I’m a bit self-conscious about these reproduction nineteenth century pants, which I wore all throughout my time in Virginia, but now are a bit large now that I’m about 40 pounds and 2 pants sizes smaller. Still, I think they paired well here.
Somedays you need flowers, heart belts, fierce eyeliner, and a goddamned halo. The tie felt right, too.
I felt springish and powerclashy with these beads, madras print shirt, green pants, and maroon browlines. I’ll have to put this in the rotation more often. I paired it with brown monkstraps.
God I had so much fun with this outfit. The butterfly sweater pins, the septum ring, the clear glasses…it all felt right.
Offset the cats eye frames with a fun cape/necklace combo. Now that I’m back in Southern California, I’m experimenting more with alternate non-tie arrangements.
For spring break, I went back to Washington and Lee and gave a few lectures, including one on fashion with some of the best students I’ve ever met (Hi y’all!). It was, of course below freezing and snowing the whole time, and they put me up at the R.E.Lee hotel, so I rebelled sartorially, per … More Return to CONFEDERATELANDIA! | Thursday, 7 March 2019
Hey y’all. Sorry for the delay in updating (also in my messy room, c’est la vie). Things have gotten a bit hectic, but here’s the looks for the month of March so far. We had a bit of a brief heat wave and break from the cloudy rain we’d had of late, so I thought … More Small Blue Thing | Friday, 1 March 2019
It’s been a long as hell Black History Month. This month alone we’ve had to endure: – Virginia’s Governor and Attorney General admitted to blackface. – Jennifer Lopez was asked to perform a tribute to Motown by the Grammys. – The entirety of the Jussie Smollett debacle. – Green Book wins fucking Best Picture … More Black, Queer Protest | Thursday, 28 February 2019
Never underestimate the power of white hair wax, a bowtie, and a cute shirt with antlers on it. The cloth flower pin I got at a craft fair in Johannesburg.
Today was a nice day for a fancy waistcoat, a pocketwatch, and a modified tie.
