The ABC's for fashion n00bz.

Why howdy ho Junior Rangers!

I'm here today, well tonight actually because I am starting a new segment on my blog.

I always see those fashion bloggers out there with their fanc-pants knowledge of the fashion world and I sigh in frustration. 

I sigh because there is so much fashion out there, so many different lines and seasons and designers and projects and to be honest, since I'm not in the front row of New York fashion week I'm rather discouraged. 

So I had an idea.

Growing up my mother would read me a book called The ABC's of Being a Girl

which was all about a young girl and her favorite things starting with each 26 letter of the alphabet. 

It was an adorable read and it has inspired me greatly.

but instead of "The ABC's of Being a Sasssquatch" (which will come soon)

I thought I'd launch 

The ABC's for Fashion n00bz.

the concept is simple really,

I'll be going through 26 different designers 

giving a little wiki-summary 

showing my favorite looks or collections

then creating a look from inspiration!

I hope you guys get as hyped as I'm getting and look forward to the series beginning soon. 

Please Keep it Sassy,

oxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

Yo MTV, Welcome to my crib!

First heres an update video on my life and whats been new.

now, TIME FOR MY CRIB

This is what it looked like when I moved in

....boring

And when I had my poop roommate I was really sad and uninspired but now I have a cute new roommate and my room has just taken on a life of its own!!

So despite the fact that I've lived here for half a semester already

its time for you to see my crib!!!

This is my door!

This is my poncho! I was feeling Kawaii today

Its from Betsey Johnson of course!!

its simply too cute!

Here are my rings, on my left hand is my Kate Spade bow ring and on my right hand is my two finger  Betsey Johnson teapot ring

Here is my lying suggestively on my bed

Here is my bookshelf!

and my photo collage

My tiny Hello Kitty Umbrella

I have a teddy-bear calendar

and here is the normal side of my closet

my T-shirts and my boots

and the Betsey side of my closet

My donut door hanger <3

My desk!!

(Unicorn painting, bubbles, fishtank, heart shaped sunnies, kitten notebook, nutella, dead flowers, poptart holder, tiny zines)

Hellokitty toaster, tiny babushka. 

It's Kind of A Funny Story poster and this weird native american wall decoration

now my bookshelf

with original art from my dear Maria

My little lizard loves Dawsons creek

Saves the day album, box for film

THERES A MERMAID IN MY ROOM

My Stay What You Are poster

When I was little I'd collect plastic toys and refer to them as "my little guys"

its safe to say My Little Guys will never leave my side

I love scuffies!

I made under my bed a fort

WITH GLOW AND THE DARK STARS

This is the quarter I superglued to the ground,

and no, I don't feel the need to explain my art to you

This is my room at large

we have blue lights

and a blurry but beautiful view


I find my room a very accurate representation of who I am as a person.
I collect little knick-knacks and art and jewelry and books that make me happy.
While I love clothing so much, I find interior directing so exciting! Its nice to finally have a place of my own especially where I can exist in a happy little bubble.
Its a place where I can be completely me and I absolutely love it!


So thats my crib
let me know what you think or better yet write a post showing pictures of your room!!

Please Keep it Sassy,
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxooxxooxoxox

Lets do the time warp again....

I've had so much on my mind as of late. 

My world has been bizarre and so insane. 

I've been rather nostalgic lately so I thought I'd show some of my favorite myspace photos and a few posts from my first blog

My sisters and I would go on "myspace photoshoots" where we dressed up in our best digs 

and take a bunch of photos with a disposable camera (we were too cheap for a digital one)

This is right when I started getting into expressing myself via fashion but my style was still all over the place.

I was experimenting with different styles, a little bit of preppy, a little bit of grungy all while still being somewhat self conscious of what I wore.

Then my sister introduced me to a website called Chictopia

and I began taking pictures of outfits and exploring the world of fashion to an even greater extant

I gave up the username "GirlAboutTown" and sadly stopped using Chictopia and upgraded to Blogspot but my photos are still there just waiting in cyberspace like a timecapsule of fashions past. 

but I thought I'd go over a few outfits and explain just how my style has evolved. 

June 23, 2008 was my first post and this was my outfit

At the time I posed like a derp and was very much into trendy things. 

I made this skirt with the NYC sky line myself and got these sunglasses for Christmas.

Getting real raybans was like the BEST thing that ever happened to me

then my style took a preppier turn

I was so incredibly inspired by Gossip Girl it wasnt even funny

I had these things called "Gossip Girl Mondays" where every monday I'd dress up my school uniform like a character of Gossip Girl, it was so much fun!!

Looking back at these pictures make me very nostalgic of a fun time in my life where fashion was the only thing on my mind and life just seemed easy. 

This was one of my favorite outfits

I made the skirt myself and I was just so proud of it

when I was 15 I had much more free time to make clothing, and sadly I just dont have the time anymore :(

This was when I was totally obsessed with Cassie from Skins

I wanted to be her,

I had dreams I knew the characters and I was there friends

it was kinda pathetic but wonderful for my style.

Which expanded past simply preppiness into a new funky genre 

it was a really wonderful experimental time <3

Then I had a rough time and got really into grungy 90's type fashion

I started going to GoodWill and straying away from the expensive high fashion clothing that I was into before

it was a kinda sad, but good time for my fashion

I was able to save a lot of money and develop a more distinct particular style

My style kept progressing from this point, but sadly my Chictopia didnt really

I'm going to do another post like this but more recent outfits all from my photobooth I think.

But looking back from where your personal style started and how it has evolved over the years is virtually the coolest thing ever and if you can I definitely recommend it.

The only thing I'm sad about is that I didnt go through an "emo" or "scene" phase, because those are just too fun and TOO TOO ANGSTY!!!

What phases did your style go through?

let me know in the comment and link me to a post of your style timeline

<3

keep it sassy,

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxx