soooo if you actually want to hear me talk about this shiz...

been stumped on what to write about so i'm going to resort to talking about something everyone thinks i'm heavily involved in: fashion. realistically, as much as i love expressing myself, i know very little about the fashion world at large. compared to most people, anyway.

HOWEVER, i have something of a fascination with prints, particularly stripes. I LOVE STRIPES!! sorry for the caps there but it was appropriate. you know in legally blonde how the people at harvard are discussing her application and talking about how she wrote a "history of polkadots?" that's literally a representation of what i'm writing right now...but just...a different print.

stripes, specifically black and white ones, are a simple design often attributed to goths, tim burton, carnivals, darkness and light and represent a contrast of black and white. they have quite a dramatic affect on how we see the human figure, which is something i love. Apparently stripes can be slimming if they're vertical and have the inverse effect if they're horizontal. that sort of quality is what i love about fashion and clothes: it can often have a fun, illusory effect about it that allows you to manipulate how people see you.

it's just a shirt but what are you gonna do 'bout it

as an individual i'm all about "hyper-fashion" or clothes that distinctly change or affect the people that wear them. as i grow older i become more fascinated with designers like rei kawakubo, margiela, and rick owens. they all make clothes that distort how we see the human form and i personally think that is what fashion should be all about. this may not be the same for other people, but i've always believed that fashion has a sort of otherworldly, magical appeal, and it should be tapped into at every conceivable moment. it should be about challenging the world and societal norms, and how we see ourselves. i am not an extremely gendered person (i'm pretty scrawny, have worn "feminine" clothes in the past and think typical hegemonic masculinity is a joke) so anything that subverts this rigid binary is something i can associate myself with.

anyway, this print is something that i've been wearing an increasing amount within the last year. it's one of the things i define as very much "me". it makes me feel more comfortable and bold, and was sort of the gateway drug to more interesting fashion styles that i haven't worn in the past.

here are some striped things i have, don't have, like, or am unable to wear:

this givenchy jacket has always been one of my dream items, partly because i know it's inspired by a ziggy stardust piece...

more givenchy :D

not a big fan of litas in general but if i was forced to wear one pair, it would be these.

(the below outfits are acne SS/13)

-jxr