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Here is my question and answer post I promised! I loved reading and replying, even though some questions were quite a bit obscure. 

1.      What do you want to do with you life? Well, that’s an interesting question. I would like to graduate from Oxford University with a degree in journalism. Then I’d like to become a respected journalist and work for ELLE or British Vogue, and move to heart of London.  I’ll live vivaciously; stop all the sadness in this world and end up kind of unforgettable.
2.      Are you religious? If so what religion? No, I am not religious. Though I do go to a Catholic school, but I have shifted my beliefs from a Christian to an Agonistic to an Atheist. I prefer to believe in something that won’t let me down, like myself.
 3.      Besides the Beatles what other bands do you like? What do you think of modern music? Besides The Beatles I like; David Bowie, Tom Petty, MGMT, Franz Ferdinand, Bob Dylan, Nirvana, Oasis, The Cure, The Killers, and various other indie, rock and pop groups. I am not a music snob (though others may disagree) so I don’t exactly shun “modern music,” I just like good music.
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4..      Favorite movies? Titanic, Romeo+Juilet, Moulin Rouge, Sweeney Todd, Casino Royale, Help!, The Breakfast Club, Music and Lyrics, Harry Potter, ect.
5.   Favorite designer/style? I have three favorite design houses; Chanel, Stella McCartney, and Chloe. These three houses are actually all linked to each other because both Stella McCartney and Karl Lagerfeld designed for Chloe. I love Chanel for its classic glamour, I love Stella for designing what women want to wear, and I love Chloe for holding all the imagination of the 60’s-70’s vibe.
6.   What would you do with a pencil, camera, and mirror? I would throw the pencil and mirror at you, and take a picture.
7.  Do you want to be in the fashion industry when you grow up? Certainly. 
8. Do you prefer vintage or new clothes? Don’t have a preference, I like to mix and match!
9.      What do you like in a guy? Uhh, uncomfortable question, I like guys to be amusing, brave, and sweet. My standard would be a mixture of Edward Cullen and Harry Potter, with a hint of Paul McCartney and Chuck Bass.
10.  How old are you and why can’t we see your face? To preserve my anonymity I can’t give you my age, but I am a teenager and you are going to have to trust me on this one. You will probably also never see my face on the internet because of my rightfully protective father, sorry.
11.  Do you like flats or heels? I like both, but I prefer heels. Heels give me a sense of belonging and superiority, no matter how hard they hurt.
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 12. What are your political views? What are Well, unfortunately, I am not of the age to vote yet. But if I had been eighteen last year, I would have voted for Barack Obama. However, I am not fully a democrat or fully a republican.  You could call me a moderate democrat.  I believe that gay/lesbians relationships should have equal rights to different-gender relationships, that everyone should have the right to an abortion, and that healthcare is a right not a privilege.
13.  What is your favorite scene from a movie or book? Tough question, I have tons. I love when Leonardo strokes Kate’s hand as he slowly dies from hypothermia (Titanic), I adore when Edward cuddles Bella in a field of flowers (Twilight – book version), I crack up when Meryl Streep puts Anne Hathaway in her rightful place on the fashion totem pole – the bottom (Devil Wears Prada), I feel warm inside when Ewan McGregor display his beautiful voice by serenading Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge), my heart cries for Harry when he loses Sirius (Harry Potter 5), and my inner rebel yells when Tom Cruise walks in with his leather jacket on (Top Gun).
14. What’s on your Christmas list? Currently; a new laptop, Beatles Rock Band, Doc Martens, and The Kinks greatest hits CD.
9.      What’s your favorite item(s) of clothing from your closet? My leather jacket, pink heart sunglasses, bubble skirt, Navajo sweater, and 70’s floppy hat. These items make me feel like a character in my own movie.
10.  Do you have regrets? If so what are they? I have plenty of regrets, but I would never tell you them.
16. Do you live in the country or in the city? Which do you prefer? I live in the city of Seattle, and most definitely prefer the city. I would give up all my Beatles CD’s (actually…) to stay living in the city.
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17. Do you think there is a point to our lives? Honestly, I’m just a teenager, but I think so. If there wasn’t a point wouldn’t we all be comfortably numb in a spanse of black velvet?
18. What is your favorite holiday/ place to travel to/ and band? My favorite Holiday Is Christmas because everyone is so pleasant and giving. My favorite place to travel to is Europe, more specifically Italy and Spain. And obviously my favorite band is The Beatles.
19. What would you wear to dinner with cannibals? I would wear a vintage Chloe dress, those sky high tribal Louis Vuitton heels from last year, and boho beaded bangles (seriously what kind of question is this?).
20. What would you do with ripped tights? A. throw them away. B. rip them more. C. add sparkles and crystals to them like Cocorosa.
21. Where is the magic land? Two stars to the left and straight on till morning.
22. Do you bake? What should I bake for dinner dessert tonight? I have feeble skills at baking, but you should make a lemon cake and crème brulee (if it can be baked).
23. What is the meaning to life? Goodness we are getting deep, there are three possible answers; 43, seven levels, and 8 ounces. You can decide which one is correct J 

     Thank you for reading and commenting, hope this was an educational post!
 
 
Stella McCartney one of my most favorite designers, has just designed a kid’s collection that is coming out tomorrow! I adore Stella’s soft colours, boyfriend silhouettes, and charming take on fashion – and all this is available at GAP for a lower price. Now I understand many of you must be thinking, ‘that’s all good and well but I can’t fit into kids clothing, what do you think I am? Ten?’ No, I don’t think you’re ten, and if you are well done you, but there is a purpose to this post.  A. If you are 1-12 yrs old pull out your allowance money pronto! B. If you’re a mother start ushering your children out the door, you have some shopping to do! C. If you are slender or just a few years off 12 you can go shopping too! If you look for the XL and XLL I’m sure youll be able to fit snugly into one of her classic Sgt Pepper jacket’s, and at just $50 it’s worth it!
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Stella really had designed an adorable line for the mini fashionistas soul. With bodysuits, colourful cashmere cardigans, leopard prints, graphic band tees, classic peacoats, practical trenches and macs, childish sneakers, cable knit sweaters, flared and skinny jeans, tutu’s, ruffled smocks dresses…ect. Her collection sounds like my dream closet, full of nostalgia and imagination.  So, come tomorrow I will definitely be heading down to my local GAP and enjoy squeezing into clothing that probably won’t fit me, if it doesn’t I’m going on a diet. On another note I’m going to a question and answer post, please leave and questions for me!
 
 
Today, one of my more enthusiastic holiday celebrator friends informed me that Christmas was just around the corner. At first I giggled, we haven’t  had Thanksgiving or even Halloween yet. But as she described the joy of new fleece pajamas, gusty winds, frosted car windows, and the fresh scent of Christmas cookies I lapsed into a holiday state. And the moment she mentioned what she was thinking about getting for her mom, I thought of the perfect idea; a Christian Louboutin champagne flute.
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The story is that Louboutin felt the need to hark back to the days when “Le Rituel” was preformed. “Le Rituel” was an event where French male aristocrats displayed their love and compassion for a woman by drinking from the heel on her foot. The joke is that now men are so unreliable and immature that you have to get your girlfriends to drink to you. But of course your girlfriends get to drink in style, in a 5.5 inch red soled Slovenian crystallized pump. So what do you think girls, remarkable or ridiculous?
 
 
Recently, I have been getting plenty of emails from readers inquiring about what “trend items” they should invest in. As a general rule I don’t suggest investing in “trend items” because they are quite literally “trend items” that will fade and go out of style quickly. However, you asked and I am willing to gush over ten trends that will loosen your wallet. Enjoy!
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The Print Dress: From Alexander McQueen and Rodarte to Mary Katrantzoua and Christopher Kane, every designer has been featuring an eccentric print.  If you need to spark up your dreary winter wardrobe or to add a spice to a repeat outfit, this is your remedy. Also dresses are multi-functional because you can wear them as a shirt, as a top over pants, or as well a dress. Imagination is your only limitation darlings!
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Military Influences: One would think girly-girl fashionistas and the military have nothing in common, but you’re wrong. Michael Jackson (I understand he isn’t exactly a girl but…) proved that anything can be fashion and popularized the military jacket.  I have already fulfilled purchasing this trend at Forever21 myself. The military jacket is available at low-end stores like Forever21 and at high-high-end store brand stores like Balmain.
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Leather Hot Pants/Shorts: Alexander Wang and Chloe are big advocates of this trend and have a right to be. You can just slip on a pair next to your dainty blouses and transform yourself into the next Erin Wasson. While others may give you what they think are knowing stares as you walk down the street, don’t be afraid to try this trend. The semi-limited amount of fashionistas in the street will recognize your inner style and give you a smile. By wearing a pair you are promoting dressing well – think about it if we all made an effort to promote style then no sad little girls would be leftover wearing Crocs in this world.
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The Ice skate: Before you read on I must say that many of you will be highly skeptical of this shoe. But with all it-shoes it, it’s slightly androgynous and certainly out of the ordinary. The silver metal bottom and the five inch heel make it a must have. It retails from Acne for about $600, if that isn’t exactly in your price range I hear Jeffrey Campbell is making a respectable version for $150ish.
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Faux Fur Vest: The latest style is faux fur which is both eco friendly and fashionable. In fact I just got one myself yesterday and am very excited to wear it with a variety of clothing mediums. That one purchase has made me 100% more bohemian hipster, and I think it could do the same for you!
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Under-wear as Outer-wear: One of my most personal favorite new trends initiated by John Galliano’s couture collection for Dior. I just got a light pink corset yesterday; however, my loving father isn’t too excited about my teenage soul wearing it.  But you, my fabulous reader can pull out your lacy, silky, and shiny under things to incorporate to your everyday wardrobe.
              Well that’s all for now darlings, thanks for visiting and commenting as always!
 
Getting Better 10/23/2009
 
After having a rather full and interesting day running around with post it notes on my forehead informing the world that I’m fabulous, I found myself in my friend’s dad’s car. His father inquired about the state of the blog, I started to blush and nearly role my eyes – my father has been telling nearly everyone I have a blog and its getting embarrassing. The reason I started this blog was to have free expression, but now all my dads’ friends and family are reading my every thoughts. I understand he is doing this because he is proud of me, but now I can’t go on about the anguish and sorrows of my teenage life in great extent. My friend’s dad suggested I slowly push the limit on what I can write until my parents feel the need to stop me. I smiled, that’s not how it works in my family. Then he suggested I write whatever I feel like as long as I’m passionate about it, and then they would understand. This seemed like a good idea, but then it dawned on me that I’m not passionate about anything.
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Except maybe The Beatles. The most commercially and critically successful band of all time, wow do I sound superficial. But I can’t help it, instead of searching for my passion I’ll let it come to me. Meanwhile I’ll stick with my boys. They are funny, insightful, charming, and the most handsome men in the history of the world. I don’t think I can explain their aura properly, anytime they would walk into a room or strike a pose people instantly fall in love. They lure you in and there is no backing out of it and you want to know everything about them.
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And you could say I do know everything about them. Since the sixth grade spring break I have made it my mission too find out all the facts, decipher all the songs, and read between the rumors. My calendar is marked up with their birthdays, important days, and John’s and George’s death day. Infact my calendar is even a Beatles calendar. My walls are covered in their smiling faces, their stoned faces, and their thoughtful faces. I have a mini library worth of Beatles picture books, Beatle biographies, and Beatle magazines. My closet has a section of just Beatles apparel, bags, and pins. My desk is littered in Beatle postcards.  Stacks of Beatle/Wings/Lennon/Harrison/McCartney records fill our living room and all their songs occupy my iPod.  Half the quotes I know (and that’s a lot) are derived from their brilliance. They opened my mind up to fashion, music, and ideals of the Sixties and anytime before the 2000's. I owe everything to them. And I owe this little qoute to them " I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time, it can't get no worse, I have to admit it's getting better, it's getting better." Hope it is for you too!
 
 
If the blogging community has taught me anything it’s that fashion is art. And that art can be fashion, and there is fashion about art. If that last sentence wasn’t too confusing, I’m sure you would enjoy seeing and reading this post about my all time personal favorite fashion artist; Danny Roberts.
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It’s safe to say Danny is a natural, he draws loads of pictures and posts them each day on his blog Igor + Andre.  He draws everything related to fashion - from daunting models, inspiring bloggers, to popular celebrities.  His work has been featured in many magazines including Teen Vogue, Marie Claire, Vogue, and Oxygen. Also reproductions of his pictures can be purchased online at his blogstore. Or you could buy tee shirts with his artwork from Harajuku Lovers.  Needless to say, he is brilliant and certainly someone worthy of your visit to his site. And if you like his work you will also like Garance Dore’s another fashion artist, so do check them out!
 
 
Sorry for not posting quite as often as I should these last few weeks, I have been extraordinarily busy and at this rate will continue to be for a while.  For an example just this weekend a family friend, about my age, stayed the weekend – which was smashing. She was also a major fan of fashion and the Beatles, so that kept us really busy.  Anyways she is one of the few people who have seen my room fully finished after our remodel, her thoughts on it was that it is very white yet colourful.
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And it her description is fairly accurate, all the furniture and the walls in my room are white, but I have one wall that is covered fully by a massive collage (I have a bit too much time on my hands) and colourful music and movie posters are displayed on my other walls. My style is minimalist and classic, I even have a chandelier!
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Due to the fact I designed my room myself, I am very proud of it. And I was thinking it would be wonderful if I could take some pictures of it, however, I don’t want too show too many pictures of where I live because of the frightening amount of stalkers on the internet…so instead  I am showing you Dree Hemmingway’s room which is very similar. Not too brag but mine may be just a tad more hipster; then again Dree Hemmingway is just plain more hipster than I am in general.
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For those of you who have been living in fashion oblivion or are not literature-lly inclined, Dree Hemmingway is first and foremost a model, a muse, and the great-grand daughter of Ernest Hemmingway.  Dree is with Elite Model Management and has worked for Abercrombie & Fitch, DNKY, Givenchy, Alexander Wang, Riccardo Tisci, and Halston to name a few.  You could call her the Erin Wasson of our time but a little bit sweeter and more refined. Now go forth my fashionable readers - look her up, soak up her style, and thicken your inspiration folders, I would love to hear what you think of Dree!
 
Finding Nirvana 10/16/2009
 
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I was sitting in my Social Studies watching the endless rain hit the school room window and tugging at my uniform sweater to cover my frozen hands, just wishing that I had a scarf and gloves.  My classmates continued to murmur on about the dance happening tonight – which oddly enough I wasn’t all too interested in, wearing mini skirts and tee shirts at night in 45 degree weather isn’t exactly my forte. All I was interested in wearing was a blanket or two, long gauzy skirts, and thick Santa Fe sweaters, but I knew no one ever wears that. Then I thought again people actually did wear that – in the 90’s.
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And that reminded me of a lush spread featuring these clothing items I longed for, from Teen Vogue, that arrived not but two days ago.  Once I got home, I ran up the stairs nearly slipping in the process, to where my sacred barely opened magazine lay. Moments later I found the spread; and here it is.
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Isn’t there something crazily gorgeous and simplistic about these photos? And my goodness how that light shines in the previous photo makes the models look almost godly. Now I am on a hunt to find the Navaho sweaters my mum brought back years ago from Santa Fe (that she now thinks are ghastly) similar looking to this Stella McCartney sweater, some plaid that manages not to look pre-teen cheesy (especially not in pink or any other revolting plaid colour), and a pair of black Doc Martens (that I have been begging my parents to let me get a pair for ages). However, you will have to wish me luck with my mum, when she heard me listening to Nirvana she nearly had a heart attack. As it is customary, I will now also wish you luck in finding your fashion Nirvana. Have a nice evening hearing the rain on the roofs!
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Yesterday was the unofficial holiday Columbus Day. Unofficial meaning the government deemed it inappropriate to name a holiday after someone who led the slew of foreigners to come slaughter thousands of Native Americans.  But I find this ironic because Columbus himself didn’t actually slaughter thousands of Indians, it was the government who did – and now in the words of Lucy from Across the Universe “and how do we repay them? We ship them off to the shittiest bits of real estate.”  Indeed.
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But now you must be thinking, how does that lovely bit of anti-government information relate to today’s post and fashion. Well, it’s the historical background, because due to this unofficial holiday Lewa (my most A-M-A-Z-I-N-G photographer friend) and I had a half day and we went to Freemont to vintage shop. And no we were really not skiving off class like some shop keepers were curious enough to ask. We probably were a strange sight though, Lewa on one hand sniveling away (the poor dear has a nasty cold) snapping pictures of semi-intellectual and peculiar things still in our uniform, and me on the other hand me excitedly pointing out shops in Freemont to Lewa (it was the first time she ever really experienced Freemont) and a whole lot more dressed up than Lewa and the other suedo-bohemian onlookers were.
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Anyways let me help you experience Freemont from wherever you are through Lewa’s photos. Firstly some people consider Freemont as rather a place where the slightly sketchy artsy alternative people hang out, and do slightly artsy things (like these animal pictures from "The Coolest Art Gallery in the Known Universe" ahem).
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Also Freemont is known for its notoriously large Lenin statue, the now rather unpopular Communist has been. However, in Freemont they think of him fondly...if you look closely, right behind Lenin is a little yummy gelato cafe that serves Lenny scoops and such.
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After Lewa and I got our fill of Communist gelato, we headed down to one of the truly coolest places in the known universe; Freemont Vintage Mall. Which is covered in paintings of the talented, famous, and brilliant legends, I struck a pose with them.
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We tried on various faux fur coats (I’m on the lookout for one) and looked at relics from times past. I did find one coat very similar to Rumi’s but it was a little too oversized and too expensive. But I didn’t come away empty handed, I bought various Barbie trading cards some dating back to the 1960’s and a mini stand up James Dean. Hope you enjoyed the mini tour, I have a  fever and headache, so I think I'm going to go hibranate in my bed now. As always thanks for reading!
 
 
Alix, of The Cherry Blossom Girl blog, took these glamorous photos from the Sonia Rykiel show. In her post she mentioned bloggers have been getting plenty of attention these last few seasons as well as the best seats in the house.  And that is true, for an example Rumi of Fashion Toast has been seen at everywhere from Herve Leger to Alexander McQueen’s show.  Even the young Stylish Wanderer is being invited to all the legendary designer shows, I must admit I’m a bit jealous. But Anna Wintour’s advice is "you can't just assume that since you can become popular fashion wise on the internet or on a reality TV show that you can do well in the real fashion world." This means to me, that all the ego boosting you wonderful commenters do for me must not go to my head. Everyone and their mother wants to work for a high fashion magazine, but not everyone can make the cut.  So, I will just have to work harder than rest till I make it.
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Talking about getting advice from Anna Wintour, TeenVogue has issued a handbook on how to make a spot for yourself in the fashion industry. Of the sneak peak I have seen so far, it’s brilliant, full of glossy images and interviews from some of the most prestigious faces in fashion. Some people are: Stella McCartney, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, and Jourdan Dunn. Can't wait to get my copy!

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Anyways, I’ll stop talking about my fashion ambitions and talk more about the actual fashion. Doesn’t this show look extraordinary? The glitter, lingerie influences, colourful pieces, and the models joyous expressions just sew the whole thing together. I am ashamed that I have never really considered Sonia Rykiel as one of the top ten designers, but I definitely think so now.
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There’s tons of energy and pronounced attitude in this clothing, it makes me feel like I just want to get up to dance and run around in oversized heels listening to Rick James while nibbling on pink cotton candy.  That sounds like a wildly appealing thing to do! Maybe I can see if I can arrange such a happening…but I must go now, it’s my mums birthday (as well as John Lennon and his son Sean Lennon’s birthday coincidently). Have glamorous weekend!