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• I know everyone in fashion blog land is going insane over the triple lace-up Ann Demeulemeester boots but, I just don’t get it. The lacing detail is exquisite but the heeled version is atrociously awkward and the flat heeled version has such a delicate sole. I’m craving a more serious footprint – a boot that could do some damage – a boot reminiscent of the 20 eyelet Dr. Martens I should’ve gotten instead of the wimpy 8-eyes when I was 13 years old. These are a steal – not leather but not something you would wear every day anyhow. This is what I’m talking about.

There’s also a size 8 pair left at Hot Topic of an identical style for $24.98!!!!

• I pretty much want everything by MK2K.
• This is probably one of the most gorgeous bags I’ve ever seen.

• I accidentally found this archive of print advertisements. It’s overwhelming and memory inducing.
• I am in total love with Julia Wertz’s comic The Fart Party. If you happen to have a few hours to kill, I recommend clicking on every previous entry. This woman speaks to me.
• The Spring 2009 RWT for Balmain was completely perfect!

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• Being sick is the absolute worst, especially when you have a mountain of reading assignments piling up. I really shouldn’t have gone to karaoke last night!
• Every fall I’m continually disappointed with the fur ads in fashion magazines. I can’t believe that after all the protests and campaigns, people can still stomach buying fur. I’m espcially ashamed of Rick Owens, one of my favorite designers, with the saturation of fur in his Fall 2008 collection. This is just hilarious!
• I have desperately wanted to discuss current politics with someone who is bipartisan and reasonable. Unfortunately everyone is so sucked up in Obama mania that I don’t feel I can have an unbiased conversation based on rationale and an intelligent understanding of how our government and economy works.
• Sometimes it’s when people are about to move away that you realize how you should’ve spent more time with them when they were near.
• Is it wrong that I found the Disney villains to be more beautiful than Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, or that I had a major crush on Tim Curry as the Prince of Darkness in Legend when I was a child (he oozed masculine power and sex appeal), or that I was obsessed with Vincent D’Onofrio in The Cell?

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