April 2012
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“He could do the dextral pain the same way: Abiding. No one single instant of it...”
– David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
March 2012
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grishko 2007
if you are a lover of pain and humiliation, might i suggest going back en pointe at age 30? i will leave you with my favorite quote from my teacher this week. “the barre is your partner. you want to dance with him, not crush him…. i said NOT crush him joelle.”
January 2012
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Watchshit fashion girls say via stylecaster
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lions and leopards and roses, oh my
Happy 2012 everyone! Hope you had a great holiday and are enjoying a day off work today. Unfortunately I’m stuck in the office. On the plus side, Wall Street is a ghost town today and there was zero line at Starbucks (see what I did there? Being Positive = new resolution). Here are a few photos from a holiday dress-up session, featuring this vintage Escada jacket, which was a gift from...
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“Dance, dance. Otherwise, we are lost.”
– Saw the new Wim Wenders movie ‘Pina’ yesterday. Best thing I’ve seen in ages.
December 2011
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gold star
you may remember my birthday wishlist, which i posted here in september. these ridiculous miu miu sparkle butterfly sunglasses were on that list, and at last, they are MINE! i fell in love with these as soon as i saw them shimmering down the runway, and put myself on a wait list for them in august, hoping to have them as a 30th birthday gift to myself. by october i had given up on ever...
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“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no...”
– merce cunningham. on my way to see roaratorio tonight!
November 2011
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what i wore for a date with a vampire
i hope you all had a great thanksgiving weekend! i know i did. this was the first year i stayed in NYC instead of going to montauk/hamptons for the weekend. i was pretty depressed about it at first, but it ended up being a good time to stay in the city. it was quiet, and the weather was beautiful. on this particular day, i took the dogs to play in our backyard before going to witness the...
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the evil powers of leggings
long time no blog! i’ve had a really nice break from tumblr for the past couple weeks. i laid in bed for several days straight after finishing the NYC marathon; i spent a week with my family in ohio; i went to the movies a bunch; i ate my weight in red vines; etc. etc. i also wore basically the same outfit every day, and didn’t feel in the mood to take any photos. however, last...
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keeping off my feet
i’m a bundle of nerves today, as i prepare to run the NYC marathon tomorrow. it’ll be my first, and probably only, marathon. as a completely un-athletic lady, it is very intimidating; however, i’ve done my best to train. i was able to run 20 miles 2 weeks ago. i could hardly walk home after, but i felt like a rockstar. this week, during a quick 3-mile jog, i did something...
October 2011
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the fisherman sweater
i’ve had my eye out for a fitted fisherman sweater for awhile now, and recently picked this one up from madewell. it’s part of alexa chung’s line. i really don’t understand her appeal most of the time, since she always looks so messy; but, i’d be lying if i said i wasn’t interested every time that hipster ragamuffin comes out with a new madwell collection....
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street fashion photography is messing with me
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By CHELSEA FAGAN
No, but seriously, though — what the hell are they doing? What are those scraggly little hipsters with the Scott Schuman tattoos on their chests running around my city with the bowling-ball sized cameras and complete disregard for traffic patterns doing? Paris is officially 67 percent fashion photographers at this point, they are relegated to photographing cats and recycling...
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flower power
it feels strange to be posting such summery outfits right now, but i was so happy to have a chance to snap some photos of this dress while i was in austin. i bought it at the flea market in williamsburg last summer, because i can’t resist a shoulder cut-out. the dress is from the 1960s, but was meant to mimic one from the 1920s. and now i’m wearing it in 2011, while it is on its...
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hamilton pool
i’m finally getting around to sorting through my photos from austin. these are from my favorite day in the city, from one of my favorite places i’ve ever been. hamilton pool is just a short drive from austin, in dripping springs. it is a nature preserve with a creek, hiking trails, and this limestone pool fed by the hamilton river. i went on a weekday, so the boyfriend and i...
September 2011
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it's all downhill from here
**edit: had to publish this post a day late since tumbler was down yesterday. grr.
well, today i am officially 30 years old. so far i’m vacillating between dramatic, panicked thoughts of ‘oh god i am SO OLD and have accomplished SO LITTLE’, and then feeling optimistic about having plenty of time to do whatever it is i’ll do. i hope that before i’m 31,...
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haunted house
i took these photos on the porch of the creepster house next to mine. both houses were originally owned by the same family, but while my house has been taken care of over the years, the neighborhing house has fallen completely by the wayside. i figured it was fine to snap some photos on the porch, since i assumed the house was abandoned. however, a few nights ago, our downstairs neighbor was...
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painted pants
as you can see, i enjoyed a bit of crafty time this weekend. i’ve had these bright pink jbrand jeans in my dresser since early in the summer, and until yesterday, they had never been worn! i knew i’d have fun with the color, but also felt it was a little too much for me. i wanted to tone down the pink with some kind of white design, and finally settled on this pattern of...
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making progress
i’ve written a lot (mostly complaining) about my move to the attic floor of an old house in ditmas park, brooklyn. i had several requests to post some photos of the apartment, and i finally feel that the living room, at least, can be posted without too much embarrassment. i still have a lot to do, but since i’m not very talented with decorating, i thought i would show what i’ve...
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bugs
this is what i wore on sunday, aka pickpocketing day. i had strapped on these beauteous dragonfly sandals, and thrown my camera and wallet into a tote bag, planning to be out for only a short time. but then the boyfriend and i decided to walk to starbucks for a delicious glazed donut, then to compound the donut awesomeness with some pizza and glass-bottle coke, then to head to the movies to...
a monday rant
yesterday i took some photos in preparation for a post today. however, shortly after, someone stole my ysl-mail wallet right out of my bag, and commenced using my debit and credit card to buy gasoline, a sandwich, and a whole bunch of metrocards. so here i am, mourning the loss of my wallet, my driver’s license, an old photograph of my parents, and a gift card i received to barney’s...
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summer sweat-er
hope you all had a nice long weekend! my parents drove up to spend the weekend with me. we ate a lot of good food, rode bikes to coney island (it is only 5 miles, but by the end of the weekend my dad was talking about our ‘fifty mile bike ride’) and my dad helped me set up bars and shelves in my closets. i hope to be posting more, now that my clothes aren’t all a wrinkled...
August 2011
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boca raton: the pants
though i’m walking in prospect park wearing these crazy palm tree/marijuana leaf pants, i feel that the pants would be more at home in a florida retirement community, playing bocce ball or bingo.
these dvf beauties border on pajamas- they’re light linen with a drawstring waist, perfect on a hot day. i found them secondhand during the winter, and would you believe the tags were...
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summer fridays
today’s post will be a quick one, featuring the very first outfit photos i’ve taken in my new neighborhood. this is on the corner of my block. one day soon i’ll take a bunch of non-outfit photos there, to show you how pretty the area is. i suppose to most people it won’t look very impressive- it resembles either an east-coast beach town, or a midwestern suburb. but in the...
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all white
i spent yesterday ‘working’ from home, and when the earthquake hit, i was so happy not to be in my high-rise office building in the city. my bed began shaking, and things were rattling around on shelves. i freaked out, threw my bag of red vines on the floor (that’s how you know i was scared), and ran down the rickety spiral staircase to get outside. i’ve since learned...
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lucite and gold
this skirt is a new acquisition from this past month, and i love it very much. i bought it one night while strolling around soho with a friend, trying not to be dorkishly early to a party. we ducked into a consignment store where i quickly grabbed 4 things to try on. my friend had constructive feedback about each item. one of the blouses was too big. one was ugly. this skirt is completely...
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brooklyn jorts
this took a lot longer than i expected, but i’m baaack! these photos are from last friday, which was a 5-star day, in which i got my new sofa delivered AND got the internet successfully installed.. almost 1 month after moving to brooklyn. it has been a long month. there is still a LOT to be done in my apartment, but at least now i have a place to sit. i didn’t foresee how strange...
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leaving sunnyside
well i know i said i’d be back to blogging, and in general, back to my happy, hulu-watching, online-window-shopping lifestyle this week, but i lied. so far all attempts to have internet installed in the new apartment have been unsuccessful. it seems like EVERYTHING i’ve tried to do in the past few weeks has been an epic failure. nothing has been fast or easy or stress-free. AND i...
July 2011
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more fashion fantasy friday at gary graham
great news y’all- i’m getting internet installed in my new apt today! that means that by monday, the blog will be back to normal. it is killing me to have missed out on over a week of my daily blog reading! for now, i have the final installment of my fashion fantasy friday date with dark lamb at gary graham. this outfit was my favorite by far, and i wished i could walk out of the...
“It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally...”
– -David Foster Wallace from The Pale King
i am accomplishing nothing at all this week. i need internet to be installed in my new place. i need hulu. i need tumblr. i need to unpack and iron so i can stop wearing the same 3 dresses over and over. that is all.
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being patty hewes
last year mimi got me hooked on watching ‘damages’, and we both spent a couple weeks compulsively searching for sunglasses like the ones patty hewes wears on the show. we found out they belong to glenn close, and are most likely from oliver peoples. i didn’t feel like spending oliver peoples level money in my quest to look like a television lawyer, but always kept my eye...
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fashion fantasy friday at gary graham
last weekend dark lamb and i enjoyed a fashion fantasy at gary graham, where we tried on several pieces from the spring/summer 2011 collection. this cutesy preppy dress really stood out in the store, so we both tried it on in different colors- you can click over to dark lamb to see it on rachel! the dress’s skirt is more than a full circle, creating loads of volume. if you’re into...
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romp around
i never in my life thought i would write these words, but here it is: I’M WEARING A ROMPER. with pleats. and a zipper. in order to pee, i have to get mostly naked. it is a very ridiculous garment, and yet i wore it twice last week. and i LIKED IT.
my first day out and about in my romper, i thought of ‘the man repeller’. i took my dogs out for their morning walk, and the...
June 2011
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who wears short shorts?
i’ve been feeling a little bored with my clothes lately, and was telling noel a few weeks ago that i wanted something new and out of my comfort zone. enter: hudson jeans, who offered to send me a pair of their BRIGHT blue shorts. i’m not a shorts girl because i’m self-conscious of my thighs, so drawing further attention to them with a vivid color worried me. turns out, i AM a...
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nothing matters when we're dancing
not much to write in addition to these photos! i had so much fun at the jazz age lawn party on governor’s island yesterday.
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the mirror
another day, another silk sack dress.
i love light, baggy dresses for summer, and especially this one due to the print. it instantly reminded me of my favorite scene in one of my favorite movies ‘the mirror’.
i don’t know it you can tell in the photo, but there is water dripping all over the entire room. it is a very beautiful scene.
no-name dress, rayban...
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office cats
last week i posted one of my ‘professional lady’ outfits on the blog, and got a few comments that you’d like to see more office-wear here. so, i am following through with that- noel took these photos for me at lunch yesterday, in what we call the “magic spot”- a slice of sidewalk between 2 busy streets where the light makes us look approximately 100x more...
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popping colors
what are your feelings on the term “a pop of color”? it seems to be a phrase that was commonly used for awhile, and then overused for another while, to the point where it can very irritating. or is it just me?
i still can’t help but use this phrase at times. but when i catch myself mentioning my appreciation for that great “pop of color”, i feel like i...
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ketchup and mustard
i’m going to keep this post very quick today. i’m trying to finish my work at a fevered pace so i can enjoy a ‘summer friday’ schedule. i wore this outfit to a work meeting earlier in the week. i’ve had the jcrew dress in my closet for probably 2 years without ever wearing it. i had wanted it for the longest time based on the nice catalogue photo, and finally my...
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xoxo ken downing
just a little wednesday afternoon shoe porn, featuring my newest acquisition (!!!!!). i’ve been hemming and hawing about these chloe sandals for months, and now that i own them, i have no idea what i was waiting for.
i got these with a neiman marcus gift card i received during a dinner with ken downing and other NM superstars. ken had threatened to chase down anyone he caught wearing...
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cinco de mayo
i call this my cinco de mayo outfit not because i wore it on the 5th of may, but because, when i wore it, a passerby said to me “i like your outfit! you look very cinco de mayo”.
this vintage skirt is one of those never-weather-appropriate items; the colors are summery, but the skirt is very heavy. you can see why in the photos- while some of the patterned stripes are woven, a...
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burberry prorsum spring/summer 2012 preview
i decided to skip the usual outfit post today, and instead, show some photos from the burberry prorsum spring/summer 2012 pre-collection preview i attended this week.
during fashion week, someone asked me which line i would choose to wear if i could only wear one for the rest of my life, and “burberry prorsum” is what popped out of my mouth. i appreciate the classic...
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comptoir des cotonniers
these photos were taken last weekend, by my boyfriend, on another perfect warm day. we had been aimlessly wandering around astoria, picking up bagels in one spot, and coffee in another. it was early, and not many people were out yet. we had just walked past the museum of the moving image when i noticed this grey building next door. i’ve probably walked past it a million times, but never...
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surrounded once again
monday monday. i have an awful case of summer-itis right now, and find it very hard to sit still in my office. i want every day to be the weekend! this past one was too short for all the good food i wanted to eat. my favorite part of the weekend involved stopping in new london pharmacy (where i always intend to buy ONE thing and leave with at least five), walking down the highline to...
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crystal candy earrings
last week i shared a video of my evening at edris salon with shu uemura. i mentioned i left with an amazing goody bag of hair products. what i did not mention was the best of the goodies (i really like the phrase “best of the goodies” and will be using it more from now on): these kelly framel earrings. what better way to set off my newly shiny hair than with a pair of gigantic...
May 2011
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sprinkles and sparkles
i hope you all had a nice long weekend! mine was just perfect. i walked all over sunnyside to look at the gardens in bloom, attended 2 picnics, saw ‘bridesmaids’, sat in central park with my girl friends making bracelets, and i wore this crazy sonia rykiel dress. i really like things that walk the line between ‘regular clothes’ and ‘costume’. the sparkly...
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Watchshu uemura art of hair at edris salon
this week i got the super special treat of a “hair ceremony” at edris salon, using lots of delicious shu uemura art of hair products. if, like me, you’re wondering what a hair ceremony is, i can tell you. it involves: hors d’oeuvres, catching up with friends (greta, karen, kelly, and mimi), a looong and luxurious head massage involving...
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nice day for a white wedding
this past weekend, i headed to naples, florida, for my little brother’s wedding. i meant to take some photos of the dress i saved up for the day, from erin fetherston (copycatted from kelly who wore it here). however, i spent the trip alternatingly having fun with my family, and sweating grumpily beneath many beach towels while they laid out in the sun. that left no time for photos.
i...
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Watchelle fanning looking lovely in rodarte. from nowness