check it, mate

Jeans: Articles of Society
Cropped Sweater: A'gaci (similar) (similar)
Flannel shirt: Ross (similar)


I'm excited that it's fall, I don't care if that makes me basic. ( haha JAY KAY) In all seriousness, I'm excited that I have an excuse to layer my clothes in anyway that I please and for it to be socially acceptable versus me looking like a vagabond. (at least I have a notion that I don't look like a vagabond between the months of september-feb, who actually knows!) When Articles of Society sent me these waxed coated Mya Jeans, I KNEW, I KNEEEEW what to layer them with. I snagged this short sleeve sweater number from Agaci, and layered it with a flannel shirt. For me this outfit screams classic Japanese Street Style, like something you would read in Soup or JILLE. Either way I'm totally digging the short sleeve over long sleeve though part of me never wants to recreate any style that I performed in the 90s. Plus these jeans make me feel like a cool girl (cooler than I am) like I should be hanging out with Devendra Banhart or something...

bundled up

(what I'm wearing: colonel mustard turtle neck: F21, high waisted pants: vintage, jacket: vintage, shoes: vintage, turban: vintage, necklace: F21) I adore these colours!!! Dont you? I heart fall!

I wish Chicago had a longer autumn, that way I could get away with less cumbersome looks. I absolutely adore layering, I just had feeling like a burrito! Recently the weather has been dropping all the way down to the 40s, but I still insist on going out without a full blown coat. I mean isn't a tweet jacket just as warm as a coat, right?

I feel like I'm channeling a 1940-50s movie star here, ala - Auntie Mame (one of my favorite classics) High waisted pants, turtle neck, blazer....all I'm missing is a long cigarette. The background, though just a train station by my house, also makes it look like I'm on the lamb! Like in Chinatown, were Faye Dunaway runs to Mexico for a better life. Adios!

I also decided to bust out the turban again, its been a while since I turbaned it out! Haha, I actually ran out of hair product, and my hair was angry and wild. I find it rather ironic that even though some of us ladies where our hair "natural" we're still a slave to our products! I'm not ashamed, whatever! I'm just glad I found something that works! (ps, should I make a hair video??)

Anyway, TGIF, right? I getting ready to run out the door with my bro and go to little Japan, because were both still NERDS..haha! Happy weekend.