Showing posts with label fashion inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion inspiration. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

I'd sell my soul for money to burn with you.

It's a little late to mention this since the season is long over, but I greatly enjoy the E! show "Married to Rock." I actually enjoy all of those shows -- "Rock of Love," "Charm School," etc.

My favorite "Married to Rock" couple is hands-down Josie and Steve Stevens. They are really adorable. Case in point: she surprised him backstage with a Hello Kitty guitar, which he proceeded to thank her for and play onstage, even though his entire band was horrified.

Anyway. I think Josie is exceptionally awesome, and she has totally had an influence on my style. Never before in my life have I considered enjoying Hello Kitty anything. Now I'm finding myself drawn to pink, bows and assorted cutesy clothing items.

I love her big hair, pink accessories, stripper shoes, ruffles, cutesy jewelry and weird decoupage nails. She has an Etsy shop in which she sells goofy bows and decorated jewelry, but I feel like it's too expensive and would be more fun to make these things myself.

I also didn't mean to bring up "Rock of Love," but since I did, I'm going to give a shout-out to Ashley Klarich, who is also awesome and stylish.


In conclusion, "Rock of Love" chic is on my radar this season.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Wanna try me?

Sadly, Tura Satana died on Friday in Reno. She was so fabulous, I almost can't deal with it. She was amazing looking! And such a badass. And she taught Elvis Presley how to please a woman.

After spending all weekend watching "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" in her memory, it has come to my attention that I really want to look just like her.

I am going to start by finding a way to piece together this fantastic outfit:

Everything about it is perfect. I think I could pull it off. Not quite as well as she does, but I'll work on it. First step: a great new bra and some leather gloves.

I'm also a big fan of her hairstyle. Time to start growing mine out, I guess.

I want to start dressing like this every day!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Gravity don't mean too much to me.

You have to see this.

I've been hearing a lot about Jeffrey Campbell's Lita platforms, but I didn't particularly care for them... Until now.

They come in silver, pewter and multi-colored glitter.

Well, they're $160 and they're all sold out. But, whoa. Maybe someday.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.

It's that time again-- time to check out another of my fashion icons. This time around, I give you Janis Joplin!


Here she is with Big Brother and the Holding Company (wearing a really fantastic outfit):


And here she is with Grace Slick (both of whom look fabulous):

The beading, the texture, the accessories! The little glasses! I want it all.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

We're gonna stay away forever until we're dancing on my grave.

I wanted to introduce you to another one of my fashion icons: Michael Monroe, the lead singer of Hanoi Rocks.

I cannot put into words how unbelievably stylish I find this guy. All of his clothes are absolutely perfect. He knows how to rock bright colors, contrasting colors and neon-- be still, my heart. He also knows how to accessorize and combine excessive fringe with red cowboy boots. What more can I say? I wish I could dress like this all the time.

But, while we're on the subject, the other members of Hanoi Rocks were also quite fashionable and deserve mention.

I would go into more detail, but these outfits speak for themselves. Where do you even find clothes this amazing? This band is also excellent, so everyone should thoroughly be in awe.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

So manically depressed and manically dressed.

I have lots of posting to catch up on, but in the meantime, I thought I'd post some shoe inspiration. Here are some shoes that I love because they are covered in glitter and/or excessive amounts of dangly things.

These are Prada's spring 2010 "chandelier sandals," which look like something I would have really enjoyed walking around in when I was little. Actually, I'd still really enjoy walking around in them.

I can't identify these shoes, unfortunately, but I love them and I want them. Desperately. Although something tells me that I might be able to buy plain heels and a bunch of shiny decals to turn this into a DIY project.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Out of place.

Back in January, I was really into those Acne wedges and all shoes that vaguely resembled them, if you can recall. Now, I have developed a new shoe interest that keeps me up at night.

It all started with the Balenciaga harness boots:


In my humble opinion, I don't actually think that these are too terribly attractive. Which is convenient for me because there is no way in hell that I could afford to buy them. But there's something about this concept that intrigues me.



Next, we encounter the Sam Edelman knock-offs, Zoe. These are sold for around $300+ (although I did find some on eBay that I bid about $25 on because I'm a ridiculous optimist, but I lost that auction, naturally). What I dislike about these is how low the segment between the heel and the rest of the shoe is, for some reason.


These are Lucyd Acyd's Witchery Buckle Boots. They cost a little over $70 and certainly are appropriately platformed, but I am just not thoroughly sold on the weird faux pony hair.

Finally, these are the ones that I really want! They were being sold by this online shop-community called Vestiges for around $50. However, by the time I decided that I couldn't live without them, they were sold out of the really high ones, so... what's the point? And, usually, when I could find these shoes for sale, the largest size they carried was an 8, so it is unfortunate to be me.

Well, nonetheless, these are the shoes that I currently am on the lookout for, so I'm hoping that the perfect ones come along one of these days.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Don't love nobody, it's not worthwhile.

So, my friend Jen and I were talking, and we've decided that we're going to bring back spats. I have had the desire to bring back spats for years because I'm a big Some Like It Hot fan, which makes me want to become a 1920s gangster.

This movie is fantastic and I highly recommend it for numerous reasons. I've included these pictures to help illustrate how fantastic it is! In the last set, you'll see the antagonists of the movie, including Spats Colombo and his spats. He is very thoroughly badass, and a valid reason to think spats are awesome.

Luckily, spats are sold on Etsy, and here are some that I think are cool:




Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Step inside the party, disrupt the whole scene.



I have been thinking about these ModCloth shoes for an excessively long period of time. They're called "Science Fiction Booties," which is probably what made me curious in the first place. Initially, I wasn't sure if I thought they were attractive or not, but then I read the description:
You'll be 'queen' of the style universe when you bring these astronomically amazing booties into your life! Their rich caramel and crimson dual toned, geometrically shaped leather upper will protect your feet from unwanted invaders from the planet Earth, while a brightly printed sole, and stylishly soft pink velvet interior put these ankle boots light years ahead of their time! Highlight your intergalactic gams with a pair of sparkling tights and a mod mini dress, and you'll be fighting bad fashion, one step at a time.
Yes, now I am with you.

Hitches in the plan:
1. They are $99.99, although marked down from $147.99, so, there's that.
2. They are sold out of my size! So, there, I don't even have a choice.

Sure are dreamy, though.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

When the heart guides the hand.

My heart-shaped glasses arrived Saturday afternoon (all the way from Hong Kong, apparently)!


These pictures are not the highest quality, but the sunglasses are exceptionally cool. I was slightly concerned that these would look too Marilyn Manson on me, but if I had been worried about that, I probably should have stopped a long time ago.


Yeah! And, I miss spring break already. I hardly knew ye.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

She obliterated everything she kissed.

Alright! This post is all about excellent rock 'n' roll women with fantastic style and fantastic music. Here are some that I find most inspirational:


Babes in Toyland



Jack Off Jill


Hole



Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs



The Runaways


Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane

This has been the first of a few Excellent Rock 'n' Roll Women inspirational posts, probably, as I could most likely go on for quite some time on this topic. Until then!