Gorgeous

Complex Geometries + Jak & Jil = best thing ever.
(img: Jak & Jil)

I promised

As promised, some sketches. Please excuse the overall awfulness of these drawings, this is not my strong suit. Also I realize that they are very simple. It is hard for me to convey every detail on paper. It is more magnificent in my head.




Top: Black studded dress.

Bottom: Feathered bodice and black pencil skirt.

Feelings

So I realize that it's been a while. No, I haven't forgotten about the blog. It's just that lately I haven't had as much as an interest in fashion. I've been involved in other things going on in my life, and fashion and blogging have not been at the top of my priorities. My temporary loss of interest was definitely affected by my lack of spare time. I don't think that I've used my sewing machine in at least six months. Usually I take a wearable arts course over the summer, but I was working as a counselor this past summer instead. And then there's school. Between homework, and social events, and everything else that I have to do there just doesn't seem to be room for my hobbies. Pretty much, unless something is scheduled into my day, it probably isn't going to happen. Do I regret choosing to spend my time focusing on things other than sewing and design, two things I love to do? Yes. But I have other interests. For example, I want to go into psychology. I've been looking up courses to take over the summer. This means I won't be able to take a wearable arts course again, which honestly sucks, but it's more likely that I'll be studying psychology in my future than fashion design. I've been debating about whether I should keep the blog up or not. I clearly don't update it very often, but mainly because I feel like I have nothing to update it with. I have all of these ideas running around in my head and I never get to make them into a tangible thing. I desperately want to be able to sit and create something, but like I said before, there's no time.
The other day I had an idea. I always thought that it would be really cool to be able to produce and entire line of clothing. Considering how long it takes me to create a single item of clothing, this would probably take years. Not to mention all of the materials I would need. Then I started thinking about when I was a kid and how I used to design clothes for my Barbies. This made me realize that I could create a clothing line for Barbie dolls. It would be much quicker than creating a full human-sized outfit, and would use much less material. I'm still not sure if this plan is going to happen but I do like the idea of it. I'll try to work on some drawings and post them. Just keep in mind, this might be a slow process. Hopefully I'll be able to complete this project. It would feel really great to accomplish this.

Yesterday I went to a free concert downtown which had some great bands like Passion Pit, Metric, The Bravery, Ra Ra Riot, and some others. I only stayed to hear Passion Pit and Metric but it was great. If you haven't checked out Passion Pit yet, here they are. I am so in love with them.


After I went with my family to see a performance of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors which was pretty good. It's been a great weekend so far but now I'm hoping that it doesn't rain so I can go to the beach.

Wow. It has been a lot longer than I thought since my last post. I've been super busy with work as a camp counselor and I come home exhausted every night. I've been living in Forever 21 t-shirts and shorts. So comfortable.
Lately I've been thinking a lot about leggings, and I would love to find me some patterned leggings to wear. Here are some leggings that I particularly like. This time I organized everything by style. I hope this helps:

Leggings by mollyred featuring French Connection accessories

(Source:bwgreyscale.com)

Summer is Here

I'm finally done. Finals are over and I can relax now. The sad part is that it's only been one full day of summer and I'm already bored. I need to find something to do. I went with some friends to the square. Wore these shoes that used to belong to my mom. My first reaction was that these shoes looked like they were from colonial times, but I kind of love them.

Wearing Silence and Noise jeans, Mom's old shoes

Here are some summer clothes I picked up at Forever 21:

WARNING: These shorts started to fall apart the first time I wore them. Normally I would return clothing if that happens but I loved the look of these shorts so much that I just decided to keep them and sew them up myself.
I really loved the draping of this tank, and it's so easy to throw on.

I couldn't resist the prints of these tank tops. So cute!
I also picked up a lotion bar from Lush. I go into the store all of the time but this is the first time I actually bought something. I'm in love.

Let's Go to the Beach....

Even though I still have LOADS of work to do, I can't help dreaming about the summer. It's so close, yet feels so far away.
I don't know if I'm the only one with this problem but I have a hard time finding a decent one-piece bathing suit. I find one-pieces to be more flattering for my body, but I can't find one that I like and in my price range. It seems like no one makes cute one-piece swimsuits. I mostly find mono-kinis, or the swimsuits have giant holes cut out on the sides. This kind of defeats the purpose of getting a one piece for me, since I'll feel just as exposed.

Here's what I would wear to the beach:

The Beach by mollyred featuring Miss Selfridge shoes

I'm back

Right now I am in the middle of prepping for my finals, so this is going to be brief. I just wanted to take a small break from studying and update the blog for once.

Here's a wishlist of mine. I plan on finding and buying some, if not all that's here.

Wishlisting by mollyred featuring Anna Sui

Wishlist:
1. Lace tights (I know, it's summer and the trends starting to wear down but I can't get them out of my head.)
2. Floral bustier (two great things put together.)
3. Snake bracelet (I found one I really liked in this little jewelry store but I didn't buy it. Now I'm wishing I had.)
4. A loose fitting, printed/vintage looking jumpsuit
5. A chic black jumpsuit. (A tie at the waist is a must.)
6. Dark red lipstick (I'll be going to Sephora for this.)
7. YSL black gloss pur (I've been thinking about it since I saw it on Garbage Dress.)

Cut it off

I've always dealt with my unruly curly hair, and the best thing I ever did for it was when I got it cut shorter and layered last year. Now my hair is at my shoulders. Even so, I've always wondered how my hair would look even shorter. It's hard to tell how curly hair is going to act on any given day, but maybe a short hairstyle wouldn't be so bad. These girls can pull it off:


Hmm...not many options out there that work for me. Maybe I'll just stick with how my hair is now.

Toga

I was looking at Feathers Fashion today and every piece that I liked seemed to be by the label Toga. The clothes were absolutely fabulous. If only they were a little more reasonably priced...

I think this design is genius. It's hard to tell from the picture, but this is a tailored jacket with sheer panels at the shoulders. I'm in love with this idea.

On the website, this piece is described as a paneled bustier dress. I love the segmented look that this dress has, and think that it gives the typical bustier dress a modern twist.

I'm Lazy

I have a two week break from school and this is what I've done so far:
- Played Mario Kart
- Slept
- Eaten more matza than I've ever wanted to
Anyways, I need to start doing something productive or else I think I'll turn into a potato (the couch variety).
With the beginning of spring I am craving some new clothes. I wouldn't mind looking like any of these:











(Images from Hel Looks and Facehunter)

Life is Sweet

Finally, I have turned the magic age of 16. I can finally start driving, and besides, 16 sounds so much older than 15. Despite having to take a few tests in school today, I had a nice dinner with my family at my favorite Mexican restaurant and after we ate a delicious chocolate fudge cake made by my mom.

All in all I had a very good year. I tried a lot of new things (including snowboarding, lacrosse, planning a benefit concert, sewing with a serger, and starting this blog) but there are still so many things that I want to try. I've tried to be a more open person and I've been so much happier because of it. Everything's going really well for me right now.

Some inspiration for the rest of the year:




(Images from eye poetry)

Save me

Lately I have been having many thoughts about splurging on some great pieces. I have to keep on reminding myself that I would probably be better off if I saved my money for something I REALLY need such as contacts or college. But it's so hard to not dream about these:



(Misha Market, Alexander Wang, Leviticus Jewelry)
Well, my birthday is coming up, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to get just one of these....

Also, I tried out a recipe yesterday to make ladyfingers, and they taste fine but the batter wasn't thick enought so they shapes of all of them turned out very flat and spread out. Anyone have any tips?

Give it to me...

I want it, I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it. I want it.
It's too perfect....

Whimsical at it's best

I really don't wear enough jewelry. I own some but I always forget to put it on, and when I remember it's always right before I have to leave so it's never anything that exciting. Honestly, I'd rather put all of my thought into what clothing I'm wearing rather than what jewelry I'm wearing, but maybe I'm saying this because I don't own any jewelry that I'm in love with. Maybe If I owned some of these I would wear jewelry more:








Some of the jewelry can be found being sold by the etsy seller ragtrader.
Also, the bicycle necklace can be found at Leviticus Jewelry.