Jessica Wakefield Was My Hero
Loose-curled long blonde hair. Turquoise eyes, lake-sparkling. Twin images of a perfect size six. This was what I needed to achieve. Even if I couldn’t join the Unicorn Club described in the novels, I wanted to look like I could. Hot pink lip gloss was hastily applied by my eight-year old hands, and my child...
Damn, Girl: Josephine Baker
Sometimes you come across a person and their life-force takes your breath away. Maybe it’s someone you met last weekend, or maybe it’s someone you stumbled across in a history book. Or maybe they were always there, popping up in books and movies and on the internet, and it wasn’t until you really looked that...
The Window Shopping Project: XXI
“After years of thrifting, I realized that I had not entered a retail store of any other type in far too long. I did not even know how to shop in most retail stores. This year, I have decided to spend the next twelve months window shopping. The twist I want to put on this...
To Market, To Market, To Buy A Fat Pig
Keeping up with the desires in my own head is hard enough, but being a part of the slew of popular social networking sites and applications out there suddenly adds a whole new set of issues to grapple with. I tumblr, I tweet, I pinterest and facebook, pose, stylecast and instagram. I read fashion blogs...
Damn, Girl: Carmen Miranda
Summer is fast approaching, and with it comes the desire to pump up the volume of my wardrobe. Bright colors, loud prints, south-of-the-border accents — I tend to go all out when the temperature rises. I want to wear tropical print skirts and dresses, dripping with bright beads and metallics. Who better to use as...
Why Are You So Obsessed With Me?
I’ve written my fair share about cultural appropriation, all of it dealing with the specific appropriation of Native American imagery, more specifically that of the plains tribes. I’ve tweeted, blogged, Facebook-ed, published articles, given speeches and drunkenly spoken out about it at bars. But I think I need to write something addressing the things that...
And So Modest!
If you are like me, then your Google Reader is probably full of a variety of fashion blogs covering the entire spectrum of humanity — there are fashion blogs for all sorts these days, displaying microcosms of style so varied in approach and ideals that it can be overwhelming. Sometimes I go through Fashion Blog...
Hey Girl, Hey!
Hey pretty lady. How’s it going? What’s your name, sunshine? Where do you live? I like your pants/shorts/skirt/top. Damn! They’d look better on my floor. What did you do last night? Were you with your boyfriend? He better keep an eye on you, sugar pie. You can sit next to me, princess. I only move...
Tomb Raider 2012: A Survivor is Born and a Franchise is Rebooted
Last year at E3 2011, Square Enix set the video game blogosphere ablaze by announcing a new Tomb Raider for a new generation. Developed by Crystal Dynamics, the game establishes an origin story for intrepid explorer Lara Croft, who begins the game as a recent college grad out to make a name for herself. Lara’s...
“It’s Like Shopping!”: How Fashion Blogs Create A Competitive Market of Taste
Linking from fashion blog to fashion blog, I try my skills at curation: importing pictures to hang side-by-side on my desktop. I try to be selective, and I try to be careful — to make notes of designers and models, collections and editors — but I lose the plot almost immediately, and get carried away...
The Window Shopping Project: Old Navy.
“After years of thrifting, I realized that I had not entered a retail store of any other type in far too long. I did not even know how to shop in most retail stores. This year, I have decided to spend the next twelve months window shopping. The twist I want to put on this...
Of Embroidery Thread & Baseball Cards
Whenever I’m feeling down, frustrated and alone, I always find myself drawn to certain items in my closet. A tunic made from fabric my mother bought for me in Malaysia. The tiny silver and turquoise paisley ring my mother gave me when I was eight. A black Audrey Hepburn-style dress she made for me to...
