stylesight?! instagram?! contest?!!!!!

metal and doom

the only thing worthwhile from holly fulton (i cropped this pic but if you really want to subject yourself to sheer black pantyhose and a "carwash-style" skirt, suit yourself...)

from styesight

i love metallics, especially when woven into a suit of armor. i'm thinking a gary numan soundtrack is fitting for this post. or portal. use your head.

endless bummer

hey lady t! what's in that bag of yours?

ahoy bag lovers and nosey nancies.  allow me to introduce delovely and delightful hostess with da mostess, my girl Tanya.  tanya has agreed to participate (i think just to appease me) in the third installment of pete+repeat's what's in yr bag? she is an unofficial/official Taylor that prefers to rock Saucony's.  and girl can stoke a fire like nobody's business.  she is about to bring couch phones back too, y'all!  without further ado, let's get in TonTon's bag!!!

AxCess bag (more like excess in TWrex case <3)

i've been an admirer of this bag for awhile.  it is made of super soft leather and the goldenrod color takes me back to the gingham print wallpaper of my parent's kitchen. this photo does not do justice.

interior....i love the basketweave print lining!

the good stuff:

* a lovely quilted folding wallet that practically matches her dang bag...dang!
* 3 packs Kleenex (Miss T is a special ed teacher and is battling sniffles fairly frequently)
* 1 tampon
* 3 maxi's
* Advil
* 2 mini Skil flashlights (broken, from 2 xmas's ago)
* loose change (5 pennies, 1 dime)
* bobby pin
* Lanacaine anti-chafing gel (i told you we were about to get real, didn't i?)
* Fiji passionfruit body lotion
* black knit gloves
* 2 clear quartz marbles (one large, one smallish)
* last week's grocery list
* Bare Minerals DeLISH lipgloss pallette
* Tarte "Shimmering Berry" lipgloss
* 2 used Kleenex
* 2 badges featuring men, one with a moustache
* a purple button
* TUMS
* reciepts
* Camel coupon (for her sister...T prefers Bali Shag when she decides to have a smoke)
* Lake Tahoe keychain
* Mt. Rushmore keychain -  the reverse side of which flashes Jesus (not literally flashes Jesus, just his name)

i caught Jesus flashing with my camera

acne beards beards ACNE

two things you won't see at Acne fw2012: acne beards or beards.  my daughter used the term acne beard to describe many of her male classmates complexions.  ("when boys have razorburned acne, it's an acne beard-duh." so sassy, that girl!)  her peers must not have access to to the quality skincare treatments as those handsome men on Acne's fw runway.  let me be the elephant in the room and say loud and proud "i love a clean beard on a moisturized handsome confident face!!!" just as much (but maybe more than) the next girl. but there were no beards to be seen at Acne.  only plenty of moisturized handsome and confident faces!!!

especially love these colors together!

knit and printed hearts

so many bright colors paired black

nice layers. traditional check and an irreverent print.

*all images via style.com

placating my nosey nature

tumbld upon i don't like clothes, a fashion illustration blog by Dadu Shin.  i love sneaking peeks at sketchbooks and doodles.  Dadu's illustrations have sated me for the moment, but i hope that tumblr page gets updated soon! 

*all images from i don't like clothes

lust never sleeps

lay your eyes on Walter Van Beirendonck's f12 collection. i think my head exploded.  i love the theatrics of his runway show featuring models wearing indigenous-inspired masks.  i see looks inspired by classic menswear, rap and hip hop style, and the art of the Yoruba culture (fyi: i'm practically an expert on African art thanks to Professor Fred T. Smith).  i've been playing with lavender and buttery yellow in my own wovens and prints and i'm so very happy to see it in my favorite menswear designer's collection! 

*all images via style.com