Outfit Volley + The More I Buy The More I'm Bought

& the more I'm bought the less I cost.

(I've been listening to Joe Pug non-stop recently.)

HEY. I WANT PICTURES OF YR DAMN WEDGES.

Seriously.

In the meantime, wanna see what Katie wears during week-before-finals-week to go to leadership-of-slam-collective meetings/read the step by step guide to making this magic happen? Cool. Proceed.


start with a semi-sheer, super soft white shirt bought at urban on hella sale for five dollars. acknowledge that it is horribly stained on the tummy, and that it is cold outside. throw on a gap sweater purchased at buffalo exchange for 8 dollars.


further bow to the desire for warmth/awesome/color and throw on a fabulous scarf your best friend purchased for you in Italy for a politely undisclosed number of euros.


top it off, clearly, with some good ol' leggings-as-pants, purchased for you (by your momma) at Second Glance for 7 dollars.


finish it off, in true hippie-liberal-arts-school style, with some thick wool Costco socks and brown leather moccasins your momma also bought for you, on sale at Nordstrom's, for 30 dollars right before you became vegan and stopped buying first-hand leather!


finally, make a face when you realize how much time you have spent blogging and watching the office vs time you have spent completing assignments due tomorrow.

Daily Outfit Post + Meaningful Song Lyric Title

So, it's the week before finals. And I just took a three hour nap to prepare for an all nighter. And there's E. Coli in the water here in West Portland. So I thought to myself, rather than be freaked out by the dirty water and not eat because my kitchen/sink/washing any of my dishes creeps me out, I would venture down to Safeway and buy some carbs and cheese. For energy, bien sur. And then I got dressed because I am not one of those adventurous souls that can wear their penguin boxers and neon orange moose-with-afros sweatshirt to the grocery store. So I was wearing my Wankers Cafe t-shirt that my father so thoughtfully purchased for me at that venerable establishment, and I said to myself, "Katie would love this shirt! The irony! The sex reference! The oversized tee with cut-out neckline!"


So I kept it on, even though it's usually my pajama shirt and does not see the light of day. And then I was all, EEEEEEE outfit post! So I [mockery begins] threw on some lightwash denim to play up the "Urban" aspect of the oversized tee, but balanced with a slim black jean. I struggled with my footwear choice but eventually decided upon the honey leather wedges to give the outfit that special ladylike "something." I felt a lil bare until I remembered that nothing says FASHIONISTA like ACCESSORIES! Scarf I DIYed!!! I like to mix n' match my jewelry for that really "Urban" look--tonight I paired my grandmother's gold watch with a chain I found on the ground and some vintage silver shit I stole from my mommy.


I kept my makeup clean and simple to maximize the WOW factor of the rest of the look.



And that's how to dress yourself! So you look unique! Or at least approximate an Urban Outfitters catalogue!


[Disclaimer: this is not something I would ever wear. Safeway is my experimental runway.]
[Sidenote: today at work this customer asked me if I went to fashion school, because I knew all the lingo. And I laughed embarrasedly and mumbled, "No, I just read a lot of fashion blogs" and thought dammit, I KNEW I should've said tube top instead of bandeau top! And possibly pretended I didn't know the technical term for a dolman sleeve! It's hard bein so fresh.]

going crazy?

So, I'm definitely coveting O. Wilde's SICK jacket.

(http://commons.wikimedia.org)

You feel me?

(p.s. blogger is doing something weird with my photos? you can see the whole thing if you click on it!)

FRENCH GIRLS

Heyyy. It's been a while!

In that time I have purchased Rachel McKibbens' new book (!!!), begun watching The Office Season 5 (!!!), and seriously postponed writing the 10 minute play that is due tomorrow (not so !!!).

Additionally, I have discovered a blog that I feel Ariel needs to know about, given her tendancy to be mistaken for une fille française!

Meet Louise:

(http://www.misspandora.fr/?lang=en)

She's been spotted by The Sartorialist, Garance, etc. and now has a blog of her very own! She has sweet hipster glasses and a nice leather jacket. I'm basically totally feelin' it.

But I'm currently watching Jim and Pam experience the pain of a long distance relationship, and it's hurting me! So I have to go eat chocolate. Enjoy french fashion glory for me.

Love,
kt