Welcome to the first part of many mighty good men(Until I can think up a better title). A space in this little blog where I dish about handsome men and their sexy style(or you know, not sexy).
The first is Plastic Crimewave also known as Steve Krakow. He is a cartoonist, musician and vintage lover/wearer and collector extraordinaire. I first spotted him at Chicago's own Chic-A-go-go and was blown away by this tight flared pants, band t-shirt and dance moves. It was so lovely to put a face to a strip I read weekly in our Chicago Reader, Secret History of Chicago Music.
I was lucky to grow up in the time of Nicktoons and Nick at Nite, when it was all good. In 1997 Nick at Nite began airing re-runs of one of my favorite shows of all time, The Wonder Years. I was eight years old when I started watching The Wonder Years and a bit too smart for my age. My mother was very strict about tv watching, so I was restricted to the History Channel and Nickelodeon(odd combinations to create an odd me). I suppose I related to the young characters and ,of course, developed a crush on Kevin. I watched the re-runs back and forth until 2001, when they were over. In 2001 I was aged twelve years old and missing the Wonder Years, when I saw a trailer for an upcoming ABC Family show, State of Grace:
I immediately fell in love with the song and knew I had to tune into the premiere. I did and once I heard an older woman narrating, I knew I would love it because it seemed to be like a Wonder Years for girls. State of Grace is set in 1965 and follow the adventures of two girls, Hannah and Grace. Hannah is Jewish and lives with her quirky Jewish family, consisting of father, mother, uncle and grandma. Grace is daughter to a socialite by the name of Tattie. I fell in love with the two girls, played by Alia Shawkat and Mae Whitman, who were both aged twelve too. The families were so beautiful and the stories were so heart warming. One of my favorite aspects of the show were all the beautiful clothes! Grace, being the more adventurous one, wore clothes of the 1960's, with Hannah following later. My favorite outfits, however, were Tattie's. She was a hot mama and wore some tight numbers. This series has not yet been released on DVD or VHS or anything so I've scourged good old YouTube and compiled as much of a comprehensive collection of videos as possible. Some of them are sadly missing audio. Enjoy!
Episode 1:
(no audio)
Kotillion:
Counter Culture Revolution
And that's all for Season 1. RetroforMe's youtube channel has a good number of episodes from Season 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctbySDfmz9w&playnext=1&list=PLA65B120C0B6DBE83&index=3
Fall semester is over December 3rd and boy am I glad. I will celebrate the day by hopefully eating some mushroom tacos at Frontera Grill.
Until then, the opening of a show titled State of Grace that impacted my baby brain(that I've re-watched as an adult and still love) and a show I'm writing a post about.
p.s. I saw Grinderman at the Riviera last night and they were fantastic. I have such a crush on Nick Cave and he was but ten feet away from me.
Sometimes when I'm bidding on pretty coats on ebay, I always wonder about the people bidding on the same coats I am. Are they weird like me? Have they always loved old things? And most importantly, where the hell do they live? So far I've found finding lady friends to be difficult. I don't know what it is. I've always been a bit odd. I'm certainly friendly enough if I like you. I like women who are confident, intelligent and women who consider themselves feminists. A great sense of style never hurts, but isn't necessary. There are plenty of online ladies I would befriend, but I've yet to meet any real life, fleshy girls in my fair city I like enough. I'll keep searching.
Here are two hats from my vintage collection. Gifted to me by my sister and purchased off an estate sale:
Many things are swimming around in my twenty-one year old brain. Mostly starting to take care of this little blog and starting a new one in which to document my drawings.
The one good thing to happen in September was the fact that I ordered this little number:
http://www.etsy.com/transaction/35163653
I ordered Alexandra Grecco's If I Only Had a Heart Dressed. Fist pumps.
I would like to apologize in advance for sharing images of clothing no longer available for purchase, from a duo no longer together(although still making lovely things separately). I am talking about Mooka Kinney.
They tell it this way: Rachel Antonoff and Alison Lewis (twenty-four and twenty-three respectively) met fatefully when Alison rented a room in Rachel's west village apartment. Although they now live separately in the w. village, it was in the cozy apartment on West 12th Street that they discovered a shared love for haunting local vintage stores and the empire-waisted, whimsical wardrobes of their childhoods. Inspired by winged ponies, peter pan and other such fantastical things, the girls set to work on their debut collection of dresses, all of which would be fit for a party in a tree-house.
I want one of each garment, especially the Maximillian dress(third to last). I'm cooing and awing but mostly sighing because I won't be able to get any of these babies.
Okay so while I'm learning illustrator and working on my header at once(!) and fussing with the layout, I decided to talk about something essential: bedding.
It is so humid in Chicago and I am full of bodily fluids bellow the bosom. So why am I thinking of buying a bedding set I won't use until the chilly Chicago autumn and winter? Oh, only because it's dreamy and perfect and on sale!
I don't usually buy things from a collection titled "Shabby Chic"(in fact, I hate those words), and after much search for vintage sets, I have not been fruitful. Alas these stole my heart when I saw them at Target last week:
They have very high reviews and they're on sale, with free shipping and if you spend $75 or more on household items, you get $10 off.
I'll be visiting Target later today to make sure it is the set I want. I'm such an indecisive girl. This sale ends the 29th and is only available online.
I'm currently writing up posts regarding my favorite ladies, Sierra and Bianca from Cocorosie and Anna Karina's style in Pierrot Le Fou. Now it's time to get a $5 haircut, y'all.
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