I can’t believe Alexander Mcqueen has died.

He represented a level of creative achievement I can only dream of attaining. When I thought of him, I didn’t think of the person, I thought of the clothes. It’s so easy to forget the fallible human being under all of that genius…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/11/alexander-mcqueen-death-fashion-mourn

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The pastel revolution has begun. Now that goth is mainstream, what’s a girl to do?

REVOLT!

Chanel Spring 2010:

Fashion156 Pastel Issue:

Lookbook.nu cuteness:

Giles:

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Damn you Givenchy for stealing my “gold spikes as horns” idea.

This is simultaneously disturbing and intriguing. Diamond Dogs reference?

My computer is broken and I’m too broke to fix it, so to speak. I’ll be rogue-posting whenever I can…

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I’ve been obsessed with Japanese nail art for the last few months.

kawaii not?

These things are decadent and audaciously girly, which is something I’ve been craving lately. It’s the circumstances: I’ve just survived a year of chemo and cancer, the recession is at its worst, and fashion du jour is moody and dark. GIVE ME SOME EFFING KITTY CAT BLING ON MY NAIL TIPS. Please.

After extensively searching the webs for Japanese press-on nails (yess!) I could find virtually nothing, save for this site that sells Erikonail sets for $40 a pop. I have little disposable income, so I set out to make my own DIY versions:

1. Go to your city’s Chinatown, Japantown, or general Asianville. In San Francisco, I like to shop along Clement St. because these stores are cheap. Buy yourself some nail gems. These cost $1.99 per case.

2. Go to the ghetto part of town and get yourself some press-on nails. Drug stores here usually stock tons of design varieties, and the price is more agreeable. Don’t worry about the gross ‘Snookie on Jersey Shore’ shape, you can file them down later.

3. Go to town, my friend! I cut the nails to the same length as my own and glued away.

Results:

I love them.

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There is a reason my posts have been sparse lately: I’m developing my senior collection and it’s kicking the crap out of me.

I don’t want to divulge too much, save to say it will be entirely in pastels and gold, which I’m loving right now. Here’s a peek of my fall final presentation, with garments in muslin (i.e. scrap fabric):

I can’t wait until it’s all developed and sewn (by moi of course). eeeee!

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Before the Gwens and Gagas there was Dale Bozzio,  pint-size sex bomb singer of 80’s New Wave band Missing Persons.

Reasons she is awesome besides the picture evidence below:

-ombre hair dye jobs: I sense we will start to see this again soon…
-she is part of the bubble wrap cult
-plastic bowls covered with tinfoil on boobs: genius.
-glitter glitter glitter.

See further:

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= eerily whimsical editorial inspired by what is essentially Bratz doll
soft-core porn:

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My dad has a glass eye from a hunting accident in his youth. He used to scare my friends when I was little by taking it out and yelling in pseudo pain…

Dad, I will make you a bedazzled EYEPATCH like Rhianna and I bet you’ll forget all about your loss of peripheral vision.

The eyepatch is one of those disability accessories (much like canes and wicked scars) that immediately imbues badassery. Please direct your lazy eye this way…

Ziggy did it.

Christina Lindberg did it.

I did it in a still for a short film.

Fur patch!

Styled correctly, this patch could be killer [Via Etsy]

Boring ladies with boring patches…

Hello pinkeye

guarding against eyeball licks!

I made this little guy a couple of weeks ago. I am tempted to make a patch for every dress. This way, if my cancer ever makes it to my ocular cavity I’m coverrrred, dude.

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Second fashion spread post in a row featuring skellies, I know, but it’s that time of year when spreads get INTERESTING. The skeleton holds up all of our fleshy bits from the inside, and then we cover it all up in the exoskeleton that is Fashion. Am I reaching too far here? I love bones!!

[Tim Burton themed shoot]

I want to DIY this bunny headband.

And this heart eyepatch, lovelovelove.

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Elle Italia

[via twistedlamb]

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