It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. Frederick Douglass
Monthly archive October, 2005
Get Alife.

Get Alife.

* With a website as allusive as its Rivington St store, Alife holds the street version of the Manolo Totem (how offensive is this $900 mule? Sorry, I digress….). Reebok and Alife’s newest “tennis shoe” is an extravagantly detailed version of the Reebok pump ( I still remember my first pair… my mom thought I...
Daily thought....

Daily thought….

While keeping up with my Daily fashion world gossip (and admiring the gorgeous gingham Dolce & Gabbana dress on page 72 of The Daily)… I began to contrast my life of class and late nights in library to the glamorous world highlighted in the magazine. Where my life has hints of glamour and one pair...
Cuca not pseudo!- SO SAD

Cuca not pseudo!- SO SAD

  (Cuca Handmade highlights true original style… more at the end of my rant!) Alain sent me a cool article from Fashion Tribes, which brings up a good point. It seems like things can be broken up between fashion victims, pseudo-individuals, and actual individuals. The whole “customization” trend which, quite honestly didn’t even register on...

  friendship is a kraft. Have you ever heard of friendster.com ? I was introduced to it years ago, ironically by someone who no longer considers me a friend (a long story for another post). This ex-friend (or “ster?”) sang the prases of this oddly named site… All I could think was “friendster?” come on,...
EmBARK on a project....

EmBARK on a project….

“Once upon a time, in a land far away, a young damsel grew tired of fashion. All she desired were clothes that were casual and fun, yet stylish and creative… in a moment of clarity, it became evident that this revolution had to begin with t-shirts…”   Hence the T-Shirt project, a cute site with...
Funky Move ... Utopia to come

Funky Move … Utopia to come

  Ugh! I’ve been in the process of moving this past week. There is NOTHING more annoying than moving… My life is a mess of bags and boxes, and though its amazingly refreshing to live alone again (I moved from a roommate situation)… I have a feeling the unpacking process is going to take weeks…...