20090820

i'll pretend my ship's not sinking

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ever since i caved and finally bought danny roberts' "girls in glasses" tee back in june, i've been totally faithful to my graphic tee ban. it's not that i don't love them, but i've bought so many over the past few years that i simply have too many, and after a good bout of wears, i inevitably grow tired of them. but naturally, it's only a matter of time before the right tee swoops right in and sweeps me off my feet, right? 

right. enter seasick mama, "a brooklyn-based canvas to clothing apparel company" who emailed me recently and instantly weakened my steely anti-tee resolve upon viewing. 

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first of all, let's direct our attention to the blunt beauty on the left. did ever a t-shirt sum up my life so succinctly? i think not—must have. and that goth face tee is simply divine, almost delicately ethereal with that barely discernible smoke puff rendered in white on white upon a dark lip.

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taylor and i used to rhapsodize all the time about the sweet graphic tees we'd create one day, with sparse text and images that would convey a bit of wit and self-deprecation at first glance. but, considering that taylor and i are a couple of long-winded dreamers with mile-long lists of untouched plans, i'm pretty glad that seasick mama has gone and done it with this perfect good and evil tee. they've even got a couple of cheeky lacy bras screened onto tees, should i reneg on friday's promise to myself to invest some real time and money into solidifying my stash of lacy things.

my instincts tell me to simply narrow my favorites down to one, make the plunge, and try to stave off more tee purchases for a month or two, but then i saw the prices.. so reasonable! consider my willpower faltering.. i have no idea what i'm going to do with myself when their collection of cardigans hits.

[image credit: seasick mama]

20090814

painted women and peeling walls

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with the summer quickly coming to a close, i'm slowly recalibrating myself to welcome school and this blog back into my life. i suppose i'll eventually have to buckle down and start packing, but lately i've been spending my evenings just lounging around in my underwear, desperately trying to beat the oppressively humid heat—it's just me and the cats in the house this week and there's no air conditioning.. really.

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i'm incorrigibly stingy when it comes to my unmentionables—my philosophy is that few people ever see them anyway, aside from myself, and dropping cash on skivvies just seems like money that could be better spent on other things—but all this time spent in my undies recently has forced me to reconsider my position. chalk it up to my newfound resolution to streamline my wardrobe, but i'm suddenly somewhat exasperated by my meager collection of bras and such, bought as an afterthought and kept long after their expiration dates.

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for the first time, i'm finding myself perusing the intimates on everything from american apparel to eres, and while i'm not in the market for anything too outrageous(ly expensive), i'm slowly coming to appreciate the appeal of little lacy things, even if only i know they're there, and this photo set (and this absolutely adorable video) is definitely helping me along. with a few choice purchases, i just might start prancing around the house undie-clad for fun.

[image credit: pamela hanson]