May 10, 2012 by thelillinator
forget thongs and crotchless underwear, i think this just might be the sexiest pair of panties i’ve ever seen. (and bravo on picking a model whose shape is worthy of them!) i wonder what the chances are to convince agent provocateur to sponsor a pole dancer…
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May 1, 2012 by thelillinator
it’s starting to get warm again! yay! one thing sf does have going for it is that it’s generally at least an easy 10 degrees warmer than seattle is on any given day. so i can say that i started thinking about sandals again and i don’t have to wait until june to actually wear them! a couple years ago i splurged on a pair of loeffler randall strappy, sliver wedge sandals. i’ve probably spent a similar amount of money before on a pair of shoes, but those were boots and consisted of far more material! but somehow i justified the purchase. they still make me smile and feel warm and fuzzy on the inside when i think about them. (seriously, i’m smiling right now. weird, right? over a pair of shoes!) i just saw that madewell is selling a very similar looking sandal right now and it comes in red! in fact, i think the wedge is a bit taller and there is at least one more strap (at the ankle), so it makes me kind of *extra* happy! luckily these ones don’t cost the same as my loeffler randalls so i can indulge in these too!
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April 23, 2012 by thelillinator
who knew that combining two things i wasn’t that crazy about would make a killer dress? i’m talking about herve leger’s ubiquitous bandage dress and color blocking. i’ve always been too scared to wear the body con bandage dress (though i suppose that’s what spanx are for) and i neither get color blocking nor do i like it when i see it. i mean, at its core, if i wore a pair of jeans and a solid colored plain t-shirt, aren’t i still rocking the color blocking trend? really? anyways, i’m digging how herve leger has cleverly turned color blocking into visual camouflage for the hyper body con (get it? tee hee) to feel more comfortable in.
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April 20, 2012 by thelillinator
can i already be nostalgic over my wedding that was only a lil over seven months ago? apparently so! free people has a body con dress w/lace sleeves and an open back, much like my wedding dress did (though my sleeves were cap, not 3/4 length). come to think of it, i really should try to get more use out of that nubra i bought for my wedding. that does it, for the sake of making my nubra an economic purchase, i must get this free people dress! all in favor?
p.s. one of my wedding colors was navy, so the fact that this dress comes in navy on makes it more perfect!
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April 10, 2012 by thelillinator
2011 was the year of the sam edelman spiked shoes and the jeffrey campbell lita. 2012 shows us what happened when they were out drinking at the same club and procreated…and i’m really excited about it! jeffrey campbell’s damsel is like the lita but with a covered wedge instead of that big block of a heel. it comes in many fabrications but i’m all in a tizzy over the spiked damsel. i have the exie by sam edelman, which is basically a flat single strap thong version of the famed lorissa, complete with spike adorned heel. the lorissa strikes a good compromise; a sweet silhouette with hardcore spike detailing on the heel. the spiked damsel is like the big bad black sheep of the family. it’s on a hefty 2 inch platform and the back, all the way from the heel to that covered wedge sole is encrusted in spikes. i’m especially fond of this khaki color as it’s a shade softer than the goth black spike version. if this shoe’s not rock star level, i don’t know what is.
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April 6, 2012 by thelillinator
recently refinery29 did an article on how offensive the term “slave bracelet” is. i had never heard the term before and i figured it was the new blood diamond or something to that effect. apparently it’s what you call one of those bracelet attached to a ring thingies. i’ve always loved the look of them but i never thought they were practical enough for me to wear. *pfft* how silly is that? anyways, they pictured one of the most awesome slave bracelets i’ve ever seen! the three rings and larger cuff make it more of a…demi-glove (better term? meh.) which is an unusual spin on an already unique accessory. i still can’t imagine myself actually rocking this but it’s a reasonable enough price that maybe one day when i’m feeling particularly badass i’ll buy it (…and then have to wait for the next time i feel even more badass to actually wear it! 
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March 16, 2012 by thelillinator
i have a pair of crocs. actually, i have two! >_< i know! *gasp* one pair i only ever wear to let my dogs out and one pair aren’t half bad. they’re the santa cruz, which have a canvas upper. anyways, this isn’t about crocs. this is about toms, which i pretty much put into the same bucket as crocs. i’m told they’re like the most comfortable things ever but let’s be real here, i’m not generally that concerned about comfort. however, they released a new ballerina flat style in the last month or so and i’m loving them! *another gasp* they come in canvas, linen, suede, but by far my favorite fabrication is the grosgrain ribbon that seems to be exclusive to neiman marcus. what i really want, though, is for them to come in a metallic or sequined fabrication! i’m balking a lil bit at the idea of spending over $100 on a pair of toms…if only they were shinier they could blind me from the price tag!
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January 22, 2012 by thelillinator
i need some free people in my atmosphere!
it’s gotten fairly chilly here in san francisco and i stared into my closet the other day to figure out how i used to stay warm in seattle without wearing sweatshirts everyday. somehow i was staring right through my sweater stack. i have no idea why. but it made me realize that with the exception of a hoodie, i haven’t really had to anything to the keep-me-warm section of my wardrobe. as it’s now more than half way through january, that’s not too bad, huh? (just to be clear, the growth of my wardrobe is a function of the passage of time, not its current contents.) however, with that realization came an itch to add a lil sumthin’ sumthin’ and i found it at free people.
i’m not sure why they call this a cropped sweater because i’m assuming that the model is 5’9″+ and it looks like it could be pulled down to the top of her hips. it looks cozy without being overly bulky, kinda sexy/playful with the off the shoulder action, but i think the horizontal ribbing really makes it because it’s that one unexpected touch that makes me go, “ooooh”. the only downside i see with this sweater is that it only comes in grey and a darkish blue. i feel like ALL of my sweaters are either charcoal or heather grey! and i have often been falling into the trap of wearing navy tops with dark denim and justifying it away as a “monochromatic look” instead of admitting that really i’m just lazy. not that i have any particular color i’d like to see it in instead. maybe cream and that’s really not that much more interesting than grey, is it?
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December 10, 2011 by thelillinator
i went shopping with a friend today and i not only love her taste, i love that she has this perfect tiny body that makes dressing up easy and fun. (i mean, yes, i would love it more if *i* had the perfect tiny body, but watching her play dress up was pretty fun too.) we both appreciate a (maybe not so) healthy dose a glitter and sparkle but also like the raw, deconstructed look of ripped sweaters and leather. (i’d also like to point out that the last sentence pretty much sums up one of the outfits she bought: sparkly sequined shorts and an oversized sweater with slashed sleeves.) she, however, is way more hard core than i am. so much so that i must call her hord core- there just needs to be so much emphasis on the “hard” that italics, bolding, and underlining doesn’t convey.
anyways, so now i’m in the mood for some really rockin’ clothes! i saw these snake print denim leggings by ag that i’m kinda loving. the dark green of the jeans is a lil fresh but dark enough that the snake print appears as more of a subtle hint than a full blown OMG-is-she-wearing-snake-pants?! maybe paired with some matte or black on black sequin action on top?
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November 1, 2011 by thelillinator
i love anthropologie. i love their clothes, i love their accessories, i love their home department! love love love! their new november catalog has a couple really interesting old school meets new technology pieces for the home. there’s an iphone victrola, which i like the idea of a lil bit more than the reality of it and an ipad typewriter. we sold our ipad because it was so hideously hard to type on so i’m very partial to this usb connected typewriter concoction. not enough to get a new ipad, mind you, but enough to, you know, write about it.
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