Classics Of Love...And Style

So Last night I was invited to go to a concert in SF. If you've ever heard of the original ska-core band, Operation Ivy, then you've heard Jesse Michaels' sexy voice oi-ing all over the place. Well although the band split in '89, Jesse Michaels recently started fronting a new band, Classics of Love, and they really know how to make a bunch of wacky-haired pierced rebels of all ages jump around.

Here's one of my favorite songs of theirs...
click to listen! The show was at The Bottom of The Hill in San Francisco which is SUCH a cool venue. It was covered in monster mash/circus-esque decorations (which, as you might assume, is right up my alley)
I wish I could have gotten more pictures, but it was too dark and I already felt like the least hardcore kid at the show, and pulling out my white iphone definitely wouldn't help. 

  

anywho, they were great, and I felt great in my white-stripes inspired outfit.

These red pants are my new best friend. (sorry for blurry pictures)

oh yeah...and i got this cool t-shirt for free

oi oi oi!

Finished Making My First Pair of Shorts!

So going along with the tropical resort vibes I've been feelin lately, I found an unfinished sewing project (tropical shorts) from my freshman year at UCSC and I was surprised to find how awesomely on trend I was two years ago! I was also surprised to see that I didn't finish the project despite having only a few stitches to go. My guess is that i must have broken a needle and didnt have a replacement or something along those lines...anyhow, I finished em and I couldn't be happier with the outcome.

Granted, there are a few odd stitches and amateur mistakes here and there, but for my first pair of shorts (made from scratch without any pattern or directions) I'd say I did a damn good job.

What do you think?

More Flea Market Finds!

After a long day at the flea market with my boyfriend, I found myself coming home with something different than usual...one small bag instead of two trash bags full.

...and I must admit, It feels good.

I wouldn't call myself a hoarder (that's what they all say) because I usually filter through clothes with the following process,

1.     Sell old, unwanted clothes to Crossroads Trading Co., eBay, or other buyers

2.    Donate whatever you can't sell to goodwilll or local free bins

3.    Buy more thrift store/ flea market finds, and/or clearance items from nicer stores.

4.    Then, when you get sick of those clothes, repeat steps 1-3.

Often times I empty out almost the entirety of my closet to sell and buy an entirely new wardrobe from sale sections and bargain bins.

However today was different. Instead of replacing my entire closet with a bunch of cheap crap I'll barely wear...I splurged a little (as much as you can splurge at a flea market) but I'm glad! Because I got better quality and more desirable items that will actually stay in my closet long enough to make themselves feel at home.

I got my inspiration from this one particular stand at the flea market that's a bit more expensive than most of the other stands, but it also has cleaner, more organized, and hand selected vintage items. My boyfriend swears buy the seller because he bought a leather greaser jacket from him a few years back and he's been offering him special deals on his items ever since. Sure enough, the seller recognized us as returning customers and offered us a cheaper deal...which I then bartered down to an even cheaper deal. What can I say? I'm tough.

Firstly I got this beautiful suede western jacket that reminds me of a mixture of Kissin' Kate Barlow (from Holes) and Jenny Lewis on her really country days.

$19

And the other find is this vintage Runaways T-shirt
how could I resist a shirt with athletic jersey sleeves and a picture of Joan Jett and Cherrie Currie on the front? So stoked.

$9

Anyways, the lesson for the day is that sometimes it's better to splurge on better quality items.
On that cheesy note, I'll leave you with this song by the Runaways...

Vacation Inspiration

I've been struck with the tropical resort vibes that have been going around lately. I love the idea of making tacky lovely. Part of my theory of style is that anything can be stylish and anything can be fashionable, it's a matter of wearing it right and wearing it with confidence. This tropical trend is without doubt an example of turning cheap and tacky into fabulous.

Time to Ketchup

Well It's been a while and I feel really bad...I guess sometimes I get discouraged and feel like I spend a lot of time on a fairly unpopular blog. But regardless of my blogging insecurities, I shouldn't let down those who do read my blog so I'm going to try to make an effort to start posting more this summer. 

BUT FIRST I must catch you up on outfits, hair colors, fun times and so much more so let me bombard you with a sea of awkwardly posed and self timed pictures because that's what style blogging is all about (no shame)

Firstly there was that time I was in a webseries
Technically I'm still a part of the online sitcom but so far we have only filmed the pilot. It's a series of 10 minute episodes about a guy (Jeff) who lives with five girls who drive him crazy. The series is called Whipped and my character (Randi) is small and sassy and is the only one of the girls who really gets along with Jeff. 

It is scheduled to air in September but the crew keeps changing the air date so you never know. 
Until then, here are some pictures of me on set...

Then (once filming was done because I wasn't allowed to do it during filming month) there was that time I died my hair entirely pink...

But as much as I enjoyed telling little girls I was a real life mermaid, it didn't last long...because Manic Panic doesn't last very long. One day I will have the mulah for a professional dye.

Then there was that time my boyfriend showed up at my trailer to take me on a date and looked too cute to not mention...

And he took me to the Monterey Bay Aquarium which was so beautiful and such an inspiration...

Then I bought these dope combat boots from the Army Surplus Store

Here's a silly picture of me in a babydoll dress walking my dog in Davis, CA while visiting my guy...

Oh yeah...and THEN there was that time my friend Matt and I painted my trailer to look like the Wild Thornberry's RV...

Granted, it still needs some work, but I must admit It really brings out my adventurous side.

Then there was that time My boyfriend and his adorable parents Invited me to go to Tahoe with them for the weekend...

 

aaaand currently I'm spending the next three weeks in my hometown working at a speech/debate/acting  day camp by day, and spending most of my nights trying to figure out how in the world to wear this tacky but fabulous "CHANEL" shirt I got at a thrift store for $0.50...

There's a chance that most of you hate it immediately, but if I want to successfully continue to follow my own theory of style and fashion, I will definitely prove you wrong.

More to come soon!