winter whites

Being that I generally wear black all year round, I feel the need to stand out in some way when the winter rolls around and everyone else dons their darks. Every time I see a photograph of someone in copious amounts of white in the winter, I can't help but be mesmerized by the chicness. Especially if that person has white-blonde hair and they become a monochromatic vision. Actually, that might explain why I wear black so much (seeing that I am far from blonde).

Anyway: some fantasy winter whites for you


wangster one-shoulder dress, vivienne westwood anglomania sweater, jasmine di milo white dress, pleasure principle white scarf top, lanvin alpaca cardigan, delfina delettrez skull ring (this looks so much like a día de los muertos calavera de azucár), wool & the gang oversize scarf, wangster slit/cage shouldered top

pleasure principle

Bondage belt with wrist straps


I can't even tell you how much I want this shirt.



Silk skull scarf (alliteration what what)



This is supposed to look a bit like garters I guess


I have this dress in black.

More random photos I have on my computer from Pleasure Principle. Nothing is as fucking cool as their Men's Spring 2010 lookbook though - but that's still under wraps for the moment

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i love my job.

Pleasure Principle Men's SS 09

pleasure principle

So, if you didn't know, which, clearly you couldn't, I'm an intern over at Pleasure Principle for the summer. I'm a huge fan of Adrian and Diva's work, so being part of the label has been a huge pleasure (ha!) for me. Anyway, I just wanted to post a couple of pics from our FW09 lookbook (SS10 is already finished and there is a sick lookbook for it but it is very hush hush).

mo' polyvo'

I spent all day at the library yesterday and then all night working on polyvore sets.

Sunglasses: Karen Walker, Top: Acne, Blazer: Rag & Bone, Shoes: Jil Sander, Jeans: Genetic Denim, Ring: Iosselliani, Belt: Keerstin Wintrup, Clutch: Bird, Earrings: Bing Bang

A Note about Shoes: I don't really like shoes. Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but I'd much rather be barefoot. Consequently I wear sandals almost exclusively, and I essentially refuse to wear heels. There are so few occasions on which I am willing to sacrifice my comfort to look taller and more feminine, and so few occasions on which heels are mandatory, that I never wear them. What's more, a large part of my aesthetic is trying to look androgynous, and I feel heels detract from that ambiguous, sexless look. No one is going to mistake me for a man, but still.
So, what that means is when I make these sets and it comes time to insert shoes, I'm completely lost. I read Jak & Jil like everyone else, and I can appreciate the shoes featured on it, but since the idea of wearing heals is anathema to me, I can't really work them into an outfit without feeling like I'm faking it, and not very well. So what I'm saying is, if the shoes I choose are awkward, you now know why.

pleasure principle

I had a missed connection with this pleasure principle shirt from which I may never recover. I discovered only too late that it was on sale at Reborn. Of course I could have done like Camille and several others have done, but the nature of my current living situation precludes me from any kind of creative endeavors at the moment (read: dorm).

Months later I saw this dress at Seven New York and later Zana from Garbage Dress posted about it so I ran over to Harputs in SF and bought it.

At the time I agonized about it being a size large, but in the end I'm glad they didn't have smaller sizes as it might break obscenity laws for me to wear anything shorter. The dress also comes in black and white, which is still available at Harputs. Actually, it was the black and white version that I had originally intended to buy, but polka dots are a daunting sartorial choice and I just prefer black.

I wanted to wear it styled a la Charles Anastase in his Spring/Summer 09 collection, largely because I lack the nerve to actually rock the mini-crini look:

But as yet I have no thigh-highs, garter things, and tiny black lycra shorts with which to complete this vision, so as for now I'm wearing the dress with a simple black tank/slip thing.

sources: reborn, seven new york, style.com