A Study Interlude in Memory of McQueen

I'm supposed to be writing a gigantic paper right now, but in the spirit of procrastination I stumbled upon this photo done in coordination with Alexander McQueen for Vogue's 50th Anniversary.

Hope this injects some inspiration into your week!

(Click on for a larger view, it's breathtaking.)

He was always one to remind us that fashion truly is art.

-B

Homecoming 2010

My little sister is a sophomore this year, and Saturday was her homecoming.

She actually didn't even go to the dance, which was awesome because I went the dance every year.

and regretted it every time.

Instead they got all dressed up and ate fancy status and then went bowling!

SO FUN.

The girls had a blast getting ready, and I had fun helping them!

I did my best to photograph the finished products, but Berit is the photographer not me...

so they are pretty terrible pictures

This is the lovely specimen that is my sister.

The dress reminds me of Marchesa.

Except that it was 10$ at Value Village.

NBD.

Here is the back of her hair.

Her hair is short, so this is mostly bobby pins.

You can even see some of them

(BAD CLARE BAD CLAIRE)

This is Emma.

I twisted back random sections and pinned them in place until this emerged.

SUPER easy.

Meet Shalee. I had the top half of her hair up when I realized,

MERLIN'S BEARD, she has SO MUCH HAIR.

This picture sucks I know. But take my word:

It was Frickin Amazing. If I do say so myself.

Meet Jenny.

She has such great eybrows-

it took me about thirty seconds to pluck them.

Her hair and makeup here easy as lemon squeezy pie

(YUM)

Here is the group- minus the ginger kids girlfriend, who came later.

Not one of these girls paid more than 15$ for their dresses!!!

HeYYo!

Many might recognize Jenny's silver dress-

it formerly belonged to the illustrious Natalie Souaid

I claimed it at the clothing swap this summer knowing that though it might not fit me,

some lovely young lass with less sizable lady lumps would be delighted to fill it out.

NOW

I would like to turn your attention to the BEST IDEA EVER!!!!

My mom decided that since only one girl had a date

(the other random guy was just there to bowl),

that she would MAKE corsages for all of them.

Now this could have easily gone south-

but my mom is awesome.

Check out how cute these are!

Not to mention the fact that she did this all in half an hour!

YAY FOR MY MOMMY!!!!

SO MUCH LOVE TO YOU ALL

I had a wonderful vacation, but its back to reality.

whoops, there goes gravity

<3

Claire

My Latest

HEY ALL

I hope you have been wonderful, I am home in Seattle right now :)

First of all...

I filmed a tutorial for this ages ago, but the video went cray cray-

So here are the pictures!

Also, at school, my friends have been GREAT about letting me use their faces as easels!

Here is Mollee!

WOOOO! Super sorry about the awful computer camera photo...

And Sara!

(After I was done with the eye I really quick threw together the rest of the face

to see if she liked it for Halloween)

Oh, but life is a wonderful thing.

<3

Claire

The Trevor Project: It Gets Better

In the wake of the recent string of suicides committed by gay teens as a result of the abuse and bullying they endured at their schools and in their communities, there has been a lot of public outcry against the way that society treats gay or questioning individuals.

The Trevor Project is a support organization that works towards establishing acceptance and eliminating violence against LGBT youth. They offer hotlines and other means of support as well. They have started a video campaign called "It Gets Better," were celebrities and civilians alike post videos offering support and advice to questioning or LGBT youth that are struggling with bullying or suicidal thoughts.

Furthermore, you can go to http://bit.ly/c97s3W and donate your Facebook status for the Human Rights Campaign for the National Coming Out day that officially starts in less than a minute!

I believe that no matter what your religion, race, gender, or sexuality, it is not acceptable to torment someone to death because they're different from you. No religion asks its followers to taunt, tease, and physically abuse anyone because their way of life is something you disagree with.

So check out these videos and forgive my rants please :)

-B

Heidi Klum For New Balance: Just Because You're Famous Doesn't Mean You Can Sell Crappy Sweatpants For A Million Dollars

During this past week's episode of Project Runway, Heidi Klum announced that she had teamed up with New Balance to create a line of high-end "active wear" for which the contestants would be designing during their challenge.

Upon closer look at her collection being sold exclusively on Amazon.com, I just had to laugh. Seriously. Not only are the "designs" simple and made out of typical cheap gym clothes fabric, they are egregiously overpriced. And I'm not going to lie, the majority of the pieces are just plain ugly.

Allow me to illustrate:

"Short Sleeve Double Zip Hoodie," $78.00

The cut is extremely unflattering and it looks too short in the torso...

"Project Runway (designed by Andy) Pant With Inserts," $98.00

Nothing says, "I just finished a tough workout/I'm sexily grocery shopping" like baggy sweatpants with stripes that ripple (in fear? mortification?) away from the crotch, eh?

"Cropped Knit Sweater With Eyelet Detail," $78.00

This might be acceptable if it were some kind of thinner fabric, but as it is it looks bulky and incredibly awkward. How many of you would feel comfortable lounging or working out in this?!

"Drawstring Balloon Pant," $78.00

Seriously? SERIOUSLY? If I wanted to buy a crappy pair of ill-fitting sweatpants, I would go to K-Mart. Calling the design "balloon" doesn't distinguish it from other sweatpants with elastic at the bottom. Furthermore, if I wanted to pay 80 bucks for workout pants I'd go to LuluLemon. Plus they make your ass look great.

The only redeeming part about this collection is that most of the clothes are %10 cashmere, which is also an indicator that these clothes weren't made to actually be worked out in.

Take a further look my friends... what do you think?

-B