Personal style & Thrifting

        I had a fabulous day today with these lovely ladies!! Please excuse my hair. I did not plan on running into a surprise carnival. I met up with Mallory and her sister Marisa today to go thrifting in North Hollywood. I had to ride the subway to get there, which I hadn't done (in LA) since the night when my friends and I had a near death experience with a psycho man wearing zip tie jewelry. But I did it, all by myself, and I survived and nothing creepy happened! The first thrift store we hit was an amazing Good Will, which is where we got most of our stuff and spent the most time. I'll post pictures of my finds below. For some reason this GW only had two fitting rooms and one of them didn't have a working light fixture, which made for some really interesting and intense try-on sesh's. We then headed to a vintage dress store which had the most adorable dresses on the planet. I only allowed myself to try one on because it was on sale and a rediculously accurate pageant-y barbie dress which I can't resist even though I know I could almost never wear it in public. I didn't buy it, but I documented it which is good enough. Marisa got the cutest dress ever. We went to a few more stores and picked up a few things, including some Disney classics on VHS before stopping for lunch at a nice little place. After food we decided to hit one more thrift store that was a little bit farther away. We drove for a while until we noticed on the horizon what appeared to be a ferris wheel. As we got closer we realized that it was a ferris wheel, along with a few other rides and what appeared to be a carnival. Not being the type to pass up a good-old-fashioned carnival we took a slight detour. After deciding that the rides were not appealing to us we hunted for some delicious treats and found ourselves getting sucked into a 3 dollar photoshoot (props included). Eventually we also got treats, yum. The final thrift store was kind of a bust, but Mallory got a flannel she had been wanting. Then we went back to Mallory and Marisas' to re-try on all of our new swag and hang out. Mallory made pancakes that were SO GOOD. And then I rode the subway home all by myself. <3
       When I got home I got into a discussion about trends with my roommate, who has very different opinions than me on a lot of things and is very set in her ways and her views, which I respect. But it got me thinking about things. I see personal style as something that is created by things that we see everyday, just like personality and character is shaped by happenings in your life. Even if there are places that you go to look for inspirations for your style, there are still places that you pick up inspriation and style that you don't even realize you got it from. I might see someone in passing wearing combat boots and then be obsessed with the idea of combat boots for weeks and not really know why. Because I wasn't necessarily paying attention to what I saw but I saw it. And that doesn't mean that I am copying someone, because I would take combat boots and fit them into my own personal style. Lately I think about this a lot because I have a class entirely based on trends and the process of trends. My roommate and her two best friends have very distinct personal styles and they are all very different from my personal style. But lately I've noticed bits of their styles rubbing off on me. Example, each of the last few times I've seen Angie, I've thought she looked SO cute, and then the next day I'll be inspired to get this metal collar necklace or these high wasted shorts. And then it occurred to me that I want them because Angie was wearing them and she looked really cute. But then I felt lame for wanting them because I would be "copying" Angie. But that thought still didn't stop me from wanting them, because I knew they would be just as cute on me, she just gave me the idea. And that's how trends work. Angie got the idea from somewhere or something else. Even if you thought you made it up, you probably didn't really, you were inspired by something to do whatever you did and that's fine. Because that's how it works. That's how art, life, style, that's how they work. You take something from someone, someone takes something from you, they give it to someone else. Fashion is a cycle, style is a progression, inspiration comes from all around you. If you're not wearing the exact same outfit I wore yesterday, you're not copying. It's nice to try on someone else's shoes every once in a while.

Start of the day look

Pirate ship treehouse ***

End of the day look.. lol