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I got this dress at Savers recently, and although it is pretty bright for me, I do love the little flower print it has! Not only the print, but the cut and matching belt immediately made me think that this was vintage when I found it. Not so! Its from J.Crew, if you can believe that!! Props, J.Crew on this adorable thing.

I wore this to Blacklist Vintage's Birthday Diggers sale this past weekend, and it was a blast! They had tons of bins full of pieces priced at $5 and under (I should probably show you what I got there soon, huh?), hot dogs, lemonade, cupcakes and DJ Jake Rudh spinning summer tunes! It rained for a brief moment, and then it all went away and it was beautiful. I miss those Blacklist girls...

Anywho, I've been working hard on a Minnesota State Arts Board grant application the past week or so and haven't had much time for my brain to comprehend anything other than my work... which basically means that I'm fried. Im in the home stretch and plan to drop it off on Thursday, so hopefuly Ill be back in action this weekend (back to my regularly scheduled applying for jobs and hangin out with friends routine). Wish me luck!!!

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Her simple (yet badass) menswear-inspired (boyswear-inspired?) pieces and the way she piles on the denim are where i want to take my fashion cues for the rest of the summer... i love her so much (even though she doesnt wear underwear)!

Here are some things I thrifted at a Salvation Army in NE Mpls that I fell upon while dropping my good friend angie off at the car place to pickup her newly-fixed car (hopefully)! Some items will probably go into the shop, others I will keep in my greedy little clutches, like the jeans-dress!! In that first picture, its the cute 60's blouse that I purchased (not the dress).

As much as I love working at SES and lazing around and feeling like I'm at summer camp for weeks at a time, I've lately been feeling like I need to do something more grown-up soon (sorry kids, you're lots of fun too!). Shorts just arent cuttin it. Perhaps a nice dinner or dancing, or a shmancy art opening (I go to art openings often, but no shmancy ones of late)... Maybe us girls could get dressed up and have a girls night?? What do you think?

Its girls like these that make me wish I lived a more fabulous life, or at the very least, had something I could get dressed up to go to!






pc: Le Blog de Betty, Cocorosa, Karla's Closet, Elenita, and Sea of Shoes

Prada has created some formidably awesome shit for their Fall 2009 lookbook. HOW AMAZING ARE SOME OF THESE IMAGES (photo-illustrations? photo collages? photographs?)!?!? I am having trouble even focusing on the clothes. Go here to see more of them.

(and of course, some poladroid) the following are some photos I have been stashing away in my pictures folder, because I think they are kinda neato. hopefully I will be making some actual artwork soon.












In order from top (in case you want to know), Alex at Summit Avenue Park in Saint Paul MN, furry boots at an antique store booth (?!?!), painting the office last year (Alex looks like a ninja about to chop my head off), a "sexometer" game Emma and I spotted at a flea market in Elko MN (we both scored very high fyi), early morning self portrait, perfect red radio flyer at the little bean studio where I work, a bunch of knees while we sit inside a spaceship sculpture at the MCAD Commencement Exhibition this May, Alex and Monkey, a large tree stump stuck in a chain link fence in Chicago, mugging for the camera in front of the Goodman Theatre, and some people checking out the winning photograph (MINE) at the MSF opening last summer. (phew!)

I made Alex take some outfit photos at Bastille Day yesterday. He did a pretty good job right? It was so much fun, lots of good local bands, and great food and beer from Barbette's and New Belgium Brewery. Delish! I also ran into Ellen from the Minneapoline, and we kind of chatted! I look forward to seeing her street style photos from that day.





I figured that the socks with sandals would be extra-comfy with all of that walking on asphalt, and it was so good! Better than I expected, in fact. And I love the cable-knit pattern on them.

tshirt: H&M
shorts: thrifted, Savers
chain necklace: vintage, from a random antique store
cable-knit socks: discarded by the boyfo
gold sandals: ON clearance
bag: vintage from Buffalo Exchange, with a strap borrowed from another leather bag (the old one was falling apart, and I have been putting off getting it fixed for so long!)

now i really like bright colors and neon (i want yellow!!), i think its because the rest of my look is usually so androgynous and simple, never overtly girly. this may balance that out a little?