WEEKLY WISHLIST o4

 

Hello again! Sorry for my absence, I've hit the dreaded time of (dun dun dun) midterms! Thought I'd put together a quick little weekly wishlist of things I've been stalking on the internet for a little while. Now that I'm no longer chained to my prescription glasses I'm opening up to a whole new word of novelty sunglasses and other sorts of accessories.

o1. wildfox couture seeing stars sweater

o2. curlycue big lense sunglasses from girlprops

o3. topshop stud dip dye oversized sweater

o4. wildfox couture white label prairie rose shredded sweater

o5. batman knuckle duster ring

o6. alexander wang diego studded bucket bag

o7. giant black crystal ring


Can I please tell you how much I dye over the Topshop ombre sweater? It's such a perfect match of trends - I love that the ombre is pink! There is also a really cute black/grey ombre t-shirt over on asos right now but it as much as the sweater is! Of course I would find the most perfect sweaters AFTER sweater season is gone. I picked up two of the China Glaze colors from the Hunger Games collection Colors from The Capitol that I've been wearing all week to decide whether I should write a review on it or not. I also found my best Kiki-bomb so far last weekend! It was double sided and a full 8x11 page! Just some things to look forward to upcoming on my little ol' blog!

 

em

 

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Happy March! Sorry I haven't been updating as much as normal. To be honest, I just haven't had much to blog about! I'm trying to work out a post with my newest instagram photos, but I can't get the formatting right. I hope where ever you are, dear reader, you're getting the same wonderful spring weather that I'm getting in Chicago! I know it won't last, but it sure helps get through the next few weeks that still border on winter weather. Winter can last until April around here, so 66 degrees and sunny (although WINDY!) is seriously welcome!

To get you through your week (happy humpday!) here's a picture of Kirsten at the Independent Spirit Awards! Don't have many other current photos of her to post for your viewing pleasure, don't quite know where she's gone off to. Also, have no idea where my Kiki-bomber has gone off to, either! I'm hoping that now that the weather is getting nicer that I'll find more Kiki-bombs hiding in newspaper stands.


On a completely unrelated note, would somebody like to buy me this 90 dollar t-shirt? Seriously, I love it so much. Why is asos asking almost $100 for a t-shirt? Unfair.

 

Check back to M♥GPIE sometime later this week, early next week, I'm going to be reviewing the new Colors of The Capitol" collection of China Glaze nail polishes (maybe only one or two colors, we'll see) and more pretty, shiny things.

em

LOVE: Alex Winston x Alyssa Baron-Klask "Fire Ant"

 Alex Winston - "Fire Ant" from stereogum on Vimeo.


Remember my lovely friend Alyssa Baron-Klask? She came and stayed with me for a few days earlier this month and it was AWESOME. Anyway - she has teamed up with the equally lovely Alex Winston (remember her? If you don't, familiarize yourself, dammit!) for the music video for Alex's new single "Fire Ant." I'm obsessed with it - such a great team up of home-town talent. Alyssa is an extremely talented artist who is now specializing in - wait for it - PUPPETS. She hand-made EVERYTHING you see in the video and I am absolutely blown away by the ending product, both visually and musically. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

 

em

LOVE: Kris Nation State Neckace

How adorable! Kris Nations is a jewelry line that specializes in unique bracelets, rings, necklaces and other shiny goodies. Saw a friend of mine post this necklace on Instagram and I instantly fell in love. I love Michigan related things, but aside from my Detroit Red Wings t-shirt it feels a little strange for me to wear actual clothing with the word "MICHIGAN" emblazoned on it. It's so pretty and delicate but completely unique to state pride jewelry I've seen before. I love the necklaces in the shape of the states that include the heart over the hometown, but these just feel a little bit more unique. You can also get it with the UP! I know how many of my michigan friends love going up north!

If you live away from your home state, like I do, you can take a little piece of them with you no matter where you go. If you live in Chicago, you can pick one up at a boutique called Eskell in Wicker Park. If not, you can nab one at Kris Nation's own website! krisnations.com They're super affordable clocking in just under $48.00 I can't wait get one around my neck! I'm normally a silver girl, but for some reason I really love the gold version...

 

 em

ps sorry for the lack of my "weekly" updates. finally got around to reading the hunger games, and my whole life sort of stopped until i finished 2 out of the 3 books. i become an obsessive reader and completely ignore the rest of the world. 

WEEKLY WISHLIST o3

I'm a little late on the bandwagon. I don't know why but lately I'm feeling all sorts of dark colors, all while pastels come into the shops. I'm really craving a proper leather motorcycle jacket. I have an old faux leather bomber from Urban Outfitters from ages ago that I'm considering studding it instead of blowing money I don't technically have on something I don't technically need. I really enjoy the aesthetics of a pretty feminine blouse mixed with a hard leather jacket. Regardless, I am excited for leather jacket weather! As much as I love my dalmation jacket, I'm over heavy winter coats.

o1. the birkin harley tee from wildfox

o2. comme des garcon play cardigan

o3-o4. wildfox couture deer ring in white and fox ring in white

o5. scallop Dress from Lipsy via ASOS - reminded me a lot of the Victoria Victoria Beckham dress I posted the other week minus some $600!

o6. OBEY jump street leather jacket

o7. matte nail polish - can't find the actual nars polish for sale online anywhere but the link points to a YSL black nailpolish duo of shiny/matte for $30 which isn't too bad. i'm a sucker for their product design, anyway.

Spring, you can get here any time now!

 

em

WEEKLY KIKI o3

 

This is the most wonderful photoshoot I've seen in a while. The wonderful Leith Clark styled this photoshoot of the lovely Kiki for Vogue Italia February 2012. So ethereal yet comical! It's probably one of the most beautiful shoots I've seen for a while. The muted, soft backdrop really makes the bright colors of the clothes pop!

No new kirsten flyers yet, anxiously waiting for a new one. Oh, where are you, kikibomber?

 

em

WEEKLY WISHLIST o2

 

o1. Vera moda heart print collared dress from asos. see those little polka dots? they're actually tiny hearts! love the natural waistline and the oversized collar. great basic!

o2. My new favorite piece! ASOS alphabet print skater dress! Skater dresses are my favorite cut of dress, so easy and flattering for every body type. The alphabet print on the dress just kills me and the exposed zipper on the back is really cute. It is little short, though! (eek!)

 o3. Continuing my theme of dresses Shamrock Star dress from Modcloth - but it's already sold out! I'm dying to own a green dress to compliment my red hair (without looking too much like a leprechaun!) I love the back! I seem to be a total sucker for the details of dresses these days.

o4. American Apparel nail varnish in T-shirt. I recently purchased the solid gold and it's a wonderful formula, thick and even coverage. I have a mother-of-pearl color nail varnish from Chanel from a few years ago but I'd love a nice basic white to wear often during the spring. I'd also love to do the tuxedo manicure like Zooey Deschanel wore at the Golden globes!

 

o5. And finally a nightshirt from Topshop, which quite frankly I would wear during the day with leggings and a sweater. I once saw a shirt from Pink by Victoria Secret which said "Sleep All Day" in big bold letters down the front. I often regret not purchasing it and wearing it every day of my life, so everyone can know just how much I love sleeping.

Still having a very mild winter that leaves me both suspicious and excited and itching for spring. How wonderful will it be to have a Valentine's day where I don't have to wear snow boots out! What are your plans for Valentine's day?

 

em

LISTEN: Alex Winston

Have you met Alex Winston? Probably not, she's not a big name yet. But she should be!I went to high school with this talented little lady and can vouch for her real, actual, raw talent! I remember realizing she was gonna go places when she opened up for Ted Nugent in Michigan. Not exactly the claim to fame an indie artist wants, me thinks, but I was impressed! There's nothing quite as other-worldly as seeing a girl from high school on the front page of stereogum.com promoting her new video for her single - but that's exactly what happened! Alex has released her Sister Wife EP in 2011, including two of my favorite songs Choice Notes and Sister Wife which frankly, are music to my ear holes. She's got sort of a Joanna Newsom-esque tone in her voice and inflection but with awesome electronic techno beats and intensely catchy choruses. I really want her to open for Lykke Li. I think she'd fit right in!


Alex just recently released the video for her single "Choice Notes" in which she floats around the Heidelberg Project in downtown Detroit with a couple of friendly ghosts and some confetti. Plus, she looks super cute. Don't believe me? Watch for yourself:

Now that you've had the ear worm burrow into your brain and lodge the chorus into your head, enjoy some of Alex's other fantastic music. In 2010, she released The Basement Covers EP, in which she does a kick ass cover of "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons. You can watch more of her videos and listen to more awesome music here at her youtube page or the Alex Winston page of grooveshark page. It's the only place I can find to listen to her Basement Covers EP. Unfortunately, her Sister Wife EP isn't available for purchase through iTunes at the moment, but her Velvet Elvis EP is available currently which includes three versions of her song "Velvet Elvis" (which I think is kinda sexy, but kinda creepy) and her new song, Fire Ant, which will have a pretty sweet music video coming out soon (which I will also totally blog about.)

Stick it out until March 5th when her debut album King Con will be available to get your greedy little paws on it.

em

PS: Already got shipment notifications on my Jason Wu x Target items! Come to Momma!

LOVE: The end of Jason Wu x Target!

 

                      

Finally! It's over! After several days of anxiety over how Target.com would handle their next designer collaboration, 11:00 pm chicago time rolled around and the non-stop refreshing party began. It wasn't nearly as bad as I had anticipated. Although they still haven't gotten all the bugs worked out of their system (the search page always came up with errors any time you typed in anything with the words 'jason wu' in it) there were plenty of helpful people on their Target Style facebook page and twitter page consistently linked to items as they appeared on the website in seemingly random pages. Instead of putting all the items up online at once, they started slowly filtering in the items through strategic places on the website like the 'accessories' page and the 'women's clothing' main page. One clever Target shopper eventually figured out if you type the words "Jason Wu for Target" with quotations around it in the search engine, the entire collection appeared! I managed to snag the four items posted above and went to bed before 2 a.m! Total success! I do wish I had grabbed a sleeveless pleated blouse in yellow, but I'll live without it. I feel bad for the many people who shared their stories of heartless ebay scalpers clearing out shelves at Target early this morning, or those who were frustrated by Target's wonky sale style this morning online.


Those who didn't get what they wanted, don't despair! People ordered multiple sizes, and are sure to return things in the next week or so. I've spotted Missoni for Target items online in the clearance section. Some items might be restocked on Target.com later this week! Also, watch this incredibly attractive commercial staring some very attractive men to help heal your shopping wounds of missing french new waive attractiveness.

Yeah, you're welcome.

em

WEEKLY KIKI o2

 

Found! Another great kiki bomb by rachel out and about. Probably the best I've seen so far! Someone took my "WHO ARE YOU?" photo response of Toby Maguire out of my "For Rent" flyer box, but I don't think it was the Kiki-bomber. Probably just a disgruntled person who works for my apartment company.

This week, let your eyes gaze upon Kirsten at the Sundance Film Festival promotion "Bachlorette" again. There were some new candids posted of her wandering around her neighborhood posting Lost Cat flyers, but they made me really sad. Why would I put that on my blog?!

 

Love this portrait. Her eyes are stunning! One of the things I love about the Sundance Festival is that you get to see all the most beautiful people walking around in cozy jumpers and boots like us regular folk. Yellow must be her new favorite color, as she also wore it to the Rodarte dinner in late January!

brb, buying tons of yellow so i can be as cute as her!

 

em

WEEKLY WISHLIST o1

 

A balmy 50 degrees on the last day of January in Chicago! Beautiful and sunny, I'm guessing, since I've been on the couch all day with a nasty cough and the sensation of an elephant sitting on my chest. Trying to rest up in hopes that I just need to give my body and break and I'll be back the grind tomorrow. I've got a whole file folder of bookmarks online labeled 'Stuff I want' that I've been too much of a pansy to pull the trigger on so I thought I'd put together a little wishlist of things I've had my eye on. There's a lot of black in this list, i know, I'm super gothy.

x1.) Scallop dresses by victoria by victoria beckham - perfect in every way except for the hefty $700 price tag.

x2.) YSL arty ring - been trying for ages to find a replica of it but the only website i've found so far is always sold out!

x3.) Patent aldo loafers - I have a suede pair from Topshop when I used to work there, but suede doesn't tend to do so well in the winter I thought patent may be a better option.

x4.) Chloe eau de parfum - currently, I'm working my way through the tester and roller ball I acquired over christmas but i'm dying to get my hands on the actual spray version of it!

x5.) Lace insert playsuit from topshop. There's a good amount of things from topshop on my list this week. I tend to find their items fit better and are better constructed than Forever21, but H&M doesn't have online shopping yet so i do most of my scavenging on topshop.com. Plus they have better stock than the physical store on Michigan ave.

x6-8.) Bow suspender tights, 50 denier black tights and seam back tights from topshop as well. Attempting to work more hosiery into my wardrobe to keep me from relying on the same two pair of highwaisted kristen jeans.

x9.) Double lion head elastic belt also from topshop that I saw and regrettably didn't purchase the last time I was at the Michigan ave store because I thought the price point was outrageous for an elastic belt and now I think about what I'd wear it with all the time.


Can I add a bagel and cream cheese to this list? I'm starving. All these things are so lovely but I'm still trying to save my pretty pennies for Jason Wu x Target. Is it lame that it causes me anxiety to have to fight to get a few of the pieces? I've been stalking the Target Style facebook page for a release time, but all they keep saying is "early morning." And I feel like Target's done nothing to assure customers that their website is capable of another big launch. And they haven't addressed putting limits on pieces being purchased, as well. I remain anxious and unconvinced until Sunday. I'm going to obsess over it, and probably post about it more on my blog, until then as well. Seriously, does anyone know if Einstein Bagels delivers?

em

SUNDAY RESTART

   

A week in pictures. As long as I'm busy, these days seem to fly by!

o1. lipstick covered cup of tea; you always know which ones mine. o2. first day of school: sleepyface edition. o3. burberry scotty dog pin as a necklace. o4. ron swanson on the cover of american craft. o5. nabbed the blu-ray of sherlock holmes for $13 at a resale shop! nabbed january issues of uk instyle, uk elle, lucky and real simple. o6. daily face: blair waldorf edition.

I can't believe it's sunday already! And now the cycle starts all over again, back to school tomorrow morning. Worked all weekend thanks to inventory, so I get next weekend off to recuperate - getting my hair colored and have my longtime friend alyssa coming to stay a few days towards the end of the week! Quite a bonus to balance out end of the month rent + bills paying. It also means I get to stay up as late as necessary to watch Jason Wu roll into target.com and hopefully it won't crash like the Missoni fiasco.

I hope to get some daily style photos up here soon, problem is it's been so cold and I don't have a blank wall in my apartment to take a decent picture. I'd really love to get some looks up on lookbook.nu eventually. Gonna stay productive, I swear!

 

em

WEEKLY KIKI

So here's something important to know about me and my life: I am obsessed with Kirsten Dunst. I think she is a wonderful actress and have loved every movie she's been in. Jumanji, Elizabethtown, Bring It On, I've watched them and enjoyed them - no shame here. Since her return to the spotlight after she went into treatment in 2008 for depression, she has cemented her place in my soul as adorable and amazing and stylish and perfect. And I will use this space to squee about her and what she wears.

As fate cements my obsession with Kiki, for the past year someone (I truly don't know who) has been sticking pictures of Kirsten into my apartment's "For Rent" flyer box once every few months. There have been 4 in my own flyer box and my lovely friend Rachel found one in a magazine stand once. I've begun collecting them and want to start a gallery in my own home. Upon further investigation, the internet tells me that this mystery person has been plastering Kiki around my neighborhood since at least 2007! Regardless, it's something I've started really looking forward to and check my flyer box every day. Last night we found this photo;

This one showed up on December 10th

 

 Found this oldie in a news stand for The Onion on Clark and Diversey. Looks like it had been there for a while! I plan to start responding with pictures of Tobey Maguire in our flyer box to see if I can get extra photos our of our Kiki-bomber.

Aside from that, Kirsten was just recently at Sundance promoting her new film "Bachelorette" with Isla Fischer and Lizzy Caplan (yes, Janis Ian is back!) and looked incredible! Love the fur collar! The side braid! The ankle boots! Impeccable.

 

em