Campus style

So it's been a few years since I've been living on a college campus, but I just read this article on The Campus as Runway, and it reminded me a little bit of Wake Forest. I actually think the article is kind of dumb, but it's true that more privileged college campuses (like Wake) do look like fashion shows some days.

I used to want to take pictures of friends and acquaintances at Wake wearing the same pieces and have an US Weekly-style "Who wore it better?" column in the student magazine. Too bad that idea didn't fly - I think it would have been a great success. It would've been this kind of thing for girls on campus who all had the same outfits:

Ok, so I can make an example of this with my sister since we look so alike anyways and there's no way you can tell who wore it better because we're wearing it exactly the same.

OR, there's this little gem from our glorious fifth year in Winston when Lydia and I wore the same dress, cardigan, and sunglasses to Carolina Cup:

I also think you could make a "Who wore it better?" for hipsters in the Mission. Oh, the possibilities...

Ok that's all from me right now. Good night!

Anthropologie in India

I normally love everything that Anthropologie does, but something about this video made me a little uneasy when I first watched it a few weeks ago. I just re-watched it, and I feel the same way. I've been trying to put my finger on what bothers me about it, and I think it's the Anthro awards so much dignity to their model and so little to the Indian people on the street and in the background of the little film. I still think it's beautiful and enthralling - it just doesn't sit right with me. 

What do you think? Do you love it or does it make you feel a little uncomfortable too? 

Coachella v. Bonnaroo

I find it hilarious to compare Coachella with Bonnaroo. Now that I live in San Francisco, Coachella is the big music festival that everyone talks about and goes down to, but when I was growing up in Nashville, it was always Bonnaroo. The lineups at both are really similar, so they both attract people who like the same type of music.

But here's the difference. 

This is Coachella: 

And this is Bonnaroo:

At Coachella, everyone is very LA and showered and putting on a little fashion show. At Bonnaroo, we were wearing as little as possible without being indecent, and I don't think anyone was really thinking about clothes other than that. I actually only went to Bonnaroo one year, but in that one year, I could tell you without a shadow of a doubt that there was no kind of style like there is at Coachella, and I actually can't imagine planning my outfits for a music festival like this. 

Maybe I can't judge until I try both...

Coachella photos compiled by Elise from Style.com. Bonnaroo photos are all from my camera, probably taken by random strangers. 

Elephantine

I feel like I've been posting about jewelry a lot lately, but it is near and dear to my heart. I'm pretty sure elephantine has already made its rounds in the blogger world (I mean, A Cup of Jo posted about it I think, and that means like 200 million people already have read about it from her, right?!) 

Well, I'm always on the lookout for simple and pretty everyday jewelry, but for some reason I was ignoring elephantine because I thought it was expensive. I don't know where I got that though - everything is really reasonably priced. I think the middle picture, eastern holiday, is my fave. What do you think?

Oh, Canada

You may know that I am not the fondest of Canada since that's where my boy has been every Monday through Thursday for the past six months, but I'm going to set my beef with the country aside for a minute to talk about this awesome Canadian jewelry designer, Julia Vallelunga of La Raffinerie. 

I just came across this, and I'm loving the way she took inspiration from ancient tribal jewelry but built her pieces with silk and satin so that they're totally wearable and not too overly tribal. Here are some favorites, and they're actually very reasonably priced too: 

Our bed has arrived!

After two months (yes, seriously, two months) of waiting, our bed has finally arrived today. Despite the fiasco of getting it put together with no instruction manual, it's together and made now, and I'm so excited about it.

Sometime soon, I'll take better pictures of the bed and of our whole little home and post them on this blog. 

Anthropologie Christmas

I was in Anthropologie last night making a ridiculously large purchase with my December birthday 15% off discount, and all of a sudden the store was packed with people, cider and snacks were being served, and they set up little demonstration tables all over the store to show how to make their beautiful Christmas decorations. One of my favorites was this feather tree.

If only I a) had more time, b) was better at following through on my crafts, and c) had a fully settled house so that I could devote my time to making Christmas decorations. Maybe next year!

I want this.

My friend Sarah is so creative. Look at the adorable flower headband she made herself! Honestly, I wish I was better about doing this sort of thing, and it's so much cooler if you're wearing something you can say you made! If you're feeling crafty, follow Sarah's directions here. 

Yellow and Gray

Love this cute wedding on Once Wed. Love the gray and yellow. Love it that the bridesmaids got to accessorize themselves and choose their own shoes. 

Hot Air Balloon Necklace

I just saw this hot air balloon necklace on Ruche and I really love it. My Uncle Kevin used to have a hot air balloon so whenever I see them I always think of him and of my cousins Adrienne and Amanda.

Yellow Dresses

I just spent the week in Nashville working and interspersing it with a little bit of wedding planning and shopping for bridesmaids dresses. We now have a church, a reception venue (almost), a wedding planner, and I got to meet with Tec! I also got to meet up with a lot of close friends in the five days I was home, and even though it was a stressful week to pack everything in, it was good. I'm obsessed with this photo (above) that Jocelyn sent me, and it has truly inspired my thinking about a color palette for October 23.

The (Emily) White House

One of my dearest friends, Emily White, just bought her first home in Charlotte, NC, and I wasn't at all surprised when she took me on a Skype video tour yesterday that it's already looking like a decorator show house. Emily is one of the most talented people I know with an incredible eye for design. She also just won Teach For America's Teacher of the year award for Charlotte! Below are a few photos from her new home, and what's most amazing to me is that she got almost all of her furniture from Craigslist.

Isn't it beautiful? I love that even her bike looks like a work of art. Emily White, you are the shit.

Africa Meets Neon

I'm a huge fan of bringing patterns and colors from Africa into design in interesting ways, and I love what Irina Graewe has done in her Africa meets Neon interiors gallery. I've been browsing through and seeing these colorful fabrics, and after my conversations with my dear friends Esther and Susan, I'm really excited to be leaving for Kenya and Uganda at the end of this week (as long as the London airspace clears!).