical, as I have an extremely hard time legitimizing this image in my mind (I spent half my childhood at my mother's house in New Jersey…I picture enemy lines mistaking deer and wild turkey for human beings, and a bunch of overpaid republican lawyers hiding in hunting perches with illegal shotguns, making beer bets on how many soldiers they kill).  I also don’t have to worry about some psycho dictator or rogue president making any stupid uninformed decisions."

*my friend is talented...
check out adorn by sarah lewis, a jewelry and accessory line from philadelphia.  the jewelry is rad, but the scarves are KICK ASS.  jump on this brand before dailycandy.com gets wind of it and blows it into the big time.  ps, the scarf designer, JAIME MELFI, is creating one of my outfits for coachella. be jealous.

*consequences of forgetting to take adderoll...
i may or may not have spent my entire mat107 class re-writing this phrase in my notebook.  i'm totally going to pass this class.

*pimp my ride...
if you were driving this car while on drugs, it would have a similar effect to spending a friday night at studio 54.

*armani just keeps getting better and better...
lady gaga's platform shoes from the grammy's last night?  WANT.  kudos to armani for creating such unbelievable heels...and to gaga for walking in them effortlessly.
ps, are the shoes actually armani or is it just the dress?

*some dogs just have more fun than others...

'jean-pierre bambi', a parisian born new yorker who is currently residing in la, certainly knows how to make a fashion statement.  fact: this dog has more style than most of the people at my university.