business casual

silence+noise blazer

In love with my new blazer..the grey color goes so well with almost anything. Also--have my photography skills improved (by a little)? The background is a little awkward but I feel like the quality of the photos have gotten better.

earth day (bag it)

besau-marguerre designs, maison martin margiela

“IF YOU HAD TO ENVISAGE LIFE ON SOME OTHER HABITABLE PLANET OTHER THAN EARTH, WHAT KIND OF MINIMAL HAND LUGGAGE WOULD YOU TAKE WITH YOU?” THIS WAS THE QUESTION POSED TO DESIGNERS AS PART OF A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION ENTITLED “ANOTHER TERRA / HOME AWAY FROM HOME”, CURATED BY BARBARA BRONDI AND MARCO RAINO, AT THIS YEAR’S MILAN DESIGN WEEK.

"FROM THE MOST PRIMITIVE NEEDS TO THE MOST EVOLVE TRANSFORMATIONS, PLANTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KEY ELEMENT IN HUMANDEVELOPMENT. OXYGEN, FOOD, CLOTH, COLOR, MEDECINE: AT THE CORE OF  CIVILIZATION REMAIN OUR RELATION WITH VEGETALES AND THE TOOLS AND CRAFTS WHICH RESULT OF IT. ON A FOREIGN PLANET PLANT COULD WITNESS FOR US IF THIS LAND COULD BE A NEW GARDEN OF EDEN. THEREFORE ONE OF OUR LUGGAGE MUST INSURE THE PRESERVATION OF THIS PRECIOUS RESSOURCE  IF WE WANT TO BE SURE TO MAKE HOME ON ANOTHER TERRA." 

How rad is this Besau-Marguerre 'greenhouse to go'? The soil and roots and everything is just insanely cool, and the raw cut leather just ties it up perfectly. 

coral sea

all pieces by mirit weinstock

How amazing are these jewelry pieces by Mirit Weinstock? Each piece is so unique and original..the necklace in the first picture would go so perfectly with something like this shining button down shirt by Acne that I've been dreaming of for ages:

Nothing much has happened lately. Yesterday my friends and I went to a science competition at a museum, but went home without an award..trying not to think about the past four months that we spent working on our project. Anyway, the weather's been so nice lately, going to almost 90 degrees!

blanc

besau-marguerre, visual optimism, tumblr, acnestudios

"The first of all single colors is white ... We shall set down white for the representative of light, without which no color can be seen; yellow for the earth; green for water; blue for air; red for fire; and black for total darkness." -- Leonardo Da Vinci

"White...is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black...God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white." -- G. K. Chesterton

wild @ heart

                                                    tumblr, studdedhearts, helmutlang, nylon

Not much has been going on recently..today I lunched at this eco-friendly, organic restaurant downtown with my friends but the yogurt sauce+avocado (as much as I love it)+mint leaf+pineapple combination in my sandwich was a little too much. Other than that, I'm reading Catching Fire which I honestly don't really like but I'm really pressured to read it..you can't really escape Hunger Games fandom these days.

ACNESHOES

FUCHSIA shoe by AcneStudios

This leather beauty caught my eye while scrolling through the Acne website..I'm a sucker for the strap details.

edge

Forever 21 sweater, Hanky Panky bralettes, Jades24 leather shorts, youheshe bow heels, Guiseppe Zanotti booties, CHANEL foiled clutch, Christian Louboutin spiked clutch

Obsessing over the sheer top+bralette look, and these neon heels from YOUHESHE. I refuse to acknowledge the fact that I don't recognize a single word on their website, but really..just take a peek at their designers list and you will understand.

sunnies//not at coachella

clockwise: Steve Madden aviators, vintage half-moon-esques, floral wayfarers from F21

Random sunglasses I found in my drawer this morning, still struggling to find the rest. The weather isn't nice enough to wear them yet, but hopefully in a month or two it'll start warming up. 

On a side note: perhaps, if I were at Coachella this weekend, my sunnies may have made their debut..

pastel

visual optimism, whatshehasfound

brick+painted walls/Liu Wen + Valeria Dmitrienko modeling in various editorials. Marni leather sandals on last image were wishlist material until I (unfortunately) saw the price.

spring break

studded hearts

Finally, after a week of project/test/homework overload, spring break is here. I unfortunately won't be vacationing in Bora Bora (dream) but I'll be staying home, doing nothing except reading/watching Harry Potter and sleeping until noon. 

pasta shapes?

nylon

My newest obsession: pasta shaped earrings from Dolce&Gabbana. Seems ridiculous at first but when you understand that the designers found inspiration in their Italian roots and incorporated that into their designs, etc etc, the earrings look brilliant. On the runway:

style

I suppose it looks good partly because of the fact that the model is Anja Rubik but I still love this modern take on Italian culture.

runaway bride

 

 

studded hearts

"Look, I guarantee there'll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you're the only one for me." --Ike Graham

Ever since I watched the music video for Hot n Cold (don't judge my poor music taste) I've been slightly obsessed with runaway brides..to run through the metros and the bustling crowd/ if you're not in the city, taking a solitary walk on the beach in a wedding dress with a tear-strained mascara'd eye is just so terribly romantic/photogenic.