The Girl's Gotta Have It

Well I know that this is how I put on my lipstick. I like the challenge of painting my face without the basic sensory perception of sight or the use of my perfectly functional hands. Plus, I just feel sexier when I treat overpriced tubes of pigmented whale fat like a phallus. xoxo, Huzzah!

Thanks, Vogue.

DIY Bumble Surf Spray

Why pay $20 when you can make it at home for $0.02?

Recipe:

3 teaspoons Epsom Salt

3 squirts Water-Based Hair Gel

4 ounces Tap Water

(Pour all ingredients into your empty B&B bottle & shake well before each use. Huzzah!)

Shop Update: Vintage Accessories

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A Vintage Dystopia

Above: Chemical plants on the shores of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Properganda from Marc St. Gil's Documerica project for the Environmental Protection Agency (1971 - 1977)

What Hath Paul McCartney Wrought?

I blame Paul McCartney for Bieber Mania. I used to blame Zac Efron, but now I recognize The Bieb's unintentionally parodic mop for what it truly is: but one element stolen by tween svenghali Usher from The Beatles' pop music playbook.

Too bad Usher failed to read the chapters on charisma and basic language skills.

Disciplining My Vintage Overflow

It's official. We've outgrown the office/library that was doubling (tripling?) as a studio and have at last begun to colonize the bedroom with as-yet-to-be-listed vintage frocks. The Boy thinks it's creepy to slumber so close to the garments of deceased women; I find it darkly comforting.

Look for these pieces (and more) in the coming weeks at our new digital domicile.

Your Fancy Sneakers Were Made By Unpaid Hondurans

One of the MANY problems (Nike is learning YET AGAIN) associated with subcontracting out your flexible, just-in-time production to a sweatshop based in a developing country like Honduras is that sometimes (i.e., frequently) the sharks who run these unregulated shops simply shutter them without paying the workers their due wages.

So here's an idea, Nike: JUST PAY THEM.