July 2011
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June 2011
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Remember what I said about Alexa Chung? Yeah, I...
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Women in Science, the defense speaks →
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All I have to say is: The fact that the NYT has to congratulate women for getting nice jobs as scientists is clearly an indicator of how shitty the playing field is. I don’t buy this “oh you can do it!” pocket change wisdom coming from people who’ve already made it. It’s ALWAYS easier in hindsight.
May 2011
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Vote for Me! →
I’m not quite sure what you’re voting for, but VOTE FOR ME!
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Tutorial: Flower Power
Let’s make a chiffon flower. It’s a great embellishment for any little black dress or boring piece of clothing.
All you will need is scissors, thread, needle, and chiffon. Cut the chiffon into 7”x45”, 7”x7”, and 7”x8” pieces. you only need a thin strip of chiffon to make this.
We’ll start with the long strip. Fold into half length wise...
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Support Japan Relief and Rebuild
For a limited time (until someone else buys it), you can purchase this dress and donate to Japan Relief and Rebuild in the process! Fits around a medium.
This dress features diagonal pleating with the map of Tokyo printed in Japan’s flag motif and semi-hidden ruffles in the back.The draping was a labor of love, so if you own it, you actually own hours of my life.
Photographs by...
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Sabbatical
When Gandhi meet the queen of England, she was appalled by his attire or lack there of and he only replied, “you are wearing enough clothes for the both of us.”
There’s always been a struggle of materialism in fashion. The whole industry is about displaying your possessions, wanting more, better, showing off. But we shouldn’t want so much—it’s too Randian of...
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New Dress an Event
I took a look at my closet yesterday in preparation for moving to my new apartment and realized something horrible: I had hangers full of dresses that I had only worn once and no intention of ever wearing again. And what’s worse is that I’d made all of them down to the last little detail so I couldn’t possibly just wear and waste.
You see, I have this awful predilection for...
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April 2011
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Slash and Spread
My dining room looks like a storm blew through it. There is fabric everywhere in piles and scraps along with pieces of paper and drawing littered about. I finally got a new iron so it is standing tall in the midst of all the chaos saying “one day soon, I will flatten all of this into a wearable collection.
I admit, the blue cornflower curtains are a bit little house on the prarie, but we...
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Anonymous asked: Hello~~ Daniele here, looking for some bona fide advice for UChicago, and who better to ask? I'm really hoping this doesn't come off as creepy, but I want to be you. I love to sew (and adore your clothes) and am thinking about going into biochem with UChicago #1 on my list. I toured the place and loved it, but I know nothing is as perfectly amazing as an admissions office makes it seem....
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Apathy
Being a graduating senior with no classes to take, I have been largely lounging around my house watching lots of netflix. I think I’ve seen every national geographic documentary ever made now. Pathetic, I know. But it’s been a hard 4 years of being snooty about my elite and prestigious education. I think I deserve a break.
Made me a lace skirt yo. I think a lace item is a must have...
