Dress Style

right before I travel i always begin a DIY- something about my need for new clothes for a new city.
i had walked past a cheapo fabric store that was having a huge sale and this yellow mustardy tribal inspired fabric caught my eye. i usually don't wear prints or multi-colored fabrics but i had this jacket in mind.

its draped and has a lot of angles to create this balloon shape which works quite well for me. ive been wearing it non stop and these photos were taken in Berlin. ive had an amazing time there, great music, shopping, and food. I have photos of one of my favorite stores while I was there- taking photos of my purchase from there today and will post that later this week.

now we're sitting in Amsterdam for the last week of my vacation. I love this city, the apartments are breath taking as are the streets. i havn't had great luck shopping here but I don't really care.

I have posted a few ONE dresses- some of which I don't want to part with.

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now- back to craziness in berlin. i forgot how much i love this city.

image from STREET PEEPER

I'm sure many of you have seen this as it's been making rounds on many blogs but when I saw it about a week ago, I knew i HAD to have that jacket, no questions, no hesitation, it has to be mine! Even if I could manage to find one on Ebay, I'm so poor at the moment (tons of trips to the fabric store and tons of trips past and future period.)So I went on a raid at two of my favorite fabric stores and walked out with this:



amazing black shiny fabric which is actually lined in a softer white fabric- though I will line my jacket still. I figure the shape of the original Balenciaga coat is so simple, it can't be too hard to figure out. I might incorporate a few extra detailed into my version, some extra darts, slits at the elbows, who knows.




i also grabbed this fabric, the kind that old ladies use on their tables to prevent spills from reaching the wood but I will be using it as appliqués on a dress I have in mind. I wanted a dress that would have the same shine as if it had clear sequins on it but without the sequins, we'll see how it goes. as of right now it smells like plastic but in small doses, i think it will be fine.

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loookk, it's love at first sight/ FASHEMATICS!

here it is, what i wore about 80% of the time I was in california. i found this jacket
at a salvation army in redding california for about 3 dollars. I made it slightly slimmer
and added a black exposed zipper and a black chord.

i can't wear these legging enough and i can't wait until fall/winter to wear them
fulltime. I've never made anything this seasonless. have any of you bought these?
any photos?

on me: vintage denim button down/ weekday tank/ DIY bike shorts/ vintage boots/ purse from kiliwatch

this was my favorite night in Paris, we were walking around the
cutest (to me- which means where all my favorite boutiques were)
part of Paris after drinking at Le Perle, officially my favorite bar in
Paris- so far.

this was the first time Johan used my new Nikon D40 and he loved it,
and as a result I have about a million photos of our short 5 minute walk
from the bar to the main street. i lived in these shorts in the paris 29
degree weather.

on me: thrifted s/s button up/ MishaMarket lace pants/ thrifted boots
/ Åhléns plastic cage bag/ MishaMarket leather triangle necklace


my boots- which i have to say were extremely painful to walk around in,
yet when i wore my heeled boots, my feet felt fine. does anyone else
have wacked out feet like mine?


on Johan (pronounced Yo-haan): Weekday button up/ weekday slacks/
Acne cage lace ups (ive managed to infect him with my cage obsession)


Lotta and Emanuel: Lotta is wearing a DIY top, Monki Skirt and vintage purse.
I don't remember what Emanuel was wearing :[



there was a lot of map viewing going on while we were in Paris.
I LOVE maps, especially vintage ones but am not good with
direction because I get distracted by my surroundings easily.
good thing Lotta and Johan are good at that sort of thing.

p.s. I bought a Nikon D40 right before I left for paris, aside from the iphone,
it's the best electronic purchase i have made in years

amazing colors of a tree at the Père Lachaise Cemetery



graffiti #1



graffiti #2



graffiti #3 (my favorite)



this guy was in the process of drawing this owl. i'm
not an owl junkie but i love it in white on a wall.



spotted my favorite color as of late in the subway in paris.
i wore mustard colored jackets two out of 4 days in paris




one of my favorite window displays in paris. unfortunately
the shopwas closed otherwise i would have walked out with
at least a dozen hats