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Doris Croft

By Jayinee On May 16, 2012 In Trends With 1 Comment Permanent Link to Doris Croft

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T-shirt: American Apparel; Shorts: Blue Asphalt; Shoes: ASOS; Earring: mom's wedding jewelry

This is me as Lara Croft’s lamer and less accomplished younger sister, Doris Croft. As you can see I have pilfered a jeweled earring that Lara has herself pilfered from a tomb.

So I’m obsessed with this earring. My grandma designed it for my mom’s wedding and apparently all of those little twinkly jewels are real emeralds and rubies and shit (!!!). I’m wearing it incorrectly because that bottom part is supposed to go into a piercing and my ear-piercing has closed up for the millionth time. These are called “kaan,” which means ear.

I like wearing fancy jewelry with not-so-fancy clothes–otherwise it looks too precious. Also notice the two-tone lipstick. It’s not practical for everyday wear because at some point you’re gonna wanna put your lips together (to eat, speak, etc.)

Abstract: literally everybody looks good in bright lipstick, including boys. (Slick on a coat and go kiss one; you’ll see what I mean.)

Data:

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Gorgeous, right? And perfect for both grey winter days as well as citrusy summer days.

I’m really enjoying this summer. I couldn’t register for classes summer semester because they’re all at weird times and places and I don’t have the prereqs (too bad so sad). This means that I can spend all summer studying for MCATs (woo!) and re-reading Little Women and Anne of Green Gables. (Despite the sentimentality, those books are so great. Laurie was my first fictional crush.) A break from school is only fun when you know you get to go back. Graduating was actually super depressing.

And finally, in conclusion:

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White and Gold

By Jayinee On May 14, 2012 In Trends With 1 Comment Permanent Link to White and Gold

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Dress: thrifted; Shoes and Leaf Headband: H&M; Rhinestone Headband : ASOS

Gold bracelets: my mom's wedding jewelry; Skull bracelet: geocacheing treasure; Watch: Target

If I were a fascist dictator, I would mandate white cotton sundresses for everyone in the summer. Frowning into the sun would also be required. And in the winter, pink hazmat suits.

I like wearing gold jewelry because the yellow of it gives my olive skin some warmth. Good thing Indian people are obsessed with gold! I go through phases where I wear my mom’s wedding jewelry with casual outfits. I think it makes her nervous because they’re really valuable or whatever, but it feels wasteful to own great baubles and not wear them.

This dress is very nightgowny. Even after I safety-pin the back, there’s a fair amount of side-boob. It’s like what the sisters wore to bed in the Virgin Suicides. I love Sofia Coppola movies like I love Lars von Trier movies–they’re just mood-drenched in the perfect way, which fashion people eat up like mustard of course.

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There. Now I hope you feel sufficiently inspired to go and impale yourself on fences and things. (Don’t do that, please.)

Bell Curve

By Jayinee On May 13, 2012 In Trends With No Comments Permanent Link to Bell Curve

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Dress: Zara; Belt: random; Shoes: Payless; Fur Tippet: H&M

I love wearing this dress so much. It’s constructed perfectly–the bodice feels like an extremely comfortable corset. I also love the stiffness of the material. The weight of the cotton holds the volume really well. It’s the closest I can get to a sculptural Balenciaga dress.

Cristobal Balenciaga was the master of volume-play.

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And Nicolas Ghesquire continues the tradition. Some of his clothes are constructed like cars.

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And to finish off the deranged debutante look, I picked up this pink fur tippet for 3 bucks–pretty much made my day. It reminds me this Prada monstrosity that everyone and their mother has but I still want sooooooooooooooo bad.

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This is a pink heavy post. That is because pink is the best color (fact).

Requiem for a Dream

By Jayinee On May 10, 2012 In Trends With No Comments Permanent Link to Requiem for a Dream

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Fringed top: UO; Skirt: H&M; Shoes: UO; Minnie Mouse Sunglasses: San Jose Flea Market

I got a sample vial of a perfume called Flor y Canto in my May Birchbox. I’m completely obsessed with it. It’s this creamy white floral that reminds me of nighttime weddings in Calcutta, the wreaths that classical Indian dancers wind around their hair, and funeral processions. I’ve sniffed my wrist so many times already this morning that the scent is nearly gone.

The little paper envelope it came in had this little ditty as the inspiration behind the perfume:

August, 1400, Tenochtitlan, Mexico

“On the most fragrant festival in the Aztec calendar, the rhythm of drums palpitates as a wealth of flowers is offered on temple altars. Billowing clouds of Copal act as a backdrop to the intoxicating breath of Tuberose, Magnolia, Plumeria and the intensely yellow aroma of the sacred Marigold, cempoalxochitl.”

Plumeria, or frangipani, is an asshole flower that sends out heady scents in the middle of the night to attract sphinx moths and then cruelly turns them away by producing zero nectar. What a dick, right? So really, to moths, this is the scent of crushed dreams and hunger. Yikes.

Sphinx Moth (richard-seaman.com)

But so I wanted to learn more about the house behind the fragrance and a quick search led me to their site. Apparently Arquiste creates perfumes based on significant times and events in history–pretty cool for history nerds I’d guess (which I’m not.)

A single bottle of Flor y Canto costs $165 though. Crushed dreams indeed.