Gone, Going Home

Eshakti dress

No I haven't disappeared, I've been working, and navigating the NYC dating scene albeit rather unsuccessfully. In one year of singledom I feel I've learned (too much),  lost (too much) and at last found myself at home in my own skin.
I took a trip down to AZ recently, last month to be exact, after what seems like the longest winter in NY to date. Having lived here nearly ten years, that's saying quite a lot. I'm reminded of these lyrics in "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel, "and wishing I was gone,  going home, where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me."

I am being a tad melodramatic, just a tad! I really miss the style blogosphere. At some point I reminded myself that I wanted to work in fashion not just talk about it with teenagers online. No offense to them. I seriously wish I could suck the life force out of teenagers. They are so inspired, so in love, so intense about everything.

Just like I used to be.

That's what I've been doing, working in fashion and while it's not as glamourous as you'd think it is pretty damn exciting. I won't get into details here. My birthday is tomorrow, I'll be 23.

I'd been hoping to wear this dress, but NYC is still gloomy and cold. Eshakti sent it to me and offered to customize. It fits my exact measurements! Fits like a dream, how I hope every dress will fit when I try it on. In these photos I'd gained two or three pounds, my grandmother is a freakin' taco factory, she's such a sweetheart.

And that's my first personal style post in over a year.

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Anastasia Want You To Want Me + Kisses On My List

Here I am wearing Maggie May lipgloss from the "Kisses On My List" lipgloss set. Don't my lips look ultra juicy?? They're actually fairly unkissable, ask any ex-bf of mine, but this lipgloss sure does the trick. 

The set comes with seven lipglosses. This is an everyday fave. 

I also used the "Want You To Want Me" eye shadow palette for this toned down bronze-eye effect. 

Get that one here. 

I recreated it using this example: 

You may have missed that Christmas deadline, but you still have to look hot for NYE right? 

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Titania Inglis S/S 2013

Brooklyn based designer, Titania Inglis focuses on minimalism and structure for her Spring 13' collection. Those of you who frequent this here blog will have noted that I'm not fond of boxy fits nor am I particularly interested in emphasizing structure. On myself, that is. 

But there is something to playing with proportions. I am drawn to the constricted neckline found in these designs. For the most part, the top half of these looks come across as menswear inspired.

Androgyny is undeniably present and yet there are dashes of classically feminine silhouettes, such as the flowy long skirts and pleats. 

Another distinguishing concept about this collection is the sustainable aspect of Titania's design process.Every garment is sewn in a small factory in New York from sustainably sourced fabrics including Japanese organic cotton, French vegetable-tanned leather, and dead stock wool from New York’s garment industry.

Something to be lauded, methinks.

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Dita Von Teese For Flaunt

Dita x Flaunt x Joseph Gordon Levitt from The Confluence

Yum.

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