seaofshoes

Love-worn vintage jeans have always been an obsession of mine.
I found this ediotrial in the October i-D really inspiring.

 Styled by Marina Burini, photographed by Vanina Sorrenti

 
 
 
 

Scans from tFS

Junya Watanabe was easily one of my top 5 Spring 09 shows. It was a mish-mash of classic Watanabe staples: African tribal elements, classic Americana, and a few semi-Edwardian sillhouettes.

 
Images from elle.com

Japanese boro textiles aren't denim but their look is relavent to this post:
"In Japan, mended and patched textiles are referred to as 'boro', or rags. For some time within Japan boro was regarded with shame because these utilitarian textiles are strong evidence of rural Japan's impoverished past."
Sri Threads

Above is a indigo-dyed Boro kimono: photo taken from the Sri Threads flickr photostream.

A boro quilt made from homespun hemp and cotton work clothes.

Today I experimented with some denim looks of my own:

 
A pair of Current & Elliot jeans I am borrowing from mom, Sid & Nancy shirt, vintage ruffled bolero, linking elephants belt, vintage rhinestone and gold necklaces

Vintage patched Levi's, Prada booties, scarf from Anthropologie, Tom Binns cuffs, beige sweater

My mom is wearing her new Current & Elliot jeans, a Ralph Lauren jacket patched in a 'boro' fashion, a Morrocan scarf, and those Givenchy shoes.

Hope you all had a good Halloween! :)

xox Jane

Today was 'free dress day' (hah, free?? they make me wear flats!!) at our school-ie: I don't have to wear my uniform. So I felt like I had to wear something a little more out-there than usual for me.

Silver brogues by Yohji Yamamoto, polyester sheer skirt is Comme des Garcons, American Apparel tank top, tux style bib piece from Urabn Outfitters, tie dye jeans from Urban Outitters Gotta run, I'm late! ;-P

Sea of Shoes got a feature in this month's D Magazine-a local magazine for the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Shot by Trevor Paulhus.

Click here to see the picture!

And I was interviewed by the very stylish and cool Christine Dychiao of Manila Fashion Observer for the On the Radar section of the Phillipine Star-thanks Chrstine!

Last Wednesday I was lucky enough to get to meet with Alison V. Smith at V.O.D. and she took some pictures of me-check out her website! 

xox
Jane

 These are my mom's Rene' Caovilla tulle and chiffon slingback heels. We've taken to calling these the 'fairy princess shoe'. I was so jealous when she found them at the end-of-summer sales-they are truly jaw-dropping in person. I'm on the lookout for a pair of Rene' Caovillas for myself now. I was really struck by them upon first because they are so unlike any shoe on the runway in recent years and certainly unlike any shoe in my closet.

For the past couple of years, sculpture and structured shoes have ruled the runways. Even though Rene' Caovilla isn't the most contemporary/edgy shoe designer, I'm ready to embrace the type of femenine, whimsical shoes he creates. In their own way, these shoes are kind of rock and roll: they are so over the top and out of this world-not to mention sort of impractical. To me they seem almost tongue-in-cheek. They bring to mind the wardrobe of glam rockstar Marc Bolan and Sofia Coppola's Marie Aintoinette. the phrase that comes to mind is "baroque rockstar". Paired with the right things, I think these shoes could really be what's next.

I mean I love my chunky acrylic wedge Marni's, the Burberry platforms for Spring 09, the Jil Sander shoes from Fall 07 and Fall 08, but I'm ready for something new!

These shoes are far too large for me but I borrowed them just for this picture-this picture is kind of ridiculous, I didn't realize the timer was going off. Nice jazz hands, right?

Rene' Caovilla slingback heels worn with skinny satin Joie pants, a J. Crew painter tee, a really cool tux-type bib piece from Urban Outffers, and a silk Nina Ricci jacket.

Balenciaga Fall 07 suede and shearling booties-how fun are these?? They're on sale at Yoox now.

Tom Binns 'Faux Real' necklace

Tom Binns Faux Real cuff 

Tom Binns 'Regal Rocker' necklace from 2004-OMG

Alexander Mcqueen skeleton keychain-I love putting keychains on my purses!

Andrew Prince tiara

René Caovilla clutch 

Posso the Spat 'The Preacher' spat-what an amazing way to update a pair of shoes. Definitely on my lust list!

Thierry Lasry striped aviators

Alaia narrow studded belt

This sequinned bolero I am wearing was purchased on eBay early last week and I was thrilled to see that it was as much as a beautiful trainwreck in person as it was in it's pictures-they colors are hideous in the most fabulous way. Its like a bad piece of folk art reincarnated as a tacky 80's relic.
I haven't worn this out yet but I can already hear my friends going 'oh what is jane thinking this time…' :-P

I really should have taken a better picture of it-will do so soon.

Worn with vintage Levi's, American Apparel tank, and Bruno Frisoni shoes.