Outerwear Fall '10 Term Garment

Wow, I can't believe I haven't updated since October! The Fall semester flew by and before I knew it, it was over. I went home to TX for a bit, and then spent a lot of time enjoying the winter wonderlands of northern Michigan and Telluride, CO. Now I'm back in NYC and it's cold and snowy and gray, my favorite time to be a New Yorker, and I'm ready to take on my last semester of college!

Here's a jacket I made last semester- It's a dark green microfiber (water resistant!) with a super amazing green shearling collar (furrr!!)

Fur, ready to be cut.

It has a drop shoulder, and is super oversized, but it has a hidden drawstring so you can wear it cinched up if you want.

The storm cuff is just a tad bit longer than the sleeve, so you can get a peek of the plaid (which matches the teddy's bowtie!).

modelin'

Plaid flannel lining...sooo soft and cozy.

My fave girlz and I modeling our creations! (Sujin, Angélique, and Aimee)

more soon! xx

Apartment!

Finally! Our apartment is fully furnished and cozy and amazing.

Angy took some pics of a few of my favorite parts:

front door chalkboard & hat/shopping bag/umbrella rack

antique kitchen island for extra storage & counter space + antique test tube rack used for vases

small kitchen table has extra leaves that can be pulled out to fit 6 people + the coolest black leather & wood kitchen chairs ever

the living room focal point: antique buy furs sign with a super creepy/awesome pelt of an unknown animal added on by my mom

light grey down sofa with furry pillows and huge knit blanket

antique black leather chairs with awesome ottoman that, with the addition of this tray, turns into a mini coffee table

this is the table in between the two leather chairs- it's normally a triangle, but it folds out into the amazing flower shape

my insanely cluttered desk area + massive cork board

entrance to my room- the nightstand is an antique hospital table...amazing

this painting is by my dear friend Donald Gallaspy and is one of my favorite things ever

quilted bedspread and shams + vintage velvet embroidered pillow & some furry friends

these are old sweater forms- I'm not sure if they were used to store sweaters so they kept their shape or if they were used as patterns for sweater making...either way, so cool

we don't have any closets so my dad MADE me this beyond incredible clothing rack- complete with shoe rack on the bottom, hooks for bags and scarves, industrial wheels, and an extra bar so i can add a curtain if i want....

vanity table and old children's dress form from Suji I dress up for fun

the Victorian looking high-back chair

art-deco-ish dresser and coat rack

this painting is by Jason Reyes and also, really amazing

alpaca bunnies from Angy's trip to Peru

old velvet head mannequin + old pharmaceutical bottles + cool mini shoes

Apartment's painted white tin ceiling

Obviously, it's hard for me to ever leave here...

Buy Furs!

I spent the majority of my Spring Break trip to Texas out in the hill country in Roundtop and Warrenton at the HUGE annual antique shows out there. Three full days of digging through millionsssss of old artifacts... pretty fun. And exhausting. The weather was beautiful though (and the Texas wildflowers are INSANE this year!!!) and I found some pretty cool things. Mainly, really old and ratty stuffed animal bunnies (amazing), old trims and buttons, some cool purple glass bottles, andddd FUR! At the beginning of the trip, I told my mom my main goal was to get a scarf with a face on this trip. And the one I found has not 1 face, but FOUR! Best find ever...

Four minks (i think) including their faces, tails, and legs! All for 15 dollars!! I spent the rest of the trip looking for another one in a darker color so i could wear them all at once (for that super-whacky grandma look) but none were cheap enough. Sad day. The search has not been abandoned though....

I also fell in love with this sign, and am going to paint my own...

These people actually had tons of stuff I would have loved to have dragged back to ny with me. There was basically endless inspiration and exciting stuff to be found.

Anyways, when I wasn't freaking people out by modeling my new scarf, I was eating. Texas seriously does have the best. food. ever. I'm still trying to recover. I could probably fast til the end of the semester and still be able to survive after all that good old southern cooking....