wedge crazy

I think we can all agree that this wedged sneaker trend is popular...maybe even beyond popular. With designers like Isabel Marant, Marc Jacobs, and Jeffery Campbell  coming out with their own versions of the sneaker, we slowly start to love the idea. You know when I was slipping through the pages of the April issue of Teen Vogue, I saw this picture and thought "oh another wedged sneaker...big whoop". After seeing these shows I started to love them. I just loved the fact that they were NIKE. All the guys where I live wear nikes, so I thought "omg I can finally fit in!!". If I wore these people would just think I am wearing regular Nikes, because they did such a good job of hiding the heel. PLUS, I would be a couple of inches taller and people would not understand why and they would just blame it on puberty.

When I told my friends my plans of buying these shoes, they said "NIKES!? VICTOR NO!!". I guess it was because Nikes here have that reputation of being really urban and are related with the wannabe rappers. No one really understood how I would troll the world with these shoes. People would just think I was going along with the Nike trend but I would be wearing WEDGES, and most people would never know. I mean that's a genius plan if you ask me. So I went on the Nordstrom website and found that they were in stock, which was amazing...but they didn't have  my size. So I cried a little bit because I really wanted these shoes, I really wanted them badly. Their porcelain like print haunted my dreams. I got over them eventually, but I mean it isn't often when Vogue approves Nike shoes.

Versailles Dreaming

Being obsessed with royalty, it is so surprise that I am in love with Marie Antoinette. I recently got these cool little shoes that make me feel like Marie Antoinette. I always think of the scene in Sofia Coppola's film where Marie Antoinette is trying on all these different shoes. This plus my current obsession with mint all came together to come up with this post.

 I really took it to myself to combine my love for pastels this season, and really put together an outfit that made me think of Marie Antoinette all day. Pastels are so soft yet so bright, just like a lot of the colors seen in the time of Marie Antoinette. I mean I wasn't in a pretty setting like Versailles since I was at my little suburban high school, but you can say I'm the Marie Antoinette of the school.

H&M crew neck shirt, mint thrifted shirt, H&M pants, vintage shoes.

 I love my shoes because they are just quite elegant, and I love the sound they make when I walk. The heel is quite heavy so I sound like Carrie Bradshaw walking down the streets of New York. I lvoe the little lion emblem, it almost reminded me of the Versace medusa though. The different leather patterns are just so fitting for the shoe, and the color is just divine. I mean I just could talk forever about these shoes, they are my favorite at the moment. I got them off eBay, and I've really found eBay as a great way to find unique finds, that are so affordable. I'm still however mad that the YSL loafers that I almost got for $20, were quadrupled in price by some other person in the last 10 seconds. I released shoe tears that night...just like my friend Karinna did for her mint Docs.

You can see my little magazine clippings covered room. I always feel like I'm in one of the shrines that Tavi make inside of bookshelves.

I also want to express the Marc Jacobs vibes going on. The collars, the colors, the loafers. You can see my inspiration is evidently this collection. I also really like the poses in the ads, because they remind me of actions I regularly do in my everyday quirky life. I mean I can just imagine what I would be thinking/saying if I was making the poses above.

• Don't I look chic?
• omg I'm wearing mint *tears*
• I'm just going to take a picture of myself to remember this outfit.
• I'm done with everyone, but myself.
• Oh you're taking a picture?!
• Walking to class like it's nobody's business.
• Here I stand for autographs.

Perfect ads for a perfect collection.

Proenza the Pro

With such a beautiful collection to begin with, Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez seem to have everyone going gaga (the verb not the pop star) with their new campaign for their Spring/Summer 2012 collection. Starring Natasha Poly, the campaign samples some of the best pieces from the collection. The clothes looks sexy and the campaign is so elegant. I love the way the shoes glisten and stand out. The shoes shown in the picture below are my favorite, and I would wear them forever. This campaign is put together so well that it has me obsessing.