Face Hunted!

Finally, after complaining a lot that no one ever takes my photo for a street style website, I got stopped after eating on 16th and Valencia on one of those few but amazing hot, sunny Indian summer days in San Francisco during which I could actually wear a sundress without adding tights, boots, a scarf, and a cardigan that covers up the sundress.

Because I read a billion blogs/recognized the photographer from her blog, I immediately thought to myself, "My time has arrived! A street style photograph!" before she even started pulling out the camera. If I had known my time was arriving beforehand, I probably would have put on lipstick and painted my toenails, as my feet look hella gross in that picture, (plus I later realized I have much better shoes for this dress.) and I feel my face looks puffy, but whatever- my dress is cute, and I did get lots of compliments on it that day, mostly from old foreign ladies.

Besides not saying anything interesting about my inspiration, I also failed to mention the blog because I am always afraid to mention it to others because it is not sunny and upbeat. Kind of like I am afraid to say things at work because I think other people will find me sarcastic and negative. I guess I will have to leave the promotion aspect to my large and varied readership.

A Sack of My Own

I read a lot of fashion blogs, and it has become increasingly popular for writers to take pictures of themselves and post them, which is interesting because it is both a window into the personal style of the author, and a way to keep tabs on those who claim to know a lot about fashion- sometimes I see these photos and think, "Why am I listening to someone who would wear THAT?" Plus, it goes along with the popularity of both the numerous Street Style websites and such communities as Wardrobe Remix on Flickr, which feature head-t0-toe outfit shots.

After looking more closely at the overturned slipper and overall blurriness of this shot, it's actually pretty embarrassing that I am choosing this to represent myself, but I picked it because it features a trend this season: the babydoll/tent dress that I have mentioned/bad-mouthed in oh so many posts. This dress is a children's 70's dress that I bought on eBay for about $10 that was originally floor-length. I shortened it, rather badly, but I was really proud of myself because I can never manage to alter anything. And even though it's too tight in the chest because it was made for a twelve year old, it definitely has the retro, way less sacky shape that tent dresses had in the past as opposed to the straightforward sackiness of, say, this.