my style mantra

there's this new fashion designer who has really been catching my eye. she's been on all of these "top emerging designers to watch" "new faces of fashion" "you will never hear from 9/10ths of these people again" lists over the past few months. her name is wayne lee - her line is called Wayne. she sells her dresses at barneys for $500 bucks but they are seriously amazingly cute cuts and patterns and the colors are pretty top notch. i mean, if they were on sale i might drop quite a bit for them.. not $500 but still quite a bit. the weird thing is that i can hardly find her anywhere on the internet! i mean, she's on the barneys website where her clothes are being modeled by the butchiest most unflattering mannequins ever created* (and they only have like 4 dresses, only one of which i've seen in the magz. the dresses in the magz are so much better than the ones at the store website) but that's really it. it's like that time me and my brother were googling the knack song lyrics and couldn't find any other lyrics to any other songs other than "my sharona." i mean, come on! that's crazy. the other songs are so good! it blew our minds how we found a blackhole in the vast world of knowledge that is the internet and unfortunately it looks like wayne lee is also floating around that blackhole.

anyway, Wayne is mentioned in the new Nylon with Lilo on the cover. ok, how bad does lindsay look in the pics?!! nice mesh tank top you fucking loser! anyway, in the little blurb wayne lee describes her clothes as "for the girl who likes to dress EFFORTLESSLY and ELEGANTLY at the same time."

and i was like... . . woah that's me! or at least that's what i want to be! i think i just found my style mantra! you see, my dream style is looking like the pimpest girl on the block but not looking like i give two shits. effortlessly elegant!! i mean, obvs not elegantly like ballroom gowns but you know that should go without saying.

it feels awesome to have those two words now to sum me up in a weird way. like it will make shopping easier and more clear cut or something. ohh i like this shirt! is it effortless? is it elegant? PUT IT ON CHARGE. nice pillows! it really has an effortlessly elegant look to them no? LETS GET EM! it also seems so obvious. like OF COURSE i want to look nice and put together and kind of flashy (elegant) and of course my beauty regimen consists of me just rolling out of bed (effortless) but somehow putting the two words together has given me so much like UMPPH!

*and here's proof of butchiest most unflattering mannequins ever created. the dresses don't look good here. i swear, on live models they are to die for:



anyway, if you had to sum up your style, or ideal style, in a few catch words ala a style mantra, what would it be?

fashion blogs/summer style

here's the links to a few fashion blogs i've been looking at. there's about a kajillion that i don't have the patience to look at so if you're bored and find a good one, send it to me!

http://stylebytes.net/ - this girl's style is kinda cheesy but i like how she gives the brands of her outfits and says where she got them. the blogs links section is also really good.

http://justmycupoftea.typepad.com/just_my_cup_of_tea/ - this one kinda reminds me of sheela

http://shopmycloset.blogspot.com/ - "together, we developed this blog to share items from our own closets, our thoughts on fashion and design in general, and tips on how/where/when to shop." cool!

http://flyingsaucer.typepad.com/flyingsaucer/ - this girl has the cutest style & is british, obvs

in other news, here's some shoes that i wanna rock for summer:

(the ones on the left. you guys know i don't do heels)

i think you can wear these with pretty much anything. i'm gonna try to rock lots of navy, yellow and gray, colored denim, basic tees, formal shorts, stretchy short skirts and tights. i also still need to find ankle boots! keep a look out for me

also, i wanna get my hair cut like this:


also, will i probably just end up wearing cut offs, a tee shirt & flip flops everyday? it's very likely

AdScape

This is so awesome. This was someone's MFA project at Parsons - she documented advertisements
in East Harlem, Soho, and the Upper East side, comparing them and organizing them in different
categories like "alcohol and tobacco," "travel," "clothing and accessories, " etc. good stuff.

Adscape 

speeeeedy

so i've had two glasses of wine and a red bull and just finished a long convo with my roommate about the internet and our generation, what have you. i've been in the process of starting my own blog (blog format but want to make it into some sort of comprehensive project) and i'm thinking of doing some sort of cultural study on what our generation, or what anthropologists/marketers are calling "the millennials." I started making a list of what is culturally unique to people our age(ish). so far i have:

myspace, friendster, livejournal, aol chatrooms (before social networks), makeoutclub, blogs, flickr, photobucket, youtube, music downloading (napster, audiogalaxy, soulseek, kazaa, bittorrent), last fm, pandora, itunes, ipods, macs vs. pcs, google, dj culture and indie dance nights, cobrasnake, lastnights party etc., flavorpill, jack-fm, pop nonfiction (chuck klosterman-esque), pitchfork, photoshop, vice mag, misshapes/dimmak, bathingape/kidrobot/obey, digicams, cameraphones, ringtones, netflix, texts (funny observations/plan making etc.), global warming (vs. generation x's AIDS and coldwar), going green, organic food, reality tv (especially american idol), Lost (multimedia input, intelligent viewers), fashion recycling (the acceleration of it), alternative comedy (patton oswald, human giant, reno 911ish), music genres (freak folk, nu rave, emo, i guess), columbine, 9/11, iraq, virginia tech, the daily show, colbert report, aqua teen, anna nicole, brittney, tomkat, bradangelina, indie music going mainstream, urbanoutfitter tshirts, wikipedia, spongebob, hot topic, online newsfeeds, target, personality quizzes, lo-brow art (junko mizuno, mark ryden, gary baseman), memoirs (sedaris, burroughs), growing up on oregon trail and carmen sandiego, amazon.com, girls gone wild

what else can you guys think of?
i'm thinking of doing a post for each topic.

but i'm also thinking of, instead of doing a general thing, taking some of these topics and adding others, and instead focusing more on the changing underground culture. like how digital media has shaped subcultures...something like that. fashion, music, nostalgia, information access, voyuerism, etc.

i'm asking you guys before anyone. lemme know what you think. i also apologize in advance if this post is all crazy sounding. honestly i'll probably get lazy and forget about it in a week. but i kinda dont want to.

SPOT THE OFFENDER

okay, so i know everyone's freaking out about how terrible these
looks are but i actually kinda like them both. what'd you guys think?

FASHIONABLE OR OFFENDERS???

LOLOLOLOLOOLOLLOOLOOLLLLLOOLOL

OH MY GOD!!!!!! I'M ALONE AT WORK RIGHT NOW LITERALLY CRYING LAUGHING. THERE ARE TEARS POURING DOWN MY FACE. AND HERE'S THE REASON WHY...

has anyone ever seen this??? OH MY GOD. I SERIOUSLY CAN'T STOP LAUGHING
I HATE MYSELF

this is the most amazing thing!

it's a music-responsive vibrator that feeds right into your ipod!
does anyone wanna get this for me?? my birthday's in 3 months!

r.i.p. 4/20/2007

how is it that i manage to smoke weed everyday but on the fucking national holiday i can't even get a 20 bag? oh and i don't buy the 'not getting addicted' to weed shit, i'm going through withdrawls!!


what the hell?? luckkkkyyyyy!!!!

etc etc.

i totally bought "the boyfriend sweater" at Gap yesterday, like from those annoying claire danes (who got so hot!) commercials. and then i bought those fucking pants from the audrey hepburn commercials last summer/fall. i feel like a sucker for choreographed commericials, cos i never buy things from Gap but whatever these are basics and i'll totally wear them plus they were on sale.

also, the other day i was thinking about those little yellow boxes of pretzels you'd get for snacks when you were a kid and how we would pretend to smoke the pretzels like ciggos to look sexy. kinda fucked up, no?

i feel like every single piece of news ive been reading has been THE WORST. gone are the days of britney and anna (but not really).

i cant believe sanjaya got kicked off!!! Lost was okay but theyre obviously setting up for something awesome to happen.

WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE DOING?!

don't push me 'cause i'm close to the eeeeedge

you all know that i'm by no means a fan of hip-hop. i guess i like some older stuff but i just never really got into it. last night, i attended "the day of dissent" at purchase. this included a rally led by students marching around campus chanting something about corporations being bullshit. great idea considering we attend a college of mostly liberal students, that is ironically owned by pepsico. the rally was followed by a bunch of performances at the student center, one of them being legendary hip-hop artist, melle mel. i had never heard of him before but as i watched him perform, i realized that this guy is kind of a big deal. first of all, this is what he looks like now:

this guy is fucking ridiculously jacked.

this is what he looked like in the 80s:

that's him on the right with grandmaster flash & the furious five.

i've heard of these guys before, i'm not a total idiot. but i guess i didn't realize that they basically started hip-hop. cowboy, one of the furious five members created the term "hip hop" & melle mel was the first rapper to ever call himself "mc." this guy has won mad grammys, has been in a bunch of movies and is apparently trying to become a pro wrestler. on march 12, 2007, the furious five (joined by dj grandmaster flash) became the first rap group ever inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame. like i said, this guy is kind of a big deal.

everyone at the student center basically came to see him & freaked out while he was performing, including the university police officer who was standing behind me, singing along. his entire entourage sat in a diy vip section in the corner of the student center, complete with velvet ropes and handwritten vip signs. they broke out into hysterics when a student-made documentary about hip-hop showed footage of melle mel from the 80s. he announced that he used to like his pants tight, "so that you could see the change in his pockets." anyway, this guy & his dj/rapper partner (who i'm assuming is also a big deal) were FUCKED UP GOOD. i was so into it that i even danced and when he told everyone to "slide," i slid! after he finished, i realized that i had just seen a legend perform, something that is kind of a big deal.

in conclusion,

danielle goes through the urban outfitters "tee" section:

these shirts always confuse, anger and/or embarass me so this should be fun/suck.



it just took me so long to realize this was about coke. i was like, huh? long lines to get a $2 pbr at the bar? long lines waiting for the bathroom... bathroom.. oh, coke. but that took like 15 minutes. and then i noticed that even the NY was made to look like MIRRORS.

and then i thought THIS IS THE FUCKING WORST SHIRT EVER WHOEVER WEARS THIS IS AN IDIOT



nothing says hip like spending 32 dollars on a salvation army t-shirt. i mean, seriously? are you serious? 32 dollars at the salvation army can get you so much shit! so much better shit you fool. i spent 5 bucks on a christian dior velvet bathrobe this weekend that like.. once i finally get laundry detergent and can wash the stds off of it, i'm gunna like, LIVE IN IT. i hope you have fun in that stupid shirt. on a brighter(?) note, this might just be the most ironic t-shirt ever made if you think about it.



oh snap it was bound to happen. they brought out the big guns. its even called the led zeppelin burnout tee. it's almost too beautiful for words.



i noticed that this shirt is 'online only.' do you think that's because, no not everyone loves a lesbian? i mean i guess if you mean the two hot babes who looove making out in front of you then yeah, they like those lesbians but i don't know about non-drunk lesbians in everyday life. but who knows, it could be online only because a black t-shirt with white writing on it is probably going to suck no matter what it says i.e. the worst most cliche "can't sleep clowns will eat me"? but seriously, wtf? what does that even mean? oh and this shirt is kinda worse than that because it has rainbows on it.


and finally,


haha ali, i bet you're like "oh thank god"

Lately:

I'm obsessed with - - -

- Charlotte gainsbourg (although i bought Bust cos she's on the cover and I kind of hate that magazine)

- Lost (duh, but it's gotten so good! i think sayid is going to want to torture juliette for info tonight but jack will stand up for her and not let him. do you think jack is an other?)
- Anais nin (has anyone read her? I'm reading Diary Vol.1)
- white wine/dark chocolate and cinammon & ginger yogurt
- I also have really gotten into reading other people's blogs
- I got this really cute Ladies of the Canyon dress at Crossroads for cheap cheap cheap
- I think i'm going to re-read QuirkyAlone soon just to reassure myself about life
- does anyone care that Daniellynn's daddy was announced? cos I really don't
- I didn't know Coney Island was being shutdown after this summer!!! :*(

im addicted to Idol news, but not the show itself

I've still never seen one episode of American Idol but Sanjaya is totally gonna win. I actually didn't know until last week that AMERICA votes the contestants off, I thought the judges did... but apparantly they're only there for commentary?

I also have a theory that Simon (who is totally gay) and Ryan (obvz) probably got wastoid at a wrap party during one of the prior seasons, and got down together, and are both so terrified the press may find out they're (both) gay, so put on the act that they hate eachother.

Also, I pass the CBS Studios on my way home from work everyday, and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are always craaaaaazy lines of people (you can tell they're mostly tourists from the way they look, not norm LA pretties) waiting outside. I'm talking 2 LA blocks worth. It's nuts.

I've become kinda obsessed with "Idol" cos it's really the only thing our country has that unites us right now, everyone is so apathetic towards politics, the war, etc... More people obviously care about it than they do normal news. It's like the Ed Sullivan show or something, it brings back that family/unifying feeling that so many old tv shows used to have.

But yeah, Sanjaya is gonna win. And it's gonna be so sweet. Right?

Leonardo DiCaprio: sucks and is ugly.

ok so i'm thinking that leonardo dicaprio sucks:

"Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly set to play a CIA agent tracking an Al Qaeda leader in the new movie 'Body Of Lies' directed by Ridley Scott. Leo will play a journalist-turned-CIA agent who has to locate a terrorist in Jordan, who is reportedly planning an attack on America. The film, which will dredge up memories of 9/11 when Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden organized a terrorist attack on New York and Washington, is to shoot in Morocco later this year. "

seriously, i've seen him in this movie fourty-nine times before! how can he be one of the best and most respected 'new hollywood' hardhitters when it seems all he plays are CIA agents? CIA agents and like.. other government bad-asses and/or the badass but deep down goodie that's fighting the really bad badasses. whatever! maybe i should read his imdb resume to make sure, but i have a feeling it would just put me to sleep. to be real though, this post is all assumption based off of my (4 year stong! what? woah..) smoke weed everyday lifestyle and the accompanying shoddy memory that for some reason makes me believe the fact that every single movie leo has been in in the past 5 years, he has worn a suit and tie, and has had at least one chase scene on top of manhattan skyrises. but even if he wasn't the one wearing a suit and tie, at least five other big bad hollywood leading men were. (think 'the departed'). even if no one was wearing a suit and tie, well.. then i guess this is where he hones the craft of the boring, self-indulgent accents that he likes so much. its like, what's next? a dramatic turn as a powerful and corrupt Washington power broker who blackmails and exploits his way to Congress? woah thats so orig!! nah, he'll probably play the young innocent who is new to this crazy high stakes world yet somehow has the courage and determination (and dont forget the street smarts!!!) to stop the evil corporation from within, all while banging the boss' daughter and ultimately getting his son back. (thank god) its like as long as he can wear his hair slicked back, leo's down with the sickness. i mean, sure he works with the 'best' directors and actors, but does anyone really care about him? iiii don't think so! i can't think of any movie recently where matt damon or mark wahlberg couldn't have played his role and totes done a much better job at that. at least they seem to have a sense of humor, no? leo is so forgetable and i mean to top it all of, TO ADD THE ICING TO THE FUCKING CAKE, he's not even hot anymore! wasn't that his biggest selling point anyway? come on! boy is bust for real!

Really?

This kid from LI who i'm not friends with fucking messaged me this 5 minutes ago:

"Hey,
I have a favor to ask of you... could you possibly stop by that Barneys that Christian told me about sometime this week? He told me that they have otherwise sold out Kid Robot hoodies, and I really want this black hoodie with glow in the dark labbits.
I just reread that last sentence and I sound like a huge nerd.
Anyway, maybe you can tell me what they have and I can pay you to buy me one? I'd be really stoked. "

Like does he really expect me drive to Beverly hills, go to Barney's, and get him an overpriced ugly pajama print hoodie and then mail it to him in NY? I'm flabbergasted

your picture is still on my wall, on my wall

so i just got a very interesting call from an individual who now lives across the country. at around 3:40am, a strange number popped up on my phone so i obvs didn't answer. as i listened to the voicemail, the sound of the voice on the other end made my stomach drop and i felt like i was gonna puke. strangely enough, i've been thinking about this person a lot over the past few days (weeks, months?) and it just seems so ironic for him to pop back into my life out of nowhere. i may call him back tomorrow. bad idea? probs

this is so emo. i think i've been watching too much desperate housewives
ughghhghgh

this is so good

excerpt from anna nicole's diary

"I've been really stressed out lately and depressed and I can't quit eating. I feel like a pig."

it seems that anna and i may have had a lot in common. too bad

in other news...

after watching 4 episodes of the oc and 5 of desperate housewives, i have newfound respect for:





i don't like summer that much yet because she's still in her super annoying, ditzy phase. is that even a phase or is she just always like that?

also,

what a good mom!! fucking four bratty kids and she still manages to hold everything together and what a hot husband she has!


ughhghgh i really never thought i'd like her but how can you not!



fuck marcia cross though! godddddd, she's like the epitome of the feminine mystique. i can't wait to find out why mary alice killed herself!

btw, apparently there's a blog called "imtoolazy.blogspot" so i'm thinking we should change ours. what'd you think?

i'm not a plastic bag

so upon seeing this picture of keira knightley on gofugyourself:

i decided i needed to have that bag!

i did some research and found out that it's anya hindmarch and was sold in the u.k. for five pounds before completely selling out everywhere. i did however, find it on ebay for a little over twenty dollars but it still has two days left and already has five bids.

important questions to ask:
is it really worth it?
is it even that cute?
who am i?
who have i become?

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here's a list of books i've gotten since i joined pbs:

refusing to be a man: essays on sex and justice by john stoltenberg


daddy's girl: young girls and popular culture

by valerie walkerdine




moth smoke : a novel

by mohsin hamid



women who kill by ann jones

The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook Author: Karen Brooks Book Type: Paperback Rating: Subject: Cooking, Food & Wine Publish Date: 1978-03-03

the complete vegetarian cookbook

by karen brooks

The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook Author: Karen Brooks Book Type: Paperback Rating: Subject: Cooking, Food & Wine Publish Date: 1978-03-03

the most evil men and women in history by miranda twiss


the culture of fear: why americans are afraid of the wrong things

by barry glassner




where the girls are : growing up female with the mass media

by susan j. douglas




straight whiskey

by erik quisling




party of one: the loners' manifesto

by anneli s. rufus




fat!so? : because you don't have to
apologize for your size

by marilyn wann


the feminist memoir project: voices
from women's liberation

by anna snitow and rachel duplessis


women and madness
by phyllis chesler


reading sex and the city









i've sent out a total of 18 books. i wonder why no one wants


every move you make: 4 strong men
(harlequin superromance 643)





or


the french lieutenant's woman