goodbye sweden

bad news kiddos: h&m is doing away with its trend section in all markets except NY and LA. the question is: why?

morgan hungerford laments here.

myopia

ohhhh boy. so i mentioned playing with aperture earlier, and i got my new nikon 50mm f/1.4D lens in the mail today. it is AMAZING. everything looks so dreamy, fuzzy, and bright. it can take normal pictures, of course, but the first think i did was crank the aperture up to 1.4 and take macro pictures of the most mundane things i could think of (including a lamp i think my dad bought at tgifriday's.)

it also makes a super-satisfying snap when focusing and taking pictures. it makes me feel like a real photographer!

here are my results:

ohhh. that's what changing the aperture does!

eeep!

the most lovely sotto boutique just did a post on louise, AND featured pictures of me from my blog! thank you thank you thank you! i'll make it up to you by purchasing lots more of your adorable dresses and belts.

see the post here.

my new fashion crush.

karla. check her blog. it's divine!

{thanks to the vintage society}

okaaayyy...

i'm getting back in the groove. i love this natalie encarnita dress from pixie market. too bad it's only one size, i know i'd be swimming in it.

oh, and look, it just sold out! in a day!

funkytown

this week i am in a funk. it might be because of my particularly bad sunday, girl hormones (us womens is unstable!), general anomie, or something else.

so...not much on the fashion front. i just won a cute dress on ebay, but i've been pulling out old clothes that don't really display any fashion prowess. my work, though almost done, is torture. i thought i was getting the hang of web design, but now it seems that everything i do is wrong. it doesn't help that a lot of the web designers on coding forums are completely condescending (thank you brandi, for always being patient!)

it's just frustrating because i don't feel like i have sufficient training to be doing what i'm doing. but then again, i've come this far.

i hate perusing blogs when i'm down, because they all seem like they have everything so together! i guess it's a facade for most, but with their pretty pictures and perfect design and charming stories, i feel even more down about myself.

but when did this blog become a diary? sorry about that.

on the music front, i've been listening to lots of emily haines. my bandwith should increase soon, so expect some tunes!

x
allison

water baby

i get my swimsuit soon! hopefully it fits (i've been eating LOADS of brownies.)

snowflake.

this clip of snowflake the albino gorilla is heart-wrenching. personally, i'm glad to have "descended from monkeys" (as opponents like to simplify it.)

http://jezebel.com/5016900/snowflake-the-white-gorilla

grammy boots

i bought these boots today. they might be hideous in real life but they were cheap enough for me to risk it.



look how cute this girl is. i'm hoping when i put these boots on, it'll have the same effect.


{picture via fashionista}