zinez

I am in love with the photos that people are sending us of their First Kiss zines !! It is way beyond exciting to see them out in the world.

Here is a total fave that I could NOT wait to show everyone: Hunter's friend Colin Foord whose company Coral Morphopologic, "serves to connect discerning, conscientious aquarists with the highest quality Floridian corallimorphs, ricordea, and zoanthids" (I think that basically means they breed and sell amazing corals and things? RAD!), sent us a gorgeous photo of FK communing with nature...

Colin's unbelievably awesome pic:

I LOVE IT!

I want to wear those guys! Get me 50 of those neon dudes, stat. Gonna wear them all over a wetsuit and be toootalllyyy AVANT. 

Morphologic Studios seems to do real cool stuff; they make these weird cool videos of underwater life and sometimes...rock posters?

SURFER BLOOD 

Oh, hey there Tiger Flatworm.

'Transmission' from MORPHOLOGIC on Vimeo.

LOVING all these trippy marinelife thangthangs. Colin, you maybe have the coolest job in the world. Thanks for the pic!

PS

If you have a copy of First Kiss, please send a photo! We will put them up on the First Kiss Zine blog and love you forever.

you'll eat raw fish but you won't accept a guy's TONGUE in your MOUTH?

Thank JEEBUS I am at an age when things like First Kisses and Losing Your Virginity are just the stuff sentimental moments & hilaritymaking. That being said, I love to discuss those sentimental moments all the time, often.

Let's talk about them, a lot, to everyone. Cmon! You know you want to!

Marisa Meltzer & I are making a one-off zine about first kisses called, naturally, FIRST KISS. And we want to hear about yours.

Send us the story of your first kiss. It can be as long or as brief as you like, but we'd love to know things like where you were, with whom, what you were wearing, what song was playing in the background, if it was a good kiss, how it happened, any emotional fallout, etc. We hope you'll want to use your name, but you don't have to.

Email your submissions by January 31st to mslightning@gmail.com and/or mnmeltzer@gmail.com
Kisses,
Elizabeth and Marisa
 
Hottest First Kiss of all time (or any kiss, for that matter):
 

 
My teenage dream First Kiss (my real one was in 7th grade and so not dreamy):
 

 
This one would've be pretty great too (without having to have my brother die in Vietnam, that is):
 

targarte

SO yesterday my sister picked me up in the family car and we hit up the dirt Jerz for some Christmas shopping/Gaga car singalongs/mall mayhem.

My only mission was to find a Target that would still have some meager shreds of Rodarte chillin on their racks. Leave it to Tbonz the supershopper to guide us to HACKENSACK where treasures were still to be found!

We tried on a million things, and I wanted most of them but $$$ is not so flowin and so I left with only what I NEEDED TO SURVIVE.

The baby blue Swiss-dot dress, mustard lace skirt, and BOTH PAIRS OF THE KNEE SOCKS! Which I haven't seen anyone else with besides Tav when she debuted them at fashion week. 

Mustard lace skirt with nude tulle overlay & mustard perforated knee highs / Rodarte x Target

Self-altered chopcropped grey sweatshirt / Duane Reade

Brown perfect ankle boots / Prada

HEY GUESS WHAT MY FIRST INITIAL IS "E" necklace / Topshop (gift from my sis)

I. love. this. skirt. I love it! It is so pretty and strange. I don't think I own anything this prettygirlyfilmy, besides my mettalic Philip Lim Skirt from last year? I only want to wear it with my really old grey  tee that is 80% holes or this giant grey sweatshirt I cropped up. Or grey tights. Or grey knee socks. Just lots of old grey.

PS, how bonx is that necklace?!?! Totally flavin' it.

Mustard lace skirt with nude tulle overlay & mustard perforated knee highs / Rodarte x Target

Maroon suede & white wooden platforms / Pierre Hardy x Gap

Giant mess, blogger's own

Baby blue lace & tulle & Swiss dot dress / Rodarte x Target

Favorite red red red lipstick / Bombay by Le Métier de Beauté

A collection based on Rosemary's Baby that is "Junior's" is not exactly GIANT RACK FRIENDLY, just FYI-SLERS. The mesh top of this dress makes this a somewhat sexxxay situation, but that's not so bad sometimes, right?

My dress matches my wall

 Who's chapstick is that? WHOOPSY

I am gonna wear this on Christmas, cold weather be damned. I'm not really going outside, so who cares? Gonna need a cardigan though, SENSUAL CLEAVAGE doesn't really fly with Mom and Dad for family affairs.

Nude squareholed up kneesocks / Rodarte x Target

Gold metallic ankle boots / vintage

The OTHER kneesocks. Nude with all these little rectangular holes. Dope. I am so psyched on these, they were honestly the items I wanted most (besides the lace cardigans, which were long gone by the time I got to Target)

Other things I loved but had to leave behind were the floral raincoat, the cropped sherpa-y jacket (SO GOOD, SO SO GOOD! but at 50 dollars...ehhh I dont know. Kinda regretting leaving it but oh well), the navy lace skirt.

There was ONE leopard lace dress left and it fit my sister like it was made for her. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, if you can find it. You can't get dressed alone though..someone has to help ya with those back bows (The more you know).

Balls. Still thinkin bout the sherpa jacket. 

But you know what? FASHION GLUTTONY is not a good look and I am really really happy with what I got.

Mo' betta' pics soon, I am still not into my blogga photo groove in this new apartment...

saturdaze

Whatcha doin today?
Why don't you go to Capricious Gallery and get yer nails did?


Just a suggestion

My dear Molly has curated a show about nail art called Nefer/Nfr that is up at the gallery RIGHT NOW, and today nail artist Abby Walton is taking appointments to do yer nails up!

I love this idea.
It's happening all afternoon at Capricious, from 1-6.

Email Abby (abbywalton@yahoo.com) and make an appoinment or just roll on by, check the show and see if you can get squeezed in...do it!

mystix

I have just discovered my new favorite jewelry line...All For The Mountain !

I mean, I fell in love at the homepage, this is some mystical acidtripping BDonns-esque weirdo stuff, SO DOPE! Look at this, there's a GIF of a hand with a Smudge Stick in it as well.



i am totalllllyyyyy feeling this!


Transformer Cuff


Shoulder Pads


Rock Snake Pinky Ring


Drip V Bolo

Want, need, must-have..Dontcha think?

it seems like years ago already

i am SO BEHIND. so so so very blogbehind.
this FASHION WEEK we speak of, it's all a whirlwind of people and flashes and smalltalk and taxis and derek blasberg obsessively tweeting tavi's every move (does someone have a crush?)

i am gonna try to stick to chronology but time may get a tad ELASTIC on here in the days to come, bear with me please.

lets start with:
the party, the POP party. friday night.
larry gagosian's house. (when i say "house" i mean, HOUSE. elevator, sick art, amazing furniture..a swimming pool wth a clear plastic cover that coubled as dancefloor? NO BIG DEAL)

i, of course, danced most of the time? and didn't really take pictures?


me & laia, wine wine wine

i met gwen stefani and her huband BUSH. they look exactly like papparazzi photos of them; quite attractive. bjork was there and sofia coppola and proenzas and like, everyone?
i met MARYKATE which was sorta epic.


covergirl in rodarte

i tried to work up the courage all night to say something ANYTHING to olivier zahm, but i chickened out. and he was too busy dancing with daphne guinness ANYWAYS.


laia's boots

once my I R L friend alex "new haircut" hawgood showed up i was a crazed out dance machine. alex even got tavi out on the floor and totally made her kick out the jams.


alex. yohji anorak, ok? don't worry about it.

the amount of art in this house made my heart happy and hurt at the same time. so much goodness on every wall. the room we checked our COATS in was full of like, 30 warhols. amaze.


kate, shortstack, father of shortstack

laia & i stayed laaaaaaaate late with our POPgal becks and larry himself. talkin music and 90s.
you know why i loved larry gagosian? BECAUSE LARRY GAGOSIAN LOVES THE 90S.
to quote him:
"i love the 90s. they were just like the 70s but with tons of cash"
and i died.


hiding, gossiping, nerd alerting

magickz

new favorite band alert:

forsorcerers !



i met emily (the drummer, the lady of the fern in the pic above) at her studio/store sword+fern and was totally enamored of her crystal jangles (i am SO getting one before i leave).

she told me i should check out her band, they were playing this week at holocene.

SO GLAD I WENT!

the ladies of forsorcerers were SO FUCKING RAD. i think one or two of the gals are from team dresch (!! 90s heartcrushtimes).
it was like black sabbath rock out metalyness in a dark room with a giant projection over them of waves crashing and birds flying..i was so so into it.

portland: they play again sept 19, don't miss out.
new york and the world at large: GET ON THIS BAND!

class act

yes, this is a donut covered in maple glaze and bacon.
yes, the next one i try will be covered in cap'n crunch.
yes, portland is a land of dreams.

daze of aquarius

while i was walking to free wifi cafe of the day this morning (tiny's, tuna melt, nom), i discovered the goodwill on broadway, ooopsyyydoopsss.

my mood ring turned bright white in a flash of light when i found this:



bright green polyester
with navy and white embroiderz?
and a secret slutty zip front (sorry, inappropz?)
i have to cut it or somethin, floor length doesn't work on a midge like me.
maybe it'll be a shirt?

i see my future you guys..it's how i always knew i'd end up..caftans n jangles, mood rings n bangles, young lovers and lots of rugs and a house full of random friends and joni mitchell records and someone probs grows pot in the yard. (but i will have wifi and a flatscreen and meat products. c'mon now)

$6.99. mine.
i hope pdx is ready for this jelly?

obligatory reality bites reference!

i am in love.
it is neon orange with grey splatter paintz.
it cost me 40 bones.



i am still nervous to ride a bike in major traffic you guys, i get scurrrrrred.
who cares, it's DOPE.
i was like, it's PRETTY, it GLOWS!
jill was like, mmkay let's see if the brakes actually work, you freak.
WHO CARES! it's SO BRIGHT!

look, it's so me:



yay, FRIENDS FOREVER!

speaking of which:
had some afternoon beers today with mr lucas plant, my most old school of BFFs. (since 7th grade, thankyouverymuch.)



DERT JERZ FOREVZ.

truly madly deeply

captivating me...again & again & again with their total insane genius:



yokoo & sunshine
the GIGANTAGIST chain and a SNACK CADDY LID HEADBAND.

come ON!
i love these two.

can you gals do some sort of crafty 'exquisite corpse' project where one starts something and the other finishes it?...i would die.

house of ninja

this is the video i was talking about; all of the youtube versions have the audio disabled..so fucking EYEROLLING.

MADONNA Vogue MTV Music Awards
by fredgd

watch this whole thing. seriously.
marie antionette corsetry snuff boxes tiny shorts tits fandance insanity!

summer of vogue, let's do this. (do they dig this shit in portland??)

90s madonna is the BEST madonna. i miss her!

who knew this song was so creepy

FRIENDLY PSA:
if you were planning on consuming acid/mushrooms/magik brownies today, i would hold off until after you've watched the video posted below.

The flaming lips Borderline
by cringer

at first it's a little slow and "ooooookayyyy"-ish..and i thought, do i only like this because wayne coyne is so foxy?

then it goes kinda craycray (around 2:30), and i got serrrrriously into it.

dig it!

wait, there is a god? is that possible?

JULY 14th WILL BE THE BEST DAY OF YOUR LIFE



mtv is FINALLLYYY releasing THE STATE on DVD!!!
holy effing hellballz.
i do not think i could be more excited about any one thing everrr.

v. v. timely, mtv! only 15 years late. bravissimo.

warning: michael ian black is unsure whether or not the DVD will give you scarlet fever. eh, totes worth it.

def better than when she worked at mcdonald's, fer sure

soooo..
if i got you a margiela barbie


would we be BFFs for F?

i already hit up all the mailboxes etcetera in new yawk city

dear lady gaga,

the fucking jig is UP.
i found your inspiration board!


(click to reallllly enjoy the GENIUS)

DALE BOZZIO of MISSING PERSONS is TOOOOTALLLY your IDOL.
(it's true, nobody walks in LA) (check that link, GAGA all over the place!!)

i just started my vest made out of bubble wrap and it has an epic margiela shoulder- don't even fucking try it bitch. i also put a call in to DOLPH LUNDGREN, and now we are in love.

GAME RECOGNIZE GAME.

all my love,
WL

ps, this all came to me in a tidal wave of epiphanic absurdity due to the awesomeness of jon farb who fucking diez for the 80s and was like, this band rules watch these vids. and i realized HOLY SHIT THIS IS LADY GAGA. this has been a public service announcement for INSTANT MESSAGING. it'll save your life!

barbie girlz

STOP IT, STOP IT RIGHT NOW


chanel f/w 09

uncharted levels of hilarity and awesomeness...
clamshelled chanel gal in a bag!

good god, you well preserved teutonic lunatic...you've given me quite the giddy thrill, DANKE SHOEN

ps, steve sent an even BETTER pic!!!



CHAN-IPOD!

paging lady gaga, i mean COME ON!

ps teen vogue knows my scene..thanks !