Year: 2016

“Joy Division” outfit

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Inside my head, everything is changing. Like spring for a brain stuck in a perpetual winter. My depression came back this winter (because it thinks it’s my best friend from way back, but it’s really just an intrusive asshole forever creeping at my psyche’s door like the Dementor in Harry Potter or maybe that death spirit who looked for the blood of the lamb on Israeli doorposts before smiting most of the first born sons of ancient Egypt. What a stalkery, judgmental, passive aggressive prick of an angel, am I right? (And also, there’s a freaky amount of baby-killing in the Bible.) But all this only makes sense if you’re into Exodus, and mental illness, and off-beat metaphors). Anyway, I finally cried the celestial “uncle.” I am finally taking Wellbutrin, and for the first time, treating this like a boss. Taking fucking care of business, is what I mean, brain-chemistry-wise. It’s been pretty intense. I feel so much. And I forgot how to feel so much, except for 50 distinct levels of sad, like the Eskimo word for snow. Now I feel the full spectrum of …

“Man Repeller no. 451” outfit

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Dedicated to the real Man Repeller. Or “How to lose a guy(‘s boner) in one dress,” if this were a romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson and a flaccid Matthew McConaughey. I wore this tonight to Story Story Night‘s REALiTY BiTES: Stories of Eating It. Opening the show, I mentioned that guys can’t quite put a finger on it. And while they might play around with the idea that this dress resembles something a schizophrenic grandma would sew for her antique prairie doll collection, they know one thing for certain: They do not want to have sex with it. And to that I say, touché. But I shall wear it anyway. vintage Diane Fre’s purple print ruffle dress, $14.99 – Idaho Youth Ranch | Steve Madden black leather mules, $39 – Nordstrom’s Rack | White tassel earrings, birthday present This is my kiss off face. Quoth Amy Poehler, “I don’t care if you like it.” (I also included a cat and a doll collection in this post to up my man repellant street cred.) PS: So …

“Hell’s Secretaries”outfit

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Because even outlaw biker gangs should take good notes. Anna Kriste vintage cream blouse, $3.88 at ReStyle | Carlisle black leather vest, $3.88 at ReStyle | Blazing pink skirt (no tag), $5 at ReStyle | Frye “Paige” riding boots, $120 at LUX Fashion Lounge (MSRP: $388) | Terrarium glass necklace (with jasper, moss and lavender), $40 at Wintry Market. Inspired by the Hell’s Angels in the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. What I would’ve done to be Ken Kesey’s secretary.

“Wildaho” outfit

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This Wildaho t-shirt was designed by Toby Robin, the amazing graphic illustration rockstar I met while copywriting at Oliver Russell, who designed Story Story Night‘s logo and first 2 years of jaw-dropping posters, who now mans Neighborhood All-Stars. I bought this t-shirt over the holidays at the El Korah Shrine—the electric, electric venue where we hold our storytelling shows in the winter and spring—at the Wintry Market run by Amy Pence-Brown. She told at a story at our past Starry Story Night, but first stripped down that summer in a black bikini at our local farmer’s market in a radical act of self love now viewed by 147 million people. Because Idaho is wild. And, if you dig it, there’s only 1 degree of separation between all things in the state we’re in. Maggie Sweet red and gold glitter pull-over, $4, ReStyle thrift store | Toby Robin “Wildaho” t-shirt, $25, Wintry Market | Free People black and gray flecked stretch skirt, $30, Nordstrom’s Rack in NYC |  Frye “Paige” riding boots, $120 at LUX Fashion Lounge (MSRP: $388) (PS: I …

“Layer Cake NY” outfit

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I’ve had a bit of a hard time with the winter, in the fashion/spirt sense. But it’s New Year’s. Time for a radical shift. Time to sweat the details. Time for resoluteness even in the aftermath of all those abandoned resolutions. 2015 was a layer cake. Not always sweet. Not often savored. But something to bite into. Now in the midst of the ice and the gray, I deck myself in color and texture and prints. Layered with patagucci and a fur. Ready to face an icy NYE. Ready for anything. Sakowitz fur coat, gift from Anna Demetriades (and her step-grandmother, who had this custom made, probably in the 30s or 40s if I was a tag psychic)  |  Frye “Paige” riding boots, $120 at LUX Fashion Lounge (MSRP: $388) KE II by Gianna flower print skirt, $4, Idaho Youth Ranch | Red leather with brass cross-section belt, $2, Idaho Youth Ranch | Jones New York print jacket, $3, Idaho Youth Ranch Patagonia black-and-white striped capilene thermal leggings, $20 (sale!), Idaho Mountain Touring | Sami New York purple silk camisole, $3, ReStyle | Lily White black lace …