Fur for fur baby, you'll go stir crazy...

   

Vest [me] DIY Shredded tee [Morgan] Jeans [Tripp]

Shoes [Marni] Necklace [Vintage] Ring [Bijules]

The story with the vest is basically how all our trips to any fabric store goes. We go with a singular purpose and end up with something completely unrelated that we just HAVE to do something with because it's too good to let some next messy broad to waste her lack of talent on. So in this case, the fabric store was the infamous Mood. Morgan wanted to find an electric blue shearling to recreate a Helmut Lang jacket she ALMOST bought 2 years ago at the outlet in Florence (I have it on good authority that she cries herself to sleep over this once a week). While browsing and avoiding eye contact with sometimes creepy employees, I spotted gold foiled, corrugated, cow skin. Cowhide molesting and questionable noises ensued. We eventually simmered down when we noticed that other customers were getting creeped out (see, I'm considerate sometimes) and paid for our skins. And then I made vests. And they lived happily ever after. 

- Jessica

Get, that, dirt off your shoulder... part ii

Vest and belt [me] Tee [BDG] Jeans [Tripp]

Gloves [vintage] Boots [Aldo]

Finally got around to shooting the vest I made. So far I've gotten pillow, butterfly, and linebacker references. Oh, the mockery that I endure for the sake of fashion... Did you just get a bit of vomit in your throat? Because I totally did just typing that. Oh and in case anyone (out of like 20 readers HA) was wondering, Morgan caught me mid-trot in the first picture. Yes, we're silly bitches that reference SATC. You caught me. 

- Jessica

I see a red green door and I want to paint it black...

Bodysuit [American Apparel] Sweater [BDG] Jeans[Tripp]

Belt and necklace [vintage] Boots [me + Minnetonka]

Yes, the dreaded/revered East Coast black-on-black uniform. Is it me or does being dressed in all black just makes you feel a little more prepared to face the realness that is a New York winter? Tested out the new AA bodysuit. Awful for potty visits... but kinda hot for other activities. And before you even start hating, no, I'm not posing. Damn. Just got caught mid-head-scratch. 

- Jessica

I still got that flare so just stand over there

Dress [Alexander Wang] Cardigan [Rugby] 

Tights [Urban Outfitters] Boots [Opening Ceremony]

                                                           Ring [Bijules]                                 Pins [Retard Riot by Noah Lyon]

I wore this outfit on christmas day with my family. Lately I have been channeling Office Space with the flare pins but FYI not the best for family functions. It can be difficult explaining what STOP! Hammer Time means to your elderly relatives with a straight face. The ring was a gift from my loving parents who might have just given it to me for protection in my neighborhood.

-Morgan

It's all in ya mind punk, so keep ya head tight...

A real header. Finally. The image is from a Is This A Kissing Book? by artist Valerie A. Molnar. She combines acrylic paint and acrylic yarn to create some AMAZING work. Definitely hope I make to her next exhibit. SIGH. I just hope she doesn't mind lending her enormous talent to a measly style blog.

- Jessica

I can't wait for your candy rain...

Tee [DKNY] Skirt and belt [H&M] 

Tights [American Apparel] Bag [Helmut Lang x Taito]

I will find any excuse to dress up like a fool. Yesterday, I lugged presents around in an enormous, candy cane striped tote. I bought it at some department store in Tokyo. Honestly, I was sold the minute the salesgirl told me it was exclusive to Japan for the Space Invaders 30th Anniversary. Superficial? Yes. Regrettable? NOPE. 

Merry Black Friday 2.0 kids!

- Jessica

Edit: RIP Eartha Kitt

Santa Baby

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

-Morgan

The best things in life are free...

I haven't been in the Christmas spirit so much this year. Our economy is kind of a downer with all this talk of cutting back. To get myself in the holiday mood I decided to say F the depression and make a fantasy Christmas list of my own.

 

Rick Owens

I have fantasized about owning a Rick Owens jacket for what feels like an eternity. Everything he designs is pure hotness. 

Maison Martin Margiela Marc Jacobs

My taste in jewelry falls into two categories: humorous or weapon-like. Nobody does quirky jewelry like Margiela and the Marc Jacobs 

ring just oozes pure danger. I have a similar one from the Marc by Marc Jacobs store but it doesn't capture the same "i will cut you" 

attitude.

My apartment is full of found objects and friends' artwork. To complete my vision of my dream apartment, I would need a Yoshitomo Nara painting, his mean little girls always bring a smile to my face in some deviant way. But since I realize I live in the real world and most likely will never own a Nara painting, I will settle for some of his moderately priced glassware.

-Morgan

And to hell with the price cause the money ain't a thang...

My Christmas fantasy wishlist (if I were checking cheddar like a food inspector or if T.I. was my boo and I could, consequently, have whatever I liked):

Balenciaga F/W04 shearling jacket and boots

I'd hit that harder than Ms. Winehouse hits the pipe.

Raf Simons x Eastpak duffel bag $252

All the comforts of a down jacket with only a hint of thug life. Extra bonus: bungee cord strap!

Miss Bibi thimble ring $217 

Because I need a daily reminder that even though I'm a neo-sweatshop laborer, I'm still a G.

Mctega Necklace $92

Out with the gold nameplates, in with the colored polyester resin and polypropylene.

Phoebe Washburn for Artware Editions Wood Wall as Safari Vest as Tree wall-sticker  $100

Christmas minus scary Jesus babies and creepy angels and crap I don't care about because I'm Chinese and my parents said that they (and their wallets) are the only idols I should ever bother to worship.

- Jessica

Wifey

Ohne Titel S/S09

I have a few friends who are getting ready to take the big plunge and get married, even though I have no intentions or prospects of getting married in the far far future it got me thinking. If I were to be planning a wedding what would I wear? I don't look that great in white, I look terrible in long skirts and I hate gowns. I would need a dress to compliment my vintage Cracker Jack ring something completely nontraditional and of course showing some leg. The Ohne Titel macramé chiffon dress would be the perfect compromise to my hypothetical dilemma.

-Morgan

Get, that, dirt off your shoulder...

Maison Martin Margiela

                                                                                   Chloe                                                                                Proenza Schouler

So slight slacking with the posts. I finally finished a rounded-shouldered, mini-cape/vest contraption that I put on the back burner for about a month. I procrastinate mostly because I have a short attention span. No, that's a lie. I'm just lazy. But after another guilty spree at everyone's favorite designer discount department store, I had to get back on my game. I hoard fabric like spinsters (and random crazies) do cats. So in a lame attempt to chip away at the pile, the vest was born. 

Now, I've battled with traumatic childhood memories of shoulder pads like a number of my peers but recent variations on the 80s craze made me reconsider. I tried on the jacket version of the Margiela dress (pictured above) at the sample sale (after a too-fierce Asian man decided his shoulders were, unfortunately, a wee bit too wide for it) and let me tell you: It's FIYAH. 

Pics of the new vest will be up as soon as the weather stops being miserable. 

- Jessica

Notorious BUG

Juno's half brother Bugsy suffered a seizure yesterday we wish him a speedy recovery.

-Morgan

Move bitch, get out the way! (Yes, you, Rachael Ray)

Sweater [Publicka] Skirt [my own creation]

Boots [Marc by Marc Jacobs] Rubber cuff [Jessica's creation]

This week has been very stressful so naturally I lean towards my two comforts: food and elastic waistbands. This skirt is one of my favorites in my closet and probably the easiest to make. I found this amazing navy blue silk organza mesh, paired it with a piece of black rip stop and sewed them to a band of elastic and DONE! A skirt in 30 minutes! 

-Morgan

I got five on it...

      

Balenciaga S/S09

Did Monsieur Ghesquiere foresee our economic state? His recession special S/S09 shoes can be worn with or without the socks. It's a twofer deal! Like BOGO at Payless ShoeSource. But not.

- Jessica

Minty Fresh

      

Leather Jacket [Helmut Lang] Tee [BDG] Skirt [Club Monaco]

Tights [Wolford] Boots [Opening Ceremony] Necklaces [random copper chains I purchased]

This week I decided to leave my urban island to pick up my dog Juno who was being held captive in suburbia. Sometimes I feel out of place dressing in my usual attire in the suburbs but then again I usually just feel sorry for the unfortunate women wearing the ever popular Tory Burch Lily Pulitzer ensembles ( and if you don't know what that means consider yourself blessed). This particular morning I was feeling influenced by early hip hop style a personal favorite of both Jessica and I. After the Mint Condition post I felt compelled to purchase a mens mint green t-shirt for a test run, the copper chains complimented the color perfectly. I am starting to adjust to the winter season which means breaking out the merino wool tights, I consider these tights to be my most important winter essential besides a cocoon-like coat.

-Morgan

No one on the corner have swagger like us...

Blazer [Hussein Chalayan] Tank [me] Jeans [Tripp] 

Shoes + Mittens [Maison Margiela] Hat [Zara] Belt [vintage]

Leather jacket [Helmut Lang] Top [Ohne Titel] Skirt [Club Monaco] 

Boots [Opening Ceremony] Chain [H&M] Hood/Scarf [Alexander Wang]

Finally got around to doing our first photo session. It wasn't until afterwards that I realized how bizarre we look in a garden. Morgan and I surrounded by greenery? Very unnatural. It's the closest we'll ever come to camping. We'll keep to our more familiar spots in the future like questionably-odored corner seats on the R train and wherever the Chifles are located in any bodega. I recreated the outfit I wore for my interview on Tuesday. Chalayan jacket + Margiela pumps? BOMB DOT COM. 

Thank you Erica for letting us exploit you for camera duties! We'll bring you a loaf of blue cheese polenta bread with black pepper butter next time we go to Momofuku Milk Bar. I almost drooled on my keyboard typing that. Wow.

- Jessica

I'll get you that stuff that Gretsky skate on...

Um, yea, I quoted Cam'ron. If you don't like it, pop off. But seriously, if your dude popped the question, how many of you would want him to be holding a diamond ring? I mean, I wouldn't vomit at the sight of it unless of course it was pear-shaped with a gold band. Really though kids, I challenge you to find a ring like that beyond a 5-block radius of Delancey Street. Too ironic for even a hipster to rock (ha). But back to the issue at hand (I'm on a roll) - am I the only one who thinks finger bling is a tad tired?

Maybe not. An acquaintance of mine recently got proposed to (as instructed) with a Ring Pop and Morgan admitted to coveting (aside from her neighbor's sheep) a vintage Cracker Jack ring from her future spouse (I pity the fool [j/k!...kinda]). And for me? Well, it's definitely less about the ring and more about how he (I pity that fool too) presents it. Not that I wouldn't be down for a Mexican fire opal egg ring, I'm just sayin'.

- Jessica

Mint Condition

                                                                           Proenza Schouler                                                                         Phi

Balenciaga

                                                                                   Preen                                                                       Narciso Rodriguez

Ohne Titel

(My personal favorite)

It's time for confessions of weird obsessions (we have many of these). Jessica and I have been carrying on a secret love affair with mint green since March. At the time, we were interns together at Ohne Titel while Flora and Alexa were picking out colors for S/S09. Naturally, we were ecstatic when we saw our new favorite color splashed all over the S/S09 catwalks. And while I realize that it maybe a little early to think of what I'll be wearing this coming spring (since we haven't even had our first snowfall), I'm an instant gratification kind of girl. So until I can get my hands on these yet-to-be-released runway pieces, I'll be going green with OPI's Hey! Get in Lime to get me through the winter.

-Morgan