☽☽ SUNDAY, BAGGY SUNDAY ☾☾

 tie dye jacket from etsy, thrifted bag, shoes from uo, american apparel bandeau

Here's a visual of the quintessential bumming-around-on-a-Sunday in an oversized tank and tie dye while the neighbors blast Tom Petty, The Ventures, and old surf pop. Everyone on my block lounges outside with their dogs and friends -- the pinnacle of a perfect weekend. 

Some tie-dye options I dig:

Reality bites mini skirt

Gypsy grunge midi dress 

Shroom daze tee (mini dress?)

Drop acid not bombs cropped top

Daydream dress

Neon midi dress

Bleach washed denim bomber jacket

 American flag metal t-shirt

Patch shorts

Yellow and blue socks

T-shirt for your dog

Velvet leggings

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△ TUNNEL VISION: SUNDAY MORNING, COMING DOWN △

I had the opportunity to work with the babliest of babes in the most enchanting backyard EVER (Brit's). This extremely sweltering day didn't stop the models from completely killing it, resulting in this euphoric October lookbook for Tunnel Vision. Cheers to everyone involved; ya'll rule. 

(And thanks for the thai food. And friends and fun and smoothies and dogs.)

Photography: Blake Jacobsen

Models: Enaia Greber, Seaghana Wilson, Rachel Arielle

Hair and Makeup: Me

Styling: Madeline Pendleton, Isabel Hendrix

SHOP TUNNEL VISION

♢♢ HAWAII GOLD ♢♢

 

 open knit cropped top c/o american deadstock, boyfriend's plaid top, thrifted backpack, shorts and shoes, roommate's hawaii hat

Moments after these were taken, I realized I wasn't in the midwest anymore. It's still freaking hot in LA. Thank you, American Deadstock, but this shirt may have to wait until November. I styled a shoot yesterday where I found this hat in the backseat of the photographer's car. On top of being a phenomenal photographer, he is also my roommate, so I have practically stolen it and am surprised I didn't sleep in it. I can't wait for the sweaty acne line where the snaps touch my forehead. I guess I'll just hide it with...this hat.

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SOMEONE TAKE BABY PETE

◦ ◯ BRUSH THE DUST OFF ◯ ◦

top from american vintage, thrifted shorts and boots, belt c/o bermuda triangle, bag c/o lucky vintage seattle, necklace c/o my salvation

This top reminds me of a morning in the early 90s waking up at my aunts house as the sun was rising. I remember squinting past the dusty blinds at a sponge-painted photo of an abstract multi-colored pastel sunset thinking, "I want to live in that picture." I stared at it until she groggily woke up to bring me cereal, and the image hasn't left my mind since. Almost 20 years later, I have little time to sit and watch the sun rise, sleepovers are rare, but the tribute to the painting inadvertently exists on this top. 

I finally live in that photo.

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△ BERMUDA TRIANGLE △

top c/o bermuda triangle vintage, leggings from american vintage, thrifted boots and belt, bag from army surplus

Am I wearing clothes here? I can't tell because all I see are insane cheekbones that need to sprout some additional fat cells. Plump that shizz UP, already. 

So here we have a top from a package that Bermuda Triangle Vintage sent my way. Could they know me any better? Canyon-painted mountain-desert land for the win. All of my road trips involve this terrain, so I love walking around with a vacation on my shirt. 

Lately my life has been filled with rad new friends and (what else?!) dogs. Yeah, we have yet another homeless dog. We are hoping to foster him out to a loving person/family once we get him cleaned up and his hair cut. So far we've gotten barely further than this:

Apparenly he is immune to Xanax?! This guy will NOT let us cut the fur on his head. So he looks like a giant q-tip right now. If anyone in LA wants to come over and tackle this mess, by all means, be my guest.

Real talk, though: I want/need to go on a desert road trip. Like, asap.

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◊ ◊ TROPICAL PARADISE ◊ ◊

vintage tank - shorts from uo - thrifted boots, belt and bag - eagle necklace from little shop in the badlands, random jewelry from flea markets and thrifted

Here we have my poop picker-upper/day at Home Depot outfit. With 4 dogs, the amount of crap in the backyard every week is seemingly endless. On a normal weekday, you can catch me outside dancing along to the neighbors mariachi music while wearing disposable gloves throwing turds into a plastic bag. 

If you are in LA county you NEED to go to Arcadia to a little packed store named "Thrift B.S." First off, what a great name, yeah? Second, I got this stuff:

I had such a hard time choosing what to buy because there was SO MUCH. From crystals to eastern jewelry to seashells and giant Buddhas, it seriously could not be a better find. Go there right meow! And buy me stuff.

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◎ ◯ BEACH UNIVERSE ◯ ◎

thrifted dress, vest, and shoes - bag from euphora - random jewelry, boyfriend's sunglasses

This dress was last worn in San Francisco at a dance club. I wore chunky boots and had huge hair - a ridiculous mash up of Ginger and Scary Spice. Today I'm feeling hyped on the tropical weather and greenery in California, so I switched it up a bit and threw on some shells, tied the bottom, and walked around feeling like a Hawaiian rainbow on acid.

BF and I are working on collecting palm tree prawns for an awning he is going to construct over our porch. Those suckers are big and prickly, but we must hoard them, injuries and all. We are attempting to transform our place into a beach-like parallel/dog palace. I'm gaining inspiration everywhere I look, and I feel so lucky that my roommates are not only down for my ideas, but have their own perfect ideas spawning from my conceptions. MY ROOMATES ARE AMAZING.

Also, as I am sure you've read recent posts made by my fellow blogger buds, I finally have some female companions out here! Whoop whoop. Super hyped on: Isabel, Madeline, Brit, Rachel, Seaghna, Selena, Larissa, and Sabella. Rad inspirational chicks, I tell ya. Check out their blogs, as they've got good things to say and all have killer style. Like, mad style. Like, whoa. I'm hoping it won't be too difficult to coerce them all to a beach outing soon (yeah?).

Formspring people - I will answer questions soon. 3/4 promise. That's slightly less than a pinky promise. I've got a lot on my plate, sorry.

Here are some photos of my room and porch, so far:

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