Icon Illustration

I've been wanting to draw Lady Gaga for a while now, because she's become very iconic in pop culture... That, and I absolutely love her.  There's something magical about Gaga and how she presents herself to the public.  We don't know every hairy detail of her life, and the only time she's really in tabloids is when her fashion choices are making headlines.  I know a lot of people dislike her for her general weirdness, but equally there are people (myself included) who admire her because she is an artist.  She has a weird and wonderful mind, that comes up with insane visions which she can inevitably make realities in her AMAZING music videos.

I took me a while to find a picture that I wanted to draw from, mainly because I couldn't figure out how I wanted to portray her.  Gaga puts on so many different faces,that I could go in a million different directions, but I really wanted to capture the essence of her, and I think I did her justice...  I picked something classic, with old Hollywood glamour, and tried to work in her severity and whimsy in.

Playtime

Yay! Outfit photos!  It was cold today, and I wanted to go with something more casual since both of my previous posts were more dressed up.  My sister and I were the only people in the park, so it made for plenty of good photo-ops.

I wasn't really in a being photographed mood, but I'm glad I went ahead and took some pictures.

Hat - Urban Outfitters
Jacket - Urban Renewal
Earrings - Claire's?
Plaid Flannel - thrifted
Sweater - Forever 21
Pants - American Apparel
Shoes - Steve Madden
Bag - Coach

Back to the 90's

You may, or may not know what I'm talking about.  The oversized denim jackets covered with patches and DIY'd within an inch of existence, ripped jeans, grunge, plaid flannel, high waisted pants -- the list goes on... Lately I've noticed people returning to a 90's style aesthetic.  It's true, we live in a world that is aesthetically characterized by a nostalgia for things that happened 10+ years ago.  And with that nostalgia comes intermittent revivals in terms of what people find aesthetically pleasing.  Maybe I'm just homing in on the amazing wardrobe that I saw in Stephen Chbosky's movie adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I keep seeing 90's references popping up all over the place.  I can't complain about the whole 90's style comeback.  I was a kid who thought that life would look like it did for the girls in The Babysitter's club when I grew up.



What's fun about trend revival is that it always comes with a new twist, and (I'd like to think) that we only bring back the best trends, leaving the more hideous parts of the aesthetic in the past.

Alien shorts anyone?

Rookie publishes tons of photography by photographers who are skilled at tapping into the aesthetic of a different time and making it weird and wonderful all at once...

Drugstore Cowgirl, by Erica and Chelsea Peacock 

Tear It Up, Rip It Up, Kick It Up, by Lauren Poor

And of course, you can't reference the 90's without mentioning your complete and total adoration for 

Lisa Frank..

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Who, who, who are you?

I decided it was time to do another outfit post! At long last! 

Also... for anyone who happens upon this blog, yes! I did get my hair cut between this post and my first outfit post.  And I'm loving it.  

My dog is insanely cute, and I'm loving the 80's/50's vibes of this outfit...

Jacket - Urban Renewal

Sweater - H&M

Skirt - thrifted

Shoes - Vans

Earrings - gifted

Bandana - stolen from mom

Also! Shout out to my fantastic sister for taking all of these great shots of me.