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Experimenting. Are the stockings too much?

"You look like a picnic table...in a good way!"

I was bored.
So I did a mini-photoshoot.

This is a Laura Ashley dress that I picked up at the clothing swap I went to in January. It was really long and a bit dreadful, but I cut off a lot of it and then hemmed it. What should I do with the excess fabric?

I also picked up this bag at that clothes swap...it is by far my favorite bag that I own!

There's another clothes swap in a couple of weeks...I'm pumped!

"Topshop coming this fall"

Oh, Topshop...I am impatiently awaiting your arrival.

Future runway walker...

I got the job!
My local vintage store is having a Halloween fashion show on October 4th, and Belle and I will be models! We get to do a runway walk, pause for a picture, then walk back. It's the real deal though, because I think it's during some festival. Guess what I am?

oh yes.

Crawling towards the sun...

I hate how quickly the weather is changing. Though I normally love it when its room temperature outside, I can't handle it right now because I know it probably wont be hotter than this until May....Summer '09...counting down the days.
Not joking.

I am taking every chance I get to wear my florals before its too cold. I bought this skirt at Charlotte Russe last week. It was $5 in the clearance rack. Cha-chinggg, Luella knock-off. I don't care if it was a little late, ha.

The shirt I am wearing is vintage Sonia by Sonia Rykiel. Never heard of it, but it must have been big in the 70s-80s. I got this shirt when I got that pile of vintage designer loot from my grandma about 6 months back. There is a really nice detail on the sleeves.

Here is are the skirt and stockings close up. Sorry about the camera strap getting in the way =P

I am trying for a modeling gig to be in the Halloween Fashion Show for my local vintage store. I am going for a fitting on Friday with Belle. If I get the job, I get store credit. Wish me luck!

Finally, Israeli purchases Part 1

okay okay. I know its been like 3 weeks since I got back, so here are your long awaited photos of the unique dresses/rompery-thingys that I bought. They look like dresses when your legs are closed and from afar, but when you open your legs or look closely, the bottom is more like pants. They are about $7 each if you know where to look. They are all unique and made with different fabrics with different patterns and textures.


They are very very fun to jump around and dance in, and they are one-size-fits-all and strapless.
(yes Belle, I got you one of these, with a different pattern of course. I am finally going to give it to you tomorrow haha)




I also picked up a bathing suit cover-up for about $8. I would wear it normally as a dress but in the sun its totally see-though. Its great for the beach though!


What do you guys think?

Marc Jacobs ad?

When I was packing the day before I left Israel my friend snapped this photo of me when I wasnt looking and then walked around telling people that she just took the next Marc Jacob's ad picture, minus the Marc Jacobs clothes.

What do you think??

Oh, and by the way, I went on a shopping trip yesterday and got some great deals, so look forward to those pictures as well as Israel shopping pictures coming up soon.

School starts Thursday =[

Israel!!

I'm back!
It's hard to sum up the best month of your life into a blog entry, but I will try my hardest to keep it quick...but with a lot of pictures.


Basically, I am part of an Israeli Youth Movement called Hashomer Hatzair. This movement exists all around the world in over 15 countries. The North American part of the movement has a program for 15-16 year olds (people going into 11th grade) to travel around Israel for a month. This program has been taking place every year for 20 years or so. The kids are from two Hashomer Hatzair sleepover summer camps, one located in Canada, and one in America. There ended up being 33 of us in total, 21 Americans, 12 Canadians. The Americans and Canadians had only met once before, but within each group, everyone knew eachother very well, so it was like combining two big groups of friends to reach a common goal; touring Israel for a month and learning more about the movement.

Okay, okay. Lets get to the trip. Instead of telling the entire itinerary, I have chosen a few of the many (600) pictures I took while I was there and I will explain them. Then in my next entry I will show pictures of everything I bought and etc.

Click photos to enlarge, and I will always be describing the photo that is ABOVE the text =D

This is a view of Jerusalem from the other side of the Western Wall.

We went to this town called Sderot that was close enough to the Gaza strip that you could see the skyline of Gaza from a viewpoint. In that town they had bomb shelters everywhere because they get hit by at least one missile a day. These missiles hardly ever kill or injure people though because they generally miss populated areas, and there is a warning siren when one is coming.

These are pictures of a typical Israeli market. This particular one is in Tiberias, a city along the Kinneret (Sea of Gallilee). These markets are very very cheap! The exchange rate is 3.6 shekels for 1 american dollar, and you can get dresses for 25 shekels, which is basically 7-8 dollars. Jewelry was like 4 bangles for 5 shekels, 2 shekels for a ring, 10 for earrings, etc. They had a lot of Henna tattoos for 10 shekels each, and they last for 2 weeks. I got a Pikachu one on my ankle.
This is a view of an interesting Arab city where half of the city is in Israel, and the other half is in Palistine, which causes problems in the city.
This is a very bad blurry photo of my best friend Naomi and I in these dress-pants things (see next blog and I'll explain) that we got for 25 shekels.

This is me after hiking up Masada, (a 500meter hike but its very steep and over 100 degrees) an ancient fort with a view of the Dead Sea. I had to wake up at 4AM to hike it or else it would be too hot. It took only 40 minutes, but it was very tiring. I felt on top of the world when I got to the top, and we got to watch the sunrise!This is me being artistic, lol. I am the V. The design on the back of our shirts is the Hashomer Hatzair symbol.

More soon! Feel free to ask questions =D

Israel, here I come!

Hey guys...umm long time no blog? With studying for finals and packing, I am way too busy to do anything...and too lazy.

Basically, schools out, and summer is here! But I am going to be away with no internet access for 9 weeks. I am going to 4 weeks of sleepaway camp, and then I am going to Israel for 5 weeks! I am definately going to take tons of pictures and buy a lot of cool stuff there, and I am determined to bring back some Israeli fashion magazines.

The dress I am wearing in this picture is a tube dress I made in my sewing class. The pattern is like one of those hawaiian louau (sp?) shirts and so I added my seashell belt to make it more beachy. You like?

Well, I'm off to more packing! See ya in September xD

100 degrees? Heat wave!

Today it was 100 degrees. And to think there was a day last week when it was in the 50s! Global warming is becoming more real to me every day... =[

While many a child were suffering in the smoldering heat, I was sitting in nice air-conditioned classrooms. When I was in middle school, none of the classrooms had air conditioning. Most high-schools do. After pondering this, I came to the conclusion that high-schoolers are stinkier than 5th graders under intense heat (oh, hormones).

To the applause of many students, it was announced during last period today that we will have a half day tomorrow due to "extreme weather conditions". Like an anti-snow day? I guess the reason that it is a half day is because it doesn't get too hot until around noon anyways xP.

We are in the homestretch, people. Just 2 more weeks of hell until wonderful summer comes along!

The skirt that I am wearing in todays outfit was a hand-me-down I received when I went to France when I was 8 (half of my family lives there). Skirts like these are typical of the South of France, and they are very beautiful (and one-size-fits-all, so it still fits me!).