regression
well aware of all the cliché hatin’ that’s been goin’ on re: AA for the past forever now, don’t care. as with all trends (see: gladiators) the subturdan kids inevitably get on the bandwagon of and outright destroy every look. so much so that you feel sheepish slinking away with one fucking tank top and that’s just so stupid. why should an entire store be ruined for me cos lindsay lohan wore that bodysuit two halloweens ago? anyway, discounted merch always pleases me so therefore, justified. i wanted a skirt like this, saw a more expensive version of it at UO the other day. nah thanks. i feel like i’ve finally gotten to a point where i am comfortable enough with my body that i can wear retarded shit like this and not feel too self conscious (i’ve obvs. worn worse) about it. walking into AA three years ago feeling like a fat blob just made me angry and depressed so i’d buy a big ugly tank top and that would be my new paint by numbers (rizabeff’s fave AA slag) in-rotation shirt for a few but whatever i have always dressed paint by numbers more or less when i wasn’t piling various prints on top of one another. why do i feel like i even have to justify this outfit (socks/skirt) i dunno, maybe the surplus of smug fashion groupie blogs out there fellating the very character of every single designer’s fucking soul these days? it comes off very us vs. them. ugh. you are from the sticks dude, you aren’t the darling of fashion all of a sudden just cos you figured out some magazines. sharpie and i were discussing this last saturday and she was very much in agreement on it, how ridic. it is for so many young girls to have access to such expensive of-the-moment wares and like, the monster it’s making of them. what say them in ten years time, how fulfilled? but anyway that gets into the whole is fashion bad for our self esteem territory, not goin’ there sorry. i enjoy cycling through chick’s fashion blogs just as much as the other guy but it gets to a point where you’re like um who are you talking about now? you are 15 years old and you’re gushing over some name that took me five minutes to phonetically pronounce in my head, this makes you scene queen because you spent 400 dollars on a falling apart blouse that you will despise next year?
bah. fashion is good and it is goofy, basically. i don’t think you have the right to be a snob regarding h&m, forever 21 (never been), AA, UO etc etc ever period, it’s pretty much being classist i feel, down right elitist (snore) and well, you come off a wee bit u-n-l-i-k-e-a-b-l-e. if you can afford expensive shit fine, just don’t be a poseur about it because you can’t purchase cool cool. ever.
then of course there’s the “recession” “recession” “recession” which makes fashion all the more frivolous right now.
in summation, sorry now that i’m finally skinny enough to embrace it, all the cheaper things to wear are ruined.
Sometimes I feel like I’m studying a foreign culture when I read your blog posts. That’s a compliment, just in case there’s any confusion.
in this case i find your ignorance to be refreshing.
Corey bought me a $7 bracelet from 4ever 21…. it is amazing and has an actual ‘weight’ to it.
PS I want to create a store caled 4ever 39!
The broads would surely go crazy!
haha ForeverMenopause would be better i’d shop there right now.
is that my tank?!
forever 21 is pretty good. i usually always find something in there for less then 20 bucks.
yes it is your tank hawk-eye haha would i have sensory overload walking into F21
when i went into f21 there was millions of clothes, bags, accessories everywhere and it was sensory overload for me but it was in west ed so that is sensory overload in itself. nice stuff though and cheap as borscht
i like this fashion blog. http://www.leblogdebetty.com
She recycles a lot, and i appreciate that.
She also has crazy good hair.
I rike yor outfeet. Have da same fings from AA la! AA 4eva. Just rike dat 21 store.
It’s tiring to keep up with other people’s 14th wave of irony. Like, do I hate cool or is cool cool? I don’t know anymore.
Wear what you like, you look great!
even when you were ‘heavier’ (not really heavy at all) you still would’ve looked good in this stuff…but it’s awesome that you feel so confident now
i love those AA skirts, haven’t found the public to be THAT saturated with them yet but also it’s winter haha so who knows what will happen when spring finally comes. and yeah the 15-year-old fashion blogs freak me out…i’m glad i was a teen when it was still cool to shop at bootlegger and thrifty’s…the most expensive stuff to lust after was like, roxy and american eagle. no wonder everyone is broke now!
Did you go tanning?
perfect stockings. blogs that are purely “fashion”, ie dissecting every damn detail of every damn outfit EVERY DAMN DAY, are so boring. you entertain me.
I can’t even walk into AA without feeling intimidated. It’s very uncomfortable (unlike their clothing!)I want a couple pairs of thigh-high socks, so what? Heh.
no i have not been tanning in a long time, it’s the camera flash. i do have a bit of a base though.
LOVE the AA tulip skirt on you!!!! I want one right now.
Ok it’s all been said but seriously, Raymi, you would love forever 21. Plus you are skinny so everything would look good on you. I have lots more luck there over H&M…