Saturday, January 28, 2012

I Found My Elephant Necklace!




dress. forever 21
hoodie. vans
jacket. naf naf
tights. tutuanna
bag. betsey johnson
necklace. gift
ring. wasteland (on haight)

This is what I wore friday night to go clubbing with my roommate. She wanted to check out the Tokyo night scene before she goes back to France next month. Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs was guest djing in Shibuya Trump Room so we went and checked it out. He was actually very down to earth and super nice, hope they start touring soon so I can go see them all perform live! He did the classic pound to the chest followed by a peace sign as I said bye, it was pretty awesome.


my make up was inspired by this picture


and i painted my nails blue with American Apparel's Mount Royal nail laquer

Wednesday Addams




top. rote rose
pull over. diesel (thrift)
pants. fcuk
coat. fcuk
scarf. h&m
socks. tutuanna
camera. minolta hi-matic af2

These are from Wednesday. I got my film developed so I went and picked them up that day, I'm finally getting the hang of taking film pictures. This was my mom's old camera but I adopted it since it was just lying around our house picking up dust. My mom got this camera to take pictures after I was born, it's pretty old, but it still works great, the winding self timer is rusty and broken but besides that it is perfect.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

It's Almost Friday!







denim top. levi's
lace sweater. urban outfitters
floral denim jacket. grandma's closet
letterman jacket. chicago (thrift)
shorts. goodwill (thrift)
tights. ???

This week has been ridiculously long. It already feels like a Friday.

Friday, January 13, 2012

Friday the 13th







dress. hanjiro (vintage)
sweater. h&m
coat. fcuk
tights. tsumori chisato (gift)
hat. handmade
backpack. hanjiro (original)

My hat is back out of it's box! I made this back when I was in school, it's reversible but I think I did something wrong and if you flip it the other way it looks like a shower cap...

Also I got a new wool dress from Hanjiro for the winter. The pin I got last November at the Tokyo Design Festa. It reminds me of the Finnish flag, and I love flags. As you can see my backpack has the British flag. And I used to have a bandanna of the American flag but I lost it, such a bummer. My teacher in design school gave it to me during a school festival to show everyone I was American... it was actually very annoying and I refused to wear it then, but it became my favorite bandanna. Come back my darlin'!

Four Capital Letters Printed In Gold






tshirt. vintage
shorts. vintage
hoodie. vans
jacket. naf naf
tights. tutuanna
bandanna. wasteland

These are from yesterday. I went to see JUSTICE with my friend at Zepp Tokyo in Odaiba. It was my first concert in Japan and they were great, but the lighting and the crowd was just so weird to me. The lights kept going on in between songs and it was just awkward to be able to see everyone's face, I like indoor concerts because they are dark and the flashing lights are there to make you dizzy not wake you up. It was also only an hour long, which was waaaaay too short!! And the music should have been LOUDER!!!!! I'm feeling like a negative Nancy, but I'm so bummed out about it. I hope not all concerts in Japan are like this! There are so many great artist playing this month. CSS is playing today and tomorrow, then on Sunday Metronomy and Two Door Cinema Club are having a show! I wish I wasn't so broke.

*sigh sigh sigh*

So this is what I wore, got this shirt from a vintage clothing warehouse in LA during my business trip last July. I love it so much, and the moon glows in the dark. I love how it's so worn out and has all these holes and paint splotches everywhere. Looking like Sailor Moon was unintentional...

I painted my nails just for this. "DVNO" is my favorite JUSTICE song!

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Book Worm










top. 3 biki no koneko (thrift)
sweater. chicago (thrift)
skirt. gap (gift)
tights. tutuanna
book. one's terrace

I have a million notebooks that I carry around to write random thoughts but I have a weakness to the color yellow. I love yellow! So I gave in and bought it yesterday. I shall use it to write spontaneous note to selfs and recipes or whatever tickles my fancy. It has three sections, 55 pages lined, 55 graphed, and 55 plain. I've already used the first few pages to write about soup. The graph section will come in hand for keeping random polaroids I take and I'll probably just use the plain pages to draw in.

So back in December my sister and I decided to buy Christmas sweaters to celebrate our first Christmas in Tokyo. I was hoping to find a very festive one, the kind with snowmen or Santas covered in shiny baubles. But I guess they are hard to find here. So I settled on this, but the good thing is I can still wear it even in January.

I think I'm catching a cold! Watch out guys!

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Dressed to Chill






shirt. dkny thrift
dress. hanjiro
cardigan. hanjiro
coat. fcuk
gloves. picot
tights and socks. ???

It's too chilly to go outside!! But I am bundled up in all my layers, and I bought a pair of gloves on the way home today. I'll be all set for winter once I find something that will warm my face without making it look like I'm about to rob a bank.

Today was my first day back at work, it was okay I guess but I was dead tired and all I could think of was going home and crawling into my bed with the heat cranked up and watching Sherlock Holmes (the 1940's version). But Thursdays I have guitar lessons so I got home late, but exciting news!! I bought tickets to see JUSTICE perform in Tokyo next Thursday! I'm going with a friend and we are pumped! I haven't been to any events this big in Japan so I can't wait! I'm already planning what to wear while TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY plays on loop in my head.

Anyways, so I got home and this is what I did.
I blend in...