a little flickr inspiration

1. Peace, Maaaan..., 2. If you want to be a Rock Star - Ask Me How, 3. Liberty Ross, UK In Style March 2008, 4. -primavera-, 5. bohemian, 6. hippie parents, 7. http://flickr.com/photos/lapeet/2437151212/, 8. Mary-Kate Olsen

just average

Last night I went on a cheap dress mission. In order to avoid temptation (Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Urban, Free People.. I could go on) I drove right past King of Prussia mall like a good little budget shopper. Instead I headed to my much smaller local mall. Now I remember why I NEVER go to the local mall. It blows. For reals. I went to Charlotte Russe and didn't even find on thing to try on. Where are all the dresses? I headed over to Forever21, determined to at least try things on. I gathered about 8 dresses and took them back. For the most part, they were all ok but it also reminded me why I stopped shopping at F21. The sizes pretty much don't mean anything. I have a dress in a size S from a few years ago, what a joke, but last night some of the L's wouldn't zip which is a tad discouraging cause I'm pretttty sure I'm not an XL... Enough of the sizing complaints. Here are 2 of the 3 dresses I picked up.

Like I said, they're pretty but nothing special. With the 3rd dress and a ring, I ended up spending about $80. I think I would rather have one dress I really like then 3 so-so ones. But I was in a time crunch, I really needed something to wear out this weekend so these will have to do.

While I was riding the elevator in Macy's, some crazy sales lady starts a conversation with me. If you've never seen me in public, I think I come off as fairly unapproachable, which is not an accident. I'm not a huge fan of talking to random people I know, let alone complete strangers. She asked me if I was in school (gotta love that question at 22). When I told her I had a job she asked me where I work. I told her a steel mill, hoping that would shut her up. She then proceeds to offer me a job at Macy's. I said No thanks, my job is full time. Oh, we have full time positions here, she says, would you ever consider leaving your job for a job here? Listen lady, I'm not quitting my engineering job to work at Macy's. She followed me and kept talking about seasonal positions and the great employee discount until I left Macy's...Well, at least if this whole crazy electrical engineering thing doesn't work out, I have a fall back job at Macy's.

Peace and don't talk to me in public*,

TheFashionHead

*unless you're an adoring fan of my blog, then talk away!

another diy!

Holy crap, how cool are these tights? And I'm definitely not a colored tights kinda gal but I could totally see myself in some of these...

Well, maybe not these pink/purple ones, but keep reading...

Purple into white, I think I could pull that one off...

Grey into peach-y. Mmm.

Anything into white looks nice and do-able.

Beautiful colors and a bold statement.

Wouldn't wear this color combination but it's still pretty...

I like.

(pictures from elle.com)

I like the ones with white or grey fading into another color, like orange, pink or light blue. While I was looking around on the Internet for tights like these I came across a DIY from the coveted. All you need is a pair of light colored pantyhose (they say white works best so I'm going to start out with white but I would like to do a light grey pair as well), powered dye in a pretty color, salt, and a bucket. The coveted says to wet the pantyhose first and then dip the stocking into the dye as far as you want the color to go. Then she says to hang the pantyhose in the shower for an hour or so and let gravity create the gradient for you. Her results are here.

I also found another method earlier and I forget the site. They recommended white pantyhose as well. And you'll still need a box of dye, salt, and a bucket. Rinse the tights first then dip the tights into the bucket as far as you want the color to go. Pull the tights out slowly so the feet remain in the dye much longer then the top. You can repeat this process if you are not satisfied with the color. When you are done, wash off the tights but don't ring them out. Hang to dry.

I think I might follow this second method since it seems like it won't create as big of a dye mess as the first. Or maybe I'll go nuts and do both. I'm going to head to CVS and get white tights, and to the craft store to get the dye. Which color? I think I'll probably be boring and start off with a black dye and do a white faded into black look. It seems to be the more wearable. I'll have to get a bucket somewhere but I need a cooler for this weekend so WalMart, here I come. I have a lot left to do this week (make 6 pounds of chicken nuggets, regular and buffalo, for this weekend, get a cooler, buy beer, dye my hair, get my eyebrows done, try to fix my pedicure without actually getting another one, buy some cheap-o F21 dresses for this weekend, take my bff out to dinner for her bday...) so this project will definitely not get done this week but perhaps next week!

Peace and do-it-yourself-ness,

TheFashionHead

fashion shoot

Get pumped!! Fashion pictures!! Here are the shoes I bought last week, the ones that I said I probably wouldn't have tried on before I started blogging and reading other fashion blogs. I probably would have thought they were interesting but not wearable but now that I have expanded my fashion horizons, I can think of a few things to wear them with...



They are actually Steve Madden Madden Girl, which is strange because they look rather grown up, no? Like something a school teacher would wear. A sexy schoolteacher...

They look cute with skinny jeans. I need to find a good shirt. Perhaps a button down to go along with the whole school vibe. I think they will be a good 'transition into fall' shoe.

Here they are with my velvety Free People dress. Ignore the bed without sheets. Pay attention to the shag carpet and the trunk with all my concert tickets.


Peace and too much posting,


TheFashionHead

knockoff

Saw these babies on the Forever21 site today at work. Ordered them. Sorry, Chloe.

Peace and blatant knockoffs,

TheFashionHead

i'm a hypocrite.

Allow me to explain.

I got down to the beach Thursday night. The traffic wasn't bad but that's only because I have such good car karma (I usually always let people in, I never speed down lanes when I know they are going to end soon, I'm a very nice driver and therefore I don't get caught up in as much traffic as regular drivers because of karma. Duh). There were a few people down at the house. We decided to stay in and drink on the porch, which was a lovely idea since I didn't really feel like going out anyways. We were all just hanging out waiting for everyone to get down. This one kid on our house showed up with... American Flag bandannas for everyone. I immediately grabbed one, I was pretty excited. Now, I just re-read my last post, where I alluded that wearing an actual American Flag would somehow be classless. So I'm not sure why I was so excited for this bandanna. Anyways, the guys were discussing the various ways to wear it (like a full covering bandanna or folded over a la Bruce Springsteen). The girls decided to wear theirs tied around their arms or ankles. I was pretty sure I wanted to wear mine on my head like the guys, but I have no why...

We woke up on Friday feeling refreshed and ready to go. I went for a 5 mile run (well, I ran 2.5 miles then I stopped at my uncles house for water and breakfast, then I ran 2.5 miles back to my house). We got the party started around 3 (well, some people started around noon...). I decided to wear my new Free People dress. I wasn't sure if it would be a good nighttime dress but I think it was. The only problem was it's a tad see-through and I did not bring the proper underwear so I think people probably saw my blue flowered underwear under the dress but I figured it was ok since the dress itself had blue flowers on it (don't you just love drunk reasoning?). After drinking pretty heavily for a few hours, we headed out to happy hour around 6. I decided to wear the bandanna as a bandanna... Maybe not the most classy decision but at the moment I thought I looked ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE (don't you love drunk wardrobe choices?) So I threw on the bandanna along with my white aviators and headed out to the bar. It was pretty hilarious, a lot of pictures were taken but none by me so I have to wait until the photographers decide to put them up before I can share. We lasted at the bar until about 9 at which point most people came home to eat and drink for free (geez, those bar drinks are way overpriced). Mostly everyone passed out and did not make it back out. For some reason, I made it back out (and I also managed to put the bandanna on again... ), which was probably not the best idea. I was so sick the entire day Saturday. All I ate was Tums until about 7pm. It was awful. I did not make it back out Saturday night. I really need to work on better pacing. Goal for this weekend: go out both nights.

Next weekend we might have a little golf pros/tennis hos party so I'm on the lookout for a cute tennis or golf outfit that is not only adorable and fashionable, but also ho-ish. Gotta fit in, ya know.

Peace and tum diets,

TheFashionHead

stay classy, america

How to celebrate the 4th of July without wearing an actual American flag:

Favorites include:

Tara Matthews Flamingo print dress (strapless white dress with red flamingos, the bottom center) How freaking adorable. Over a bathing suit. At no shower happy hour. Eep, its $190.

Jason Wu Full Skirt dress (the strapless red dress that fades into white, bottom left) For your more classier 4th of july celebrations (picnics maybe, not sweaty happy hours)

Juicy Couture Floral tiered dress (white with the red floral print, top-ish left) Well, this just looks like a fun dress to play in.

Peace and july 4th love,

TheFashionHead

unexpected choices

I hit up King of Prussia after work yesterday. I went into DSW first, which was a mistake I guess because I ended up spending like $100... The first pair of shoes I got is purely an influence of reading fashion blogs. I can't imagine myself even giving these shoes a second look let alone trying them on and buying them before I became so enthralled with the fashion blog world. I was just going to post a generic picture of the shoes from the web but I think I'll save it and actually post an outfit picture with them. I also picked up this hot pair of Steve Madden platform heels. Apparently Karla from Karla's Closet thought they were awesome and amazing as well, cause she bought them too and you can see her in them here. Adorable, no? Can't wait to wear them.

I strolled over to Bloomingdales and it was kind of underwhelming. I tried on a few things but I only ended up getting this one Free People dress.

It's really pretty. I'm not sure if it will look ok as a night-time-going-out dress, but we'll see....

I went to Urban on my way out and I tried on eight dresses and I didn't get a single one! That bubble one looked absolutely ridiculous, as predicted. I have no idea how people can pull those crazy things off. I almost got that beautiful green dress with the pink buttons that I've talked about a bunch of times but I resisted again. Not sure why. There were some cute dresses but none of them were worth their price tags, in my opinion.

Last night we went to trivia at this bar in West Chester. We started off pretty strong, and peaked in the second round. Some highlights:

In the season finale of Seinfeld, what was the jail sentence for the characters?

What is the only vegetable that uses all 5 vowels?

Name the counties in NJ that end in -sex.

What was baby's real name in Dirty Dancing?

What does MAC stand for (as in MAC machine)?

What is inside popcorn kernels that make them 'pop'?

We were doing pretty well and then we answered like 2 question in the last 2 rounds, so unfortunately we did not win. It was still very fun though! Anything involving towers of beer and my friends is always a good time.

Peace and hot platform heels,

TheFashionHead

answers: 1 year (pretty much the only question I knew all night), cauliflower, Middlesex Sussex and Essex, Francis, Money Access Center, water!

shiny things

I got a new phone last night!

A little about my cell phone history: My first phone was that really thick navy blue Nokia phone back in high school. You know, the one that had Snake and didn't flip closed. Sophomore year of college, I convinced my parents that I was the ONLY person at Lehigh with a phone that old (and that really wasn't a lie). So we got new phones for Christmas that year, new FLIP phones. I felt so fancy even though they were basic Cingular phones, no screen or anything. I had this phone until Senior year when the screen started to act all crazy. My friend Maggie had an extra phone and generously gave it to me. It was basically the same phone but with a screen, which I thought was super neat. One afternoon senior year I was walking to class in the rain and texting, and I guess my phone got too wet and the pound button stopped working. The pound button, big deal, right? Well, the pound button is the space bar for text messages. For the past year and a half all of my text messages have.looked.like.this. Some people thought I was strange, others thought I was trying to start a no space trend... And I wasn't able to download any ringtones so my phone had the lame generic ring, so UNCOOL. So you can imagine my excitement for my brand new phone.

I got the LG shine! It's the phone on the commercial with LC! It's shiny and has a mirror so when I am not talking about myself I can be staring at myself!! It's really the perfect phone for me.

The things I have to get used to: the keys are pretty tiny so sending text messages is a little more challenging, and I have tiny fingers! I'm not sure how people with big hands would be able to text or even dial well... I got my old ringtone back (China Grove by Doobie Brothers, obv) but it doesn't have very good text message tones and I'm not sure if you can download new ones (anyone know?).

Things that I love already: I can send mass text messages, I can have spaces between my words in text messages, I can put my phone on silent by holding down pound (it was such a bother without that freaking pound key), plus it's just pretty looking.

Tonight I am hitting up Bloomingdales and DSW and possibly FP and Urban on my way home from work to get some good dresses for this loooong weekend down the shore. Shockingly, I have already worn all my dresses so I need some new ones to throw into the mix. The Bloom website sucks so much I don't usually do any pre-shopping on it. The Urban one, on the other hand, it quite lovely and has a lot of dresses on it. I would gladly take any of these:

Free People Himilayan Crochet Dress, $128

Not sure if it's 'going out' material, but adorable nonetheless.

Lux Open Back Sundress, $58

How bright and pretty! The back is neat too, check it out.

Lux Tie Back Bubble Tunic, $68

I don't know why I am always drawn to bubble dresses, they always looks so strange on me... I love the buttons though.

Lux Summer in Siam Dress, $58

The straps are braided. Enough said.

Free People Yuka Flower Dress, $118

Looks plain from the front but the back is really cool. May be a tad too fancy for the bars down the shore, but that's never stopped me from wearing anything before.

Cherry Stripe Dress, $88

The name alone... I want.

Lux Braidstrap Print Dress, $58

So, does anyone know of a good dress rehab I could check myself into (after this weekend, of course)?

Peace and shiny new things,

TheFashionHead

go nutsie!

So on the hilarious radio show I listen to every morning they were interviewing Duff McKagen from Guns N Roses and Velvet Revolver. He has started this new website along with some guy from Presidents of the Unites States of America (Peaches!!). The site is nuTsie.com. So basically you can go to the site and join it and upload your iTunes library from your home PC. The site gets all the information from your library (not the actual songs) and saves it under your name. THEN, you can log into the site from any PC and listen to ALL your songs. PLUS, you can listen to other user's playlists. Then they also have a ton of lists like Top Songs by Year (but its user chosen, not Billboard top songs), 100 Greatest Rock Ballads, 100 Greatest Rap/Hip Hop Songs, 100 Greatest Disco Songs (haha), Greatest Cover Songs, ect. You can listen to all of these songs for freeeee. I'm sure there are other sites like this out there (pandora comes to mind but you never actually got to pick specific songs, you just had to listen to the playlist they created for you) but this one sounds pretty neat. I plan on uploading my library when I get home tonight. I'm excited because I think this will be a good way to discover new music, like if you find a playlist with a lot of songs you like one it but some you don't know, chances are you'll like those songs too. I'm all about discovering new music. Totally man. Oh and for all you fancy phone carrying peoples, for a subscription price you can also access all of these songs from your BlackBerry or whatever it is you important people carry.

Peace and free music love,

TheFashionHead