Edie.

Another post regarding an obsession of mine. I should change the name of this blog to something that hints at my infinite lists of infatuations. I have been interested in the life of Edie Sedgwick since about the age of fifteen. I think it was when I saw a photograph of her in Elle Girl (RIP Elle Girl. Anyone else have intense love for Elle Girl?) with Andy Warhol and Chuck Wein. After that, I was pretty much Edie obsessed. I actually own Ciao! Manhattan, which is the incredibly bizarre film she stars in, and if anyone is interested in some reading material on her, Edie: American Girl has so many thorough, beautiful, and accurate accounts on the life of Edie, and it's wayyy more accurate than Factory Girl. There are times when I'd like to just pull an Edie and show up to dinner in a fur coat over tights and call it good. With the right false eyelashes, chandelier earrings, and opaque tights, Edie's mod glam style could be achievable. But there can only be one Factory Princess.
The photo that started it all for me...

Live from New York.

Maybe I have just watched far too many vintage episodes of Saturday Night Live, but I do believe I have a legitimate infatuation with 1970s New York City. It was pre-Giuliani, and it looks like it was dirty, glamorous, gritty, sketchy, and totally free. Times Square wasn't Disney-fied and filled with chain restaurants. Everyone was probably on coke, but that does not make me any less obsessed with places like Studio 54 and Max's Kansas City. On the whole, I just really love New York City. After 18 visits, I'm nowhere near tired of it. I would venture to say that I'm at my happiest and freeest when I'm pounding city pavement. And these photos just make me want to move to the city and run through the streets in high heels.





PS: None of these photos are mine, and I'm not claiming they're mine. I did the classy thing and searched Google Images. However, this photo is indeed mine:

Tiny hotel room at the Larchmont, West 12th between 5th and 6th, NYC.

I want candy.

Now that the season seems to finally be on the nice and consistent track that I so desire, I have found that I have a little spring in my step (Oh! Word play!). It also helps that I recently found out that my summer job will be pretty fantastic! The callback I was intensely nervous about was for a paying job in a musical, and I landed a role. I'll actually make enough money doing one month of rehearsals and shows that I can just spend the rest of my summer in my hometown hanging out and hopefully doing some traveling (can't miss NYC in the summertime!). So, despite the fact that I had to write a tedious annotated bibliography today and edit a Russian essay, I'm in a good mood! Thus, this good mood makes me only want to wear pretty things. The mind wanders to visions of flouncy skirts, airy florals, candy colors, and sweet lace-ups. In turn, I have become obsessed with the Marc by Marc Spring 2009 collection. My favorite is probably this look on Karlie:
Any variation of this would be my ideal ensemble for a spring afternoon. A crisp and light white trench would be completely perfect on those days when the weather is a little chilly when I leave the house. The lace up flats are particularly cool, and take the sugar edge off of the purple floral frock, which is totally necessary. I am now also reconsidering the cool factor of the simple and sleek ponytail (I have an aversion to wearing my hair up!), and I'm thinking about putting the zillions of scarves I have to use! I could make a gargantuan post of the things I'm looking forward to, the beautiful things I'm lusting after, and all the inspiring things I'm surrounded with--but I suppose I will save those for posts to come. In the meantime, what are you looking forward to/lusting after/inspired by?

Life is good.

Tiny photo. Wearing: H&M graphic print dress, Urban Outfitters sheer mint colored top, and Capezio ballet slippers.

Rainy Easter Sunday.

Yikes! It has been over a week, and thus, I feel like a terrible and neglectful blogger. I spent my weekend at home with my family, which was a nice way to de-stress before this last month of school. I may or may not have feelings of impending doom. On the bright side (quite literally), Kansas chose to be somewhat spring-weather oriented this week. And it is pretty damn difficult to be unhappy when it's 65 degrees and sunny outside. However, it was chilly and rainy on Easter Sunday. But I was bound and determined to get my Marc by Marc dress out to play for some brunch and champagne! I even relocated my camera cord and took some photos. Maybe someday I will become comfortable with taking photographs of myself for this blog, but it is mighty comfortable to do so without feeling completely ridiculous. You can all see how adorable my dog Stella is, though! Now, I am off to practice some music/freak out about a call-back audition! Merry Wednesday to all!

Marc by Marc Dress, Steve Madden heels (not my first choice of shoes to wear with this dress, but they were all I brought with me back home!), and some vintage bracelets.

More 90s

I'm talking BSC right here. I loved The Baby-Sitters Club. Like, read a few in one day loved. I wish I still read several books a day that I actually enjoy instead of agonizingly trying to fit in reading I book I don't even want to read into my already hectic week. I've never liked children, but damn it, Ann M. Martin had me believing that being a baby-sitter would be the raddest gig around. I always liked Stacey because she was a New York City transplant in Stoneybrook. I sort of liked Dawn too, and had a brief stint cheating on the BSC with the marginally-racy California Diaries that focused around Dawn and her CA group of friends.

What Claudia Wore is this awesome blog that includes excerpts of the series regarding the details of what my grade school heroines wore. Those of you who feel like you need to fill a certain BSC-specific void in your life (like myself) will be way into it.

The Original: Kristy's Great Idea. What's that? Are those houndstooth pants that I see? And some kind of yellow and red printed overalls? Even while less exciting than Claudia and Stacey's get-ups, there's something to be said about Mary Anne's (denim?) jumper and knee socks.

On a note unrelated to childhood, Stephanie of Modern Antoinette has tagged me!

1. Respond and rework: answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own.

2. Tag eight other un-tagged people. Eight seems ridiculous!

Questions

What is your current obsession? Uh, school? Lame, I know, but it's all I've had time to obsess over. Perhaps also audition preparation.

What is your weirdest obsession? Probably strange vintage house wares, like little ceramic animals and plaques that are in the vein of 'God Bless This Trailer'

What are you wearing today? I wore a loose grey long-sleeved thermal, leopard print mini-skirt, motorcycle boots, tights, Pamela Love bear head ring, and giant purple vintage necklace.

Why is today special? I got to take a nap?

What would you like to learn to do? Sew! Spelunk?

What’s for dinner today? I have no idea. I wish it were something really good, but it will probably be something like a PBJ, easy mac, or rice and vegetables. COLLEGE IS AWESOME!

What’s the last thing you bought? Like something fun? Because, I don't remember. Besides that, I bought lunch.

What are you listening to right now? Charles Gibson...rawr.

What is your favorite weather? Depends on when you ask me. Right now, I would have to say sunny and 70, because this snow/freezing rain/30 degrees in April thing is super Lame.

What is your most challenging goal right now? Getting all of these assignments for Journalism done on time. Getting ready for my audition!

What do you think about the person who tagged you? She is such an awesome blogger! I wish I were that good about taking outfit pictures.

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be? New York City brownstone.

Favorite vacation spot? Well, New York City I suppose. I haven't really gotten tired of it after 18 trips so I think it is indeed my favorite, haha.

What would you like to have in your hands right now? A kitten? Pad Thai? A million dollars?

What would you like to get rid of? Stress. Hah.

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? Homehomehome.

Which language do you want to learn? Well, since I'm working on year two of Russian, I think I'll stick with that.

What did you dream of last night? I don't remember, but the night before last night I had a dream about high school.

Who do you want to meet in person? There are way too many...

One thing that you would snitch out of someone’s closet, with no regrets? A dress from Dior's New Look Collection. Vintage, impeccable, timeless.

What is your dream job? Actress, fashion journalist, stylist.

Favorite style steal tv/movie right now: Showgirls. The Virgin Suicides. Gossip Girl.
Favorite literary character? Holly Golightly.

RIP, MJ Jeans...(I need advice.)

I don't wear pants often. However, I have managed to wear my favorite pair of denim to shreds. Quite literally. The Marc by MJ jeans I purchased...um, awhile ago (okay, so embarrassingly enough, it was way back in my junior year of high school.), are worn through and through. And not in a cool, distressed, Margiela-Balmain-etc-destroyed-to-perfection kind of way. They've really reached more of a torn to the point of public indecency stage.

Which brings me to this point: I need help. Until I get my hands on an extra $200 (which will probably be after I graduate from college), I need to find a decent pair of dark denim. I'm thinking Urban Outiftters because, a.) The store is two blocks from my apartment, and b.) Because unfortuantely, that is the price point I'm working with. Now, I tend to steer clear of the store because I go in there without money and tend to leave with even less money. How is that possible?! Some real G.O.B. Bluth trickery they have going on in there. Alas, I digress...I've perused the website, which has denim categories of skinny, twig, AND cigarette. Is that necessary? Right now, at the top of my list is the BDG Black and Blue skinny. Before I start settling, does anyone have their own tales of UO denim gone awry to warn me with? Or perhaps some suggestions?

Sigh, it has been a good threeish-fourish years...This is a photo from nordstroms.com For some odd reason, as much as I've worn these jeans, I can't find any photos of me wearing them...cry.

Kurt, Courtney, and the 90s.

I think I have previously mentioned that I was very much a 90s grunge child. My seven-year-old self was pure 90s; from my momentarily pink streaked hair (thanks, Mom!), to the flannel shirt tied around my waist, right down to my marbled black and silver doc marten boots. So I was pretty giddy about reminiscing after coming across a couple of things that made me nostalgic for a time when "Clarissa Explains it All"was the only television show I needed, and when I had a seemingly infinite scrunchie collection (both for actual hair use and around-the-wrist action).

With a brother 8 years my senior, my musical tastes really revolved around what he was listening to at the moment. And in the 90s, it was all about Nirvana. So, maybe it was also about Green Day, the Offspring, and R.E.M., but mostly--it was Nirvana. I came across this I Heart Daily Flashback piece on Kurt and Courtney's Sassy magazine interview, and knew I should pass the link along.

Secondly, the Erin Wasson-styled photographs on elle.com are perfectly 90s and Empire Records inspired. A few of my favorites from the bunch below. Check out the link to see the rest! It's all about the shredded and faded denim, worn-in cardigans, crop tops, florals and flannel.