scissor happy

yeah uh..really feeling CROP TOPS right now?
blame that crochet situation i got in kansas city.



tourist tees from bleecker street + snip snip snip + high waisted skirts & boots = my new favorite thing to wear ever.

ps, the (d)evolution of my style post-CUBICLE EMPLOYMENT is hilarious. where are my combat boots?

me n solo dolo sittin in a tree

maybe you read this blog and so MAAYYYBEEEE you know about my kid cudi love? no?



well maybe you've met me this summer, somewhere between portland and baltimore, and i told you how much i love him, or made you play his remixes in your bar, or made you listen to it REALLY LOUDLY in a minivan on a highway somewhere in the country ?

maybe?

well consider this shit OFFICIAL. it's BLOGG'D; that's like an oath in blood, notarized by yr moms.

APPARENTLY boys with glasses with no glass in them and a twitter addiction make me feel a lil bit dreamy.

now we know, and knowing is half the battle.

scott...CALL ME.

books are heavy

i finally, FINALLY got the juergen teller marc jacobs book i ordered a YEAR ago, it got sent to tsent to my old job, then i was on the ROAD, then fedexed here, etc etc..so here, here it is. yesssssssssss!



STEPHEN MALKMUS! can we bring together any more of my favorite things in one place, MABES NOT POSS.

still one of the BEST ever:



dakota fanning, such an epic moment.
supposedly they made the whole collection tinysized for her for this.

so many good ones: naked sofia in a pool, crazy winona, harmony korine, thurston&kim&coco, stella tennant in gold glitter, cole mohr doing bryanboy, jarvis on a bike...

ps, this book is about ohhhh ummm 400 pounds? dannnngggggg.

juergen teller: marc jacobs advertising 1998- 2009

teen vogue posts, southern comfortz

more teen vogue posts! please go check them out!

1. nashville!



score of the day: JILLS HAT! love, need, want.


2. nashville



photo of the day: ladies at the opry, thrift outfits all the way

3. nashville



TRAGEDY! kev's last moments (and jill's thrifted acid wash)


4. LOUISVILLE!



score of the day, this sweater was less than a dollar, whuuuut

not really though, don't tell anyone

my dear dearest kathleen clements dedicated this to me last night and even though it doesn't fully feel true...



...it doesn't mean WE CAN'T ROCK IT OUT.

ps, when did we start having monsoon season here? for the love of pete, this weather is a ball sammich.

ready for this jelly (destiny's child puns!!)

went to the aquarium in baltimore..I LIVE FOR A JELLYFISH EXHIBIT, dudes. i love those freakytown things!

is it demented that i have a really nice and expensive LUMIX but i usually prefer the camera on my iphone? it makes everything look like a still from a 1970s jacques cousteau documentary:



i really want to print this photo on fabric and make dresses like the christopher kane resort ones:



jellyfish look like atom bombs.
and i want to wear them on my person.

how can i do this?! I NEED JELLYFISH BOMB CUT OUT DRESSES AND I NEED IT NOWWWWW.

ps more jelllies & that city wolf cover of "where is my mind" that i can't get out of my head over on the tumblr. happy wednesday, brahs.

teen vogue post: PEGGY NOLAND

um, new favorite person award goes to MISS PEGGY NOLAND, officially the craziest gal i have met in a good long while. she is the TOAST of kansas city. (ok, tied with shannon of ssion, the other gem of KC. thank you both for hanging out with us....)


photo by kat

get to know her and her CARAZAY store over at teen vogue.

teen vogue post: KC vintage

a WAREHOUSE full of vintage in kansas city (aka MECCA)



read about it at teen vogue..!!!!

i have no idea

somewhere around day 11 we were "losing the line"...the LINE being "NORMALCY".

our manners were headin downhill fast, we were talking way too loud everywhere and had weird inside INSIDE jokes that like, made no sense. ah, the weirdness that ensues when you spend 24 hrs a day with the same people for WEEKS.

i think it really came into play, FASHIONWISE, when we hit the thrifts in kentucky. our choices started getting really next levular.

not only did i put this outfit together, and not only did i think it was awesome, but so did jill & susan.



i mean...?

this is a silk bomber jacket that has a TIGER on the back.
and NEON YELLOW (the color is so off in this pic) volleyball shorts.
and the somewhat UNfeminine workboots i have gotten very attached to.
and my bra.

i know.
i mean...i know. WHAT?
i was LOVING IT.

i sent the pic to steve and bdonns and titled it "road dementia".
steve said ditch the jacket and be a fly girl, and brendan said not road dementia, road DARIA.

either way...this is now the only pair of shorts i own.

and i am not afraid to use them.
WATCH OUT, NEW YORK.

heart explosions

STOP YOURSELVES FROM A FREAK OUT, JUST TRY:



marc jacobs, you lil heartpalpitating crotchthrobber you!
can you STAND IT?!
sorry, can't talk, falling in love with a photo from 16 yrs ago of a gay man with prettier hair than mine.

also, i am beyond jealous of his eyebrow game..i want MINE to look like YOURS.

1993 perry ellis era marc, WHITE LIGHTNING SALUTES (and wants to make out with) YOU.

(picture sent to me by steve via fashinfags)

opinions were like kittens, i was givin them away

this is the longest i have ever gone without posting!
it feels wrong and weird and lame.
MY APOLOGIES!
i think i need a day to get my brain back in working order, i haven't been in new york in almost 2 months and i have filled my parent's apartment (aka my new place to live, SO CHIC AT MY AGE!) with 9000 plastic bags from the thrift stores of the nation.



BACK WITH A VENGEANCE (and with links to the rest of the teen vogue posts!) in the next day or so.

xo
WL

dust in the wind

TRAGEDY HAS STRUCK THE VAGABONDS!

our beloved kevin, aka champagne thunder, aka best van ever, IS NO LONGER WITH US.



2, 043 miles into the journey in white house, tennessee, kevin died during a routine procedure.
(it was much like those most tragic of grey's anatomy or ER episodes where someone goes in for a sore throat and dies on the operating table)

KEVVVVVVVVVINNNNNNN i will miss you dearly



I TiP MY 40 TO YOUR MEMORY

a private funeral service will be held today at white house garage.
in lieu of flowers, please send money- RENTING A CAR AIN'T CHEAP!

(and the beat goes on)

nobody sparkles like you

i can't find a video for liz phair's 'nashville', which is annoying becuase i am IN NASHVILLE. lamesauce.



how about a live version of 'fuck & run' from 1995? that's what i can do for you. track down nashville yrself and listen to it; ONE DAY i will learn how to post an mp3 on this dang thing. thing being blog.

beginning our 12th day on the road. i keep mixing up the cities and the stories and the what whats.

i will be back in new york in 4 days. i don't feel ready, can i admit that to all of you?

i shoulda bought the whole case

heart stopping moment of the week: the swap n shop in Kansas City



read it on teen vogue !

also: KANSAS CITY STREETSTYLE: sonic youth show. (photos by kat clements)

TEEN VOGUE UPDATES!

HEY BRAHS!

updates updates updates over at TEEN VOGUE

check out:

OMAHA
(my new favorite city!!)

streetstyle: the kids at hotel frank. new favorite people awards, all of 'em

score of the day: susan's jungle bellbottoms

musical appreciation: desaparecidos

snapshot of the day: home cafe

it didn't hurt at all

ohhh uh, HEY GUYS! so..i ACQUIRED a few new THANGTHANGS in ol' KANSAS CITAY..

FIRST:. a thrifted crocheted crop top (that my sis says is very "donna martin hits da club"). i am really into my BRA as outerwear these days, hey WHATEVS.



what was the second thing? can't remember.
OH RIGHT.

um..i got a tattoo?
teeny tiny lightnin bolt!

gross iphone closeup:



on multiple recs, we went to mercy seat here in KC..jill and susan got soem "INK" as well..this is sooo officially a chick flick roadtrip its nt even FUNNY.

i mean..i actually did this?
I DID, i totally did. sorry mom and dad?

ps thank you shannon & peggy, 2 new girlcrushes!!

they didn't play this song

went to a sonic youth show last night for the first time since i was a teenager...we are ALL considerably OLDER, oopsydoops. (the beat goes on)

sonic youth 100%
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they were great. kim looked dope and i think she was wearing marc jacobs? thurston moore is still crazy hot, that is just truesnfacts.

kansas city was a great daytime city, but the nightlife was just ok? we met some great folks and i have a bunch of posts coming on TV about it.

ON TO MEMPHIS!

state of the union

day 7 of VISION QUEST OH NINE completed.
sidenote: how the FUCK do people go on tour?!? this is mindgrape-exploding. i love it, but shit meng, your brain gets nuts. i know the blog is chronologically schizo right now, sorry charlies, that's LIFE ON THE ROAD.



craybrain case in point: i bought a tiedyed metallica 1997 tour teeshirt yesterday and i LIKE IT. i wanna wear it like a dress. i only wear these janky work boots and i DESPERATELY need to trim my bangs (i think i have eyebrows, not sure, i saw them in an old picture and they looked like a nice thing to have).

ps, i posed the afore-rambled situation to mr brendan donnelly and asked, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME. to which he replied: "it's called getting awesome / daria". na na na na na.

truefaxd.
kansas city until sunday. lemon out.

spanning time

reason number 850 million why i love my dear friend kat


pic by kat, duh

not only did she BUY that hat, but she is totally gonna wear it.

courtesy of the scariest thrift store in santa fe...there was a cracked out dude shuffling around wearing a baja with a belt over it and a winter hat (next level?)...

hey that's us

i suck at taking NIGHTLIFE photos..my strengths are my shoes, my bangs, and my breakfasts. sowwy. that's what the COBRASNAKE is for.

here's some GURL ON GURL action from the trip so far, i stole it from jill's blogue:



before shit got WEIRRRDDD in santa fe: margaritas. so many margarita. such GOOD maragaritas...

too easy

i mean.



this is a real fucking place.
in IOWA.
the town is located in THE YEAR NINETEEN FIFTY THREE.

the one motel boasted "telephones and color TV".

this lil gem 'STONER DRUG' has a soda fountain with booths INSIDE the drugstore. you sit at a counter and eat a grilled cheese for like $1.50 right next to the shelves of cold medicine and lady products. UNREAL.

POPULATION 1,200.

best take away EVER: you get a free lil plastic pillbox that says STONER DRUGS on it. awww cmon, stop bein so cute.

rise like a phoenix

do you wanna hang out in phoenix for a day? I GOT SOME IDEAS FOR YOU.



first, get a hermetically sealed air-conditioned bodysuit and a hydration machine.

THEN: do all this stuff!

CLICK IT!

more n more

we picked up susan in colorado a few days ago.



4 girls in a van + thrift orgies across the midwest = a car full of crap.

ps,. i am so addicted to these very UNGIRLY brenda walsh boots that i bought in santa fe (they were my score of the day over at TEEN VOGUE, go look). i am wearing them with everything. so far teh weather has been supermildtimez and almost cold at night, but i have feeling that the BEAST that is the DIRTY SOUTH IN SUMMER will make me put them away, sadface.

the gilded cage

i am like, reallllly getting into rush on this roadtrip? i blame the 47 paul rudd / jason segal / judd apatow movies i've watched on airplanes in the past few weeks.



as per usual, i've just used sheer ANNOYANCE to get the gals on board..i keep singing LIVING IN THE LIMELIGHTTTTTTT in my best geddy lee. The are all kinda hooked now too.

miss you much

I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU



when is it back, WHENNNNNNNNNNNN?

just for the record...

in case you didn't realize, intro post is up on teenV...keep checking, there are more on their way!

IT STARTS HERE.

xo

be my friend?

this photo is apropos of nothing:



now that i have your ATTENTION, can you just become a fan of WHITE LIGHTNING on facebook?
yaaaaaay theenks, love you, you're the bestest

the desert was hot, but i survived

DAY TWO:
somewhere in arizona, on our way to santa fe



yes it is.



bigass dreamcatcher



kinda creepy



pretty sure no one has driven this car since like, the reagan administration.

more pics (and a dopeass jam, in honor of aviva) on the tumblr...

the land of enchantment

santa fe is a weird wonderful place.



things that happened last night:
multiple margaritas, shots of whiskey with fellow road trippers, pbrs with 3 straws, jnco jean wearing deejays with side jewelry businesses, karaoke, cholula pilfering, and tattoo planning.

in honor of my enchanted hangover, i am wearing my brendan donnelly/blood is the new black tee. it kinda represents how i feel.

we were the pot of gold

rainbows, dreamcatchers, sandwiches.

roamer, wanderer, nomad, vagabond

really speaking to me right now:



metallica / wherever i may roam

ps, metallica is now considered "classic rock" ?!? call me OLD FASHIONED, but i DO NOT ACCEPT THIS.

in the beginning

DAY ONE: los angeles to phoenix



that's us with the new love of our lives, KEVIN aka CHAMPAGNE THUNDER.
he is a mid90s ford aerostar and he is a DREAM.
his AC only comes through the floor and there is no AC in the backseat but YA KNOW WHAT? its the dopest ride for a 3,000+ mile trek ever.

love to love you, kevbo.

ps, don't think we aren't a little psyched to be a roving band of trouble that consists of a blonde, brunette, and a redhead..so far we've been a big hit.

whatcha think about that?

ohh HEY NOWWWW!!! guess what?
WHITE LIGHTNING IS A TEE SHIRT!



it's called wheels of steel and at the VERY LEAST i have amused myself..here is a close up of the art, two 7 inch records, "strategically placed" as they say:





there are some easy peasy links at your left if you are so inclined to wear this I R L, on ya bod. i would be tickled, can't wait to wear mine.

IF YA DON'T KNOW, NOW YA KNOW

NEW YORK OR BUST! (what does that even mean??)

dear dear dearest bloggy blog bffs:

the SUMMER OF FREEDOM continues...time to begin the next level.

in case you haven't been playing along at home:
PHASE ONE included: bacon donuts, thrifting, bikes, beer, boys, not knowing what day it was, not caring what day it was, living on 8 dollars a day, and more boys.

PHASE TWO of my VISION QUEST begins tomorrow.

ROAD TRIP!!!



starting tomorrow, i will be piling all my (considerable) crap into a FORD AEROSTAR (2 rows of seats, WHUUUUUT) and heading east. i will be joined by the lovely KAT and JILL and we will be taking a couple weeks to get back to new yawk citay.

there will be thrifting and cavorting and weird motels and friends and bad food and music and hothotheat and ADVENTURE.

our roster, as of today, includes:

phoenix // santa fe // colorado springs // omaha // kansas city // memphis // nashville // louisville // charlottesville // baltimore

are you in any of these cities? do you have good recommendations, or maybe want to show us your favorite thrift or record store or pizza place or taco truck or ball of twine or penny arcade?

IF SO...holler at me!!!!!!!

this will all be recorded for posterity over on teenvogue.com, so PLEASE keep checking in there for my postcards from the road!

bring it on, dingdong

getting ready to get on the road again.
LA has been such a good time, i haven't had this much fun out here...ever?



mini licenses, new nameplate jangle



me n kat, her necklace looks dopeshow.
i bought a HAT? at the farmer's market?
that is totally for moms?
i never wear hats, but this thing was so blossom/six hilarawesome i had to get it.
plus brendan said "get it ES, you look pretty" aaaaaand ya know. who can resist that shit?



BEST FOR LAST..SCORPION DOUBLEDOWN!!!
fucking A, this made my life.
in my spare time i am a BADASS.

tell me whatcha think about THAT..YEEEEAH.
sooooo READY to RO(adtrip)LL.

"everything is permissible as long as it's fantastic"

on the long list of MUST GET SOMEHOWs:


carlo mollino: architect, furniture designer, druggie, aviator, lunatic, erotic instant photography enthusiast

first edition carlo mollino books, specifically Polaroid.



signore mollino was a man of man interests and talents but his pervytown polaroids of mostly naked ladies in his home, some lounging on furniture of his own design, are what really capture my attention. obvs they are sorta porno, but i dont look at them as a sexual thing; they are so oddly compelling to me aside from the shock factor..


this post is a tad NSFW, i suppose. doooops.

italian bombshell booties with tanlines and 60s undewear! NO. BRAINER.

so who wants to buy this for me? it can run up to a cool 650 bones but it is AWESOME and i will love you forever! anyone?........anyone?

girls girls girls

so... hunter has convinced me:



we need a little messycrazychippednailzgurl action in our lives, don't we? answer:YES

so few girlfronted bands inspire me these days..mika miko summer!

homeskis, i am so so so feeling giles resort !


giles / resort 2010

something about pixie's off kilter cutieness is giving me a total vibe of the UBERiconic corinne day kate moss photo...with maybe a soupçon of the juergen teller courtney love photos i posted the other day?

either way i am totally lusting after all this kooky pinkness. i mean, those SUNGLASSES?
hand 'em over, geldof!

haus of pantlessness

FAMILY TREE!!!


MOM: christian dior couture, f 09



DAUGHTER: gaga, now & forever



WAYWARD TEEN RUNAWAY LIL SISTER: daisy "melty chihuahua" de la hoya of love (who, incidentally, looks more than a little like john galliano in the pic on the left..FULL CIRCLE!)

the beat goes on

for some reason my last day in portland seemed like the time to dress like blossom?



this LOOKS like a peach vest and a matching lace skirt.
PSYCH, its ONE DRESS!
a truly magical stroke of fashion trickery.
it cost me 4 dollars at the goodwill in puyallop, washington.

yes, i have been thrifting- if my NINE MILLION BAGS BEHIND ME didn't give it away...



i have been wanting a monkstrap/shoeboot/pointy-ish situation for a LONG time...
i bought these for 99 cents on the 4th of july.
i was walking to a bbq and could NOT resist a thrift store on my way..everything was like 80% off!

i have a problem, ok?

welcoming committee

as i stepped off the airplane (and into the 1970's, i mean, the long beach airport is LOST IN TIME) and felt all CALIFORNIA (looking minnesota?) this is the sight i saw that filled my heart with HAPPY VIBES:



brendan & remy!



WELCOME TO LA.