things i dig - spring 2009

here are some things that i have been digging for spring 2009:

• overalls/suspenders/jumpers/rompers/whatever they are called
  
  inspired by SNSD's pink overalls [on the far left] from their music video "gee."
• oversized black-framed glasses [everybody and their mother seems to have a pair now though]
  
  the first real encounter i had with this style of glasses was during spring break this year.  i went to my friend eugene's house with rena and we had a ball having an impromptu photoshoot.  we donned big bows and these glasses, and that's when my love affair started.  also, note: i am wearing "formal overalls" [as my friend likes to call them] in this picture.
  
• belts
  
  inspiration:  Kaylyn M. from lookbook.nu.  this year, i have discovered how helpful belts can be -- sprucing up a normally bland outfit, helping to make a shirt that's ten sizes too big or long and boring much more formfitting, and most of all, helping to make your curves stand out!
  
• peacocks/peacock feathers
  
  i have always liked peacocks.  i don't know why.  maybe because they are such a pretty color, with their feathers and all.  they exude a feeling of power, beauty, etc.  as a result, i pretty much love anything with designs of peacocks or their plummage.  [this picture was taken while i was in china in 2007 in this bird garden type deal where there were tons of peacocks/birds in general everywhere and we could get really close to them.  'twas amazing.]
  
• nailpolish
  
  inspiration: one of my friends was always painting her nails wacky colors, plus there was a neon nailpolish spread in teenvogue.
  
• white leggings/tights
  
  inspiration: The clothes horse R. from lookbook.nu.
  
• two-tone color-block dresses
  
  first saw this dress when i stepped into agaci too with my mother on good friday.  been in love ever since.
  
• rings
  
  my friend was on the website http://www.bagborroworsteal.com/, which is really cool btw, and she started to show me rings that i could wear with my prom dress.  after that, i started to really want some fancy rings.

inspirational

i'm sure you've all seen this web phenom by now, seeing as it's everywhere, but one more time can't hurt.  here's a link to the youtube vid -- i wanted to embed it but embedding was disabled.

my mom showed it to me after dinner and ... well, it really touched me.  isn't it outrageous how EVERYONE, every single person in that auditorium, judged her when they saw her?  she told them that she wanted to be a famous singer and everyone rolled their eyes with disgusted looks on their faces, already formulating judgments just because she wasn't the prettiest person in the world.  and then when she opened her mouth and let her voice shine through, a 180-degree change came over the audience.  it's crazy how human nature works.  we're evil/mean at heart.  what if she wasn't talented?  we would just go on, continuing to judge her without even giving her a chance at love.  it's sad, really.

aside from that, my day is really sucky and will continue to suck as i have a ton of homework to do.  boo school.

this is the outfit i wanted to wear to school but it was a little too chilly [in april, in TEXAS... something is wrong with the weather], so instead of daisy dukes, i opted for some wide-legged jeans.