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Experimenting with swing skirts….

Experimenting with swing skirts….

The three skirts featured in this post were all bought in one weekend when I was vintage shopping in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (some of the best vintage shopping in the US, by the way) I don’t know if I what posessed me to buy three skirts that all look like they could have belonged to June Cleaver. Maybe it was because femenine looks have always suited me best…much to my frustration I’ve never been able to fully pull off a boyish, androgynous look. I think it’s my swedish heritage, which has given me a baby face and hips a touch too generous to look good in pin-thin trousers!  But I digress…
I think I like this length and volume of skirt at this moment because it’s not in line with the mega-trend of thigh grazing, skin tight pencil skirts….sorry to quote CSS but I’m ‘tired of being sexy’! A waist-cinching vintage skirt that hits about mid-calf seems fresh to me in a sea of legs, legs, legs. I think you just have to update the look to make it work….I started from the bottom and worked my way up. Kicky shoes are definitely must…otherwise you risk the iffy ‘vintage’ girl look….you guys know what I’m talking about right? Beyond the sky-high Givenchy’s I didn’t try to make this look edgy-the peachy satin skirt is hard to accessorize and I think I was best off doing the entire ‘Barbie Dream Date’ look. A cotton camisole and beaded 50’s cardigan in soft creamy colors compliment the salmon-pink of the skirt. The least experimental of the three looks I tried with these skirts.This brocade detail and candy pink of this skirt is so delicious!! The fabric is very stiff and thick so I chose a billowy sheer off-the shoulder blouse…I raided my mom’s box of dead stock from her old clothing line for it! I chose darker shoes to anchor all the soft colors, and the black patent belt to pick up the black spots of my leopard ponyhair Miu Miu’s.For my third act, I pair an ubertough Junya Watanabe jacket with a painterly swing skirt. (as well as a vintage belt and Marni criss cross heels)  Something about the peaks of the shoulders of this jacket and the delicate brush strokes and warm colors of the skirt evoked the image of Japan in fall! I had fun experimenting with these looks….these skirts are actually perfect for the ‘in-between’ weather we’re experiencing here in Texas! I had a lot of other posts planned for this weekend but my camera has tragically broken due to a freak tripod accident…so instead of posting what I’ve been working on last night I was weeping over my new camera. Hopefully it’ll be out of the shop in two weeks, until then it’s back to my crappy Kodak-until then I apologize for the crappy image quality on this blog. More to come later-:) Life is complicated right now-I’ve got finals coming up and homework is pouring in-I’ll try to keep up though!ttyl, jane 

Fashion
Apr 27, 200820 Comments

there will never be another tina chow.

there will never be another tina chow.

(from tFS)

Fashion
Apr 24, 20086 Comments

What I wear (tomorrow!)

What I wear (tomorrow!)

Tomorrow is free dress day at my school (geeeek), and instead of my stuffy uniform I can wear whatever I want. I think I’ll wear my Nudie jeans, Giuseppe Zannoti t-bar platforms, and a mexican style blouse. Someone asked about the top I was wearing with the Margiela boots: they’re from a boutique in Dallas called Emeralds to Coconuts…it’s excellent for stocking up on hippy blouses for summer. As for the Margiela’s I will post them this weekend….because…tonight I didn’t want to paint my toes for the picture.

Fashion
Apr 24, 200811 Comments

Hello again!!

Hello again!!

So it’s Wednesday and the students from Bilbao aren’t here anymore and though it was a lot of fun I am very very tired but happy to get back to blogging. I guess I have some catching up to do…I didn’t take a ‘what are you wearing today’ picture everyday but here’s a couple of snaps if anyone cares, haha…

These pictures are from last…Wednesday? On a school trip to the Nasher sculpture museum. Those are my best friends ever Viky and Stefanie. hey you guys!! the trip was fun. I wore Hysteric Glamour jeans (got them at American Rag over spring break in LA!!), vintage tee, Junya Watanabe jacket, and vintage Frye campus boots.

To a party: Catherine Malandrino dress, Mason jacket (with adorable tails in the back), and Miu Miu canvas wedges

Tonight to dinner: Wayfarer glasses, vintage silk Comme Des Garcons shirt, necklace given to me by one of the exchange students, Chloe slingbacks

Also tonight I tried this dress on….I had bought it at Wasteland in San Francisco but it was ripped from the armpit to the waist, but it was too cute to leave behind…my grandma is an expert seamstress though and repaired it for me this weekend. (thanks grandma!) I tried it on with Miu Miu heels and a vintage western belt.

YES

THOSE ARE

MARTIN MARGIELA BOOTS

THEYRE NEW, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, I WANT TO SLEEP WITH THEM ON

post to come about these beautiful shoes very soon.

till then, its good to be back,
jane

Fashion
Apr 23, 200823 Comments

My apologies-

My apologies-

WOW it’s been a while hasn’t it…well, sorry for leaving Sea of Shoes completely neglected for a week.

Since I got back from Mexico on Monday morning, I haven’t had any free time to myself at all…just these few blissful hours this Saturday morning. I am hosting two exchange students from Bilbao and when we’re not being dragged all over Dallas with them, I’m hanging out with my friends and their exchange students non-stop. I am sooo exhausted but eager to start blogging again…which was put on hold this week due to some sort of billing problem which temporarily terminated my blogging service…SORRY to bore you with my excuses and details of my life!! will stop now.

Expect my blogging to pick up again around the middle of next week, as that is when the host students leave and I can have my life back!! (not that it hasn’t been fun, the kids are really cool and fun to hang out with) I have many many cool things to share :)

(Also, thank you so much to La Mode Vogue for the shoutout! :) so sweet)

ttys, jane

Fashion
Apr 19, 20086 Comments

t.t.f.n.

t.t.f.n.

This weekend I’m going to be in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico…a small picturesque yet annoyingly touristy town that has an excellent art school….I’ve spent a lot of my summers here and can’t wait to catch up with old friends and relax…I’ll try to blog while I’m there! :)
A while ago I found some scans of an old spread with Naomi in San Miguel, I love these pictures so much!

I get back Monday, it’s a very short trip…the same day I get back two students I am hosting from Spain arrive, and next week I’ll be busy hanging out with them and doing all the activities that are planned for the exchange program…phew. Will try to blog as much as possible!

updates to come soon, thanks for reading as always! :)
jane

Fashion
Apr 11, 20088 Comments

Weekly inspiration board (#4)

Weekly inspiration board (#4)

(images from ilikemystyle.net (aabronson), the sartorialist, flickr, the fashion spot, fecal face, flickr, superfuture….can’t remember specifics)

Fashion
Apr 11, 20082 Comments

rainy day, why not dress like a rockstar

rainy day, why not dress like a rockstar

Kansai Yamamoto jacket, Junya Watanabe shirt (borrowed), Levi’s wax coated jeans, Alaia patent ankle strap heels

Fashion
Apr 9, 200827 Comments

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