A Look at the Sartorialist

A wonderful profile by the NY Times LENS blog, on influential street photographer Scott Schuman of the Sartorialist. I can say that my day isn't complete without a visit to his blog, and my favorite people featured are often the laborers or those with less money, but a creative personal style. Additionally, I'm an enormous fan of all black and aviators when the rest of my closet (or life) somewhat fails me.

Accidental Love

In a world of Twilight vampire love and Bachelor and Bachelorette TV shows, glamorizing desperation, drama, and fights, real love stories like these are beyond refreshing.

"How come I didn't scare you?"
"I found you fascinating. And I was...mesmerized, I think is the right word? Asombrado."

Sugar Art

I was convinced these were either paintings, vintage earrings, or at the very least, coffee coasters. None of these above - these are cookies, created by artist and pastry chef extraordinaire, Maggie Austin. I would probably just stare at them for hours and then leave to devour the contents of my fridge because I couldn't bring myself to destroy them. At $25 a pop, they are literally too pretty to eat! I'll settle for bag of Gushers instead.

photos via Maggie Austin

Love to Hate

I want to boycott John Mayer, but I just can't shake him. I also feel this way about SF's public transportation system, but then it starts raining and I have to swallow my pride and climb on the ride from hell, so my shoes don't fill up with their own mini lakes. I love to hate you, John Mayer and SF Muni.

Lykke Li

Lykke Li and Kleerup are incredible in this, and so is this character who can levitate himself for 4:24 whilst wearing incredibly awesome high-tops, I'm fairly certain he's beating the monks in Tibet who are levitating around their temples, no disrespect meant.

Manrepelling Proudly

The enviably beautiful Charlize Theron. She has come such a long way since Mighty Joe Young. Now she's doing the impossible - saving her boyfriend from ninjas, and pulling off this delicious menswear look.

Writing on this topic made me think about a hilarious blog I came across the other day, Manrepeller. Wow, I thought, scrolling down the pages, I love so many of these looks, I must be repelling men left and right in my harem pants (or my MC Hammer pants, as someone close to me adoringly (adoringly, right...?) calls them. It's very likely that people are turning away in disgust, but I couldn't enjoy the thought of so much power resting in my MC Hammer pants and platform clogs more. No, not together, you've been spending way too much time on Manrepeller already and are overestimating my repelling power.

Girl 1: What are you wearing tonight?

Girl 2: My harem pants, blazers with extra-puffy shoulder pads, and gold gun earrings. What about you?

Girl 1: Oh, so we're man repelling tonight?

 

Men have not stopped ogling Charlize after her role in Monster, because they knew under all the makeup, overalls, and added weight, that she'd go back to looking like this, and are willing to overlook the diaper pants detail. So in short, repel away, you never know whose falling in love with your fur head piece.

 Achieve a similar looks (minus the serial killer tendencies), with Asos and Piperlime. 

 

Warehouse Paperbag Waist Harem Pants

 

ASOS Silk and Lace Mix Blazer

 

DV By Dolce Vita Pascal

Doughy Encounters of the Third Kind

 

via Oh Joy!

Hahaha! Very cute. But now I'm craving bagels and its raining horses and rhinos outside which makes my doughy escapades without a car next to impossible. Any bagel delivery spots out there, in the Bay Area? No thanks to you, GrubHub.

Living Space

photos via For the Love of Gold 

The incredibly bright pops of color and details in this otherwise basic living room is so beautiful!

The Sweet and The Sour

I couldn't sell my soul for money, but I'd consider selling it for these chocolate-covered orange peels. My soul couldn't be worth more than 15 bucks, anyways, which is the cost of the ingredients for this recipe, which would mean I'd be soul-less but sugar high after eating at least 20 of these in one sitting (the amount it would take to fill me up, I estimate).

 

images via Cupcakes and Cashmere

Essential Suede

 

via Stockholm Street Style

She makes casual look so damn fabulous. I wasn't in the market for a suede skirt since I'm trying to afford my rent and groceries this month, but this girl is making me question the necessity of shelter and food. Not a great sign. 

And a couple awesome tunes to get you through the week, which you can appreciate whether you live in a cardboard box or have any contents in your fridge.

Fenech Soler - Lies

Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. Q Tip and MNDR