Until last weekend when, while selling half of my closet at Beacon's, I bought two new pairs of shoes: cinnamon suede bucks (possibly to be re-soled) and tan suede and nylon worker boots, sort of like generic Timberlands but in narrow width. Why doesn't anyone make narrow footwear these days? On semi-midgets like moi 9.5D's look like snow shoes. So I've decided my B2S look will be anti-fashion black-on-black with some non-sequiturs thrown in. Start with a 19-dollar faded black Uniqlo sweatshirt:
Paired with fresh black Levis 511's (it's all about tonal fading), scrunched up above said narrow suede construction worker boots. What a revolutionary concept! And when I'm feeling sportif:
these Adidas Country II running shoes. DYING for the hunter green-on-white-on-cream combo. So what if it has a thicker sole? Grandpa's fallen arches need support.
Don't I wish I could take road trips every weekend to see the changing leaves, browse flea markets, and sing along to wisftul tunes on my car radio? Of course! But I'm stuck here, sans wheels, listening to the crackhead outside my window scream "I NEVER HAD A FATHER FIGURE!!" at 4am (true story). Maybe I'll buy this 300TD and get the heck out of dodge:
Right. Instead I'll probably just head over to the impossibly stylish National Restaurant, where they always seem to be closed for a movie/teevee shoot (Gossip Girl?!?). Its interior and sign font have a Caribbean feel, pointing the inspiration compass towards My Jamaican Gal, Grace Jones:
As if that cover isn't awesome enough, the woman dated Dolph Lundgren:
Take note, today's "celebrity" pose-robots: this is how it's done. And speaking of inhuman strength, my back-to-school reading begins with C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite:
Now I'm about as political as a bag of Fritos but I love the title and that cover rocks my world.
Oh and I'm gonna decorate some too! Currently obsessed with any of Kazumi's prints for Clarence House in the 80's/early 90's:
I like the idea of mixing quirky African pastiche with the real deal:
This is the best image of an African birthing chair I could find, but how cool would it look next to a modern armchair or little French slipper thingie upholstered in the leopard above, beside a low, slouchy, solid satin sofa? The answer is VERY. Trust me, I graduated Summa Cum Cool from the School of Hypothetical Interior Design.
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I really enjoyed this post. Made me laugh at one point (father figure) and I appreciate ending the day with a fun read, great pics, and just the whole feel good vibe of this blog. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI too rejoiced when I could move from Gap Kids to big person Gap. I was tall so it happened before most of my friends, which made me feel somewhat cooler. Of course, they all got boobs before me, so the cool factor lasted only so long.
ReplyDeleteAnd that Mercedes wagon is AWESOME. So very 80's. Even the fab blue color. I love it.
Hi there Nick! Wanted to give a shout out to a fellow Floridian, though you're fortunate enough to be former one. I think I'd appreciate the Sunshine State a lot more living in NY and returning for semi-regular visits with the fam. A gal can dream...
ReplyDeleteAnyhoo, thank you for this, and all your other wonderful posts. Have been following your quips, decor-related insights and delightful snarkiness since the Domino days and you never fail to entertain me.
P.S. I so want that car too. Since my formative years I've been jonesing for a good old Mercedes wagon, even before it attained some sort of Wes Anderson-esque cool factor.
I know birth is a natural, miraculous process, nothing to be ashamed of, etc., but I do not want any furniture in my house that once had amniotic fluid on it.
ReplyDeleteAdidas runners, Grace Jones and a crackhead all in one post. Thanks for the blast from the past.
ReplyDeleteNick! Where have you been all my life? Or at least since mid-August? :) I totally know what you mean about that back-to-school feeling. I headed out to Memphis on Labor Day ready to drop some money, and it just did not happen. That Uniqlo sweatshirt is nine kinds of great, though.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love a Ray Stevens reference. I use this one at least once a day at work, and people rarely get it--even in TN! Welcome back.
Nick-
ReplyDeleteYou SO have my number...I even listened to that Grace Jones album not long ago!
And yes, I had my first day of school outfit planned in late July!
Thanks for your insight into the way the world SHOULD be!
David @ AShfield Hansen Design
Go to the head of the class! And, based on this description I am coming for a cocktail next time I am in town whether you invite me or not.
ReplyDeleteLove the leopard print, can't wrap my mind around that birthing chair though, I might have taken to it more if I didn't know what its true purpose was! Dying to see the suede construction worker boots by the way...
ReplyDelete"Slave to the Rhythm" is the best song ever.
ReplyDeleteAnd it is so cool that the venerable Mrs. Blandings is stopping by here.
Mrs. B. is my homegirl! Love that everyone is digging my Mercedes Wagon, too.
ReplyDelete"the venerable Mrs. Blandings"
ReplyDeleteSounds like a battleship.
Roost has a similar chair right now to that african one! funny post my long lost friend x
ReplyDeleteI read this entire post out loud to my roommate, it cracked me up!
ReplyDeleteI frequently think about the day that I discovered I could wear big Gap. That should be the definition of "coming of age." I'm pretty sure the adult clothes were baggy and ill-fitting and I probably should have still been in the kids store, but the idea that I had any right to be in the grownup store was thrill enough to inspire a purchase.
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ReplyDeleteWhat cool tennis shoes, I remember when I had a similar pair, I used to go to my fitness classes with Adidas shoes
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