I want to make this blog happen... but after that last unscheduled hiatus, I am putting the blog on OFFICIAL hiatus because I'll be traveling for a bit.
Don't worry, you won't miss me.

Listen to this:



Check this out:

PURPLE DIARY

Go eat something pretty:



If you're still at loose ends, please go watch the first two seasons of Skins (third season optional) so we can talk about it when I get back:



Peace, love, and leather shorts -

GENTIAN
.x.

monday

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I need to be kept from the general public today. I want nothing so much as to distribute random acts of cutting wit and crushing social humiliation to the unwitting strangers I come across today. It's a problem.

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I love Sarah Haskins so fucking much.

ashley

Ashley Olsen is one of my biggest style inspirations. I love her minimalist vibe, her understated cool, and the way she works really luxe things like fur or feathers in nonchalant, everyday ways.


image via olsens anonymous
This picture kills me: the not-overly-trendy sunglasses, white shirt tucked in to classic cropped pants, simply constructed sandals, and the artless way she throws on the scarf. There is a huge difference between this girl and the kind of celebrity who needs a stylist.


The combination of men's shirt and denim cut-offs is is one of my favourite summer looks - in fact, I pretty much wore the same thing today, only with desert boots instead of clogs. I think the fact that she wears those things says a lot about Ashley.


She should be the face of Calvin Klein - I never appreciated CK before I started noticing her wearing it.


This is so cute, definitely the inspiration behind one of my go-to fall/winter looks last year.









I may admire Alice Dellal's edginess, Emma Watson's looks, and Diane Kruger's red carpet style, but Ashley Olsen consistently inspires me with her everyday style - "street style", if you will - which in the end has a way greater impact on my life. Combining a utilitarian sensibility with a cutting-edge sophistication, this is one style icon who will only get better with time.

jackie

miscellany

1.

I'm at my cottage for a week, but will try to post with semi-regularity anyway. However, the weather is lovely, I have tons of family here, and I'd like to acquire a teensy bit of a tan. So we shall see.

2. Check it: Racquel Zimmerman goes both ways.

3. These aren't my thing, but I think they're pretty cute and agree with fashionologie that this could be a mayjah fad in downtown footwear.

4. This picture doesn't really do anything for me (although Jak & Jil is my favourite, favourite blog), but I love Rad Hourani and the pieces are sick - the exact kind of thing I like to build my wardrobe with. That was a hint, Rad.

swordfish hotkiss night by Gentian

James Perse dress, Giambattista Valli bustier, Forever 21 shoes, Jorge Manilla ring, Alchemic Experiences cuff, Comme des Garçons perfume

I want to do something fun and/or something crazy. I want to have free time. I want to have flings, and get dressed up, and stay out til 4 a.m., and spend money on frivolous things.

I WANT TO STOP WORKING. Thank Margiela that September is coming soon, and with it my Euro-trip and oodles of frivolity.