#OOTD: Entering the Matrix

This coat is so warm and I'm ready for winter to beat some ass. It's so tough! I look intimidating in this, isn't it FABULOUS? And I paired it with these Christian Dior sunglasses. This coat goes so well with everything and ugh it's my pride and joy at the moment. I also posted a photo to my instagram in this coat but with different Dior sunglasses that still paired PERFECTLY because obviously this coat is PERFECT.

CoSTUME NATIONAL coat, H&M shirt, American Apparel jeans, Christian Dior sunglasses

Stay warm

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#OOTD: Call me Princess

Hello! I've been wanting a skirt like this for a couple months now but I've always held off on buying it (I don't know why). And I finally bought it! It's actually an inside-out petticoat but I preferred the texture of the inside to the satin cloth of the outside. It's no mystery that I'm into Asian fashion and one of my favorite subcultures is Harajuku, but most importantly and more specifically the kawaii aspect of it all. My entire outfit probably cost me like $20 (?) at most except for the boots; it's all thrifted and the skirt is from eBay.

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#OOTD: Psychedelia

Hi hi hi! So I'm back! My Christmas was really nice and New Year's was very quiet for me (not that I minded). But for Christmas I got these glasses from H0les that I had asked for! They're magical! I included my instagram video in this post to show their full glory, photos really don't do them justice--at all. As a personal Christmas present I bought myself 2 softboxes and a seamless white backdrop, I'm still figuring out both of them so just bear with it while I figure everything out and my parents got me an SLR camera FINALLY. Ugh I've gone so long without one (which is difficult as a fashion blogger).

Also! It was my first day back to school since the break!

 

H0les glasses, thrifted dress, American Apparel jeans, Dr. Martens boots

Did you notice this dress has shoulderpads?! I'm living for it

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#OOTD: As if!

The movie Clueless will always be a fashion inspiration for me. I felt like I needed a kilt in my life so I found one on eBay at a really reasonable price. But any who I spent the day walking downtown with a friend exploring different shops. Today was the day after my 6th year Vegetarianism anniversary so we went to my favorite vegan restaurant, Counter Culture, and then walked across the street to a vegan bakery, Capital City Bakery, for the first time. It was such a lovely way to spend the day.

thrifted blazer, Banana Republic shirt, Etsy gold chain, thrifted skirt/kilt (?), Dr. Couture clutch, Dr. Martens shoes

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#OOTD: Night Owl

So this was the second outfit my friend and I photographed on our double OOTD mission lasting until 1 AM. It was surprisingly cold this night and there's actually a story behind this location. She lives near a parking garage with vines growing all around the façade and I thought I wanted to photograph there but it was quite hard to reach the spot I wanted so we wandered into the garage and it was amazing! These wires are what keep the cars from falling down the middle but don't they look like sculptures!? 

H&M leather bow tie, eBay gold arm cuffs,thrifted tuxedo shirt, American Apparel jeans, Dr. Martens boots, Forever 21 bag

I'll likely return to this garage for more OOTD shoots because it was really graphic, there were many other photographable locations, and I love the industrial feel of parking garages.

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#OOTD: I Own the World

Hello! I made something recently! Guess what it is! It's this hella cool dress you can see!!!!

So yeah I was bored one day and I had this idea in mind for a future project I'm putting together and I just decided to do it now!

Overall, it was pretty easy. It just took a lot of time because vinyl is incredibly cumbersome to work with.

Walking in it was more of a challenge than I thought it would be, I had to walk a bit slower than I usually do and shorten my stride but I saw some people take photos of me so it was pretty worth it.

Christian Ford dress, Banana Republic shirt, American Apparel jeans, Dr Martens boots, eBay sunglasses

What do y'all think? xoxoxo

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#OOTD: Boy of the 21st Century

Greetings! Today was a lovely day, it didn't get too hot today, thankfully. And I gave a speech about why Anna Wintour is an important person to my presentational speaking class! I've been wanting to do this hairstyle for awhile because I saw it on Scary Spice and then Azealia Banks and even Miley Cyrus wore it a couple weeks ago but I never knew what it was called so I didn't know how to look it up. My struggle was really real. But I found a helpful video on youtube and I was so happy! The video is linked at the bottom of the post.

To complete my space traveler theme, I wore snowboarding goggles, jewels on my forehead, and white boots. 

Something is wrong with the camera I usually use so I had to check out a camera from my uni until Canon fixes it. Sorry for the weird over-exposure/lighting issues, it was my first tine using it. I just wanted to post this for y'all, despite my technical difficulties. 

Banana Republic shirt, American Apparel jeans, Dr Martens boots, eBay goggles

this is the tutorial I used! She's very helpful

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#OOTD: Hampton Club Kid

Today's the last day in my Week of White! I told y'all I had something special in store! I was inspired by @majormoon on instagram, a hair colorist who regularly uses glitter gels. I mixed a bit of cheap $1 clear gel with glitter and painted it on and voila! I love how it looks and everyone on campus has been telling me they like it, most of the people I'm completely stranger to. I thought this look was one of the most casual "resort" looks I've done this week but I shook it up with the glitter gel which is why I chose to title it as such. I think it all just kinda works.

DIY Ombré shirt, eBay pleather shorts, eBay jelly sandals, eBay sunglasses

Have a lovely weekend

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#OOTD: Ghost

Third day of my Week of White! People have started figuring out what I'm doing but it's started something else. They think I'm going to continue the year wearing monochrome outfits, a different color every week! These people do not know how lazy I am. That is just too much work to do every week, honey.

But I made this "body cover" during the summer and I've just been waiting for the right time to break it out. I was inspired by Hwan Sung Park but I couldn't find it for sale anywhere. I think it was just a showpiece so I made my own. It was super simple. Get a piece of tulle as tall as you and sew the sides together to make a tube and then just sew in an elastic neckband.

thrifted hand-spiked shirt, DIY body cover, eBay leggings, Dr Martens boots, eBay sunglasses

Keep being you!

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#OOTD: Skorty Spice

Today's the second day in my 'week of white' and I really like this outfit. While I've worn outfits that pushed boundaries before, I've never worn a skort. But I actually really love this. I guess it's just like a pair of shorts with fresh-to-death detailing on the front.

People seemed shocked by it, no surprise there.

American Apparel cropped pullover, thrifted jersey, Dr Martens boots, eBay skort, sunglasses, foot cuffs used as bracelets

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#OOTD: Blank Page

Today was my first day back to school and I felt so happy to be back. My classes bored me a little because I only had one of my design classes today and two electives. But tomorrow should be more fun, I have two design classes to look forward to.

An idea has been stirring in my head for awhile and last night I finally decided I would do it. All this week I'm only going to wear white. Why? There's literally no reason at all other than that I think wearing a monochromatic outfit makes you stand out and I like to stand out. (And white is my favorite color.) People really seemed to enjoy my outfit I wore today, as well as my extensions. I'm loving the extensions.

thrifted tuxedo shirt, American Apparel jeans, Dr. Martens boots, choker from etsy, eBay sunglasses, eBay backpack

Today was such a good day.

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#OOTD: Ombré all the way

Okay if you've been following my blog for awhile now you may have noticed that I really like for the top to be the focal point and I just wear solid color (usually black) jeans with accessories.

This outfit was no different but I decided to toss on some hippie-inspired shades. I think it made the outfit ~totally groovy~!

hand dyed shirt, American Apparel Easy Jean, Dr. Martens boots, eBay sunglasses

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#OOTD: Shorter and shorter

My entire outfit is from American Apparel today and I didn't even realize it! I went home for the weekend but I didn't plan on a new outfit so I grabbed this polo from my closet at home for today and it worked out perfectly. I don't even know why I left it.

But anyways, my outfit was pretty simple today. I'm getting into cropped sweaters lately, wearing them over other shirts. It's a much more comfortable way to pair a cropped sweater during the winter or when you just don't feel like baring your body. Try it out.

This OOTD is called:

Shorter and shorter

because I keep cutting my sweaters shorter and shorter

all clothes: American Apparel

and I wore a kawaii pink bindi today to pair with the pastel shirt.

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#OOTD: Secret

Hello everyone! So I went thrifting and I got so many cool clothes! I haven't been thrifting in awhile but I kept meaning to go so finally I went. I bought 8 pieces for $19 (I know, right!!).

There's another #OOTD (inspired by Clueless) coming after this from my thrift store adventure but this one is called:

Secret

thrifted Victoria's Secret jumper, thrifted high-waisted shorts, Dr. Martens 1461

Have a nice day and remember, don't let anyone tell you how to dress :)

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OOTD: Death of a Teenager

I've never actually owned a black button-up shirt before so as soon as my mom offered to buy me one, I  snatched up the offer. If you can't tell from my blog, I like dressing dark (sometimes I do dress quite summery) and I thought that wearing a completely black outfit would be hella cool. So that's what I did. This outfit is called...

Death of a Teenager

OOTD: Salute

My friend Robby came over and we decided to do a quick shoot (I didn't even wear this today shh don't tell anyone). We took the photos by the power plant on my campus where I took my senior photos and I ended up climbing in a chute that I wasn't supposed to as you can see below. It was pretty sketchy. I've worn this outfit before but never documented it anywhere so I decided to just redo it because cute. I also can't stop incorporating the Margiela for H&M clutch into outfits so it's here as well. This outfit is called...

SALUTE

OOTD: Shine bright, shine far

I wore this outfit yesterday and it's a pretty normal outfit (for me anyways) but I thought it was pretty cute so I wanted to share it anyways as inspiration. Also, you'll notice that I went more wild on the editing than I usually do. I don't want my photos to look "cheap" so I don't tend to over-edit them for OOTDs but I just really wanted to today.

This look is called

SHINE BRIGHT, SHINE FAR

(30 points for you if you recognize the title is from Life-Size)