Tonight I’m going to the premiere of “b.” It’s a short film I’m in directed by Claude Cardenas. You can view the rad trailer here. Claude is super artistic and I dig his graphic art. Check out the premiere poster and the DVD cover:
Scalloped hems have been on my mind ever since I saw Alexandra Grecco’s designs on Hannah of Hannah and Landon. And then just last Wednesday Calivintage posted a healthy dose of scalloped shorts inspiration. I had a pair of thrifted shorts in my altering pile that I was originally going to just shorten the hem, but I was amped… scallop AMPED! I found some helpful tutorials online that helped me figure out how I would accomplish this. And the shorts came out pretty well. I even made a tie belt out of the extra fabric. There are definitely mistakes (I’m still a sewing newbie) but I’m pretty happy with them. Behold the before and after picture, followed by two looks (night and day).
Look one:
vintage blouse: Wasteland
shorts: Clothes Contact, hemmed by myself
shoes: Vivienne Westwood Melissa via epaulet
purse: Thrifted
sweater: Ross
Look two:
vintage blouse: vintage shop in Portland, I forget
shorts: Clothes Contact, hemmed by myself
sweater: Ross
vintage scarf: Vintage Pink in Portland, OR
custom purse: Underwing Designs
wooden platform sandals: Miz Mooz via Endless.com
I go to the Punch Line every Sunday night. You have to hang out there every Sunday night with the hopes that you’ll get picked to perform. Initially you wait for that chance for the booker to see you and hopefully book you for work. I’ve been hanging around that club for over five years now. Sunday has become my ritual dress up night. Why? For one, it feels good to dress up, two, if I get to perform it’s perfect and three, getting showered with compliments from other comedians. It’s like flatter city when I walk into that place. I LOVE IT! Obviously I’m a comedian. It feeds the hungry ego. : )
Last night I wore the dress I got courtesy of Swankety Swank, a design by Rusty Cuts. And the headband I got courtesy of my tablemate at the Fremont Craft Happy fair, Hagar’s Hairclips.
Dress: Rusty Cuts design courtesy of Swankety Swank
Headband: Hagar’s hairclips
Boots: second-hand John Frye via Goodbyes
Tights: F21
Shrug: some crappy mall store
Cameo ring: thrifted
I got a new haircut! The night after I cut my own hair I did the show Mortified. A woman came up to me and said, “I LOVE your hair. Could you be my hair model?” Free salon cut? Yes, please. Yesterday I went down to the salon. It was the kind of place where they have robes to change into, serve you tea and give you a scalp and neck massage as they wash your hair. LOVE. And she really did a great job – gave the ‘do some solid shape and even taught me how to do fingerwaves. You can’t really see in the pictures, but I got some rad fingerwave action going on.
The only hard part was walking out of that salon into the San Francisco wind – Gone With The Wind. But it was great getting a free cut, because keeping a short style will be expensive to maintain. Luckily I’m confident I can cut it myself, and besides, curly hair hides all mistakes. : )
Blouse: Vintage Gunne Sax from my stepmother
Shorts: high-rise brown tweed from H&M
Shoes: LA Vintage.com
Necklace: Thrifted
Bracelet: ebay
Purse: Underwing Designs
Today my roommate walked into the kitchen and broke into laughter at the sight of my jeans. Apparently he thought them so hideous it caused him to erupt in the chuckles. I was like, “These are 60s high rise wide-leg jeans. They’re retro!” And he was like, “Some styles go out of style for a reason.”
I went on to think, whatever, at least I take fashion risks and don’t wear the same exact thing day after day. I’m also over the skin-tight jean thing. In fact, I never felt that comfortable wearing tight jeans. So when I tried these buggers on, I was into them. They got the high waist (which I can’t get enough of these days) and they’re comfortable. So F it.
The top reminds me of Miranda July. It’s a top I could see her wearing in Me and You and Everyone We Know. Plus my short curly hair is totally up her alley.
vintage 60s high rise wide leg Levi’s jeans: Bows and Arrows, Sacramento, CA
80s Top: Thunderhorse Vintage, Sacramento, CA
Twister tote: gift from my sister
Sneakers: Saucony
I’ll have a table at a crafts fair in Oakland this Friday. It’s called Feria Urbana and it’s during the ever-popular Art Murmur, so if you live in the East Bay, please come on by!
Mother’s day is on May 9th, so don’t forget to pick her up something fantastic and locally made at Feria Urbana Friday May 7th. Oakland’s Art Murmur is happening as well that night – it will be a great evening to be out and about!
Feria Urbana (Urban Fair) – is an urban fair made up of local artists & designers selling a range of items at accessible prices. You will find creative and high quality clothing, jewelry, artwork, home accessories, ceramics, fashion accessories, baby items and more.
Shop to the beats of local dj’s and enjoy some food and cocktails. Come support your local art community, bring some friends and have some fun!
FREE ADMISSION
Friday May 7th, 6 P.M – 9:30 P.M.
The New Parish – 579 18th @ San Pablo
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 444-7474 directions
Featuring :
Aiko Designs, Cookie and the Dude, By Nieves, King Bag Company,
Found Jewelry, Eristotle, SuperSugarRayRay, Estilo Clothing, note•ify, Mangosteen, Honeycomb Jewelry, Tidal Ware, Georgie Be, Ichi-V,
Ruby Roxanne Designs, Rock N Socks, Isla Corbett, Nneka,
Birdy Botanicals, Cutthroat Sewing, Bright Light Designs, P.O.P. Candy,
Rosemary Dudley Designs, ALL in CAPS, Vic Trend, UnderWing Designs, Mary Van Note and more!
Check out the website for details www.feriaurbanaSF.com
I couldn’t help painting my nails red and glittery after seeing this post over on The Clothes Horse. The glitter polish is from when I was in high school! Yes, I have some very, very old nail polish. Speaking of The Clothes Horse, when I saw this jacket at H&M I thought of her. She always has such great complimentary outerwear for her lovely dresses. So to say I’m not inspired by other bloggers would be a complete and utter lie. In other news, I did some finger waves in my hair. I’m thinking this will be the typical Mary Van Note ‘do. And I just realized that this outfit is 100% not vintage. That’s a MVN rarity.
Jacket: H&M
Dress: Kensie via Macy’s
Tights: F21
Boots: Paolo
Ring: Thrifted
Nail Polish: Jane “Voltage” glitter over Sally Hansen “Tenacious Ruby”
I’m wearing this to the Owen Pallett show tonight at The Independent. I’m in love with his new album Heartland, and I’ve been playing Final Fantasy albums over and over the past few years. This is my first time seeing him live and I’m stoked. If you don’t know Owen Pallett you can get acquainted with him through the magic of YouTube. I made a playlist.
The lovely lady over at Bows & Sparrows posted this today. And I just had to re-post it here. It really made me happy.
All the time I was making this I was thinking of you.
