brooklyn gang

These amazing photos are from New York photographer Bruce Davidson's 1959 series Brooklyn Gang, following a group of teen greasers styling themselves "the Jokers." Rarely do I see things this up my alley. The boys, the girls, the clothes, the hair, the sense of danger and badass-ery(yeah this is a term I learned while obtaining my art history degree), and the cinematic aspect of even the most mundane moments of adolescence.



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cold shoulder

shirt- Urban Outfitters
skirt- thrifted
flats- Urban Outfitters
scarf(on my head)- vintage

yup. guess who's back, back again. i can't make any promises i'll be less flaky this time around, but maybe 12th time's a charm. let's see...i now work at urban outfitters and get a sweet sweet discount, and have since bought these flats(ferragamo rip-offs forever!) and the t-shirt. you know i have a soft spot for cut-outs! these photos are actually from last saturday night, when i went to a show at the magical a. schwab's general store, where my BFF works. and when i got home, a little heart had formed on the shabby blanket on my bed. a nice surprise!

Leader of the Pack

leather jacket- vintage
top- Alloy
shorts- Delia's
boots- vintage

Do I look like I'm in a girl gang??? I sure hope so!

Oversize Christmas Ornament

sweater- Delia's

dress- vintage

boots- Target

...or, at least that's kind of what I feel like in this get-up. I bought this sweater at the MALL earlier this week. I was trying to describe it to the salesgirl when I walked in and she was like, "oh yeah! sorry, we only have an XL left and I know you don't want that." I was like "fork it over, girl." She was so bewildered by its hugeness/how happy I seemed about it that she ran up and put a weird belt around my waist in an attempt to make me look less like I was wearing a potato sack. DO NOT TRY TO FATHOM MY CLOTHING CHOICES YOUNG LADY. Large might have been a better size than XL but I'll take what I can get when it's on clearance.

oh hay

cardigan- Zara
dress- vintage
wedges- Urban Outfitters

Hi there. It's been a while. You probably thought that I left you for good, ye of little faith! Not without good reason, I know. But I think I am ready to commit, blog. I would like you to meet my new purple cardigan. Getting a purple cardigan was one of my two goals for our epic amazing trip to Chicago(the other goal is not fit for print), and I succeeded on both counts! This $20 sweater was probably the cheapest thing at Zara. I feel slightly '80s(possibly my least favorite decade, stylistically) with the hot purple(yeah, making up my own colors now what're you gonna do) and graphic print, but I think it still works. I normally wear a belt with this dress because the cut is soooo baggy and weird, but we went to an Indian food buffet today so the belt would've popped off anyway. It's kinda late and I'm kinda full of the key lime cake I made earlier, but hopefully this is the first post again of many!