Style Shuffle 2.0

Hi. Due to technical dificulties, I have no crappy iphone pics for you today so I decided to do a Style Shuffle. This is where I hit shuffle on my Ipod and give my two stylish cents about the artist that pops up! Sounds fun right?! Here we go:

1)Amel Larrieux: Oh My God she is sooooo awesome.



She is very bold and adventurous with her style choices but she doesn't let the clothes wear her. She always pics one really great, huge accessory or pattern as the focus. Gorgeous.

2)The Cure: What do say about Robert Smith?!




Alot I guess. When I was 14 I was completely influenced by darker more 'gothic' bands and espescially their style. I love the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees and Depeche Mode and The Smiths and Joy Division and all that jazz. Robert smith has amazing Personal Style. He's a total original and he's been immitated by every depressed 15 year old I know.

3)Q-Tip: Oh I love A Tibe called Quest! Q-Tip has been my imaginary boyfriend on many occasion. I am also very influced by 90's Hip Hop stylewise and A tribe called Quest is a great example. They are part of that movement that was Hip Hop but not neccessarily completley 'urban' or 'gangster'. They are a bit more Bohemian and not afraid to say it.

I couldn't really find any great examples of their style on-line but I did find these amazing 'Tribe called quest edition' Kicks that someone can buy for me if you want.

4)Bob Marley: I think if I really sat down and thought about it, I have probably spent more time watching, Listening to or thinking about Bob Marley more than any one else I can think of. Bob Marley is also the most beautiful man I can think of-besides my Husband of course :) Some of my earliest memories involve watching or listening to him with my Dad. He looked amazing all the time. I can't really go on or else this will turn into a Bob Marley Style blog and that isn't really what I was going for. Let's look at some pictures




Perfect.

Wanna know what is not perfect? This:

Look, I don't want to be mean, and I CERTAINLY don't want to offend anyone but I do find it very unfortunate that the Universe has given us something so perfect as Bob Marley but like a cruel joke, this amazing man has inadvertantly contributed the the existence of Hippy Dreads. Were it not for Bob Marley, I probably would not be subject to this patchouli smelling nightmare. There I said it. I'm moving on.

5) D'Angelo: Um...Um....





D'angelo should not wear Clothes.


Alrighty well that was fun! Don't forget to leave comments and let me know what you think!

Style on Shuffle

Okay, an experiment:

In addition to being tragically stylish, I also love music. Yes, I know everyone loves music but I love it more. So there. I thought a really fun way to inject some music into this blog would be to put my ipod on shuffle and just see what happens. Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you : STYLE ON SHUFFLE

Song#1: Adele "Hometown Glory"


Adele is so beautiful and definitely has a sense of style. A little bit safe and monochromatic for me but still very gamine and lovely. She also has the voice of a woman far beyond her years which is a good trick.

Song#2: Ghostface Killa "Love"


OhmyGod I love this album. I have to say that Ghostface really has no personal style to speak of. Unless you count the serial Killer mask which is daring but....no. There is nothing that pains me more than GROWN ASS MEN in clothing that nobody over 16 can pull off. Truth be told, he looks pretty ridiculous most of the time. Observe:



I rest my case. Wu Tang Forever.

Song#3: Rihanna "Don't Stop the music"

Ouch.Kind of embarrassing. I listen to this song when I'm working out so I'm allowed. It's funny how women(and maybe men, I don't know) listen to the crappiest music when we're working out but tell ourselves it's okay because it gets us moving. I'm kidding. Rihanna's fine I guess. first off, I'd like to take a moment to hate on her ugly Ballenciaga boot/sandal thingies:



Way too much.They have taken over the whole look. Except for the shoes she looks really great. This is right around the time that she started wearing what I like to call " some ugly shit". The thing about Rihanna is that she's absolutely stunning. Why detract from that? I think that having a well developed sense of style means knowing what makes you look GOOD not just DIFFERENT. Don't just shave your head and wear weird sunglasses and harem pants because Karl Lagerfeld or Whomever else said so unless they make you look GOOD. I'm on a rant.....next.

Song#3 Regina Spektor "Hero"

Oooh...Regina spektor has MAJOR personal style. Her music is always great on a cold day with a warm sweater and maybe some kind of cool vintage hat. Look at how awesome she is:

*Ha! I wrote that bit about wearing vintage hats while listening to her before I found this great picture of her wearing what is clearly a 'cool vintage hat'. Not only am I stylish. I am psychic.

Song #4: The Flaming lips "Yoshimi battles the plastic robots"

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. Great from beginning to end. Their aesthetic is lots of fun. Their stage shows are insane. I was looking for images and I came across this tattoo! I'm really mostly posting it for my husband because this song has special significance to us and I think he would dig this:


And Finally song #5: K'Naan "Fatima"

K'Naan has a AMAZING sense of style. He's a rapper who came from basically Hell(Otherwise known as Mogadishu Somalia) So he's not really that concerned with having a big ass chain. His rhymes are extremely witty and I think he's a great writer. Yup. VERY VERY stylish indeed.







On a side note: How beautiful are Somali Women?!? Sooo beautiful. I can remember growing up and seeing pictures of Iman and thinking that she was stunning but I really never knew anything about Somali people until I was much older and what do you know? ALL OF THE WOMEN ARE THAT BEAUTIFUL! Bananas.




Alrighty. This was fun! Maybe more fun to write than read but whatever-we'll see.

I'm really hoping that people will start to post comments. What do you think about my blog so far?.....anybody?