Showing posts with label snakes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snakes. Show all posts

Saturday, May 2, 2009

mo' polyvo'

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

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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.

Monday, April 27, 2009

part deux: snakes

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Katrina Lapenne. Snakes are a classic jewelry motif and I have a fairly unhealthy obsession with snake jewelry. Other examples:

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Zoe and Morgan. I Really like their pieces, especially the ring. Incidentally, the piece on the left is a bangle and the piece on the right is the ring.

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Gara Danielle, also featured on my-wardrobe, with similar snake earrings

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Keerstin Wintrup is getting gobs of blog love lately for her woven snake bracelets.

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Boucheron also has a few snake pieces as part of its Extravagant Bestiary collection . There are a few other pieces, but I like these best. I wish the necklace didn't have the circle/pendant thing behind the snake, it would look much better to just have an enraged, hissing, writhing snake hanging around your neck, in my opinion.


sources: catbirdny, my-wardrobe.com, vivre, johnnyrain.blogspot.com