i’m in a real skirt and dress mood these days. maybe it was all the cute fashion inspiration at alt summit, but i’m trying to step up my game (ummm, hello, girl still in her pajamas blogging!) and get a bit more girlie — you know, embrace the vintage-loving, cute-shoe-wearing girl inside. i save pages that i love from catalogs and keep them in a fashion journal... 
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i love the work of artist jennifer collier. jennifer focuses on creating work from recycled paper; by bonding, waxing, trapping and stitching she produces unusual paper ‘fabrics’, which are used to explore the ‘remaking’ of household objects. jennifer treats paper as if it’s cloth, with the main technique employed being stitch; a contemporary twist on traditional... 
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a little while ago, 1st dibs shared a retrospective of 60′s era marimekko fashion when announcing new ensembles available in their vintage capsule collection. i just loved the layout, and the fashions. and, i never knew so many icons of fashion were fans of marimekko, too — including former first lady, jacqueline kennedy. always so fashion forward!  
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via rockstar diaries. i’m headed to new york this friday for a week’s vacation…woohoo! i’ve never spent this much concentrated time in new york city, and had it not be for swapping homes with the lovely joanna goddard of a cup of jo, this kind of trip would not be possible (more on joanna’s place in the west village to come tomorrow!). i know... 
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thanks so much to everyone who entered the lesley evers mimi tunic sfgirlbybay giveaway!  the happy winner* is elisabeth of good long while. but don’t dismay, because as a thank you to everyone who entered, lesley evers has extended a generous 25% discount off the Mimi tunic, in any color available when you purchase between now and may 4th. readers simply need to type... 
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