finally giving the leopard + floral a try! i tend to love patterns on patterns, but i don't really like floral or leopard so it took a while to try out this combo. (it doesn't jive with my ideal closet consisting only of black, white, and dior grey.)
happy sunday, everyone. i hope it's a good day. i have a busy schedule of homework and watching national geographic documentaries on youtube.
If unicorns had a human form and lived in Denmark, they'd be Sebastian Simon. (The gorgeous glittery unicorns with fabulous manes, not the weird virgin sacrifice Harry Potter unicorns.) I've enjoyed Sebastian's look, style, and attitude for a while now so I had a lot of fun putting together this interview for Amen. It turns out we have very similar beliefs about why beauty and fashion are such a big part of our lives, what style really is, and how important it is to be yourself. Thanks so much, Sebastian. <3 Kisses from Salt Lake City!
How do you define what you do? Are there statements or messages that
you're intentionally trying to get across through your videos and social
media, or are you just being yourself and putting it out there? What
made you decide to do it?
I think what I do is
experiment with different things to find out what I like and where I
want to go with it. For the past year or so I have been making videos on Youtube and getting involved with some really talented and creative
people and it's been a lot of fun for me, but I feel like I've also
learned a lot about myself. Seeing as so many people can so easily take
part in whatever you are doing on Youtube, I feel like I have a good
amount of people listening and supporting and it makes it a lot easier
to reach out and share your beliefs. I guess behind all the beauty and
fashion, what I'm really trying to get across is that whoever you are,
you should always feel free to be who you want, that if you have respect
for others you will get respect back, and that you should never let
other people bring you down for the way you dress, do your makeup or dye
your hair. I hope that by putting myself out there so much, I can
inspire more people to also fight for their right to do whatever they want.
What's
your favorite trend right now? What's your least favorite? I can't get
enough of the galaxy print but I have my fingers crossed that the neon
phase will fade soon.
At the moment I'm
loving sad flower prints for fall mixed with everything violet, purple
and magenta. Seeing all kinds of baroque inspired items coming out is
very lovely. I have a love/hate relationship with trends though, all the
mainstream fashionistas and popsingers dyeing their hair in bright
colors and wearing studded jackets and shoes was fun at first, but if
you've had a love for that for years and years it gets a little awkward
when people suddenly see you as being ''mainstream trendy."
What are some pieces that you're totally lusting after? I'm all about the Jeffrey Campbell x Black Milk collaboration.
Oh my.. I'm kind of in a dont-buy-anything-you-dont-absolutely-need
time of my life, seeing as I will be moving to Copenhagen very soon. I
guess you could say that I've grounded myself from shopping. I am
however on the look for the perfect pair of flatforms, and I am sort of
eyeing the Jeffrey Campbell Stinger Spike. Asos also have a very fabulous Barbie meets cats meets
the 80's sweatshirt/jogging pants suit, and I wouldn't mind getting that
either. It may sound sort of horrible and tacky, but with just the
right styling.. Ughh, so good.
I grew up (and still live
in) a very conservative area and there were instances when I was young
where a teacher or another adult would come up to me and straight out
say, "You can't wear that here. You have to change your look or you have
to leave." Of course, for me, being told I couldn't do something just
made me want to do it more. Have you ever had someone tell you that you
couldn't be yourself, or that you had to be a certain way to belong?'
Yes,
absolutely! I was never really that great with people trying to change
the way I am. I grew up playing with Barbie dolls and dressing up as
fairies with long wigs and parents who would tell me the facts about
what other people might think of me, but still be there to support me as
long as it made me happy. In school the teachers would have meetings
about the way I dressed and whatever in the world they should do about
it, when in fact I had good grades and was very social when I wanted
to be. I kept telling them off and today I'm so happy I never tried to
hide myself to please others, whether it would be teachers, fellow
students or anyone else! Actually.. I think sometimes I liked to look
even more extreme, just to piss people off, knowing that they could do
nothing about it. Oh, the early teenage years. Denmark isn't very
conservative, but you can certainly get your amount of immature comments
your way if you are different than most others.
Who are your style icons?
Screaming
girls! No really, girls in bands screaming and being wild and crazy
always inspired me a lot. I also love style icons from Audrey Hepburn to
Siouxsie Sioux to the people you see online or in real world who just
look like nothing you've seen before. I think you can easily buy good
looks and fashion, but style is something you're born with and that's
why it's so easy to point out those who just follow other people's
footsteps instead of trying to do their own thing. That's what's
inspiring, the people who mix and match and create their own style. I
love it. Personally I think contrast can sometimes be the biggest part
for me stylewise, and not with colors, but with things I take
inspiration from. From colorful mermaids and rainbows and unicorns to
the goth rockers in the 80's with big hair and fishnet tights on their
arms.
What are your plans for the future? Where would you like to go from here?
To
be honest, I have no idea.. If there's anything I've learned it's that
you can never be sure of the future. I just wanna keep feeling inspired
and happy and getting involved in lot's of exciting projects. I never
really know where I will end up, but it's definitely going to be
somewhere in fashion. I guess I kind of live for style, makeup, shoes,
colorful hair and that's the way I'm gonna continue going. All I'm sure
of is that you've not seen the last of me, haha!
i'm a little obsessed with the harajuku mini by gwen stefani collection for target. it's only available in kids sizes, but large/xl generally fit me fine. i love love love this dress; it's cyber and punk and girly and colorful all at once. i added the sash to bring everything together.
i know it'll be in my winter wardrobe once i figure out how to transition it!
I'm obsessed with stylestalker, but since their stuff usually runs around $150+ I've had to make heart eyes from the other side of my computer screen. Until in my frequent PLNDR-ing I found this dress for mega sale.
$30.
Scoooore.
You can join PLNDRhere. I'm always wary of "members only" sites but it's worth it. I think they're just trying to give it a sense of exclusivity? They have a stylestalkerfeature right now that I really need to stop visiting.
Obviously, there's no one that has ever fierced harder and longer than RuPaul. Every time I watch Drag Race I basically have my chin resting on hands, eyes gazing dreamily at the screen waiting for Ru to offer her next bit of life wisdom and style advice.
I like my advice to be delivered with sassy finger snapping and immaculate lipstick, what can I say.
Here are some of my favorites:
"If you don't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?"
“With hair, heels, and attitude, honey, I am through the roof.
“We're born naked, and the rest is drag.”
“Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.”
"My goal is to always come from a place of love ...but sometimes you just have to break it down for a motherfucker."
"I've dedicated my career to fighting the mundane. My hope is that my
career will be a shining example to children everywhere that life is
more meaningful when you are not afraid to see all colors of the
rainbow."
“When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do.”
I think this is the least expensive outfit I've worn so far, which is saying something when my penchant for $2.99 flannel is taken into account. Excepting the gator ring, everything cost less than $5. And while we're talking about it, I need to draw from the collective knowledge of the internet. Is it an alligator or crocodile??
metallic crop top (worn backwards and tied), H&M
silver threaded skirt, F21
pewter slip ons, thrifted
gator? ring, Guess
There are some really rad things that I have coming up -- a DIY post, and interviews with the gorgeous Sebastian Simon and the rockin' Emily Long. Check back!
i can spend forever looking at pictures of yolandi vi$$er from die antwoord. once i got over the initial "whaaaa?" the first time i heard them, i had to go listen to everything ever, basically. regardless of whether you think they're progressive or just nuts, it's hard to deny that yolandi has a killer signature look.
the state fair!: a time to come together as a community and look at cows! a time to put your children on questionable spinny rides and hope for the best! a time to watch old people with oxygen tanks square dance! above all, a grand opportunity to spend the rest of the day sneezing and rubbing your eyes from all the straw and the things it hides underneath itself.
not one to miss this (never!) i prepared a special state fair outfit to serve up some realness.
not pictured: the speed with which i walked away.
here we have the army surplus bag with necessities, giant sunglasses to keep nature away from as much of my face as possible, and the maybe one opportunity i get per year to break out cowboy boots with no irony whatsoever.
i unexpectedly caught myself loving the americana trend. two things won me over: charlene kaye in these killer leggings (giant photo warning), and the flag print JC's.
one of my dreams is to live in an apartment with exposed brick (i dream big, clearly) so i like to cozy up to brick walls when they're hanging out nearby.
i wear buns like other people wear ponytails, i think -- it's the messy hair day go-to. i'm not sure if this was supposed to be a side-bun day or a top-of-head bun day. it kinda looks like it's just chillin' in the middle. pro tip: buns will do what they want unless lassoed in by a hair donut.
for a different take on the floral dress, i wore it as a long tank here: lazy sunday, june 18.
i'm obsessed with this sugar sweet post from a's fashion files. i love that it's kitsch and cute and poised all at once. there's tarina tarantino, little twin stars, and chanel in the same post. happy dreamy sigh.
in the meantime, this coordi from when i went to see wicked at the capitol theatre a few weeks ago is maybe as sweet as i get.
white blouse, Christopher & Banks (shop around you guys, shop around)
it's been a long time, right? regrouped a bit but i'm back and still wearing clothes!
for this i wanted to do a 'dressed down' post -- straight up jeans and tshirt for when you're not feeling vogue inspired. i always wonder what bloggers are wearing on days that they don't take pictures so, here! it's kind of like seeing someone without makeup, but instead of makeup it's... jeffrey campbell's.
