CLOSED: GIVEAWAY: My_Athens' Projections fashion show tickets

Necklaces at Red Dress Boutique by Courtney Cooper Johnson/Whiskey Tango Studios
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I'm excited to give away a pair of tickets to My_Athens' Projections this Sunday night! The event fuses fashion and film as teams of local boutiques and stylists present looks inspired by iconic, style-inspiring films.

If you'd rather not leave things up to chance, you can order tickets here. As of yesterday, only 6 VIP tickets were left. That extra $10 for VIP gets you seating an additional drink.

The giveaway will take place on my Instagram account.
To enter: 
- Follow @my_athens and @myathensfashion
- Tag the name of the friend you'd take with you in the comments of the Instagram post 

Winner will be chosen and notified Friday afternoon using Random.org.
CLOSED. Thanks for entering!

The full scoop on Sunday night via My_Athens: 

"My Athens presents its fall fashion show, Projections, Sunday, Nov. 8, at Stan Mullins' Art Studio (650 Pulaski Street) from 6-9 p.m. Projections will spotlight eight teams of local boutiques and stylists, each drawing inspiration from an iconic style film. A dance party, hosted by DJ Immuzikation, will follow the runway show. We'll also have beer from Creature Comforts and cocktails from Tito's Vodka and The National.

Featuring:
• Boutiques: Agora Vintage, Atomic Athens, Cheeky Peach, Community, Dynamite Clothing, Encore, Flirt Fashions and The Red Dress Boutique

• Stylists: Allison Skinner, Carlee Ingersoll, Elizabeth Herrin, aka Mz Savvy Style, Lucie Reynolds, Rachel Barnes, Shawna Lea Maranville, Stephano Diaz of Necklush and Trevor Blake

My_Athens exists to creatively celebrate the city through photography, events and the stories we tell on our blog, where we cover fashion, food and the arts. We love hosting events like this fashion show to showcase all the amazing talent in this city and create a sense of unity for the people who live here. Follow us on Instagram at @my_athens and show us your vision of the city by using the hashtag #my_athens!

Benefitting Habitat for Humanity"

A look from Atomic. Photo by Courtney Cooper Johnson/Whiskey Tango Studios
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A look from Cheeky Peach. Photo by Courtney Cooper Johnson/Whiskey Tango Studios
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How To Dress Like You're In A Dystopian YA Movie

The new Hunger Games movie is in theaters and Divergent is on HBO, so my army kid proclivity for all things military, utilitarian, and tactical is eating up these wardrobes.


There seems to be a formula. Pick at least 3: 

- Really cool jacket

- Military / Army green / fatigues

- Utilitarian / tactical

- Black + grey

- Modern / Futuristic

- Activewear / Nylon / Down
- Dust Bowl era beige and linen

- One piece of esoteric jewelry (bonus points if it contains DNA, a USB drive of secret plans, the coordinates of where you're supposed to meet your parents/love interest after the apocalypse/rebellion, or a note from your mentor/trainer.)

Scroll through below for a wardrobe to my imaginary YA dystopian movie: 
Follow Alyssa DeHayes's board Dystopian Teen Movie Clothes on Pinterest.

Chelsea Boot Round-Up for Paste Design

Silence + Noise Treaded Leather Ankle Boot 

This post was created for Paste Magazine's design section. You can read the original there. 

I have spent more time than I'd like to admit this fall and winter stalking the perfect pair of Chelsea boots, to supplement the Bean boots I've been living in. I have plenty of heeled boots. What I'm talking about are Blundstone-esque, "Oh it's raining and I've been standing for 8 hours and now I need to run clear across the festival and grab something from the trailer? Yeah, that's fine!" Chelsea boots.

Work trips for me mean running all over a city in one night or festivals in unpredictable weather. You can save your macrame dress and flower crown festival fashion. Give me a denim shirt, jeans, and a pair of any of the boots below, and I'll be fine for 24 hours (well, feed me, too.)

I ended up buying the pair above (Silence + Noise Treaded Leather Ankle Boot ), but thought I'd share some of my other favorites:

Dr. Martens Flora Chelsea Ankle Boot

Wearing: Lucy's Lockets

Lucy Farmer and her husband have been building homes together for 15 years. Drawing inspiration from her work as creative director of an architectural supply store, Lucy incorporates antique charms and one of a kind architectural hardware findings into jewelry.

An old key may find a new life as a charm, and a victorian keyhole might become a pendant in her Lucy's Inspired jewelry line. Lucy's Inspired gifted me the necklace pictured below. Beneath it are some of my other favorite pieces from her shop. Thank you, Lucy!

Gilded Palace of Sin Dress // Midnight Rider

The brilliant folks at Midnight Rider have me drooling over the Gilded Palace of Sin Dress: Gram Parson's Nudie suit from this famed 1969 Flying Burrito Brothers album cover and countless photos, screen printed into dress goodness.

Suckers Apparel - Twin Peaks Collection

Since pretty much anything Twin Peaks related gets an auto-blog from me, this Twin Peaks clothing collection from Suckers Apparel was a no-brainer. Surely no coincidence, the model looks a lot like Audrey Horne.  Aside from the fun of Twin Peaks references, these pieces are also really elegant and wearable. They even have Twin Peaks printed leggings for chilly nights. What are your favorite fan culture + fashion collaborations?

Weekly Wants:

The Kinfolk Table: Recipe's For Small Gatherings is out now. I might buy it, or it might just make me jealous my life isn't as simple and elegant as a Kinfolk photo. (Or read the small-batch artisanal keyboard-hewn bespoke Kinfolk spoof Twittter.)

Birch print straws. Spiced cider and bourbon sold separately.

Hasbeen clog boots. Heels comfortable enough to walk in without wobbling and casual enough to wear to work without "why are you dressed up" comments from my male coworkers!

Revamping my living room has been a priority lately. After thrifting since highschool and co-owning a vintage store, I'm so tired of all the knick-knacks. I'm tired of kitsch. I want more clean and modern. It's kind of hard to believe this pair of Eames-style chairs is only $99 total. I couldn't find anything as attractive or inexpensive on the Ikea website, so I might break down and buy these soon.

Nike Free 3.0 v5 running shoes. I'm trying to get back to some kind of exercise routine. I need it. Badly. I have no energy lately by day, and work anxiety dreams by night. Hoping I can use new shoes to bribe myself into re-starting the gym membership or running.

Original Ray-Ban aviators. I don't know what happened to mine, but I sure to miss 'em. This is why I can't have nice sunglasses.

Follow me on Pinterest for more things I shouldn't be buying!

Weekly Wants 9/23

Couple days late on this post. My favorite time of year is starting. I collect skulls and skeletons (the fake kind) so this time of year I can't even go to the grocery store without seeing Halloween knick-knacks I want in my house all year round. Bye-bye monies. 

Clockwise from the top center: 

Alternative printed baseball tee

Peachy Sven Clogs 

A Peace Treaty turquoise earrings

Laura George totem print // Caved in and bought this one and a cheap frame off Amazon. 

C.O. Bigelow amber perfume oil // Been loving soft, warm scents lately. 

Ecote suede biker boot // Digging this olive shade of suede since you could wear them with brown or black. 

Sugar skull cookie cutters

Monserat de Lucca ram skull necklace

Athens Fashion Collective 2013 Fall Show

Athens Fashion Collective, an important resource for local designers, will have their fall showcase, Revive + Recreate, this Thursday. Doors open at 8PM and the first runway kicks off at 8:30PM in the Athens Banner Herald building.

Six local fashion designers are showcasing their work this year: Laurel Wells (from Atlanta, Georgia),  Colleen Quinn, Zidisha Dambuza, Lindsey Simunec, Shawna Maranville, and Sanni Baumgaertner//Community Service.

Tickets are $10 or $7 with student ID. There will be a bar and DJ Immuzikation is spinning tunes throughout the night. Model Citizen (the salon I go to) is doing hair, along with Pageboy Salon and Mary Sigalas Hair Studio, and makeup is done by Elijana Cosmetics and Mary E. Denis.

A preview from Community: 

Wear: Pendleton Portland Collection Fall '13

 

Today Sara left a present in my inbox: a slideshow of the Pendleton Portland Collection Fall '13 lookbook. Leave it to Pendleton to get me excited about Fall when I haven't even reached Summer yet. If anyone knows where the boys who dress like this have been hiding out, please send them my way.

Here are some of my favorites from the Pendleton Fall '13 Portland Collection:

 

View more after the jump:

Wear: March new arrivals

Urban Outfitters hooked me up with some new duds at SXSW. Many thanks, friends! Glad I got to catch up with Morgan, Ally, Dryw, and Jessie!

Kimchi Blue Silky Sabrina Shirtdress

So simple and useful. 

Truly Madly Deepy camo T
My Army dad had one identical when I was a kid, but he sadly turned it into a cleaning rag. Now I have one!

BDG ikat button down
Going to wear this through late spring. So soft and breathable. 

Leather Vans:
Big thanks to Pitchfork for hooking me up at the Show No Mercy metal showcase in Austin! Great day, and now I have some great shoes to member it by. Website linked above has 'em for half off.

Gap baseball tees:
Flattering fit, casual and effortless look. Won't shrink. 40% off everything online today and tomorrow.

Gap jeans:
Jeans are so hard to shop for blah blah blah my butt this my thighs that blah blah... I FINALLY FOUND SOME! Both the legging jean and always skinny in the darkest wash were just what I'd been waiting for, but be warned: they took 2-3 machine washes to shop staining my hands and nails blue.

Not pictured: Organix Moroccan oil sea salt wave spray: 
This stuff works wonders, especially for reviving flat winter hair and zapping static.

Post-Holiday Splurges

I suppose that price-wise, these items aren't really splurges, but every holiday I attempt to put my gift moolah toward car insurance, emergency savings (is it really emergency when your car breaks like clockwork every three months?) etc, and my dad encourages me to put the gift money toward something fun.  Just obeying dad's wishes!

L-R
Cut-out Cuff // Forever 21

Gold skirt // ASOS // New Years Eve contender. Again, please fit. 

Moto booties // Forever 21

Ruched piped sports bra // Forever 21 // These things are great. Not as constricting as a regular sports bra, and perfect for low cut button down shirts and tanks with wide arm holes. Kind of a bandeau, except not totally worthless.

Cheetah stud earring set // Forever 21 // Because I was $5 away from free shipping.

Royal blue simple shift dress // ASOS // Long obsessed with royal blue and shift dresses, this is a dream. Please let it fit me.

Today I'm Oggling: Bobbi Oxford from Madewell

I seem to have worn through almost all my oxfords. Wonder if I could break these in before SXSW rolls around? 

Bobbi Oxford from Madewell

$165

Antagoniste's Burning Experience collection for Boticca

View the entire collection of silk scarves and pocket squares and purchase info at Boticca.

 

Twin Peaks-inspired Elle fashion spread

I'm a big Twin Peaks fan, so I was excited to learn of this Elle fashion spread in the August 2012 issue, set in a very Black Lodge scene.

I found these images on WelcomeToTwinPeaks.com, but I'll be picking up a copy from the newsstand to take with me on a bachelorette trip this month: the first time I can recall flying anywhere NOT for work since college.

Today I'm Oggling: Denim Chevron Dress from ASOS Collection

It's denim. It's chevron. It's $66. It must be mine. 

Moonrise Kingdom Harper's Bazaar Shoot

Harper's Bazaar shot Bill Murray and Kara Hayward to celebrate the release of Moonrise Kingdom. We're still awaiting news of a "now showing" date for Athens. My coworker at Cine said we will get it eventually, it's just unclear exactly what date. Her boyfriend who works at Beechwood said they will probably get it, and if they do, they'll probably show it briefly before Cine can. So in short: no news. 

 

 Photographer: Jake Chessum. Fashion Editor: Roxane Danset. Hair: Ward for Living Proof; Makeup: Alice Lane and Kara Hayward; manicure: Myrdith Leon-McCormack for Dior Vernis; grooming: Rheanne White for Kiehl's; production: Nicole Hektner and Larry McCrudden for the Custom Family; production design: Kris Moran; set design: Anne Koch.

Read more: Wes Anderson Fashion Shoot - Wes Anderson Feature - Harper's BAZAAR

Today I'm Oggling: Zeyzani Boots

ModCloth's "Out for Adventure Boot"

Holy wow. I dug a little deeper and found out these are made by a company called Zeyzani, who specialize in suzani pattern shoes and boots.

All Saints Fall Collection

I feel silly even typing the words "Fall collection" while it's still May, but I'll take one of everything above, please. Til then, I'll be prowling the Spring collection, particularly the pieces below:

All Saints Temple Dress

Newaz Mini Dress

Bonny Cuban Boot

Vintage Lace Up Boot