love lost

(I'm wearing a vintage dress, necklace borrowed from my mother, and glasses from Target)

Here I am, snapped again! Gosh these pictures are old. I actually had a whole post planned for these but UNFORTUNATELY, they got lost because Dave's little cousin borrowed his SD card and wiped it out. FORTUNATELY this photography company was able to capture me and Dave at our best! The photographer was such a cutie as well! He really made everyone feel so comfortable unlike some people I've worked with who just make the idea of having your picture captured for a life time all more awkward.

Fun factoid of the day, I actually won my tickets to this event. If was for fashion for a cause hosted by my girl Tres Awesome for a film called Sole Survivor that documents the lives of survivors of plane crashes. The film is really deep, and very moving, it felt like a shame to have so much fun dancing to chaka khan! Just makes you grateful for life I guess.

There was also a fund raising part of this event wear I won a pretty reckless necklace from local designer (and friend) Ashley Drapes. I haven't figured out how to wear it yet, but I'm stoked, and still dancing...

snapped

Every once and a while I get asked to have my photo taken by some AWESOME street photographer that has managed to make me look halfway decent on days that I halfway tried...lol

When I was living in NYC I got snapped a few times, but I somehow forgot to get their information so those images are lost FOREVER. Luckily two of my favorite local street photographers snapped me as well, and of course I was more than familiar with their sites! I never realize how intense it was to get the perfect shot, I usually assumed it was one and then your done, but I think me and Emma from Tresawesome took like 100 photos in 97 degree weather last weekend--but it was worth it! She also made me smile...SO SOAK IT UP PEEPLES, I'm back to my frowny face starting next week...haha. My other photo is from me at the TopShop Event held by no one other than Emma and Amy Creyer of Chicago Street Style. The photo was taken by the adorable Luis Torres of ChicOverload, who like me last year is spending his summer in NYC ((so jealous))

It's so interesting to see others perspective of me. I almost feel like I look like a totally different person! But I think I feel that way about all photos of me....

instaweekend--randolph market

To not everyone's knowledge I decided to host an impromptu pop up vintage shop at the Randolph Street Market. The space was orginially my mother's but since she double booked that weekend she let me have the space for today. For such a short notice show, IT WAS A BLAST, something I've been meaning to do for years.

I'm always weary about selling vintage clothes, I'm anxious about an oversaturated market but I'm definitely bringing my own flair to the vintage pieces I sell. Expect them to be weird like me, less mad men and more...just mad! This experience has really inspired me to branch out more. In fact back in 2007 I had built this whole vintage website back when selling on ebay was the thing to do, and I got nervous and quit! I have collected vintage pieces for years! And they aren't doing me any favors in boxes under my bed. Plus in favor of closet purges I feel like these clothes desrve a more just home than the back of my closet.

Over all, I had so much fun, therefore, I'm signed up to do it again in September, just in time for BACK TO SCHOOL and fall fashion (loves!) Oh and most importantly my big quarter of a century birthday...har har. I'll keep you posted so you can come by and say hey hey, and for those who made it by in such short notice, thank you my dearies!

ps. trying a new weekend thing besides the weekend inspo, instaweekend! Since I'm usually busy busy busy come weekend time, I thought it would be cute to compile all my instapics from the coolest ones like this! Let me know if you like "Instaweekend" ;)