a Figment of my Reality

dress is from Marshall's, bag is Pitaya, shoes are JC, necklace is from an art fair and wig is by Raquel Welch.

...fancy tart realness.

 ...would you rather save yourself or be saved? 

The grand attempt begins in less than 24 hours.

My Beautiful Monster

Shoe unboxing, full review and more photos of my new girl on my Tumblr 
HERE. 

Broken Windows and Barbed Wire

{make up: .freesia from the Stila In the Garden palette and Revlon lip butter in sugar plum} 

Defeated by the unmet expectations of progress and prosperity,

but instead of dismantling the remains of failure to start anew,

they tuck the residue of degeneration behind barbed wire

then they stand complacent as we walk away.

hat...vintage
skirt...DIY/Forever 21
shoes...Jeffrey Campbell

DIY STUFF: Giving in to the Stud "Trend"

I still can't tell if studding is a fad or a trend. I felt like it was a fad at first mainly because moderately good-looking hipster girls were doing it--you know, the ones with the duck faces and too much make up and stringy, too-long hair that usually completely covers their faces in pictures all over Tumblr...there's no way those little bitches are setting trends. No way.

I decided I would stud these almost-out-of-commission JC two-timers after I stopped wearing them due to some staining caused by the dye on my jeans. The staining was only around the top area of the shoe, like the rim or whatever...to be honest, the white coloring on the suede is so powdery that the blue was starting to fade on its own. But once I set my mind to something, it gets done regardless.

Although I am a proud perfectionist, I decided to only retain the shape of the pattern, not the pattern of the studs themselves. I kinda like the right one a little better.

The studding did take quite some time; there was a total of about 250 studs or so. The perforations made getting them in pretty easy, but my fingers are still a little numb from pressing them down as I bent the prongs in.

 I'll probably wear them towards the end of summer; hopefully studding is still cool then.

 

Next, I decided to stud this crop top because...well, why not? I couldn't use these pyramid studs any other way and I wasn't about to put them on the collar of one of my shirts--not that I don't like the look, I just feel like the studded collar thing is a fad I'm not willing to poke holes for.

I think the finished product looked somewhat classic and non-fad-ish.