Getting Hipster-Hitched

Don’t lie, you know that Anthropologie is just Urban Outfitters for adults. So, when Urban Outfitters Inc. announced that they were going to launch a wedding line, it only made sense that Antrhopolgie would be their store to do it in. Aaah yes, moving to Park Slope, cutting off that ironic mullet, getting married, and buying a buggaboo. Are these not the dreams of my generation?

According to The Cut, Anthropolgie’s wedding gowns will run from $1,000-5,000 (far more expensive than a J.Crew Wedding but I am guessing a hell of a lot less boring). So when it is time to retire your PBR ways and jeggings, I guess Anthropologie will be there for you.

Anthropologie Pictureshow dress, $298 (not a wedding dress, but what the hell, you can pretend it is)

Leith: DO YOU THINK I DO ANYTHING WITH THE GOAL OF BEING APPEALING?

Normal Teenage Guy: YES. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT’S WHY YOU DO ANYTHING YOU DO

Leith: Seriously?

Normal Teenage Guy: In a way.

Leith: How so?

Normal Teenage Guy: Well the fashion and make up and hair and all that kind of stuff.

Leith: If I were dressing to be appealing I’d wear super short skirts and push-up bras. I just like dressing well.

The flipside of my previous post.

The Importance of Not Being Desperate

My generation’s love for ripped tights and the American Apparel Fetishization of women has gone overboard.

Yeah, I’ve thought about sending in pictures to American Apparel, and definitely saw the “Model Nude for Terry Richardson” section on his website and seriously considered it (I figure, I cannot afford food and this is the skinniest I will ever be in my life so I might as well parlay that into cash/everlasting fame of some sort). But what ever happened to looking like a lady until the clothes came off? Grace Kelly was a promiscuous little thing, but you would have no idea looking at her (rumor has it, her moves consisted mostly of luring a man into a hotel room and emerging naked, which is kind of majorly awesome when you think about it).

Buy some new tights, ladies, pretend that you are not going to go home with that guy, and then go home with him. LOOKING LIKE A CRACK WHORE IS NOT SEXY. Dressing to the nines, spending just as much time trying to look (dare I say it?) classy as you would trying to look trendy has way more benefits than you may think. Audrey Hepburn is a style icon because she eschewed the trends and just tried to look nice, her style is eternal, while Erin Wasson is just comes off as a vapid model trying to gain a little edge.

(image via DirtyLittleStyleWhore)

Come on Baby, You Like Me, I’m a Well-liked Guy

The joke around Annapolis, Maryland (specifically 49 West, the cafe for delinquents and vagabonds) is that I’m Barbie with a breast reduction and a dye job. The fact that in the winter time I have a habit of wearing boots, denim leggings (Madewell’s black jeggings, from my days of working there), and a bright white sweater does not help the matter. My best friend and I are actually making an Insomniac Doll, who looks like me (complete with under-eye circles and a leather jacket).

Anyways, the Barbie-fetishization of Leith has reached new heights since I’ve started wearing YSL’s Lingerie Pink lipstick. It’s creamy and delicious. The color is a bit overwhelming, and I would be a liar if I didn’t say that I blotted it out like crazy and used it mostly as a lip tint, but it is amazing. YSL lipstick, $34 from Sephora

Joe: WANT!

Leith: I wanna bedazzle the shit out of that and wear it.

Joe: Fuck yeah. I want a bedazzler!

Leith: Me too!! I’d be the tackiest girl on the block. finally.

Joe: Hahahaha. I think I’m going to bedazzle my nails. Gotta find some stick on rhinestones!

Seven Body Harness, $295

A Drinking Town With a Sailing Problem

As most of you know, I am a sucker for high heels. It is rare to see me in a pair of flats and during the summer I almost exclusively wear my espadrille wedges. But I also come from Annapolis Maryland, home of the Naval Academy and Way Too Many Drunk Sailors.

Boat shoes are kind of our thing. So, when I saw these in the J. Crew catalogue (that is addressed to me, yet gets sent to my parents house so when I visit them I always have a nice pile of catalogues) I got far too excited. I do not own Sperry Topsiders, but I appreciate the aesthetic in a most disturbing way. My love for them is very similar to the comfort I feel when I walk by a woman wearing Lilly Pullitzer. One of my best friends from grade school named her bischon Lilly and painted her room pink and green. This is the life of an Annapolitan prep-school girl.

Well, moving on, these are shiny gold Sperry’s and no one should ever wear them sailing (yet I am of the belief that sailing is most enjoyed naked and with a cold beer, because my parents went to St. John’s college) but they are absolutely amazing. $98 from J. Crew

There’s Nothing Better Than Art

“The Freer Gallery lets its inner fashionista shine with this Anna Sui, “Peacock Room” inspired, t-shirt design. The T-shirt, by Sui with illustrations by Sara Schwartz, will be featured in Sui’s fall 2010 line and was seen on the runways on New York City’s Fashion Week.

Proceeds from the shirt will support the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries to benefit and support the appreciation and study of Asian art and culture. The public will be able to purchase the shirt through the Freer and Sackler galleries’ shops and Web sites, Sui’s showrooms and Web site, and additional retail stores in September 2010.”

(via The Smithsonian Institution’s facebook page)

Anna Sui, and her appreciation for the color purple, has been a favorite of mine for some time. I suggest that you support the Smithsonian and Ms. Sui. Designer t-shirts are a way of life, darling (especially for those of us who can afford not much more).