what? i AM a Plastic.

just got back from jetsetting to Rio with my gay boys
and went to the Melissa store in Ipanema Beach shopping area. SAW THREE PAIRS OF ZAHA SHOES IN PERSON! truly stunning.
you can't try them on, they are in plastic cases like art, i guess like they should be. they weren't even for sale, just for show.
but if i owned them i'd wear them all the time. so i tried on quite a few pairs, was really disappointed with the Vienna Westwood ones, i really thought i'd buy the black ones with the three ankle straps, but the matte plastic is ugly. (more palatable for my blog in this bronze, but unfortunately, these pictures really make them look better than they are)

so anyways after trying on quite a few pairs, and being disappointed by the fact that this particular store had very few pairs in my big foot size (ie the black booties below that i wanted for my stylish rainy days in manhattan, boo)

but my pal simon said we had to leave and go eat freijoda, saturday special bean stew-ended up AMAZING! however,because of our hasty retreat, i didn't have time to purchase. and boy was that a blessing in disguise. we had not discovered the crazy downtown bargain shopping mecca/experience that is Centro. Cheap cute cool hip shoes for cheap, i am talking dirt cheap. i wish i could of bought suitcases full for friends, family and more to sell to turn a profit. i found my plastic shoes in the bargain bins for mostly less than $10 (gotta love the Brazil Real exchange rate!) I got the black knockoff version of these Melissa's swirly flats with an ankle strap (thus more practical and CUTER!)

I got a few other pairs, but the ones that were mirrors after ZAHAS were so impossible to find in my size in black. i found a location with white but couldn't bring myself to buy them (even though i think they were $3, i am so stupid, i get so fixated on what i want when i shop sometimes) i will post pics of me in the beauties sooon, before fall really gets here. but even then, i bet they will look adorable with tights!

bed fellows

London Fashion Week
Spring/Summer 2010

my friend had the guy who designed this as a fashion professor in india.
he slept with him after graduation.
the shirt makes so much sense now.
and i want one.
ashish, email me for my address.
xoxo,
ubi

brilliance

Melissa shoes by Zaha Hadid
great article from Dezeen

ok i am a little behind on these from 2008....but WOW!
serious stunning. i like the Lacoste ones...too. BUT THESE ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND HAUNTING like her building...wow
i need to locate a pair now...pronto
any ideas/leads?

i got no one

Camera Obscure-Some Guys Have All The Luck
recorded in a crushed velvet covered van. brills.
great little cover diddy by one of my fav bands of the year
enjoy!

[i haven't posted music in awhile, forgive me. i have some up my sleeves but the time and true inspiration haven't bloomed. soon i promise]

and i was hoping you'd creep in...with me

Who's Have Known-Lily Allen
from It's Not Me, It's You

since apparently, the music videos i post on my blog now exclusively revolve around my feelings HAH.
i know tons of people want to KNOCK lily allen, her lyrics are really always refreshing to me. no one is really writing lyrics quite like her. she is in her 20s, she is love forelorn, the girl feels the shit of life and she sings it. this video is a nice-ish live version-other live version are kinda OBNOX-i get it why people dislike her i DO, the album version is soft and sweet but no video yet. its 3 in the morning...this is the song i am digging on. enjoy!


i didn't know where this was going..... when you kissed me

sporty spice

Jeremy Scott for Adidas

I have always been a vintage Adidas fan. The new stuff is often questionable...even the stella stuff. i like the new stuff when it gets spacey and futuristic. which mr. scott has definitely done but i believe he has really tipped his hat to vintage adidas styles. i love the dress/tunic take on the track jacket and THOSE SUBTLE RUFFLES! the color block skirt reminds me of those channel color checks on TV, which are basically probably eliminated because of digital tv now. so funky! i want one..i will be on the hunt to acquire one-beacon's in a few month i pray....the whole collection is subtly 80s too i know and hiphop friendly but thats what makes it current, relevant and wearable in the mainstream. anyways kudos jeremy, job well done, i wish you would have pushed it a bit further but what you put out and the model wearing them are DELISH! bravo...this reminds me, i really need to take some funky fun pics of outfits i've thrown together with my three fav adidas pieces i own. a vintage navy/maroon track suit i bought from my old man neighbour when i was 12 (and it was way too big on me but only $15!!!), a fire engine red vintage long sleeve sweatshirt with a square neckline and pockets (GENIUS!) and my new (but now worn to oblivion) spacey beige with three stripe velcro straps and the most supportive arches EVER! well enough about my adidas ownage (but i promise pics of the aforementioned items soon and MORE OF MY OUTRAGEOUS outfits, this summer's goals is to document my wardrobe while im still young and hip...HAH)

life in waves

my life feels like this A LOT lately. if you stare at it sideways...it starts to shape shift and trip you out then become 3d then back to 2d, sometimes rounded out or in, convex, concave. le sigh.

i'm sorry you're going to have to go now

Peaches- Lose You
from I Feel Cream
she wore that awesome sleeved body suit at show at webster hall too.
projecting images onto her own body 'screens'
our clothing is an image of ourselves
a reflection
of you
inner depths
not yet explored
or exposed with expression
batwings of self expression
so beautiful. truly.
dance music with a message is dance music at its best.

also she is just dirty.
still.
so so so so so naughty. (not here but check out her older stuff)

and hilarious.
so so so so so funny.
male back up dancers with white nail polish.
lycra. rhinestones.
basically she is ballsy and having fun.
she is an entertainer.
i love.
enjoy.

when in a pinch, cinch

some vintage PRADA waists
loving belts, with the rugged buckle juxtaposed those luxurious blouses
the high loosely waists cinched chic-ly. such a lady like summer look.
style.com runway details photos. they need an exhibit of them.
i love.

you could break my heart....

Habanera-Kate Nash
not sure which album this from, but how i heart ms. nash
she is so cutesy but honest about the annoyance of mens. i am feeling this song today and those DRUMS!
if you haven't heard anything by her, start youtubin' and dling IMMEDIATELY.

i tried to talk to you
but you were looking through into the next room
there must have been something more interesting

.....that was apparent from the start