tattoo stockings on etsy.

Don't you love when one link leads to another to another to another...and you find some fun things along the way?

I was on Twitter and caught an article from NYULocal about NYU being deemed the 4th Most Hipster School (no surprise). Entertaining article (as all NYULocal articles are), and they always have these comments from this little community of NYUers who devoutly read and comment on every article (I think it's really cute!)

Anyway, some girl linked the photo from the article to its original posting and reference to hipsterism, which then led me to check out the rest of her blog.

Somehow, I landed on an Etsy site where two girls from Tel Aviv sell TATTOOED STOCKINGS. Some may say tacky but I say FABULOUS! Or maybe it's just the shoes that sway me so. Anyways, my favorite are these:



Great, no? Haha. And I came upon this all because of Twitter :)


PS - Google image "hipster" or "hipsters." It's great too.

zooey likes hoops too.

Thanks Priscilla for sending me this!

She & Him - In The Sun (HULA HOOPS AT 2:10!)

the invisible minority becomes a bit more visible (at least, in the fashion scene).

[Picture taken from Racewire.org]

Most people who know me know that I'm not that into the Asian American social analysis scene. Not to say I don't care, but it has never been as great of an interest to me as my fellow Asian Americans. I don't know why.

BUT my darling friend Kim just send me this blog post that made me very happy and somewhat proud: Asian American designers taking over Fashion Week (and the fashion industry in general).

Maybe it's because I love fashion and art. Or maybe it's because I've become more self-aware about race & culture. Who knows. But I do love the fact that Asian Americans (immigrants, 1.5ers, and hapas) are emerging and getting recognized in our still-unicultural society.

The invisible minority starts to get noticed...finally.

spotted:

Model Amanda Fields (best known from Project Runway) looking peeved as she walks along 17th, above Union Square. Who wants to bet on whether or not she came out of Barnes & Noble or Sephora?

Of course, spotting a Q-list celebrity isn't as wowing, especially when you've spotted her times before. Oh well.

sad panda wishlist.

I didn't think I'd touch my blog for 2 weeks. But I need a break from critiquing child support subsidies and figuring out tax credits for NCPs.

That time of the year is coming around again...the time of the year when everyone gets a little more jolly, lovers get a little more snuggly, and I get just a little bit older.

I can't remember the last time I made a legit wishlist (but believe you me, I made them all the time in middle school and early high school -- like 10 years ago...) but this year, I'm reviving The Wishlist.

The only tangible-item things I really want this year are:
1. A new Macbook (because I'm seriously about to be computerless in 2010).
2. A compact point & shoot camera.
3. 3-tier Minnetonka boots (because my fake ones are getting gross).

Anything else is unnecessary.
Sadly, they're not really practical for people to get for me ($$$) so I think I'm going to have to do without for another year and just keep paying my overpriced rent and my overpriced tuition. And occasionally a $1.29 sandwich at Wendy's to keep myself alive.

green street x trueface: apparel.

Evidently, the boys of Green Street are now selling tshirts.



They come in different colors (A-live showed up at my apartment tonight -- to pick up a blow-dryer, mind you -- wearing an orange faced shirt) but as far as I can tell, their online store only has the green face. But yeah, you get a free, yet-to-be-released CD with your purchase too. So shop Green Street for new clothes & music.

david brownings.

Basically, he's awesome.









Check out more of his stuff on his website. Because he's awesome.

spotted:

Austin Scarlett standing [confusedly?] in front of The Steps at Columbia University.

it pays to be nice.

Say hi to newest pair of shoes.

While shopping at DSW during its closing hour, I started to help put away and organize some of the mountains of shoes & shoeboxes I saw laying all over the ground. The guy working that section then began to make small talk with me as he sorted through piles and I ran them down. Casually, he asked me if I had seen anything I liked and I said I did but I didn't think it was worth spending so much for it. Not only did he show me that it was actually discounted from it's already "discounted" price (which was still pricey, IMO) but he offered his employee discount to me since I had helped him clean up the clearance aisles a bit.

The originally $90-something shoes became $20 through this process.

And he told me he worked at Zara too and to hit him up if I ever wanted a discount at either stores again. I told him to let me know if he ever needed help closing his section again.

It pays to be nice sometimes. Not that I'm encouraging anyone to be nice solely because you want things given or done for you though!

taylor momsen.

For a chick who isn't even legal to get her license in New York, she rocks some must-have (and will-have) jeans.

ryan of the pams.

all friday; 9 hours.


funnily enough, a man came into the office to try to sell me paper...

so cute.

taken by garance. love love love!

anna sui for target.

Who's excited? Me.



With a Gossip Girl theme too.

Africa's first Fashion Week ever.

exciting!



& fabulous.
Johannesburg, South Africa.
check out more at BBC.