Trend Spotlight: Shopbop

I will probably never be able to afford (or wish to pay for ) any of the things on this website, but I certainly take advantage of their fashion ideas since they are used in a practical and awesome sense. See for yourself.

Inspiration Moment: Jimi Hendrix

Yes, Jimi Hendrix is a man. Yes, Jimi died a gruesome drugged-up death and I totally believe in a drug-free smoke-free life. Yes, Jimi and I probably have nothing in common. Yes, his music an be hard to appreciate. Yes, he has fantastic fashion taste. Or had. But his edginess and bohemianess is an inspiration, and his looks could easily transition into a female wardrobe.

Wikipedia says about Hendrix's style,

"Hendrix was well known for his unique sense of fashion and wardrobe and his Bob Dylan hairstyle. A set of hair curlers was one of the few possessions that traveled with him to England upon his discovery in 1966. When his first advance check arrived, Hendrix immediately took to the streets of London in search of clothing at famous shops like "I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet" and "Granny Takes A Trip", both of which specialised in vintage fashion, where he purchased at least two army dress uniform jackets, including an old Hussar's one adorned with tasseled ropes. A group of policeman once ordered him to remove a Royal Veterinary Corps dress jacket, saying it was an offense to the men who had worn it.

Many photographs of Hendrix show him wearing various scarves, rings, medallions, and brooches, and in the early days Hendrix occasionally wore badges (pins or buttons) that professed his support for the hippie movement or his fascination with Bob Dylan. He initially wore a dark suit and plain silk shirts that progressively became "louder" and more psychedelically patterned. He later favored a bright blue velvet suit, then a bright red one, antique military dress jackets, a very broadly striped suit, psychedelically patterned silk jackets, various exotic waistcoats and brightly coloured flared trousers. At Monterey, he wore a hand-painted silk jacket by Chris Jagger (Mick's brother) and a bright pink feather boa. In late 1967 he started to wear a wide-brimmed Western style hat (brand name "The Westerner")^[100]. It was adorned with a narrow purple band and various brooches, as shown in the original Jimi Plays Monterey film. This hat was stolen in 1968, and replaced later with another, crowned variously with a longer purple scarf, a star-like brooch in front and a set of silver bangles, sometimes with an angled feather, though he went hatless for protracted periods after this.

From late 1968 he began tying scarves to one leg and one arm, and in mid-1969 he gave up the hat permanently for bandanas. He started wearing increasingly fantastic custom-made stage costume with long trailing sleeves, culminating in his African-styled "Fire Angel" outfit that he wore throughout most of his final "Cry Of Love" tour, until it began to come apart during the Isle Wight concert. He appeared in this outfit only once more (in just the jacket half) at the disastrous concert in Aarhus, Denmark. His only non-work-related vacation was a two-week trip to Morocco in July 1969 with friends Colette Mimram, Stella Benabou (Douglas), the ex-wife of Alan Douglas (record producer) and Deering Howe. Upon his return Hendrix decorated his Greenwich Village apartment with Moroccan objets d'art and fabrics. Mimram and Benabou created some of Hendrix's most memorable later attire, the shortened blue kimono-style jacket that he wore in three TV appearances and the white fringed jacket, ornamented with blue glass beads, he wore at the Woodstock Festival^[101]."

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Homecoming Hair and P&P

Yeah, this is the kind of hair that I want to do for Homecoming, the scene where her hair is fantastic. :)

After Result: Here's the hair, it was fantastic. It took over 50 hairpins, 1 hair-savvy talented sister, a lot of hairspray, and a extension braid, but it was fantastic:

My Dream ShoeDrobe

There's this song called by Paolo Nutini called, "New Shoes". He says that once he put some new shoes on and "suddenly everything is right". Well, I'm going on the hunt for some new shoes soon. In a perfect world these shoes would show up in my Fall Wardrobe.
Ok, this one is a bit summer, but I live in hot place and it's so versatile.
My cowboy boots are starting to fade, so if I were to replace them, these would be good. :)
I saw a Seventeen shoot where a chick wore moccasin knee-highs and I've been hooked ever since.
Classic staple of boots, in my honest opinion. Yes, if you couldn't tell, I'd like some boots. Mwaha :)
Never thought about these before but they would be another perfectly versatile shoe.
Oxfords are extremely hot, I love them for this season.
And another versatile option are these creamy ones.


I could imagine these being the shoes that put the whole plain outfit together. Paolo's song talks about how new shoes changed his boring outfit, well, these could do the job.
Hehe, boots. :3

I need some new black pumps, since mine have been worn to the ground. And I love the loafer style for this year. I've tried on these specific shoes and they're terribly uncomfortable, unfortunately.

Dark green is my favorite color, and these have such a dark romantic goth vibe that I love. My alter-ego to my boho rock persona.

These look perfect to last me a long time, and they're so rocker chic.
And of course, some brown shoes since they go with everything. These have a romantic vagabond look that I like a lot too.
So that's my shoe craze, which is funny because I'm not much of a shoe-girl, or maybe I just haven't found too many shoes that I like. Haha. :)

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