Show-Off

Forever 21 cardigan and tee, Urban Outfitters scarf, Gap jeans, Aldo shoes

My friend told me that I was 'sooo LA' now because of this, but I was actually really excited, and I'm not going to let him rain on my parade. I guess I do dress well enough to do a "fashion" blog it's just that I'm too lazy to take funny pictures of myself. I did, however, take some of this outfit because like I said, I was really excited. I even posted it on Chictopia because that's how excited I was. I'm a dork, probably a big one because now I'm posting it again on here. I think that's what bloggers do though, right? They double post on their personal site and Chictopia, or so I've noticed. I'm just following in their successful footsteps. Haha! Ok, I'm going to get over it now after today, I swear.

Cheap Thrills

Necklaces from Maya

There's this store on Melrose called Maya that has the best ethnic jewelry and other ethnic things in general. I usually go there for the jewelry. Everything is super cheap and has that "vintage" vibe. They've got so many rings to choose from, which I eventually end up losing, but its ok since you're only paying between $5-$40 for cool rings that you put good use into for the time being. There's also a Maya on Hollywood and Vermont in Los Feliz, which I used to go to more often before I moved closer to the Melrose store. The cross necklace pictured was only $5 and the skeleton key was only $10, and they're pretty much my favorite new necklaces.

Rain, Rain Come Again

Burberry wellies/Hunter wellies

Sometimes I wish it rained more in LA, just so I could have an excuse to buy some wellies. I guess I could buy them anyway, but I wouldn't get to wear em as much, which defeats the whole purpose of buying them. Maybe I could move back to San Francisco so that I can have an excuse to buy them and then wear them. Let's revolve everything around wellies and move to a wetter climate. Better yet, I should move to New York.

What's a Rora?

Designed by: me

If you are one of the few who actually reads this, you are probably thinking, "What the heck is "Rora?" because if you know me, my name is Rose. Well for an explanation, here goes: Rora=Rose+Rachel. [You know, back like in high school when you and your friends combined your names together and how the tabloids combine celebrity couple names together, (i.e.: bennifer, speidi, brangelina) you get the picture.] So, I pulled one of those. Well actually my sister, Rachel, came up with it, and we decided that it has a nice ring to it; so it stuck, and there it is. Its our prospective apparel line, which someday, maybe not anytime soon, it will launch, and we will be rich and successful sisters just like the Mulleavy sisters.

By the way, I like punctuation, probably as much as I like looking up words in the dictionary, so I am aware of over-punctuating things, if thats even possible. Don't feel free to correct me because I'll probably get really annoyed.

Geometric

Alexander McQueen Resort 2010

(All photos: Style.com)

I was doing research today of prints since I'm working on the designs for the Spring/Summer 2011 line for our sleepwear brand Tokyo Rose, and fell upon these innovative pieces. I have this sort of affinity for geometric things because I like consistency and symmetry can be quite gorgeous, although asymmetry is giving us a run for our money these days. Anyways, in order to design repeated prints, there needs to be some sort of consistency and balance to make a print 'repeat' itself. The second photo with the insect-like print is just awesome. She looks like a man-eating fly with that thing on.

Designed by: me

So, last season I designed this swirly print, which I originally hand drew and inputted into the computer and diddled with it to make it workable as a repeat. It took me a very long time and eventually I gave up and scrapped the idea. This season, I decided to revive it and make a few color changes and what not, and as you may know, I've been highly inspired by the Woodstock era lately, which explains my choice in color. The lines are hardly rectilinear, but regardless, this is my ode to geometry. I hope you like it!

Last week I treated myself to some much needed new music. Well, not 'new' by album release, but new additions to my ever growing CD collection. The above is Healamonster & Tarsier, which I took a chance on buying since it was listed at the top of Amoeba's list of electronica music, and the last time I bought the CD on the top of the list, I ended up loving it and so did the rest of the world soon after. (It was Santogold, by the way) This time I like the CD, but I think it has an acquired sound that I am still adjusting to. It wasn't at all what I expected to be categorized as 'electronica.' There were a lot of acoustic flavors to its overall sound, but I know its something I'll end up loving. In addition, I bought Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, Air, and Brother Ali (for the bf, not me). I love music.

Similar Aesthetics

Silly little piece of proof

Last week Vena Cava debuted their Spring ready-to-wear for next year, and I found some similarities in design aesthetic (theirs and mine). Check out this blouse I designed in January, which if I actually had the money to produce, it would be right on trend with Vena Cava's point of view. I design, that's what I do; I may not design for the right target market as a career, but I still know a thing or two about high fashion. If I had it my way, her tata's wouldn't be aired for the world to see; however, chiffon was still my fabric selection for the white sections of my blouse with solid black woven panels in between, and instead of oversized safety pins, I chose chains as the adjoining pieces.