Dotty Madness

While I was looking for pictures for my Willow Rosenberg post, I ran across this seemingly unrelated image among the photos of Alyson Hannigan:

I was like, whaaa? It looked like a picture of spotty alien trees in the middle of a city street. I clicked on the link and it sent me here. It appears that an artist named Yayoi Kusama designed some tubes of Lancôme lip gloss, and the site included this among some other pictures of her work. I loved them so much that I had to look up some more pictures.

 

The artist

 I think I've found a new favorite artist. I must say I love how her lipstick matches her hair.

Why her art showed up when I searched for pictures of Willow, though, I'll never know.

Brought To You By Willow Rosenberg

I am a huge fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. My favorite character is Willow Rosenberg, a computer whiz/powerful witch with a penchant for fuzzy sweaters and clashing colors. Willow may not be a typical style icon, but I love her random mix of clothing and her sweet and quirky personality. Especially in the earlier episodes, she always looks cute in a bizarre kind of way. Unfortunately there aren't a ton of pictures on the internet that show her style very well, but here's what I found.

For this post, I tried to emulate Willow's style with my own twist. I used bright colors and prints, and of course I incorporated a pentagram for her witchcraft. It didn't end up looking much like her style, but it was definitely inspired by her.

 My favorite shoes ever.

 This nail polish is OPI's Black Shatter over Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow. I cannot tell you how much I love the black shatter. Okay, I can: A LOT.

DIY stenciled top, Levi's jeans, Forever 21 saddle shoes, necklace from antique store, anklet from my camp buddy

That last one is affectionately referred to as the "squid arms" pose.

For those of you interested in stenciling a shirt of your own, go here. This blogger, Marlena, is the queen of DIY. She inspired me to go crazy with my DIY projects, a few of which you'll hopefully be seeing here soon!

Mixing Florals Like A Boss

Forever 21 bodysuit, Target shorts, Urban Outfitters Glasses, Kohl's shoes (you can't really see them, they're leopard print flats)

I love mixing prints. I especially like this combination of florals. I think it's interesting without clashing too much. Not that there's anything wrong with clashing! In fact, I had to add leopard flats to make the outfit a little more ridiculous.

I also like that it looks good with my favorite round sunglasses and favorite orange lipstick (orange flip by Revlon).

Yay for summer, amirite?

Florencepiration (HA)

I have a huge style crush on Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine. Nylon just put her on the cover, and it reminded me how much I love her. She seamlessly blends sweet vintage elements like peter pan collars and bows with flowy, ethereal pieces, and adds just enough modern edge to keep it interesting. For your viewing pleasure I have compiled a few (a lot) of my favorite pictures of her, as well as the music videos above. I am such a music video junkie, and she makes some of the best. Aside from being ridiculously stylish, she has a beautiful voice and a unique style of music. She and her band are incredibly talented! AHH RAVE RAVE RAVE

Patriotism at its Finest

Laura, my sister, has fabulous style but prefers not to have her own style blog. She likes to do a photo shoot every once in a while, though, and I'm happy to post the results! Here's what she wore to the Java Train one day.

Thrifted hat, Forever 21 cami, hand-me-down Old Navy cardigan, Nordstrom's skirt

 This outfit would work well for the fourth of July. It's patriotic, yet subtle. And how perfect is that hat? I love it.

Just as a heads up, I'll be out of town for the next two weeks with no access to a computer. But don't fret, I have some scheduled posts ready for you guys!

Happy fourth, everyone!

The Things You Do Endear You To Me

 For those of you who don't know, I play ukulele. It's the most fun instrument ever! I love how it's so cute, portable, and easy to play. It's also surprisingly versatile. A lot of Beatles songs sound really good when played on a uke, and Amanda Palmer did an entire album of ukulele covers of Radiohead songs. (I'd click that link if I were you. It's absolutely fantastic.) It just so happened that my uke looked good with my outfit today, so I thought I'd pull it out for some photos.

Forever 21 dress (worn as top), thrifted skirt, Mahalo ukulele, necklace with unknown origin

I love cat eyes. I do them all the time, but I found this tutorial that shows how to do them much better than I ever did. These ones are so adorable and '60s-licious, which makes them great to wear with this skirt! The same girl also does a great tutorial for the pigtails here. This style is perfect for my hair, since it involves messing it up with wild abandon. If there's anything I can do with my hair, it's to mess it up.

Right now I'm working on the song "I Will" by the Beatles. Who knows, maybe I'll post a video of it once I work out the kinks. All I want to do these days is sit on my balcony and play ukulele!

Hope you are all enjoying your summer!

Glam Rock

 The other day I met some friends at the Java Train, a really excellent coffee shop/restaurant by my house. They have this amazing graffiti mural on the side of the building.

All the tables have huge rainbow umbrellas! They were reflecting onto every shiny surface and making some beautiful designs. I made Laura take this one of my sunglasses. I think it's fitting considering that the pride festival was going on at the time.

 Snowflake the bunny! He is super cute. I had to put him in this post, even though the only picture we got of him includes me sneering unattractively.

Modcloth jacket, thrifted dress and sunglasses, Forever 21 pendants, Dr. Martens boots, purse from my mother with mysterious origin

I got this dress on a thrifting expedition because it gave off kind of a witchy vibe. I love the awkward shape and crushed velvet, even if it doesn't make it the best summer dress. I was going for a teen witch look when I get dressed this morning, but I threw on the band jacket and the docs and it ended up a little more rock n' roll. I'll admit that this outfit was kind of an excuse to wear most of my favorite items at once.

And in accordance with the title of this post, here is some David Bowie for you.