Tagged: white

February 28, 2013

What I Wore: Cicrus Tent

So today after work, I was finally able to make it to the police station before they closed at 9 only to learn that the police report the lady at the bank told me they could “just print out” would take another week to get to me. When I asked if there was anything else she could give me, I got a number.

Was there some kind of world-wide ineffective bureaucracy meeting out there where they decided that every step of every process has to take “a week to 10 days?” This douche stole my money, and if that number isn’t enough for the bank I’ll have to wait another week to wait another other week to get my fucking money back. I can already see them having some kind of time limit on trying to get it back too. Tomorrow (today as of the posting date) is the last day of February. Rent’s gotta be paid.

Anyway, this outfit looks way better in person. I always get compliments on this dress, but in the photographs I just look like a weather balloon. It must be the repeating pattern. I guess you’ll have to take my word for it, I look hot.

Maroon shirt from the thrift store
Dress was a gift of a friend
Socks are from Target
Dansko clogs are from REI

February 12, 2013

What I Wore: Sassy in the Front

Yesterday was my Liveblog/Livestream of Die Hard 1. Counting myself, my boyfriend and everybody that joined us online, there were four people in attendance. No one stayed for the whole movie, not even me (pee break), but I had a great time and I can’t wait to do it again tomorrow.

Jacket from the thrift store
Red shirt from The Gap
Dress from Ross
Leggings from Target
Extraordinary Thigh High Socks from SockDreams.com
PF Flyers were a gift from Ben’s dad

September 26, 2012

Because Fuck Labor Day

You’re getting an outfit post because the WordPress app on my phone crashed and deleted the last half of what was supposed to be today’s blog… just as I was trying to save it. I was so mad I could have drop kicked that phone into Southern Kentucky. But, that just means I get to share this great outfit with you, and also talk a little bit about the idea of attractiveness, and how much bullshit I think it is.

So this outfit would probably be on a list of fatty fashion don’ts. Light colors highlight my rolls, capri leggings make my short fat legs look even shorter and fatter, and I’m actually wearing this belt on the worst possible place if I wanted this outfit to be “flattering.” But in the words of fashion designer Gisela Ramirez, Fuck Flattering.

I think there’s something to be said for wearing clothes that accentuate your “assets,” but I also think there’s something to be said for telling the concept of “assets” to fuck right off and die. If I want to wear white, and strap a belt around my spare tire, I’m fucking gonna. Because I want to. And if I end up looking squared off, or lumpy, or fatter than I actually am, who gives a shit? I like white, and low waists and sometimes I want to wear them anyway. So I do. It feels good to not try and ‘flatter’ away my actual shape or put so much stock into imitating something I’m never going to be.

And let me tell you, this outfit was insanely comfortable.

White minidress from The Gap
Grey tank (not pictured) from The Gap
Tan belt from Target
Black Leggings from Target
Shoes are Birkenstock

July 27, 2012

What I Wore: Tulip Envy

I bought this skirt on clearance at Target for, like, 6 bucks and I love it. It has pockets! Also, it’s basically see-through, so that’s why I’m wearing leggings under it.

Cardigan is from Macy’s. I cant remember the brand and I can’t find it right now. It might be NY & Co.
Olive tank is from Target
Black undershirt is from The Gap
Skirt is from Target
Leggings from Target
Merell flats from REI

July 6, 2012

What I Wore: Comfortable Casual

My hair is sort of terrible in all of these pictures, but oh well.

Polo shirt form the thrift store
Skirt from Target
Merrell Shoes from REI

April 26, 2012

What I Wore: Professional Muffet

http://i.imgur.com/8mbByl.jpg a fat girl with short hair wearing a striped wool vest over a flowered sun dress with a maroon button up shit and maroon leggings underneath.

This is the second outfit post in a row where I wore this dress. I really want it to be Spring. I mean, it is Spring, but it seems like I’m learning that Spring near the ocean means lots and lots of clouds, which is not what I think of as Spring. So I wear this dress and hope for flowers.

Maroon shirt is from the thrift store
Flowered dress is from ASOS, but I had to have it tailored
Wool Vest is from Ross
Maroon leggings are from K-mart, but I had to take them in.
Merrell flats are from REI

October 7, 2011

What I Wore: A Pattern Emerges

Red scarf is a gift from Ben’s mom
Linen floral button up from Macy’s
Blue v-neck from The Gap
Canvas belt from Target
Skirt from Target
Socks are Sock Dreams Extraordinary Thigh High Socks
Houndstooth Converse are from a vintage shop, now closed
Rings were made by my Greatgrandmother

May 28, 2011

Twitter Design Challenge Parrot and Glasses

By now every creative person on the internet has read or heard that quote from Ira Glass about wading your way through shit work in order to make something good. In the interest of getting more crappy work behind me, I put this out to twitter yesterday: “Experiment. The first person to give me a noun, an adjective and a color can be my first Twitter Design blog. This may end badly.”

Fairy_Princess_Holly replied first with her request of ” Parrot. Sparkling. Purple.”

And AldoMcGee won second place with his request for “Sunglasses, fierce, white.”

Holly’s was the most challenging one. Sparkling parrots are a difficult concept. Parrots in general are a difficult concept. I ended up doing a lot of little doodles to try and figure out my plan of attack;

a page full of line drawings of parrots

Eventually I settled on a sketch I liked, and I picked an image that I had been looking at for my sketches and used it for shapes. I kind of think this might be cheating, but the shapes felt so much more organic than if I would have tried to freehand them.

a picture of a parrot

Then I used the pen tool to assemble the parrot.

parrot

Yeah, the purple sparkle is a lazy second thought, but the parrot is really my favorite.

Aldo’s request was a breeze. In fact, I did it before Holly’s because it was so easy. I just thought of Lady Gaga and how she is pretty fierce, and she loves the lightening bolt right now.

sunglasses

I hope you guys liked my first design challenge. I feel a little strange calling it a design challenge. I don’t consider myself to be a designer, I don’t really consider this design, but there’s not really a better word.

I’d love to hear your feedback. What did you think about the designs, do you think that my use of the parrot image is cheating? What do you want to see next?

I think in the future, I’m only going to take one challenge at a time. Doing two caused too much of a lag.

December 28, 2010

BACKUP What I Wore: Sailor Jimmy

I’m at the Oregon coast with Ben’s family for a couple of days, so I’m throwing up a backup day. Enjoy my neglect!

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Scarf from a thrift store
Long sleeved shirt from The Gap
Pocket T from The Gap
Plaid skirt from the thrift store
Underskirt is a gift from Ben’s mom
Leg-warmers are from Target
Dansko clogs are from REI

December 25, 2010

What I Wore: Christmas Day

So it’s Christmas day, and the weather has been surprisingly mild here in Oregon. It was nice enough that we could go outside for our outfit posts today without being bogged down with too many sweaters and coats. And since it’s Christmas, we had guests!

Ben’s sister Mara and her boyfriend Nick were on the couch, so they were invited to participate.

what I wore, fashion, christmas, guest stars, marina rose martinez

what I wore, fashion, christmas, guest stars, marina rose martinez
Mara has been reading fashion magazines, all the women make this pose. I’m trying, but there’s too much fat in the way.

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what I wore, fashion, christmas, guest stars, marina rose martinez
Did I mention that she’s been reading fashion magazines?

Hat from the Tibetan Warehouse in Old Town Pasadena
T-shirt from Target
Karen Scott button up from the thrift store
Plaid skirt from the thrift store
Black skirt from the thrift store
Crinoline (not shown, under the skirts) is a gift from Ben’s mom via Hey Viv!
Green and black tights from We Love Colors (review here)
Black conductive gloves are from Target (they work with my touch screen!)
PF Flyers are a Christmas gift

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As for Mara and Nick, all I can tell you is that Mara’s shirt is also from the Tibetan Warehouse in Old Town because we got that for her for Christmas.