the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear

After spending pretty much the whole night last night catching up on reading all the style blogs I love, I attacked my closet with a new gusto. I played dress up for an hour or so and I think I came up with some pretty cool stuff. This look was inspired by some fabulous menswear for women looks I saw from the amazing German designer, Lena Hoschek (lots more on her soon).

I have to say, I’m pretty excited about today’s pictures! The boy and I were out walking and we happened to pass this mural and I thought it might make a good backdrop for a post.

This vintage (and super-stretchy) bodysuit used to belong to a 1960s Playboy bunny!

I’d been dying to do a jumping shot but I had to wait until I had a better camera, so….

I love my new used faux-lex.


Then later today I was out for a stroll and couldn’t resist snapping a few shots of the trees!

Well, I may as well take a few more of myself too…

Thanks for readin’ everybody!! What do you think of the filters? I’m just kind of dabbling in them for the first time, so be easy on me.

WHAT: straw fedora, forever 21

bodysuit, chicken lays an egg

checked tie, thrift (almost 10 years ago!)

fake rolex, pixel 19 vintage

urban outfitters skirt, gabriel brothers

green socks, yard sale

black and white oxfords, thrift

WHERE: shopping, hangin’ with my boy, chillin’

WHEN: saturday, october 9

P.S. Does anybody recognize today’s title? It’s a little more obscure….

the moon’s teeth marks are on the sky

Following the lead of many of my favorite blogger gals, I’ve been using song lyrics in the absence of good post titles. This one is from my favorite Tom Waits song, Ninth & Hennepin a spoken word poem about a the saddest, grittiest dive bar. Classic Tom Waits. The piano I posed with in this post reminded me of the broken lilting piano part in Ninth & Hennepin. I was really excited to find this piano in an alley we were walking through on the way to the bar, it made the perfect backdrop!

I really love the texture of this wrap sweater. It's actually made to be a bolero-style front tie sweater for a lady much larger than me, so it wraps all the way around me!

WHAT: purple dot earrings, chicken lays an egg

owl necklace, chicken lays an egg

blue tank, rainbow

wrap sweater, chicken lays an egg

rose ring, pangaea

floral skirt, h&m

purple tights, forever 21

black oxfords, payless

WHERE: art opening at Fabricate , The Lion’s Rampant CD release party, and lots of drinks

WHEN: saturday, march 13

plaid days

This is just another of those outfits that got lost in the mix before Christmas and never got posted. They all turned out great, but unfortunately since I took these, the little purple cashmere sweater I’m wearing got shrunk so I am now selling it at the store. If you are a tiny lady, it will definitely still fit.

WHAT: lilac cashmere sweater, donated to me (now on sale at Chicken Lays An Egg)

photo brooch, on loan from maya

patent belt, rainbow

plaid skirt, chicken lays an egg

gray tights, target

saddles, urban

WHERE: work at chicken lays an egg

WHEN: monday, december 21

Oh, and I forgot to post the pictures of the finished breakfast ornament set…

They sold the day I put them up at the store! Next year I’ll have to crank out a bunch!

Take it easy!