Monday, August 9, 2010

Real Life vs. The Blog...

Have you ever wondered, while pouring over one of your favorite street fashion blogs, where the hell the blogger found these people? The impeccably styled, with the casual attitude of "oh I just threw this on" must just fall at the feet of the Garance Dores and Scott Schumans of the world. Now I've done a bit of traveling myself and I've never run across one of these "waiting to be photographed people". I've seen plenty of the opposite breed. Countless velour track suits, too many bad t-shirts to count, and oh so many Teva's/ Uggs. This leads me to believe that Blogs like The Sartorialist set these perfect photo oportunities up, and the people in these photos are fashion pod people. Or maybe Scott Schuman just goes way cooler places then I do, and I can find solace in knowing that fashionably creative people really DO exhist.....

xoDi
Can you say "Sugar Daddy"?

I am currently recreating this look, starting with a hat purchased from Flashbacks for $9.50!


<3 her bangs...


I had to include this one, he's riding a Flying Pigeon!

Ok, so this guy could easily be an extra in that terrible movie with the dudes from OutKast, but I'm a sucker for Ye Olde Thymey look...

All images above acquired from The Sartorialist


Monday, August 2, 2010

Her alone.





Lately I have been feeling lonely. Not that sad, desperate kind of lonely. This is internal loneliness. The knowledge that no one can ever be inside my head. I often find myself feeling this way when I am surrounded by people. Its the feeling of disconnect from the people and places that surround you. Time for some "me" time....