Opulence Without Sun

Stolen Girlfriends Club bolero, vintage dress, Jcrew Crewcuts belt, thrifted H&M bag, Restricted boots, thrifted sunglasses, Dream Out Loud handwarmers

Looking at these photos, there's only one thing you can easily deduce....

I like trees.

Sharing some sun/no-sun experiences from SoHo & then back home in the village. I had a super chill day since I just wanted to schmooze around while I still can before Fashion Week madness!

This bolero gets SO much attention when I wear it, for obvious reasons I suppose. I had been stalking it since I first caught a glimpse of it in a store window about 3 months ago and now it is MINE!! MUAHAHAHA!!! It's a crazy-warm garment to say the least. Them folks up in New Zealand can create the coolest stuff, right?

tomorrow kicks off my fashion week agenda with the Lucky FABB Conference! Gonna be so coooooooool! I shall be sharing the events with everyone this week :]

OMG! And before I forget I can't believe it but I'm in the Huffington Post AND Teen Vogue!!

HURR! & HURR!

New Additions

eye ring via Etsy, LAS Skull ring & thrifted stone

Y'all awesome peeps already know I have a huge thing for witchy rings (or just rings in general) & the newest crop kinda solidifies that fact if it weren't clear enough. I canNOT get over my new eye ring and all its badass-ery. It's the second ring I have featuring a glass eyeball and I intend to get more consideering how it either a) freaks people out when they see it sitting on my finger or b) gets a lot of compliments

can't go wrong with either, right?

The LAS, despite it being huge on my hand, is really fun to wear. I got one after being inspired by Taylor's

ALLLLLSO! Another Interview! This one's from Beautiful Stranger (so awesome & honored, they do great work)

HEREHEHREHREHREHRHERHREHREHRERE!!!

Glitter & Secrets

omg I'm a teen witch

Before I go on and on about my nails, I need to take a moment to say how proud I am of myself to have found this super kitschy retro velvet diary in the thrift store yesterday. In my head I was like OMG IT'S GONNA SIT ON MY DRESSER SO PRETTILY AND I'M GOING TO PRETEND I'M IN BYE, BYE BIRDIE!!

Whether or not I'm going to ruin it with my secretive gobbeldygook is something I have yet to think about

okay, now that that's out of the way,

I'm kinda excited since this is like, my first beauty review on my blog (!!)

This manicure. I love Sally Hansen.

I came across these nail polish strips in CVS tonight and nearly died of cool-overload. I got 'em, came home, and in 10 minutes my manicure was complete & it wasn't terribly complicated. I just had to take my time & be careful not to rip the strips as I pressed them onto my nails (btdubs, they're actually made from nail polish, these aren't decals)

They come in some other great patterns too like houndstooth and black lace (omg next!). Seriously suggesting anyone to go ahead & try these out & wear them as fabulously as they possibly can!

Events!

Some sparkly sights from Accessorize USA's opening, Keiko & I are the first to arrive & Taking advantage of the Club Monaco photobooth with Christina & Audrey

OH, how I am behinddd!!! Apologies, classes just started & I have had some serious reading to indulge in, not to mention having to deal with the massive amounts of snow that were just dumped on NYC. So yes, these photos are a tad behind schedule as the events happened last week, however these are much more fun to post about than, let's say my classes on the anthropology of art & copyright laws.

If you're from Europe, particularly the UK, you already know a ton about Accessorize & their totally adorable offerings of totally adorable accessories. Well, now us New Yorkers can indulge in the same cuteness as y'all do since two have already opened here. I was dying over the enamel pendants

And the next night, Club Monaco (which I already posted about) totally made for a kickass night with an awesome spring collection (shot by Ryan McGinley no less!) and, uhh... a photobooth! As you can imagine, the booth had a line the entire evening. As you can also tell, I cannot be serious as soon as I step into a photobooth.

OH! And my interview is up on Smashion.com today! So excited to share it with you guys:

HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!HERE!

Snowish

Men's Hurley t-shirt, Bird by Juicy Couture blazer, GLO cargos, thrifted belt, Charlotte Russe heels, thrifted necklace & clutch, rings via Accessorize USA & a street vendor in London

I wore this to an event at Club Monaco this past week (photos soon!) and I am so clad I brought these heels to college! They have AMAZING traction especially in the snow! These cargos are also completely awesome, I actually kept my camera in the clutch that evening and all my personal stuff (cards, money, metro card ect..) in one of the side pockets! Woohoo for convenience!

And this necklace is probably my find of the century at the moment, it's simple, chic and goes with absolute everything! I found it at the Cure thrift shop here in NYC, a great store that my mom used to take me to when I was younger to look at amazing retro furniture and clothes, I almost always pick up something great when I pay them a visit!

My camera & I back when it was warmer...

Corpus romper, Bird by Juicy Couture blazer (my favorite), random boutique scarf, Chie Mihara heels, My dad's Minolta SRT 201

Yay! Rachel Scroggins ran into me on 2nd ave a while back when I was taking some photos around the city & she shot this for Racked.com! see more of her awesome work here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachel_photo/

I love my Minolta camera, it was my dad's when he was in college and he passed it unto me when I decided to take up photography. I really, truly treasure this little machine