Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts

Friday, November 25, 2011

Daily

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Clockwise from left: maison martin margiela pumps, clare vivier bag, arielle de pinto necklace, giada forte wool trousers, vanessa bruno blazer, vintage scarf, im dicker boots, acne dress.

My life has been reduced to one of my highest periods of laziness. I'm still productive in the grander picture, like actually going to the gym, eating well, working really hard, put in the effort to slap on some red lipstick and dancing a lot, but fashion for me has become a different little monster.

This is pretty much what I look like everyday, sans eyeglasses since I don't want to touch my eyeballs for a few months (it can't be sanitary, right?). I've narrowed my daily look to "fucking comfortable." That's it. My pants are simply a variation on sweatpants or pajama bottoms and I wear them everywhere, including parties and formal meetings. Dresses have to be over-sized with little draping tricks that makes it look cool and not mumu-like. I have one skirt and my friend Otto says that it makes me look like "Heathers." I tell him to suck it because I'm comfortable like he is in his puffy vest and his slim, but not skinny pants. I still refuse to brush my hair unless it is turning into a frightening dread and I only wear bras that feel like I'm not wearing a bra. I spend more money on being comfortable too. Trust me, it is worth it when you are chillin in some cashmere. I have also narrowed my regular shoe wear down to three, count it, THREE shoes.

When I start wondering if people will judge me I remind myself that this is California.

Ladies, this is HEAVEN.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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I'm one of those women who loath, absolutely LOATH walking around with a bag. I don't know why the fashion industry doesn't seem to  understand that there is a group of women who want an inner pocket in their jackets. That we only carry a wallet, keys, phone and lipstick.

I have the upper body strength of Olive Oyl. Occasionally I carry a clutch, but only if I'm feeling girly. I rarely carry a bag unless I have to drop something off for someone, my boyfriend wants me to carry his sunglasses' case, I'm playing records somewhere or I have absolutely no pockets.

It has probably taken me about 4 years to finally settle on a solitary black bag that doesn't make me feel like a sucker. I like this one a lot. It is affordable, classy, good quality and made in the US of A.

Monday, July 4, 2011

I Did This For You, America!

illesteva sunglasses, opening ceremony sweater, girl. by band of outsiders shorts

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Rapid

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We rounded up some friends to escape the erratic weather in San Francisco and headed up to Yuba River, three hours north in beautiful Grass Valley. It was 95 degrees and gorgeous.
Since we've had lots of rain this season, the water was quite high, ice cold and not ideal for swimming. We hiked about 15 minutes out to a spot where tons of city hipsters and old perverts like to hang out naked. The water was still cold, but the water was far less dangerous.
 We mostly sunbathed on hot rocks, got massacred by mosquitoes and watched while our crazy friend Kevin jumped into freezing mini rapids like it was a heated pool. He is out of his mind.

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The cutest DJs in San Francisco.

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me: illesteva sunglasses, aa bikini, gap flip flops, nars schiap lipstick. kat: lenny suit, vintage sunglasses, kelly: ray ban sunglasses, aa suit
Probably since we were listening to a lot of nostalgic old-school hip-hop on the way and back, I kept thinking about SWV, one of my favorite R&B girl groups from the 90s when I was a little kid (before I got into punk and Dischord Records). My friend Kat (in the middle) who promotes the best shows and dance nights in the city, said that she loved them too. This is us as AWV!
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XOXO

Tuesday, June 14, 2011


It's nice to have a sense of a real social life again. Life has become this distorted mash up of friends, super sweaty dancing, watching movies, spinning records again, problem solving and couch shopping. It feels really good.

I love going through fabric swatches. After over three years of living in our apartment, we are finally trying to put our money where our mouth is. Michael has been giving me encouraging words ("it doesn't matter how much it costs, as long as we get the one we want, right?" WHAA?!!!).

Unfortunately, I've been neglecting this blog since. Oops.

I promise I'll make time for all of this, somehow. But now I'm shopping for sheepskin throws for the cat. Sorry.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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zara kid's trench, acne t-shirt, acne kex jeans, dany platforms 

I got featured on Refinery 29's San Francisco street style section. Can you tell I feel a little uncomfortable? So embarrassing.

I'm also on Zuriick shoes blog too wearing the same thing. This is really what I wear to work, like, everyday when I don't want to dress up, at all. I'm also not smiling in either which my boyfriend said makes me look super mean. By the way, Zara kid's is a goldmine in jackets. No joke.

Thank you Rebecca for digging this enough to post.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Silver Fox



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Much Better...
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boy. by band of outsiders t-shirt, acne jeans

We recently celebrated our 6-year anniversary. Acquaintances who don't know us well always ask him things like "oh, how is your wife?" or "so how long have you two been married?" I correct them by saying that Michael is my boyfriend. My husband is Eric Bana.

This picture also reminds me that we both need haircuts, badly.
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Laundering Essentials

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theyskens' theory tank, filippa k linen tank, black crane t-shirt, endovanera t-shirt, helmut lang tank, acne pi dress, silence and noise blouse, acne wannabe dress

I'm hand washing all of my current favorites, which is super tedious to do since I'm always afraid of ruining/loosing things in the washing machine. So I hand wash everything. I've also noticed a few things about my personal everyday style that hadn't really occurred to me before.

a) I have a tendency to not listen to practical advice when it comes to wardrobe. People tell me things like  don't wear navy with black (lies!) and to buy cheap basics, fill in the rest with good quality designer clothing and to spend more on shoes.

I wear white often when it's cold, spend obscene amounts on t-shirts (once you go lux, even American Apparel will feel scratchy) and I never, ever spend a ton of money on shoes (in San Francisco or any other big city where walking is the main mode of transport, shoes will be completely destroyed within the month).

b) I wear a lot of neutral, often muted colors.

c) I only wear things that are either mildly la garconne (men's t-shirts and sweaters) or extremely feminine. For example, I really like Band of Outsiders women's lines, Boy. and Girl. But I'm pretty sure I would only really wear Girl. since in Boy. I look like a complete dike. If i were a lesbian, I would like dikes, but I'm sure I would be a lipstick.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Armageddon Time (We Are All Going to Die)

Everyone in the Bay Area is freaking out over how it is supposedly going to snow this weekend, as if it is going to be a winter blizzard in Norway. Realistically, if it does, it will look more like Old Man Winter is gonna shake his dandruff flakes over the Bay Bridge. It might drop 10 degrees, there may be light frost, definitely rain and we
probably won't even see a snowflake.

If it does, my Northern California ass is going to freeze to death. I live in a place where we have micro climates. If it is warm in the Mission, it is freezing and foggy everywhere else. In the morning, it's cold and everyone is wearing gloves and scarves. Mid day, sunshine, no scarves and sometimes t-shirts only. After 5 o'clock, wool, mittens and scarves again. One day, it feels like summer. The next, it's a raining thunderstorm.

Because of the unpredictable weather, people do extremely baffling things, like wear flip flops with wool winter coats. San Francisco is where you see many a SoCal transplant wearing a tiny dress with no coat and, hear me, NO TIGHTS. Ludicrous isn't it? And yet so telling of the weather here. We just aren't prepared for a real season.


How do you combat snow anyway?





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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Japantown via Camera Phone

Normally, we spend a day off at home doing the following routine:

  • Sleep in.
  • A long bath with the latest issue of the New Yorker.
  • Disco nap.
  • Pick up the apartment while playing records.
  • Night out/dinner out.
Yes, we are incredibly boring, normal people. We are also well rested.

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New People. These are Yuichi Yokoyama's drawings in the stairway (the only place where there was a "no photos" sign). I learned that the building is "haunted" and they put a fresh bowl of salt to ward off bad spirits on every floor (an old Asian tradition).

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Daiso. LOL!