Imitation Nation.

I disassembled an ill-fitting bow tie a couple of nights ago in preparation to imitate a necklace shown to me by a friend over the weekend:


Phenomenon

It was obviously a complicated project considering the laborious minute I spent fastening the chain to the tie and then struggling to clasp the chain together. Hand me a viscose Wang t-shirt and some soiled chinos and BAM; I'm an imprisoned child sewing buttons on a pair of Forever 21 skinny jeans in a decrepit factory infamously located on the hard-knock streets of Connecticut.

When I threw on the second one, I imagined being victim to some sort of freak accident where the inch-long sharp tip somehow stabbed me to death due to my reaction from meeting Magdalena Frackowiak at Subway. The industrial safety pin obviously beckoned to be strung onto a rotting rope chain, which always leaves a nice metal-y scent on your clavicles.

The marble effect at Rodarte, 80s Manhattan and monstrous shoulders at Marc Jacobs, the Alexander Wang girl is 'growing up', & pom poms at DVF. Did I miss anything ... important? I'd rather dip my head in a bucket of syphilis than stand to review the rest of the Fall 09 collections. That's why we have EDITORS, people!

Haha please disregard everything I said in this post.

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01.31.09

YO.

So it's 5.26 AM, about two hours before I'm supposed to wake up--stupid melatonin. On four hours of sleep, here's my schedule for the day:

8:30AM-10AM > Grocery run
11AM-2PM > Friends nursing graduation
3:20PM > Interview
4PM-9PM > Work

Am I bitching, or DO YA FEEL ME? Haha. I swear you guys, the fashion bug refuses to bite me because I have no urge to review the couture collections. I guess I've just been focused on other more life-changing situations rather than worrying about how many sequins it takes to construct a Dior gown. But worry not; I'm sure I'll return to my irrevocable fashion obsessions in no time.

Anyweezie, I was compelled by some intangible force Wednesday night to stud something, anything actually. Finally after considering my materials, I unzipped and my virginity was siezed by a stud, pun intended. I have read a couple of YOUR posts about how impossible it is to stud in perfect lines, and honestly my reaction was "these suckers are just lazy and impatient!" Haha I give you a pass to underestimate me. I seriously sat on my bed forever, dumbfounded by this perceivably easy task as my first row was haphazard. Then after an hour or so, I finished and so became the cross on my left bosom, an explicit ode to Hester Prynne. Haha okay I'll stop.

Oh, & The Invisible Waist Club.

FAWK you girl.

Half-baked.

I just want to admit that I am a shameless biter mostly because I saw a guy on LOOKBOOK with a cassette tape dangling from his neck, which obviously prompted me to recreate a statement necklace. I guess my parents are accustomed to the iPod generation because I was looking for old cassette tapes around the house and to no avail, and if I haven't made myself clear before that I am a victim of immediacy, the video cassette atop my chest should prove otherwise. Talk about a craving almost fulfilled.

Yesterday my sister and I finally found our town's Salvation Army. I actually found a lot of good pieces in there but later decided to hold back as we were shopping for other people. My sister, though found some fringed-moccasin booties by Minnetonka in perfect condition and a Polaroid camera which managed to astound her throughout the rest of the day. We headed back there today for a haul, but I guess it's okay to close at 5 o'clock now. After that we headed to the closest Goodwill where I found an absolutely perfect leather motorcycle jacket which will make it's debut in an upcoming post.

Anyway, Christmas is coming up gals! Enjoy your last days of this holiday season!

Everything's Better With Shredder.

• the t-shirt took three decades to complete
• yes i'm being melodramatic
• a huge THANKS to Camille for the shredded tee tutorial
• compelled to use bullet-point format by roomie
• those shorts used to be jeans in a light blue wash
• i bleached them yesterday
• currently watching the Top Design finale
• =]