um these i need

i know i haven't been around very much...

im sowy, will you all forgive me?

Yo, procrasination is a beautiful thing.

ph: YvanRodicblog


ph: Wildfox ad


ph: FFFFound


ph: Yvanblog


ph: Schwing! Schwing! (EDIT: my friend is making me this top! oh boy!)

I'm talking to "the quite chick" that I used to go to high school with me.
I am listening to Beirut on ghetto pandora.com.
I'm thinking about my boyfriend and his costume I want to make.
I am sitting in a chair that is uncomfortable.
I'm, I am procrasinating.

JOY D.

Um, yes. So glad someone gets it.

ph: Mr. Hare

Oxfords in studs. The best interpretation of stud work besides Miss Garbage Dress' design earlier this past summer. I really like studs and it is great to see it on my favorite kind of shoe. It is also one of my favorite designers.

Can you guess?
JOY D.

Ei-Ei-O

ph: Spanish Moss Vintage

So fashion week is here and I am no where to be found. I did however check the new Spanish Moss vintage catalog. I love a lot of things these days but have recently looked at my closet and thought that I needed a few handmade pieces. But mostly I have been focusing my efforts into school and personal life. I have so much reading I have to do! I know I don't have many readers but i want to apologize.

See ya very very soon!
Joy D.

It has been 5 days already? OMG

I wasn't expecting to be away that long. So many things are rearranging themselves in my life right now so excuse my absence. That picture above all this wordiness is a glimpse at the Acne 2010 collection. I love sheer fabric with painted flowers and what not. I was watching the Out of Towners yesterday. Goldie Hawn's shoes are great. They are these creme booties that have a fold over detail. I wish I could find some!

JOY D.

yes, please

this shirt
ph:wildfox


This pattern on a pair of shorts
ph:unknown



Gretel Intertwine blouson from Schwing Schwing!
ph: Schwing Schwing!

This is part two of my birthday wishlist. Until I start my job I just sit around feeling anxious and looking at shoes online. Feel free to purchase anything for me! I even take socks.

Julian, oh, Julian

The captain would kill me if he knew I was posting about the lead singer of the Strokes. He's a hottie and above all else I really enjoy his voice. Above is a video that is, in fact, a preview for his solo album. I enjoyed the first Strokes album but I don't know about the rest, it left me wanting more. I think Julian Casablancas is looking for something better to do with his vocals. He did a song with Sparklehorse that sounded fantastic. It seems he will be entering the realm of electronic sound (Brian Eno, Animal Collective, School of Seven Bells), something I am starting to get sick of seeing "re-invented". Enough of me yakking, watch this neato video. I originally found it at TOKYO DANDY.
HAPPY LABOR DAY!
JOY D.

Really?

ph: fashiontoast

The sheer popularity and celebrity that is coming along with blogging these days is becoming a little overwhelming. To be honest, I kind of hate it. It seems so over blown. It makes me uncomfortable. Yea, I decided to cut my fashion blog reading down considerably today. I need to focus a little less on frivolous things. But godspeed to you bloggers that keep it real. I am talking to you hrose (and many others).
The End

JOY D.

I PLAY school

ed van der elsken

It is back to school for me tomorrow. Wish me big luck as I embark on another year of mountainous papers and countless parties. I feel like the Fall Winter and Spring are becoming a big deal, I am more likely to go out and get active. Makes for a better blog I suppose.

JOY D.

EDIT: I decided to not go through each and every fashion week favorite. I would be blogging my life away and that is no fun. So I am going to fill my blog, your fave reading locale, with lots of videos and a little bit of commentary.

Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high

Thank goodness for that I Have a Dream speech

I saw this only recently, this morning. It lifted up my spirits to the highest height but I will have to reserve my jubilation for when I see the actual editorial. Nonetheless it was a great way to start my morning. They all have one eye open, huh.
JOY D.

Lots of lookbooks just came out you know, I've been a busy bee.

BAND OF OUTSIDERS Fall 09





So the photos came out the other day of Jason Schwartzman in the lastest Band of Outsiders' duds. I love them but instead of posting boy stuff I wanted to post a couple of girlie installments that they posted early last month. Even though Jason Schwartman out does Marissa Tomei. The last picture is from a previous collection but I just love Sarah Silverman to bits.

Will I ever make it to a fashion week before I die? Probably not but I think each night during the festivities I will pick and choose. There is more attention on these shows this year so I am finding it hard on what to pick. Just indies and not well knowns? I am still figuring it all out in my blogging head. STAY TUNED, TUNES!

yes, please

ph:dianepernet

Yes, Please is a new spotlight on all the things I want but can't have. enjoy loves! This time I want the whole kit and kaboodle.
JOY D.

Contribute!

I FAVE John Hughes' Uncle Buck

ph: google image search

This is by far my favorite John Hughes movie. The Captain and I fell asleep to it the other night and I rewound it and discovered how much I really enjoyed this film. Have you noticed how well dressed most of the characters are in his films? I love the Brat pack movies but Uncle Buck movie has healthy doses of comedy, romance, and self realization. I am sad that the creator of such a film is gone. I am providing a link to the streaming full movie if anyone is interested.

JOY D.

ILISTEN Karen O. with children

I hope this Where the Wild Things Are movie doesn't break my heart. I mean they have Karen O. singing with children and others like Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Brian Chase and Nick Zinner, Bradford Cox(Deerhunter), and two Raconteurs, among others.! It doesn't get much better than that. Wanna take a listen? THE MYSPACE page is garnering a monoply on it right now but if you like it enough I will look for it.

JOY D.

I PLAY (the) favorites

The omega disc


Ilaria Orsini


Things that look yummy and scary at the same time. (ph: butdoesitfloat)


(ph: Jak and Jil?)


(ph: Robbie Bauw)
I have the darndest fashionation (lol) with couples (friends and/or lovers) that looked damned good.


(ph: FFFFound)
kaleidoscope hacks, they are trippy and fun.

HAVE A GOOD SCHOOL YEAR EVERYBODY!
xoxoxxo,
JOY D.

IPLAY Soul Seek

ph: LIMI YAMAMOTO SPRING 2009 via TFS
Man o man. I am so ecstatic to find folders and folders of music at my disposal. I haven't been into music lately. I just listen to whatever the captain plays or my records. Now there will definitely be more music to posts.

What up wit U?

My recent life in a series of photos.

Show at the captains house last weekend

The captain. This is probably one of the best pictures I have ever taken. It makes me want to replicate it over and over.


Again, my crazy family. My great aunt and her son, my cousin Tyrone.


My family and our family reunion lifted my spirits. Me and the Captain went out on the water.


Dining with Dad, so much fun seeing him eat a whole roll on a fork for a picture. He is such a dedicated model.


C-dog, the captain, and I hanging out a lot. I am sure Cory was sick of me. And that darn Pogues DVD...
ph: Joy D. (me) and Chris Martinelli's facebook

What is up with these blog post titles? I feel like it is the late 90s and I am back wearing Baby Phat and donning hoop earrings. Those were the days...
I've had a lot of fun and turmoil this summer. I went through my closet today and edit a lot out of my wardrobe. I was inspired by the September fashion mag issues that are sprouting up all over the place. I will be selling a lot of the pieces that are not stained or torn on Ebay soon. I will keep you all posted. The rest will be put downstairs in a free pile by the dumpster or used for my etsy shop which I have decided to name Chapter 7 because everyone feels a little closer to bankruptcy these days.
JOY D.