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yay! spending next week in philly.
(and by 'philly' i mean 'king of prussia', and by 'yay' i mean 'ewwwww')

just shoot me

i fucking hate these shoes:

i hate to be so negative, i really do, but every blogger in blogville has been raving about these jeffrey campbell nasties for months now and i've HAD it. barf-o-rama.

today:

no. thank. you.

difference of opinion

yahoo considers this:

and this:

to be "frumpy fashion faux pas".  hmmmm.  lanvin (top) and proenza (bottom).

confession

i love halloween and everything that comes with it. fall weather, the best decorations ever, costumes, etc. that said, i have always been completely obsessed with martha stewart's yearly halloween issue. i would call it a guilty pleasure, but i feel no guilt whatsoever. searching for these pictures gave me the best kind of butterflies in my stomach. i mean, come on people, this lady does some next-level halloween-ing.

...and that's a good thing.

good one

so, i'm moving to new york in 7 minutes (real time= 3 weeks) and i have yet to find a place to live, pack anything. i'm confident that i have not had more than 3 fully coherent thoughts this week. what i have done is spent a lot of time looking at pictures. i like these the best.

oh my

holy animal-shaped hair hat. 

seriously, though

lately i feel like i could explode at any given moment. not a pleasant feeling as my chosen picture might suggest. i need an outlet or at least a distraction. help!

it was a dark and stormy night...

lately i've been in the mood for a good scary movie, and all my options seem to be gross-out sci-fi junk. 

help!

discussion time

the cotton balmain tee you see above will cost you (assuming you are interested) $1625.
now, let me start by saying that i am in no way opposed to luxury brands, and have no problem with the extreme price tag that comes along with designer gear. however, with that price tag, i expect to see a higher level of quality, or, failing that, a higher level of design, originality, exclusivity, etc., that cannot be found elsewhere with a more reasonable number attached. some will argue that this is not always the case, and they may very well be correct, but i think this is the first time i have fallen on this side of the argument. this is something that has been itching at me for a while now with the  (bedazzled) zombie-like re-emergence of the balmain label, but this tee (from net-a-porter, if you must know) really sent me over the edge. to quote laia of geometric sleep-- this is not high fashion. military, shredded stuff, skinny denim, blah, blah, this is not a new concept- we have seen and will continue to see variations on this forever. to see it glittered up and astronomically priced strikes me as an insult to those who have the means to buy it. am i poking at balmain because i'm not a fan? sure. my opinion: pay for design. want a shredded military tee? go to your local army surplus store. ok, enough of that. i'll stop being a jerk and get back to posting the expensive stuff i WANT to buy.

eeeek

puppets are creepy. especially these.

of course, of course...

could someone please tell me what is going on here? these look like the front legs of a psychedelic robot horse costume circa 1973. wtf, wang?

well, this is a bummer...

R.I.P jay reatard.

god help us all

i am actually SCARED OF THESE SHOES. at least they come with a prayer candle. oh, they don't?