melts in your mouth

 

...but not in your hands.

takes me back

It's weird how certain pieces still connect me to strong memories. I got this dress in La Jolla, California in 2016 and I remember the girl who helped me pick it out was so pleasant and professional...I remember how her manners were in such stark contrast to the eurotrash lady who rushed me out of her store that I visited just a moment before as I was looking for souvenirs of my first trip to California (the flimsy bralette I purchased in haste to prove I wasn't some black lady coming to steal I ended up wearing once and discarding a short time after). The luxe fabric still makes me feel like I'm on vacation even though I can't see that happening anytime soon.

safety in numbers

Honestly, masks are for ugly people...like that dumbass bus driver that TRIED IT telling me to wear one while I was already covering my ENTIRE FACE IN THICK PLASTIC as you can see here (also, I wasn't even getting on his bus, but he had the right to refuse me a ride so he should have just kept rolling instead of attempting to argue with me as I quickly grabbed a specific bus pamphlet I needed, said 'thank you' and walked away. These days, GROWN MEN want to pick fights with women over anything just to get attention. I should have just directed him to the unemployment line everyone seems to think is the answer via a phone call to his superior for harassment and verbal assault (which it wasn't, but if Susan Cooper can do it, SO CAN I). It's funny because the TSA wears the exact same thing and so do medical professionals (along with masks in acute settings, which obviously most of these fools are not in, but according to them, breathing regular air will now kill them). Moreover, I'm almost certain a piece of cloth handcrafted in your living room will do nothing to keep the "deadliest virus ever in the entire universe since the beginning of time" from infecting you. People have lost their damn minds and I'm just now finding out that the "cure" for all the madness is some sort of injection that might not ever come or might not even be completely effective. Where are the real men with guns already? Are real men even a thing anymore or did they all die off from fear of the flu? We're all waiting.

the wild wild midwest

I think I'm going to be wearing boots in the summer heat more often; I feel like it gives off strong conceal/carry vibes, which is important...for reasons.

it's now too hot...also so many questions

   

 

I think I was just too depressed to even bring myself to edit these months ago or maybe too anxious? I would get dressed, go outside then be all worn out just from that, take a nap, wake up, eat, sleep again eventually and rinse repeat and basically forget that I even took the photos to post in the first place...

I really REALLY love this Acne Studios shearling, it is an absolute DREAM. I went back and forth on whether to buy it in Net a porters final days of their last sale and decided it would be a nice upgrade from the navy blue velocite one I've had for several years now. Speaking of Net a porter sales--WHERE IS IT??? I've been watching videos about how the luxury fashion industry is adapting to the shutdown and it seems it also could mean certain brands might be too broke for sales? Seasonal sales are going on right now to encourage people to start buying again (as we should), but Net a porter is stalling a bit. It could also be a fear-based action because they wouldn't be able to handle the increase of orders given that less people are employed at their order fulfillment areas now. Maybe production has stopped on so many new season items that the fear is that if there is a sale and everything sells out, nothing will be left? It could be all of those things combined as this shutdown has disrupted such an intrinsic balance in the world economy. 

Furthermore, the idea of seasonless fashion is intriguing to me...does this mean a new mentality when it comes to consumerism? Will having less start to mean more? Or maybe the secondhand market will now take on an elevated platform...or even the counterfeit market? Maybe less cycles of new looks but more new looks within each cycle? If luxury fashion becomes scarce, will the price go up even more? Will trendy fashion suddenly cease to exist altogether as that middle market spender realizes it's just a bunch of needless crap anyway??

I mean, it's HUMAN to want to feel and look better because it appeals to our psychological need to fit in or belong or be accepted. People want THINGS because of the transformative power in material possessions. When you are in possession of something of value, YOU have value inherently....that's what all those rappers from 'da hood' keep going on and on about. 

...and now we are living in an age where it's okay to tell someone they are 'non-essential'...as in they don't have any value or as much value as another person. 

Given all of that, I think Chanel made the right move to increase their bag prices. Prices are based on demand and scarcity...but mostly demand...will people now start demanding to be considered valuable hence the consumerism for luxury fashion will ramp up even more...maybe??

The economic analysis of the fashion during the 2008 crash was pretty clear cut and there weren't nearly as many questions, but now we have power-hungry politicians thrown in, a lot of fear and confusion and inevitably, growing anger making it even more difficult to see any real answers.

an event

...going outside to the store. That's the event I'm talking about, hope you didn't get too excited.

gimmie six

 

I'm really enjoying the hands free freedom of the fanny pack and even though this MCM selection is the only one I own, it's still the only freedom I'm going to enjoy.