Another Vain DIY project (pt. 5)

I'm not going to lie but this photo-shoot stuff is kind of fun. That's my inner-Leo peeking out I'm sure. Or maybe it's my deep inner desire to BECOME THE NEXT POP SUPERSTAR. The looking through the pictures and editing the colors (ok, Kevin Colombu did that part) and seeing something I made in artistic and perfectly framed images is also kind of fun. Not so fun is clicking "publish post". I guess I find it too vain to have all these pictures of myself but, in my defense, these clothes are mine and therefore fit my being the way I like them to be fit. I guess what I'll have to do is start making clothes and shtuff to fit others so that I can make them the models! Who's in? :)

p.s. P. Diddy, if you're reading, I also sing and dance.

Blazer: Thrifty Shoppy! It's basically the magical epicenter of the universe, no big deal. $12.

Asian-inspired appliqué: again, one of those beads-n-stuff places in NYC fashion district (I'm going to guess somewhere around 37th & 7th or so - think 5 block radius) - it's actually a two-part piece that connects in the middle, meant to be a variation of a button, if you see what I mean (click on pictures to enlarge) - $8.

+ a peekaboo of my previously DIY studded jeans.

Song of the dizzay:

my new obsession = Erik Hassle.

This version of "Hurtful" remixed by Penguin Prison.

Kind of overtly racy, kind of beautiful

Ok, scratch that. Kind of way too much, kind of can't stop watching.

This is Lindsay's latest photo shoot edited into this [s]exposed video.

The très risqué shoot by Yu Tsai for Milan's MUSE magazine channels Kate Moss from the 90s and was apparently inspired by the top [shop] model's relationship with Johnny Depp. She says she was comfortable with the nudity "as long as it had artistic integrity" because she "wan[ts to] make this iconic". Talk about a career boobster, i mean BOOSTER.

Check the final photos out HERE.

Ponder this.

Found this on Gizmodo. Click on it and make it bigger. Yes, I'm a geek. Total geek. Über-geek. With an umlaut - a giant one apparently because apple+c in combination with the search for a regular capitalized umlauted (?) "u" doesn't work properly in Google. 

But I thought this was an interesting visual interpretation of the magnitude of the interwebz so I wanted to share it with you. Aw, how nice am I? Ok, seriously speaking though, it's crazy - I could be in the New York Times! Well, not really, but sort of. Metaphorically, at least. And as the writers of Geekologie say, "I've mastered the magic of metaphors and I'm adding it to my wizard resumé."  

Ze Ztuds - DIY (pt. 4)

I know, I know... you all can now breathe because of all of those overly anticipated and suspenseful moments!

These are the jeanz. With a z. With the ztuds. With a z. Z's make everything cooler - so do X's but they're harder to pronounce - I think they're pronounced [ch] in Mayan. I guess all the rare letters in Scrabble - you know, the ones that only have one wooden game-piece equivalent, that are worth a whopping 10 points - are automatically bad-ass letters and should be substituted for their phonetic equivalent in everyday words.

Anyway,

Jeans: H&M (probably about $40 or so, that's generally the price for their jeans - this particular style is called "SQIN" - also known as skinny)

Studs: Mood fabrics (to be said with in a low voice, imitation of Tim Gunn) - I think about $4/per bag of 50 or so.

Make it work!

Sneak peak

Guess what DIY project, now finished, is coming up...! (Image via Jak&Jil)

Side note

I really really want these stickers.

They're stickers. For your keyboard. N is for ... NINJA! and, of course, they had to put P is for Pirate there too, because there would've been serious consumer issues (i.e. stolen booty) if they had neglected to include both teams. If you have no idea what I'm talking about click HERE.

Personally my favorite is Q is for Quaker. Mostly because I'm shocked that:

a) it was the first one I saw (who knows why my eye was drawn to the wayyyy upper left hand corner of the keyboard - there must be some insane in depth socio-psychological significance for this)

and b) I instantly thought: QUAKER OATS MAN!

I also thoroughly enjoy G is for geisha, because of the semi-sexual reference of it, Y is for yeti because, well... that's awesome and B is for Bowie, because these stickers are partly marketed as: "from cultural icons to Greek mythology, this keyboard sticker set will advance the alphabetical knowledge of any child, or adult" and I would love to know what 21st century child has the adept cultural knowledge to understand the art that is Bowie.

Christopher Monro DeLorenzo makes these crazy stickers and many other very cool things that you can browse HERE.

Reinvention - DIY (pt. 3)

Photos by Kevin Colombu

"When you place a value on things like health, love, sex, and other things and learn to place the material value on what you've previously discounted for being merely untangible - a thing not seen - you realize you're much much wealthier than you ever imagined." - Rory Sutherland, Life lessons from an ad man

Blazer - Vintage Ralph Lauren - a real steal at Thrifty Shoppy (also known as Thrifty Shopper for those who don't feel the need to rhyme everything) for about $14

Shoulders - two necklaces (the kind that originally came with black satin ribbons to tie around the neck - it would've made for a golden crescent moon shape atop the collar bones) from Forever 21 (I was suprised, too!) - $18 each

I'm a fan.